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26 September 2005

Political Behavior (the journal)

There's a proposal afloat to link Political Behavior with the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior section of APSA. Similar connections have taken hold in the methods, state politics, and legislative politics sections. I applaud the proposal as a way to raise visibility of the journal and strengthen the subfield. Take a look at the proposal and share your thoughts in the comment area below.

Posted by Barry Burden at September 26, 2005 10:43 AM

Comments

I think this is a good idea in that, as Barry says, the visibility of the journal will probably be raised and the subfield will perhaps benefit from some kind of strengthened sense of community. However, I'm not sure that getting a reduced subscription rate for PB will really be such an attraction. Most people already have access to the online versions of PB (and most other journals) through their university library. How much of the increase in PolMeth's membership is due to journal bundling and how much is due to more people being interested in methods?

Posted by: Daniel at September 26, 2005 11:37 AM

PolMeth is a bit different from the EPOVB section in that there really wasn't a regular methodology journal in place before bundling. In the past Political Analysis resembled an edited volume. Even if bundling doesn't drive up membership, I expect that it will attract more and better manuscript submissions to the journal.

Posted by: Barry Burden at September 27, 2005 10:45 AM

I think this is a great idea, and would expect it to boost membership if for no other reason than it will bring some immediate attention to the subfield and journal.

Posted by: Sunshine Hillygus at September 27, 2005 2:36 PM