International Security
DisciplineInternational and national security, International relations
LanguageEnglish
Edited bySteven E. Miller
Publication details
History1976–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
4.135 (2017)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Int. Secur.
Indexing
ISSN0162-2889 (print)
1531-4804 (web)
JSTOR01622889
OCLC no.44911437
Links

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 of Harvard University.

International Security is considered among the leading journals in the field of international relations.[2][3] According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 4.135, ranking it 2nd out of 85 journals in the category "International Relations".[4] Along with the journal Security Studies, it is the most prominent journal 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] Each issue has an average length of 208 pages.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b Walt, Stephen M. (1991). "The Renaissance of Security Studies". International Studies Quarterly. 35 (2): 211. doi:10.2307/2600471. ISSN 0020-8833.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: International Relations". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2018.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Bull, Hedley (1976). "Arms Control and World Order". International Security. 1 (1): 3–16. doi:10.2307/2538573. ISSN 0162-2889.

External links

Categories