International Journal of Parliamentary Studies

Aims & Scope

The International Journal of Parliamentary Studies is a peer-reviewed international journal that provides a forum for academic research connected to legislative, procedural, political, comparative, and other matters related to parliaments at all governmental levels from all countries, including supranational (EU) matters.

The journal analyses legislatures’ actors and activities, including their internal and external relations, from a theoretical, procedural, or practical point of view.

The editors cultivate a strongly international author base and encourage contributions from the various fields of the legal and social sciences, thus seeking to offer a remedy to the specialization within and estrangement between these disciplines as well as to the distance between legislative theory and parliamentary practice.

Until recently, legislative issues, parliamentary procedure, and practice were exclusively the purview of national legislation and jurisdiction and were, therefore, issues for primarily domestic scholarship.

However, a kind of parliamentary “ius gentium” or “ius commune” is evolving: Parliamentary activities are increasingly observed by international actors and repeatedly reviewed by international forums.

Parliamentary issues are no longer matters of one institution or nation.

There are points of contact between institutions and nations, and learning from one another is possible (e.g., regarding constitution and state building).

Supranational parliaments (including the European Parliament) are gradually becoming important actors in world politics and policies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	21935

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	25

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.188

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	4

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Parliamentary Diplomacy: A Review Article

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Stelios

• Measuring Legislative Activity during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Introducing the ParlAct and ParlTech Indexes

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Ittai, Olivier, Cyril, Israel, Asaf

• Legal Informatics Tools for Evidence-Based Policy Creation in Parliaments

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Fotios, Dimitris, Günther

• Re-Structuring Parliamentary Roles

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Stephen Holden

• Is There an Alternative to Consensus? The Impact of the 2014 Coalition Deal on Voting Behaviour in the Eighth European Parliament (2014–2019)

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Olivier, Awenig

• Measures taken by the House of Commons in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Sarah

• A Comprehensive Research Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Parliaments

  Citation: 3

  Authors: Fotios, Jörn, Sander

• Creating an Enhanced Infrastructure of Parliamentary Archives for Better Democratic Transparency and Legislative Research

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Rebeka, Miklós

• Parliaments and their Evolution

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Werner J.

• Legislation and Legislative Process in Eastern Europe

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Zsolt, Herbert

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