Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Rev. Policy Res. Language English Publication history 1981-present | Discipline Political science Edited by Christopher Gore | |
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Policy Studies Organization | ||
Review of Policy Research is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Policy Studies Organization. The journal was established in 1981. The current editor-in-chief is Christopher Gore (Ryerson University). The journal focuses on the politics and policy of science, technology and environmental issues, including science policy, environment, resource management, information networks, cultural industries, biotechnology, security and surveillance, privacy, globalization, education, research and innovation, development, intellectual property, health and demographics. The journal is the official journal of the Science, Technology and Environmental Politics section of the American Political Science Association.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 1.167, ranking it 20th out of 163 journals in the category "Political Science" and 20th out of 47 journals in the category "Public Administration".