International Security (journal)

"International Security" redirects here. For the measures taken by states and international organizations to ensure mutual survival and safety, see International security.
International Security
DisciplineInternational and national security, International relations
LanguageEnglish
Edited bySteven E. Miller
Publication details
History1976–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
4.135 (2017)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Int. Secur.
Indexing
ISSN0162-2889 (print)
1531-4804 (web)
JSTOR01622889
OCLC no.44911437
Links

International Security is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of international and national security. It was founded in 1976[1] and is edited by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University and published four times a year by MIT Press, both of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The current editor-in-chief is Steven E. Miller (Harvard).

International Security is among the leading journals in the field of international relations.[2][3] According to Journal Citation Reports, it has a 2017 impact factor of 4.135, ranking it 2nd out of 85 journals in the category "International Relations".[4] Along with Security Studies, it is among the most prominent journals dedicated to security studies.[5][1] Articles in International Security tend to deploy qualitative methods, in particular qualitative historical analysis.[6] Articles are also more likely to include policy prescriptions than other leading IR journals.[3]

The first article in International Security was Hedley Bull's "Arms Control and World Order."[7]

  1. ^ a b Walt, Stephen M. (1991). "The Renaissance of Security Studies". International Studies Quarterly. 35 (2): 211. doi:10.2307/2600471. ISSN 0020-8833.
  2. ^ Peterson, Susan; Tierney, Michael J.; Maliniak, Daniel (August 2005). "Teaching and Research Practices, Views on the Discipline, and Policy Attitudes of International Relations Faculty at U.S. Colleges and Universities" (PDF). College of William and Mary.
  3. ^ a b Pepinsky, Thomas; Steinberg, David A. (2020). "Is International Relations Relevant for International Money and Finance?". Bridging the Theory-Practice Divide in International Relations. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  4. ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: International Relations". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2018.
  5. ^ Hoagland, Jack; Oakes, Amy; Parajon, Eric; Peterson, Susan (2020). "The Blind Men and the Elephant: Comparing the Study of International Security Across Journals". Security Studies. 29 (3): 393–433. doi:10.1080/09636412.2020.1761439. ISSN 0963-6412. S2CID 219437237.
  6. ^ Bennett, Andrew; Elman, Colin; Owen, John M. (2014-10-02). "Security Studies,Security Studies, and Recent Developments in Qualitative and Multi-Method Research". Security Studies. 23 (4): 657–662. doi:10.1080/09636412.2014.970832. ISSN 0963-6412. S2CID 145631004.
  7. ^ Bull, Hedley (1976). "Arms Control and World Order". International Security. 1 (1): 3–16. doi:10.2307/2538573. ISSN 0162-2889.