Policy Sciences

Policy Sciences is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering issues and practices in the policy studies. It was established in 1970 and is published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the Society of Policy Scientists. The editor-in-chief is Michael P. Howlett (Simon Fraser University and National University of Singapore).

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 2.457, ranking it fourth out of 55 journals in the category "Planning and Development", third out of 46 journals in the category "Public Administration", and fourth out of 95 journals in the category "Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary".

The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief of the journal:

Since 1984, the association has awarded the Harold Lasswell Memorial Prize for the best article published in the current volume of the journal. The prize selection committee usually is drawn from the editorial board and Springer Science+Business Media underwrites all expenses related to the prize.