About the Journal:
Studies in Indian Politics is a double-blind peer-reviewed bi-annual journal. The journal publishes research writings that seek to explain different aspects of Indian politics. It adopts a multi-method approach and publishes articles based on primary data in the qualitative and quantitative traditions, archival research, interpretation of texts and documents, and secondary data.
Categories of Submissions:
The journal publishes research writings that seek to explain different aspects of Indian politics.
- Articles: Should not ordinarily exceed 7,000 words in length, inclusive of references, tables and figures
- Notes, commentaries and book review essays: Should not exceed 3,000 words in length
- Book Reviews: Should not ordinarily exceed 1,000 words
- Abstract of not more than 150 words and 4–6 keywords for articles
Submission Guidelines:
- Manuscripts should adhere to the word limit mentioned before.
- All Submissions should be sent only in soft copy, preferably in MS Word, double-spaced throughout (even for quotations, notes, references).
- Along with the submission, authors also need to send an undertaking that the same article is not submitted to any other publication.
- There is no limit on the number of references allowed.
- Authorship: All parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article should be listed as authors.
- Acknowledgments: All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgements section.
Submission of the Manuscripts:
Manuscripts must be submitted at
- lokniti.journal[at]csds.in for Research Papers
- philip.oldenburg[at]columbia.edu for Book Reviews
- ujjwalksingh[at]gmail.com for Book Reviews
- rajeshwari.deshpande[at]gmail.com for Teaching-Learning Political Science
- divya.vaid09[at]gmail.com for Notes on Methods
Contact Information:
For more information, please contact Editors: Suhas Palshikar ([email protected]), K. C. Suri (surikc@ gmail.com) or Assistant Editor: Abhay Datar ([email protected])
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