As you may know, we've increased our publication volume drastically in recent years. Last year alone, we published nearly 100 articles. This was a strategic decison, although we're aware it might impact our journal impact metrics negatively. We don't use any “tricks” to boost those metrics;

Policy Studies Journal@psjeditor.bsky.social · 6d ago

Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) measures how often a journal's articles are cited compared with similar publications in the field worldwide. An FWCI of 1.0 represents the global average; PSJ reached an all-time high of 2.61. Thank you to the policy community! #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

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How Japanese Policymakers Talk About Integrating Immigrants without Saying “Immigrants”

Migration continues to be a major area of policymaking globally. Decisions about how to best manage the economic and social impacts of more diverse populations represent important policy challenges…

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Integrating immigrants increasingly falls to regional governments, but what do these policies actually look like? Mariri Niino and I have a new open-access @psjeditor.bsky.social paper examining how Japanese prefectures use "multicultural coexistence" in their planning: doi.org/10.1111/psj..... A 🧵

I'm looking forward to chairing an Editors' Forum at the 2026 Korean Association for Policy Studies (KAPS) Conference in Gwangju, South Korea.

I really can't thank them enough for all they've done for PSJ and the policy community. Congratulations!

Policy Studies Journal@psjeditor.bsky.social · 2w ago

The @policystudiesorg.bsky.social and Policy Studies Journal are proud to recognize Chris Weible, Melissa Merry, Graham Ambrose, @camigil.bsky.social , Johanna Hornung, and Alejandra Medina for their longstanding service and dedication to PSJ! #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

'm excited to be chairing a special international panel at the 2026 Korean Association for Policy Studies (KAPS) Conference next month, and I'd love to invite anyone who's interested to join us.

I'm really glad this piece finally made it out. Dr. Eric Button, the lead author, has been heavily involved in applied policy research related to veterans' welfare in the US, and this was one of his projects addressing homelessness. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Reducing state-level veteran homelessness through the lens of policy capacity

Along with the U.S. federal government and local jurisdictions, U.S. states play an important role in shaping veteran homelessness policy. These state-level efforts include economic and resource-ba...

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We need to improve how we communicate our policy research. Julia’s expertise in science communication will be very helpful with that. Looking forward to working with her!

Policy Studies Journal@psjeditor.bsky.social · 4w ago

📢Meet Julia Wittner! We are excited to introduce Julia, producer of the Art of Science Podcast and Blog Managing Editor. She also coordinates research, communications, and strategic initiatives at Syracuse University's Center for Policy Design and Governance. Welcome, Julia!

Anyone going to IWPP5 in Ottawa, Canada? My fellow PSJ editors will be there and would love to say hi!

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Had the privilege of enjoying a nice coffee break with Dr. Creed Tumlison who was visiting from California!

Just returned safely from my trip to Korea for the KAPA conference. Spent quality time with many policy scholars, as well as family and friends in Korea and beyond. Now it's time to catch up on things here and there. Thanks for your patience and understanding. I'll respond to you as soon as I can.

Can AI influence citizens’ willingness to comply with policy? This PSJ article examines how policy endorsements from large language models shape compliance willingness in China. By: Miao Xiang & Shouzhi Xia Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj.... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

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The voluntary compliance of ordinary citizens is pivotal for the seamless implementation of public policy and the achievement of desired policy outcomes. Government agencies often rely on expert endo...

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EARLY VIEW ALERT! Explore this PSJ article examining how policy narratives shape public understanding and evoke distinct emotions, using Appraisal Theory and the Narrative Policy Framework. By Sonja Blum, Johanna Kuhlmann & Nora Habelitz Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PSJ

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Research on policy narratives acknowledges the crucial role that emotions play within communication and sense-making. Especially the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) has placed emotion at the center ...

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NEW BLOG POST ALERT! 📢 Check out this PSJ blog post using latent class analysis to reveal hidden social identities shaping policy preferences and policy design. By Johanna Hornung, Nils C. Bandelow & Madita Olvermann Read here: psjblog.net/2026/06/24/l... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

Latent Target Groups – A Methodological Contribution of Social Identities to Policy Design Research

Researchers have traditionally studied target groups as homogenously constructed groups. Thereby, the groups of interest were assigned single social identities, such as, e.g., people in unemploymen…

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PSJ's 2025 Impact Metrics are now available! See the latest CiteScore, Journal Impact Factor, Journal Citation Indicator, and additional journal metrics here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1541... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

This PSJ open access article examines how belief systems and actor interactions shape coalition formation, conflict, and policy change in environmental governance. By: Metodi Sotirov, Brendon Swedlow Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj.... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

Just landed safely in S. Korea to attend a conference and meet with my family/friends. Excited for the next 10 days!

Discourse Network Analyzer 3.1.0 released: github.com/leifeld-lab/.... Annotate actor-concept statements in documents and export networks. Updated document and statement management from the associated R package rDNA, polarisation, phase detection, backbone identification, IRT scaling, and bug fixes.

The Rose of Sharon in the front yard looks much better than it did last year.

Looking forward to engaging in meaningful conversations with many scholars on Tuesday, June 23, in Busan, South Korea! Excited to see many of you there!

Explore this Policy Studies Journal study on crisis narratives, examining how leaders in France and Italy used emotion, evidence, and framing during COVID-19 vaccination campaigns. By: Laura Mastroianni (@laura-mas.bsky.social ) & Stefania Profeti Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj....

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Explore this Policy Studies Journal perspective on policing and public policy, revealing how policing systems can reshape core policy process theories. By: Jack Mewhirter,  James E. Wright II,  Jill Nicholson-Crotty, Sean Nicholson-Crotty Read here: bit.ly/4tYPWZU

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For more than forty years, giants in the field have argued that the study of policing can deepen our understanding of key concepts in the policy process literature. Despite this, there remains a noti...

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PSJ Tips from the Editors Series! Learn more here: psjblog.net/2024/05/03/t... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

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Explore this Policy Studies Journal perspective on coproduction, rethinking public services as causal processes shaped jointly by governments and citizens. By: Gregg G. Van Ryzin ( @ggvanryzin.bsky.social ) Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj.... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

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That many public goods and services are coproduced jointly by government agencies (regular producers) together with clients and citizens (consumer producers) represents a fundamental insight, althoug...

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Explore this Policy Studies Journal study on GPT text annotation, highlighting AI’s promise and limits in public policy research. By: Alexander Churchill, Shamitha Pichika, Chengxin Xu, Ying Lius Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj.... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

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Text annotation, the practice of labeling text following a predetermined scheme, is essential to qualitative public policy research. Despite its importance, annotating large qualitative data faces ch...

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Analyze this Policy Studies Journal study on street-level policy implementation, revealing how frontline workers adapt and redesign gambling prevention policies in practice. By: Niccolò Aimo & Federico Cuomo Read here: psjblog.net/2026/05/20/b...

Explore this Policy Studies Journal research on measuring policy attention and participation diversity, introducing new ways to understand concentration, representation, and agenda breadth. By: Jonathan Lewallen Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj.... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

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Policy process scholars often are interested in the relative diversity or concentration of attention across issues, or the relative participation of different groups and information sources within an...

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