European Journal of Political Research

The European Journal of Political Research is the flagship peer-reviewed journal of the European Consortium for Political Research, founded in 1973 and published fully open access by Cambridge University Press since 2026, covering comparative European politics, with a 2025 impact factor of 3.9（European Journal of Political Research）是（European Consortium for Political Research，简称 ECPR）的旗舰同行评审期刊，创刊于 1973 年，自 2026 年起由 Cambridge University Press 以完全开放获取方式出版，关注比较欧洲政治，2025 年影响因子为 3.9。

Scope

• Original and substantial contributions to the study of comparative European politics对比较欧洲政治研究的原创性重要贡献。
• Theoretically or methodologically original articles with broad theoretical relevance兼具广泛理论意义的理论或方法原创论文。
• Quantitative and qualitative approaches and contributions from other sub-disciplines such as international relations and political theory定量与定性方法，以及国际关系、政治理论等其他分支学科的贡献。
• Geographical areas relevant to comparative politics, including North and South America与比较政治相关的地域，包括北美与南美。
• Short research notes, responses to published articles, state-of-the-field reviews, special issues and forum sections短篇研究札记、对已发表文章的回应、领域综述、专刊与论坛栏目。

History

• The journal was founded in 1973 as the flagship journal of the ECPR, one of the consortium's earliest activities该刊 1973 年创刊，是（ECPR）历史最悠久的刊物之一，也是其最早的学术活动之一。
• It was published in Amsterdam by Elsevier until 1989 and by Kluwer in Dordrecht from 1989 to 20021973 至 1989 年由阿姆斯特丹的 Elsevier 出版，1989 至 2002 年由（Dordrecht）的 Kluwer 出版。
• Wiley-Blackwell published it from 2002, and from January 2026 it is published fully open access by Cambridge University Press2002 年起由 Wiley-Blackwell 出版，2026 年 1 月起转由 Cambridge University Press 以完全开放获取方式出版。
• Its impact factor stood at 4.2 in 2024 and 3.9 in 2025, and it ranks among the discipline's top journals2024 年影响因子为 4.2，2025 年为 3.9，位居学科顶尖期刊之列。

Editors

• The journal is edited by a team including Alessandro Nai of the University of Amsterdam, Isabelle Borucki of Philipps-University Marburg and Markus Wagner of the University of Vienna编辑团队包括（University of Amsterdam）的 Alessandro Nai、（Philipps-University Marburg）的 Isabelle Borucki 与（University of Vienna）的 Markus Wagner 等。
• Other editors include Caterina Froio of Sciences Po, Emilie van Haute of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Airo Hino of Waseda University, Robert Huber of the University of Salzburg and Julia Schulte-Cloos of Philipps-University Marburg其他编辑还有（Caterina Froio，Sciences Po）、（Emilie van Haute，Universite Libre de Bruxelles）、（Airo Hino，Waseda University）、（Robert Huber，University of Salzburg）与（Julia Schulte-Cloos，Philipps-University Marburg）。
• Robert Huber and Julia Schulte-Cloos serve as editors for open scienceRobert Huber 与 Julia Schulte-Cloos 担任开放科学编辑。
• Manuscripts are anonymised for peer review, and the editors commit to open science, reproducibility and the use of preregistration and pre-analysis plans where possible稿件在评审时匿名处理，编辑团队倡导开放科学、可复现性，并鼓励在可能时使用预注册与预分析方案。