Political Theory

1.7k papers and 24.4k indexed citations
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The 1.7k papers published in Political Theory in the last decades have received a total of 24.4k indexed citations. Papers published in Political Theory usually cover Political Science and International Relations (569 papers), Sociology and Political Science (446 papers) and Philosophy (350 papers) specifically the topics of Political Philosophy and Ethics (231 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (166 papers) and Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought (134 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Political Theory are John S. Dryzek, Lynn M. Sanders, Wendy Brown, Michael Walzer, Iris Marion Young, Martha C. Nussbaum, Bernard Manin, Jane Bennett, Simone Chambers and Arash Abizadeh.

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Fields of papers published in Political Theory

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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