About this Journal
A first in political science, The Forum is the sole venue where professional political scientists analyze and comment on contemporary American politics, with peer-reviewed articles that are relevant and accessible to a wide audience. Topics include parties, elections, the news media, Congress, the Presidency, American foreign policy, and American politics in comparative perspective. The journal is edited by Byron Shafer (University of Wisconsin, Madison) and Ray La Raja (University of Massachusetts, Amherst); its editorial board includes many of the top figures in American political science. With timely and topical pieces that tend to be longer than newspaper columns but shorter than orthodox journal articles, The Forum bridges the gap between academic political science and real-world politics.
Publication History
Four issues/year
Content available since 2002 (Volume 1, Issue 1)
ISSN: 1540-8884
Archiving: all bepress journals are fully and permanently archived according to leading industry standards.
Indexed in
- America: History and Life (ABC-CLIO)
- Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences
- IBSS
- PAIS International
- Scopus
- Social Science Citation Index (Thomson/ISI)
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
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What scholars are saying about The Forum
Over recent years I have seen the wealth of articles available through this electronic journal and consider it a valuable resource both for my own research and for keeping in touch with the field generally.
James F. Guyot, Professor, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY
This is a major new initiative in electronic publishing, featuring contributions by some of the best U.S. and international scholars of political science and public policy.
Joe Atkinson, Senior Lecturer and Research Director, Political Science, University of Auckland
Its editors have succeeded in attracting knowledgeable and articulate scholars as authors of articles that deal with important issues in a manner that will appeal to a wide range of college educated readers.
Christian Soe, Professor Emeritus, California State University, Long Beach
This electronic journal consistently provides high level cutting edge research which is extremely timely and cogent with respect to the topics which are important to my research and teaching. Anyone in the field of American government and politics would benefit from the most current issue of The Forum for example.
John Jackson, Professor, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
This publication in increasingly becoming a "must have" for study of American government.
Melvin J. Dubnick, Professor, University of New Hampshire