Journal of Peace Research is an interdisciplinary and international peer reviewed bimonthly journal of scholarly work in peace research.
"Journal of Peace Research is at the forefront of serious academic research in conflict studies. One cannot claim to be a serious researcher in this field without reading JPR, with its articles on various subjects, using different approaches and methodologies. Of special interest are the special issues that focus on a particular theme; over the years several issues have been of great importance." S. Mansoob Murshed, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
"Journal of Peace Research has established itself as one of the major forums for the ongoing debates about peace and security. It is proud of its positivist tradition, but also open to other approaches." Barry Buzan, London School of Economics, UK
"For several years JPR has published a creative mix of theoretical, empirical, and policy articles on peace and conflict research. I scan each new issue more carefully than any other journal I receive"
Ted Robert Gurr, University of Maryland and Former President, International Studies Association
"Journal of Peace Research not only publishes critical, cutting-edge research on peace, war, and violence. It has also taken extraordinary steps to lead the establishment of scientific standards for data replication policies in the field, resulting even in a published agreement with other journals to follow emerging best practices. Across a range of interdisciplinary areas, JPR seems to be as widely followed as it is closely read." Gary King, Harvard University, USA
"I often find myself turning to Journal of Peace Research as the premier journal for innovative articles on peace and security. JPR does not shy away from publishing articles that may vary from the mainstream, such as studies focused on gender and conflict among others. The Editor and his staff consistently provide professional and comprehensive editorial reviews regardless of whether the manuscript has been accepted for publication. These editorial comments invariably provide important direction for revision. Kudos to JPR for its high standards, willingness to think outside the box, and thoughtful editorial feedback!" Mary Caprioli, University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA
"Journal of Peace Research is an essential resource to students of international conflict research. Drawing on a long-standing Scandinavian tradition of peace studies, this versatile periodical defines an important area of study better than any other publication. JPR is committed to the highest scholarly standards regardless of methodological orientation. Together with a very small number of European journals, it has made significant inroads into the American academic market, which is otherwise notoriously hard to enter." Lars-Erik Cederman, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich
"I have watched Journal of Peace Research evolve for over 35 years and, unlike some of its competitors, it can rightly claim to have improved with age. One of its perhaps most ironic assets - in view of its name - is that it is the international relations journal with the fewest ideological / paradigmatic / epistemological blinders in the business. Long may it prosper." William R. Thompson, Indiana University, USA
"International institutions see in war increasingly a main source of underdevelopment and injustice. Reliable information on why armed conflicts occur and where the main trouble spots will be in the future is thus of utmost importance to policymakers. JPR is the foremost academic outlet in the social sciences that takes this public responsibility seriously. It regularly presents the newest comparative analyses of wars. A particular service is the exemplary replication policy that renders the research process transparent and subjugates the findings to the critical scrutiny of the scientific community. JPR has recently published landmark articles on the liberal peace, international conflict management, the environmental sources of conflict, and the correlates of civil war. It will continue to be indispensable for peace researchers around the globe." Gerald Schneider, University of Konstanz, Germany
"JPR is a very important forum on scholarship related to peace, war and other violence between groups. The articles cover a wide range of topics, including international relations, conflict, security, the impact of different political systems, and the nature and creation of national and international institutions. The journal is interdisciplinary and international in its contributors. Its section on 'book notes' with brief reviews of many books is extremely valuable" - Ervin Staub, University of Massachusetts, USA
JPR Article of the Year Award, Volume 45, 2008
A jury consisting of Lars-Erik Cederman (ETH Zürich), Jon Hovi (University of Oslo) and Sara McLaughlin Mitchell (University of Iowa) has awarded the third Journal of Peace Research Article of the Year Award to Neil F. Johnson (University of Miami), Michael Spagat (University of London), Sean Gourley (University of Oxford), Jukka-Pekka Onnela (University of Oxford and Helsinki University of Technology) and Gesine Reinert (Oxford University). In its assessment of all research articles published in volume 45 of JPR, the jury paid attention to theoretical rigour, methodological sophistication and substantive relevance. According to the jury, the prize-winning article, ‘Bias in Epidemiological Studies of Conflict Mortality’, Journal of Peace Research 45(5): 653–663, provides an important advance in the methodology for estimating the number of casualties in civil wars. The authors show convincingly that previous studies which are based on a cross-street cluster-sampling algorithm (CSSA) have significantly overestimated the number of casualties in Iraq. Using a model that divides the underlying population in two groups (those that can and those that cannot be sampled under the CSSA methodology), the authors estimate the exposure to violence for each group, and quantify the potential bias resulting from the CSSA. Furthermore, they suggest and justify plausible values for the model’s parameters, provide a sensitivity analysis on the parameter values to help readers form their own judgements, and derive a simple formula that can be used to gauge and adjust for the bias. The prize-winning article is highly policy relevant and provides a sophisticated and innovative analysis of casualty estimates that have already attracted attention from policymakers.
The award is USD 1,000.
Access the article now for free at http://jpr.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/45/5/653
JCR Impact Factor
2008 Ranking:
18/99 in Political Science
13/55 in International Relations
2008 Impact Factor: 1.360
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