Political Observer
Observatório Político · Portugal · Est. 2018
Aims & Scope
The Political Observer,previously and widely recognized as thePortuguese Journal of Political Science, is a peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to examining the political significance, operation, and impact of politics from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. The journal aims to explore the political significance, operation, and impact through an interdisciplinary and worldwide perspective. By providing an international and interdisciplinary outlook, this publication objectively analyses the meaning, function, and influence of political actions. It concentrates on impartially examining the composition of the political arena. The study examines the impact of state formations, conflicts and borders, alongside cultural phenomena encompassing language, music, gender, religion and the media, on the evolution and articulation of political ideas and concepts. It also highlights how these components have evolved and transformed across time. The historical significance of the interplay between political and cultural terminology is examined within the context of other crucial and occasionally opposing categories of identification, including religion, region, nation, or class. The broad range of perspectives represented in the journal provides a nuanced appreciation of political identity, and therefore, the publication invites submissions from a variety of fields such as literature, history, geography, religion, sociology, and other related social sciences. Comparative analysis is encouraged, and the journal includes periodic essays and book reviews. Political Observerpublishes papers that reflect on social sciences and humanities from any relevant discipline, provided they make an original academic contribution to the study of political science. The publication targets those with an intellectual interest in the motives and methods employed by various agencies and agents to influence the politics and values of individuals and communities. Being interdiscipli
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Frequently asked questions about Political Observer
Is Political Observer a predatory journal?
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What is the impact factor of Political Observer?
Political Observer is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.11.
Is Political Observer indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?
Political Observer is indexed in DOAJ.
What is the aims and scope of Political Observer?
The Political Observer,previously and widely recognized as thePortuguese Journal of Political Science, is a peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to examining the political significance, operation, and impact of politics from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. The journal aims to explore the political significance, operation, and impact through an interdisciplinary and worldwide perspective. By providing an international and interdisciplinary outlook, this publication objectively analyses the meaning, function, and influence of political actions. It concentrates on impartiall
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