Current editors' choice:
Devolution, institutions, and organisations: changing models of regional development agencies
Mike Danson, Greg Lloyd
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SCImago Journal Ranking: 4/42 (Public Administration category)
2010 Impact Factor: 1.126
2010 5-Year Impact Factor: 1.330
Awarded an 'A' in the Australian Research Council's 2011 ranking of peer-reviewed journals in the 'multidisciplinary' category. For a complete list click here
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy is a research-driven, fully refereed international journal which seeks to advance scholarly debates on a wide range of contemporary policy issues which sit at the interface between the economy, society, and the environment. It welcomes papers which address the most important theoretical, methodological, and/or empirical aspects of these issues.
It has a global circulation and a global coverage, covering developed, emerging, and transitional states. Papers from Asia and America and the emerging world are strongly encouraged, as are those which offer a comparative perspective (ie, across policy areas and/or jurisdictions). The journal actively promotes excellent case-study analysis provided that it has broader international relevance.
Over nearly 30 years it has published agenda-defining papers in areas such as multilevel governance, the decentralisation of the state, environmental policy, regional development, and urban planning. These topics are inherently cross-cutting. The journal provides a dynamic research forum in which a wide range of disciplinary perspectives—including geography, public policy, sociology, and public administration—can be brought to bear upon them.
EPC regularly publishes theme (or 'special') issues on cross-cutting topics which are especially relevant to its readers. The Managing Editors are willing to respond to proposals, subject to the normal standards of independent refereeing.
The editors aim to reach an initial decision on all submitted manuscripts within three months.
ISSN 0263-774X (print) 1472-3425 (electronic)