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Aims and Scope
Review of International Studies (RIS) publishes high-quality research that makes significant contributions to conversations about global politics, broadly defined. We encourage submissions that are attentive to historical and contemporary dynamics of global politics and their effects. We welcome theoretically informed, empirically rich, and methodologically rigorous articles that significantly advance scholarship, including interdisciplinary research. RIS strives to be the place where a range of perspectives can flourish, where outstanding work is showcased and debated, and where the voices in those debates are drawn from a global community.
RIS is a British International Studies Association journal.
Types of Article
The journal accepts the following types of article:
- Research Article*
- Forum*
- Review Article*
- Special Issue*
- Comment and Response
* If publishing Gold Open Access, all or part of the publication costs for these article types may be covered by one of the agreements Cambridge University Press has made to support open access.
Peer Review Process
For information on the journal’s peer review process, please click here.
Complaints and Appeals Procedure
For more information about raising a complaint or appealing an editorial decision, see here.