The Policy Studies Journal

As the principal outlet for the Public Policy Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and for the Policy Studies Organization (PSO), the Policy Studies Journal (PSJ) is the premier channel for the publication of public policy research. PSJ is best characterized as an outlet for theoretically and empirically grounded research on policy process and policy analysis. More specifically, we aim to publish articles that advance public policy theory, explicitly articulate its methods of data collection and analysis, and provide clear descriptions of how their work advances the literature.  

We accept a variety of manuscripts including those on public policy theory, policy analysis and evaluation, methodological approaches to policy research, synthetic reviews, point/counterpoints, and public policy founders. To these ends, we welcome initial exchanges if a potential contributor has an idea and would like some initial editorial thoughts. Although we emphasize empirical analysis, we also wish to encourage submissions from authors whose current work might be more theoretic. 


Co-Editors Dr. Peter deLeon, Peter.DeLeon@ucdenver.edu Dr. Christopher Weible, Chris.Weible@ucdenver.edu



Editorial Board

Frank R. Baumgartner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Frances Stokes Berry, Florida State University Thomas A. Birkland, North Carolina State University Dorothy M. Daley, University of Kansas Richard C. Feiock, Florida State University Brian J. Gerber, Louisiana State University William T. Gormley Jr., Georgetown University Elizabeth A. Graddy, University of Southern California Donald P. Haider-Markel, University of Kansas Tanya Heikkila, University of Colorado Denver Robert Hoppe, University of Twente, Netherlands Helen Ingram, University of California, Irvine Designated Chair Hank Jenkins-Smith, University of Oklahoma Peter John, University of Manchester, United Kingdom Bryan D. Jones, University of Texas at Austin Mark Lubell, University of California, Davis Laurence E. Lynn Jr., University of Texas at Austin Peter J. May, University of Washington Igor Mayer, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Daniel A. Mazmanian, University of Southern California Lawrence M. Mead III, New York University Michael Mintrom, University of Auckland, New Zealand M. Jae Moon, Yonsei University, South Korea Sean C. Nicholson-Crotty, University of Missouri Robert E. OConnor, National Science Foundation	Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University Wayne Parsons, Queen Mary, University of London Paul Quirk, University of British Columbia Matthew Potoski, Iowa State University Sarah Pralle, Syracuse University Jeremy John Richardson, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Evan J. Ringquist, Indiana University Jorge E. Rivera, George Washington University Scott Robinson, Texas A&M University Harrell R. Rodgers Jr., University of Houston Paul A. Sabatier, University of California, Davis Edella C. Schlager, University of Arizona Anne L. Schneider, Arizona State University John T. Scholz, Florida State University Steven Rathgeb Smith, University of Washington Joseph Soss, University of Minnesota Aidan R. Vining, Simon Fraser University, Canada Eric Welch, University of Illinois at Chicago David L. Weimer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Andrew B. Whitford, University of Georgia Sren Winter, Danish National Centre for Social Research