Call for Papers

 

  1. Taiwanese Political Science Review (TPSR) is a scholarly journal published by the Taiwanese Political Science Association (TPSA). TPSR is indexed in TSSCI and Scopus and is published in June and December each year. Manuscripts are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.
  2. TPSR welcomes original and theoretically informed research articles in all fields of political science, including comparative politics, international relations, public administration,political philosophy, methodology, and related fields.
  3. TPSR accepts scholarly articles written in Chinese or English. Chinese-language research articles are limited to 20,000 Chinese characters, while English-language research articles are limited to 9,000 words. These limits include the main text, notes, appendices, and references.
  4. TPSR does not accept manuscripts that have already been published or are currently under review by another academic journal. Manuscripts submitted to TPSR must not be submitted to another publication during the review process. Authors are responsible for informing TPSR whether the manuscript has previously been presented in any form, including as a conference paper. TPSR reserves the right to decline a submission if there are concerns regarding prior publication.
  5. Each submission must be accompanied by a completed Taiwanese Political Science Review Publication Ethics Declaration and Checklist, signed by the corresponding author. The form may be completed and signed directly in the PDF file. Alternatively, it may be printed, completed, signed, and scanned as a PDF. The completed form must be submitted together with the manuscript.
  6. Each submission must include a brief biographical note for each author, Chinese and English abstracts of no more than 500 words, and five keywords in both Chinese and English. Authors shall submit both Word and PDF versions of the manuscript as email attachments.
  7. Authors may provide a list of up to two individuals whom they wish to exclude from consideration as reviewers.
  8. Articles submitted to TPSR will first undergo preliminary review by the Editorial Board and will then be sent anonymously to two or more scholars or experts in the relevant field for peer review. The review process normally takes approximately two months. In general, authors are expected to resubmit their revised manuscripts within three months. Once the manuscript has passed review by two external reviewers, it will be submitted to the Editorial Board for final review. The manuscript will be formally accepted upon approval by the Editorial Board.
  9. Upon acceptance for publication, authors shall revise their manuscripts in accordance with the TPSR style guidelines and submit one electronic copy of the final manuscript in Microsoft Word format.
  10. TPSR does not offer remuneration. Authors will receive two complimentary copies of the issue in which their article appears.
  11. Manuscript should be submitted by email to tpsr2003@gmail.com.
  12. Correspondence should be addressed to:

    Editorial Board, Taiwanese Political Science Review
    Department of Political Science, National Chengchi University
    No. 64, Sec. 2, Zhinan Rd., Wenshan Dist.
    Taipei City 11605, Taiwan
    Telephone: +886-2-2939-3091, ext. 50731
    Email: tpsr2003@gmail.com