West European Politics

*West European Politics*
Discipline	Comparative politics
Language	English
Edited by	Peter Mair, Klaus Goetz
Publication details
History	1978-present
Publisher	Routledge
Frequency	Bimonthly
Impact factor	1.464 (2015)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	West Eur. Politics
NLM	West Eur Polit
Indexing;
ISSN	0140-2382 (print); 1743-9655 (web);
LCCN	80641468
OCLC no.	473894221
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access; Online archive;

West European Politics is a peer-reviewed academic journal of comparative politics focusing on Western Europe. It was established in 1978^[1] and serves as one of the main publication venues in that field.^[2] Its founding editors-in-chief were Vincent Wright and Gordon Smith; the current editors are Klaus Goetz, Anand Menon and Wolfgang C. Müller. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 1.464, ranking it 36th out of 163 journals in the category "Political Science".^[3]

Vincent Wright Memorial Prize

The Vincent Wright Memorial Prize was established in 1999 to honour the memory of Vincent Wright. Two prizes are awarded annually based on the recommendation from members of the editorial advisory board for the best articles published in the journal during the preceding year.

References

^ Elisabeth Gayon (1985). "Guide documentaire de l'étudiant et du chercheur en science politique". In Madeleine Grawitz [in French]; Jean Leca [in French] (eds.). Traité de science politique (in French). Presses Universitaires de France. p. 306. ISBN 2-13-038858-2.
^ Russel J. Dalton (1991). "Comparative Politics of the Industrial Democracies: From the Golden Age to Island Hopping". In William Crotty (ed.). Political Science: Looking to the Future — Volume 2: Comparative Politics, Policy, and International Relations. Northwestern University Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-8101-0950-6.
^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Political Science". 2015 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2016.