International Security is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of international and national security. It was founded in 1976[1] and is edited by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University and published four times a year by MIT Press, both of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The current editor-in-chief is Steven E. Miller (Harvard).
Discipline | International and national security, International relations |
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Language | English |
Edited by | Steven E. Miller |
Publication details | |
History | 1976–present |
Publisher | MIT Press for the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (United States) |
Frequency | Quarterly |
4.135 (2017) | |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | Int. Secur. |
Indexing | |
ISSN | 0162-2889 (print) 1531-4804 (web) |
JSTOR | 01622889 |
OCLC no. | 44911437 |
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International Security is among the leading journals in the field of international relations.[2][3] According to Journal Citation Reports, it has a 2017 impact factor of 4.135, ranking it 2nd out of 85 journals in the category "International Relations".[4] Along with Security Studies, it is among the most prominent journals dedicated to security studies.[5][1] Articles in International Security tend to deploy qualitative methods, in particular qualitative historical analysis.[6] Articles are also more likely to include policy prescriptions than other leading IR journals.[3]
The first article in International Security was Hedley Bull's "Arms Control and World Order."[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Walt, Stephen M. (1991). "The Renaissance of Security Studies". International Studies Quarterly. 35 (2): 211. doi:10.2307/2600471. ISSN 0020-8833.
- ^ Peterson, Susan; Tierney, Michael J.; Maliniak, Daniel (August 2005). "Teaching and Research Practices, Views on the Discipline, and Policy Attitudes of International Relations Faculty at U.S. Colleges and Universities" (PDF). College of William and Mary.
- ^ a b Pepinsky, Thomas; Steinberg, David A. (2020). "Is International Relations Relevant for International Money and Finance?". Bridging the Theory-Practice Divide in International Relations. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: International Relations". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2018.
- ^ Hoagland, Jack; Oakes, Amy; Parajon, Eric; Peterson, Susan (2020). "The Blind Men and the Elephant: Comparing the Study of International Security Across Journals". Security Studies. 29 (3): 393–433. doi:10.1080/09636412.2020.1761439. ISSN 0963-6412. S2CID 219437237.
- ^ Bennett, Andrew; Elman, Colin; Owen, John M. (2014-10-02). "Security Studies,Security Studies, and Recent Developments in Qualitative and Multi-Method Research". Security Studies. 23 (4): 657–662. doi:10.1080/09636412.2014.970832. ISSN 0963-6412. S2CID 145631004.
- ^ Bull, Hedley (1976). "Arms Control and World Order". International Security. 1 (1): 3–16. doi:10.2307/2538573. ISSN 0162-2889.
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