Zeitschrift für Politik (ZfP)

About

The role of the Zeitschrift für Politik (Journal for Politics) is

• to represent the field of political science in its entirety and diversity
  
• to document its development in terms of research and teaching
  
• to provide a forum for innovative academic discussions

Its areas of academic interest are

• political theory, philosophy and history of ideas as the traditional basis of political science
  
• comparative political science and comparative research into policy areas
  
• the latest developments in German, European and international politics
  
• the research areas of contemporary history, political sociology, political economics and political law

ISSN Print 0044-3360
ISSN Online 2941-8879
Published quarterly

Editors

• Prof. Dr. Maurizio Bach
  University of Passau, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Klaus Brummer
  Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Nils Goldschmidt
  Weltethos-Institut, University of Tübingen, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Anna-Bettina Kaiser, LL.M. (Cambridge)
  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Jens Loenhoff
  University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Heinrich Oberreuter
  University of Passau, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Joachim Scholtyseck
  CASSIS, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany
• Prof. Dr. em. Roland Sturm
  Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Barbara Zehnpfennig
  University of Passau, Germany

Editorial Board

• Prof. Dr. Dr. Manfred Brocker
  Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Peter Häberle
  University of Bayreuth, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Hans Mathias Kepplinger
  Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Peter Graf Kielmansegg
  University of Mannheim, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Sabine Kropp
  Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
• Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hermann Lübbe
  University of Zürich, Switzerland
• Prof. Dr. Harvey C. Mansfield
  Harvard University, US
• Prof. Dr. Carlo Masala
• Prof. Jan-Werner Mueller
  Princeton University, US
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Julian Nida-Rümelin
  Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
• Prof. em. Dr. jur. Dres. h.c. Hans-Jürgen Papier
  Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Armin Pfahl-Traughber
  Hochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung, Brühl, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Fritz Plasser
  University of Innsbruck, Austria
• Prof. Dr. Alois Riklin
  University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Manfred G. Schmidt
  University of Heidelberg, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Kristina Spohr
  Johns Hopkins University, US
• Prof. Dr. Tine Stein
  Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
• Prof. Dr. Charles Taylor
  McGill University, Canada
• Prof. Dr Christian Waldhoff
  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

Editorial Office

• Dr. Andreas Vierecke

Wilhelm-Kuhnert-Str. 2a
81543 München
Germany

Mail: zfp@nomos-journals.de

Unsolicited manuscripts submitted to the journal for publication will be reviewed anonymously by at least two experts. An anonymised version of each manuscript should therefore be sent to the ZfP’s editorial office in a digital form if possible (preferably by Email). This anonymised version should contain no indications as to the author’s identity, which includes references in the manuscript to other publications by the author or other such pointers.

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Special Editions

Guidelines for Authors

Publishing Open Access

The Zeitschrift für Politik is not an open access journal. However, it is possible to publish individual articles in the journal open access by making the digital version freely available under a Creative Commons license chosen by the respective author(s). The publisher requires a fee to cover the publication costs (Article Processing Charge – APC) in the amount of 1,990.00 EUR (plus VAT). Many scientific institutions and science funding bodies provide corresponding funds for the publication of research results.

Are you interested in this option? Talk to your editorial office or contact open-access@nomos.de!

Publication Ethics

Review Process

The publishers of the Zeitschrift für Politik (Journal for Politics) decide whether unsolicited essays submitted to the journal are accepted or rejected in collaboration with external reviewers and in agreement with the editor. The review takes the form of a completely anonymous double-blind process, i.e. neither does the reviewer know the name of the author nor the author the name of the reviewer.

The review process usually lasts for a maximum of three months, during which time the author is continually kept updated on its progress.

The editor first forwards all submitted essays to the publishers in an anonymised form, asking them to vote on the manuscript and suggest possible external reviewers.

Without exception, distinguished academics (professors and postdocs) from universities all over the world work as reviewers for the ZfP in their own subject and depending on the subject of the essay under review. As the ZfP endeavours to cover the entire spectrum of topics related to political science and its related disciplines, the reviewers are representatives of all those disciplines, including those represented in the editorial board (comparative political science and political systems, the political history of ideas and philosophy, international relations, history, communication studies, sociology, economics, public law and legal theory).

If the publishers decide in their own evaluation to not want to publish an essay, it will be rejected without undergoing the external review process, with the author being informed of the reasons why.

If, based on their own expertise, the publishers come to the unanimous decision that an essay is to be accepted (with revisions where appropriate), it will be accepted and returned to the author in order for the necessary changes to be made.

If the publishers conclude that an essay can be fundamentally considered for publication but that an external review is necessary, the editor will forward that essay to two external reviewers in an anonymised form.

If both external reviewers decide that an essay warrants being published (with revisions where appropriate), it will be incorporated into one of the journal’s forthcoming issues. Should both external reviewers evaluate the essay differently, it will be assessed by a third reviewer. If this third reviewer evaluates the essay positively, it will be accepted for publication (with revisions where appropriate). Should the third review be negative, however, the essay will be rejected, with the author being informed of the principal reasons why.

If, during the review process, indications of possible academic misconduct or plagiarism arise, they will be examined more closely. Should further concrete proof of such impropriety emerge, the author will be presented with these findings and the essay will be rejected.

Abstracting & Indexing

The ZfP is indexed in

• Google Scholar
• Baidu Xue Shu
• ProQuest ExLibris Primo
• IBZ Online
• IBR Online
• World Affairs Online (WAO)
• ANVUR Rating of Scientific Journals

The ZfP is included in the following ProQuest databases

• Politics Collection
• Social Science Premium Collection
• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

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