Evidence & Policy
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| Discipline | Public policy |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Mariah Kornblush, Daniel Mallinson |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2005–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Hybrid | |
| 1.836 (2020) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Evid. Policy |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1744-2648 (print) 1744-2656 (web) |
| LCCN | 2005236147 |
| OCLC no. | 877592323 |
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Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate & Practice is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the relationship between research evidence and public policy. It was established in 2005 and is published by Policy Press. The founding editors-in-chief were Ken Young and Annette Boaz.[1] The current editors-in-chief are Mariah Kornblush and Daniel Mallinson.[2]
Abstracting and indexing
[edit | edit source]The journal is abstracted and indexed in Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences,[3] International Bibliography of the Social Sciences,[4] Scopus,[5] and the Social Sciences Citation Index.[3] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 1.836, ranking it 62nd out of 109 journals in the category "Social Science, Interdisciplinary".[6]
Editors-in-chief
[edit | edit source]The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief:
- Ken Young (2005–2008)
- Annette Boaz (2005–2017)
- David Gough (2008–2017)
- Katherine Smith (2018–2021)
- Mark Pearson (2018–2021)
- Zachary P. Neal (2022–2025)
- Caroline Oliver (2022–2025)
- Mariah Kornblush (2025–present)
- Daniel J. Mallinson (2025–present)[2]
Special issues
[edit | edit source]In each volume year, the journal publishes a special issue organized by guest editors addressing a specific topic. Recent special issues have included:
- The many faces of disability in evidence for policy and practice. Guest edited by Carol Rivas, Ikuko Tomomatsu and David Gough (Volume 17, Number 2, May 2021)
- Opening up evidence-based policy: exploring citizen and service user expertise. Guest edited by Ellen Stewart, Jennifer Smith-Merry and Marc Geddes (Volume 16, Number 2, May 2020)
- Co-creative approaches to knowledge production and implementation. Guest edited by Allison Metz, Annette Boaz and Glenn Robert (Volume 15, Number 3, August 2019)
- Networks and network analysis in evidence, policy and practice. Guest-edited by Kathryn Oliver and Moira Faul (Volume 14, Number 3, August 2018)
Carol Weiss Prize
[edit | edit source]In 2016 the journal created the Carol Weiss Prize to recognize outstanding early career contributors to the journal. The author of the winning article receives £100 in books from Policy Press, and the winning article is made open access for three months. Past winners have included:
- In 2016: Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- In 2017: Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- In 2019: Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- In 2021 (co-winner): Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- In 2021 (co-winner): Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
References
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