PRX celebrates two-year anniversary and welcomes new Associate Editors

In ECPR's 50th Anniversary year, our first Open Access journal, Political Research Exchange (PRX), also celebrates a milestone – two years of publishing. Since its launch at our 2018 General Conference in Hamburg, PRX offered a dynamic platform to advance research, innovation, and debate across the breadth of political science.

PRX today

Published in partnership with Taylor & Francis, PRX follows our traditions of excellence but in fully Gold Open Access. The journal leverages the digital format to deepen and enrich scholarly communication while delivering swift publication times – only 39 days to first decision on average. In this year alone, the journal has already published 20 outstanding research articles and research notes.

Top three most-read articles, overall: 

• The battle of Bruges: Margaret Thatcher, the foreign office and the unravelling of British European policy by Oliver Daddow, Christopher Gifford and Ben Wellings
• Whose ideas are worth spreading? The representation of women and ethnic groups in TED talks by Carsten Schwemmer and Sebastina Jungkunz
• The peculiar personality of strongmen: comparing the Big Five and Dark Triad traits of autocrats and non-autocrats by Alessandro Nai and Emre Toros

Top three most-read articles, current edition:

• The peculiar personality of strongmen: comparing the Big Five and Dark Triad traits of autocrats and non-autocrats by Alessandro Nai and Emre Toros
• Automation and the future of the welfare state: basic income as a response to technological change? by Clau Dermont and David Weisstanner
• The Baskerville's dog suddenly started barking: voting for VOX in the 2019 Spanish general elections by Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte, José Rama, and Andrés Santana

Sustainable publishing

As a Gold Open Access journal, PRX charges an Author Processing Charge to authors once an article has been accepted for publication. As part of our commitment to shaping a strong path for the research community, all APCs will be waived into 2020 and will thereafter continue to be significantly lower than the industry standard, capped to £100 for individuals from the ECPR member institutions.

The Editorial Team

PRX is expertly curated by Alexandra Segerberg and Simona Guerra, supported by Mary Cenci as Editorial Assistant along with a team of Associate Editors. Last month, we had the pleasure of welcoming ten new Associate Editors:

• Fabrizio De Francesco University of Strathclyde
• Marc Esteve Del Valle University of Groningen
• Katjana Gattermann University of Amsterdam
• Anna-Lena Högenauer University of Luxembourg
• Carmela Lutmar University of Haifa
• David Maher University of Salford
• Julien Navarro Université catholique de Lille
• Ian O'Flynn Newcastle University
• Louisa Parks University of Trento
• Jennifer Shore University of Mannheim

They will join fellow Associate Editors who came on board in September 2018:

• Isabelle Borucki University of Duisburg-Essen
• Joost de Moor Stockholm University
• Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski University of Wroclaw
• Luca Ozzano University of Turin
• Zsófia Papp Hungarian Academy of Sciences
• Elena Pavan University of Trento
• Johannes Pollak Webster Vienna Private University
• Christopher Raymond Queen's University Belfast
• Steven Van Hauwaert Surrey University

You write, we publish

PRX is inviting new submissions! The journal operates on a format-free submission system: simply submit your paper via the website, in any scholarly format or layout with any referencing style, provided these are consistent throughout. Aspiring authors can also contact the Editors in Chief Alexandra Segerberg and Simona Guerra.

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