Parliaments, Estates and Representation

Aims & Scope

The aim of the journal, as of the Commission, is to promote research into the origin, growth and development of representative and parliamentary institutions throughout the world in all periods.

In particular, it encourages the study of the development of representative institutions in a wide and comparative way.

It facilitates the international exchange of bibliographical information and is concerned with the political theory and institutional practice of representation as well as with the internal organization, political culture and the social and political background to parliaments and assemblies of estates.

Representative urban institutions and international parliamentary organizations also fall within its remit.

The journal publishes scholarly articles covering the whole spectrum of the history of representative institutions up to the present day.

The journal welcomes all contributions which fall within its field of interest, including papers presented at conferences of the ICHRPI.

Articles may be submitted in English, French or German; all research articles published in the journal have undergone rigorous peer review, involving initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.131

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	9

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	26248

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	16

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and 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.

• Communalism, parliamentarism, republicanism

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Peter

• Crown and Cortes in Castile, 1590–1665

  Citation: 26

  Authors: I.A.A.

• Parliamentary sources in the comparative study of conceptual history: methodological aspects and illustrations of a research proposal

  Citation: 16

  Authors: PASI, KARI

• ‘The devil or the Dutch’: Holland's impact on the financial revolution in England, 1643–1694

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Marjolein

• Petitions,<i>Gravamina</i>and the early modern state: local influence on central legislation in England and Germany (Hesse)

  Citation: 13

  Authors: BEAT, ANDREAS

• Second chamber, ‘congress of ambassadors’ or federal presidency. Parliamentary and non-parliamentary aspects in the European Council's rules of procedure

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Kari, Claudia

• A comparison between three ideal types of parliamentary politics: representation, legislation and deliberation

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Kari

• Reform and resistance to royal authority in fourteenth‐century France: The leagues of 1314–1315∗

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Elizabeth A.R.

• Observing political and societal changes in Finnish parliamentary speech data, 1980–2010, with topic modelling

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Anna, Kimmo

• Max Weber and the parliamentary bureaucracy of his time

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Cristiana

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