Katana VentraIP

Discipline

English

Steven E. Miller

1976–present

Quarterly

4.135 (2017)

Int. Secur.

0162-2889 (print)
1531-4804 (web)

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.

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