About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The Canadian Political Science Review is an electronic review of political science research undertaken by Canadians or about Canada. It invites manuscripts that address any issue of interest to political scientists and especially to its membership in the British Columbia and Prairie Political Studies Associations (BCPSA and PPSA) as well  as the Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association (APPSA). CPSR aims to stimulate the further intellectual development of political science within the Canadian political science community and in the international community of scholars in the field.

Section Policies

Editorial Notes

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Articles

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Research Symposium

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Research Notes

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Field Analyses

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Reports on the Provinces

This section invites authors to submit manuscripts that review provincial elections, referenda, and other feature of ongoing democratic political life.  These will be reviewed by the Reports editor, but not subject to the double-blind review process of this Journal's articles.  The length of manuscripts cannot exceed 4500 words.

It is expected that the journal will publish 1 - 2 Reports each issue.

Authors who have larger manuscripts with sustained arguments ought to submit to the Refereed Article Section.

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Book Reviews

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Commentaries and Discussion

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Association Notes and Notices

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Professional Notes and Advertisements

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Peer Review Process

CPSR is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal. Anonymized manuscripts are circulated to reviewers for comment and anonymized comments from reviewers are circulated to authors to guide revisions, prior to acceptance of any manuscript for the Journal.

Publication Frequency

CPSR publishes two regular issues per year open from January to June and July to December. Articles appear electronically on a incremental basis once the review and copyediting processes have been completed. Special Issues are also published from time to time.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.