Journal of Conflict Resolution
The Journal of Conflict Resolution is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on international conflict and conflict resolution. It was established in 1957[1] and is published by SAGE Publications. The editor-in-chief is Paul Huth (University of Maryland, College Park).
Discipline
English
Paul Huth
1957–present
Bimonthly
3.491 (2017)
J. Confl. Resolut.
History[edit]
The journal was established in 1957. In 1959, the journal was run by the Center for Research on Conflict Resolution at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.[2] When the Center closed in 1971 due to lack of funding, the journal was run by a team at Yale University.[2] Since 2009, the journal has been run by a team at the University of Maryland.[2] Bruce Russett was a long-time editor-in-chief of the journal prior to Paul Huth's appointment as editor-in-chief in 2009.[2]
Abstracting and indexing[edit]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, RePEc, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 3.491, ranking it 8th out of 69 journals in the category "Political Science" and 5th out of 85 journals in the category "International Relations".[3]