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Number of submissions received annually: 


2013: 110

2012: 74

2011: 85


Percentage of submissions accepted 

2013: 20.3%

2012: 20.3%

2011: 21.8%


Percentage of submissions that receive at least one referee report: 80% 


Average time for manuscript review in months: 3


If possible, give details.

a. Editorial decision within 2 months: 40%

b. Editorial decision between 2 and 6 months: 55%

c. Editorial decision between 7 months and 1 year: 5%

d. Editorial decision of more than 1 year: 0%


The journal has a printed version. 

Average time from acceptance to print publication in months: 3 


The journal has an 'online first' system. 

Average time from acceptance to online publication in months: 1 


Submissions are not anonymous to the editors. 


Submissions are anonymous to the reviewers. 


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Percentage of submissions by women: n/a 


Percentage of accepted articles by women: n/a 


Percentage of submissions by people from minority ethnic groups: n/a 


Percentage of accepted articles by people from minority ethnic groups: n/a 


Publisher: Springer 

Editor(s)-in-chief: Philip Cook, Sune Laegaard 

Full name: Philip Cook 

Title/position: Lecturer in Political Theory 

Email address: philip.cook@ed.ac.uk 

Street address: School of Social and Political Science, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square 

City: Edinburgh 

State/province: Scotland 

Zip/postal code: EH8 9LD 

Country: UK 

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