Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties

Aims & Scope

JEPOP aims to publish research of the highest quality on elections, public opinion, participation and political parties.

Published under the auspices of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom specialist group of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties (EPOP), it welcomes submissions based on either comparative or single nation studies.

The journal has no methodological bias other than demonstrable excellence.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.6

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3535

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	430

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.202

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	38

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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.

• The 2006 Cooperative Congressional Election Study

  Citation: 240

  Authors: Lynn, Douglas

• From populism to the “plandemic”: why populists believe in COVID-19 conspiracies

  Citation: 160

  Authors: Jakob-Moritz, Robert A., Esther

• Measuring Populism: A Quantitative Text Analysis of Party Literature in Belgium

  Citation: 144

  Authors: Teun

• Threatened by diversity: Why restrictive asylum and immigration policies appeal to western Europeans

  Citation: 140

  Authors: ELISABETH

• Internet Search Data and Issue Salience: The Properties of Google Trends as a Measure of Issue Salience

  Citation: 132

  Authors: Jonathan

• Field Experiments and the Study of Voter Turnout

  Citation: 132

  Authors: Donald P., Mary C., Peter M.

• One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Selecting Response Scales For Attitude Items

  Citation: 130

  Authors: Robert

• When Europe matters: The impact of political information on voting behaviour in EU referendums

  Citation: 107

  Authors: SARA BINZER

• The Economic Vote in Transitional Democracies

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Michael S., Mary

• Who will defend democracy? Evaluating tradeoffs in candidate support among partisan donors and voters

  Citation: 95

  Authors: John, Katherine, Gretchen, Brendan, Mitchell, Susan

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