Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Legis. Stud. Q. Language English | Publication history 1976-present | |
Edited by Sarah Binder, Lanny W. Martin, Peverill Squire Publisher Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association (United States) | ||
Legislative Studies Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell and is the official journal of the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association. The journal was established in 1976 and the current editors-in-chief are Frances Lee (University of Maryland), Lanny W. Martin (Rice University), and Peverill Squire (University of Missouri). The journal publishes articles on legislative systems, processes, and behavior, including parliaments and legislatures, their relations to other political institutions, their functions in the political system, and the activities of their members both within the institution and outside.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 0.810, ranking it 80th out of 163 journals in the category "Political Science".