Human Rights Quarterly

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Discipline	Political science, policy studies, law
Language	English
Edited by	Bert B. Lockwood
Publication details
History	1979–present
Publisher	Johns Hopkins University Press (United States)
Frequency	Quarterly
Impact factor	0.841 (2014)
Standard abbreviations;
Bluebook	Hum. Rts. Q.
ISO 4	Hum. Rights Q.
Indexing;
ISSN	0275-0392 (print); 1085-794X (web);
OCLC no.	33418941
Links
	[www.press.jhu.edu/journals/human_rights_quarterly/ Journal homepage]; Online access;

Human Rights Quarterly (HRQ) is a quarterly academic journal founded by Richard Pierre Claude^[1] in 1982^[2] covering human rights. The journal is intended for scholars and policymakers and follows recent developments from both governments and non-governmental organizations. It includes research in policy analysis, book reviews, and philosophical essays. The journal is published by the Johns Hopkins University Press and the editor-in-chief is Bert B. Lockwood, Jr. (Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights, University of Cincinnati College of Law).

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 0.841, ranking it 68th out of 161 journals in the category "Political Science" and 23rd out of 41 journals in the category "Social Issues".^[3]