The American Political Science Review (APSR) is founded by the Constitution of the American Political Science Association (APSA).  

Scope and Aims

The APSR publishes scholarly research of exceptional merit: problem-driven scholarship that is well conceptualized, ethically designed, and well executed, meeting the highest ethical and scholarly standards for research. We welcome manuscripts that collectively use a range of methods and approaches to address both timely and timeless questions about power and governance that are central to the study of politics everywhere. The journal aims to represent the diversity of subfields, geographic areas of study, identities, methods, and approaches that are encompassed by our broad and pluralistic discipline. Submitted manuscripts should be original, innovative, and well-crafted, and they should employ the methodologies and methods most appropriate to the problems they address.

Further information can be found here: https://www.apsanet.org/apsr

Accepted Article Types:

Research Article*

Registered Report*

Replication/Reappraisal*

The APSR accepts submissions of three article types. The first is a stand-alone Research Article with original research.  The second is a Registered Report, which specifies a protocol for conducting original research that has not yet been conducted.  The last is a Replication/Reappraisal which examines previously published work and investigates the reliability of prior findings.  When authors submit articles to the APSR, they will be asked to select one of these three article types for their submission.