PSJ is excited to welcome Lina Garcia as Editorial Assistant! Lina is an international master's student in political science at the University of Arkansas. Her academic interests revolve around public policy, governance, and institutional analysis. Welcome, Lina!

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This PSJ open access perspective rethinks anonymity, non-participation, and spectatorship as overlooked democratic practices, with guidance for empirical study. By Andrea Felicetti Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

PSJ BLOG POST ALERT! What happens when incentive deals go public, and does transparency change how people feel about them? Insights from the Amazon HQ2 competition. By Eric Stokan, Ian G. Anson & Nathan M. Jensen Read here: psjblog.net/2025/12/17/w... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

What does the Trump administration reveal about the future of policy process research? Check out this PSJ Perspective pointing to new directions in policy process research. By @chris-koski.bsky.social Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

Explore our Cultural Theory Issue—one of 8 featured policy theories Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

EARLY VIEW ALERT! Explore this PSJ article proposing novel theoretical extensions to the Advocacy Coalition Framework, including emotional anchoring of policymakers, affective policy subsystems, and affective brokerage. By @msmaor.bsky.social Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

NEW BLOG POST ALERT! Check out this PSJ blog post on how policy design shapes the effectiveness of local content requirements across renewable energy value chains. By @laimaeicke.bsky.social Read here: psjblog.net/2026/02/04/d... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

Take a look at our Virtual Special Issue on Health - one of 8 featured policy topics. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

Dive into this PSJ open-access article analyzing turnout patterns among young adults and explore the mechanisms connecting adolescent welfare participation to later voting behavior. By Nathan K. Micatka Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Using longitudinal fieldwork and interviews, this PSJ open-access article shows how frontline discretion in problem-gambling prevention feeds back into policy redesign. By Niccolò Aimo & Federico Cuomo Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

BLOG POST! Who represents immigrants in Congress when immigration becomes partisan? Check out this PSJ blog post exploring how polarization shifts representation from district demographics to party control. By Adam Cayton & Lena Siemers Read here: psjblog.net/2026/01/07/t...

EARLY VIEW ALERT! Is it one thing to support nuclear energy, and another to live next to it? This PSJ open-access article shows how proximity and risk information shape public acceptance of nuclear power. By Hyorim Seo & Yong-Chan Rhee Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Dive into our Virtual Special Issue on Foreign Policy—one of 8 featured policy topics Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

This new PSJ open-access article examines “devil” and “angel” shifts by comparing ACF and NPF approaches to collective action. By Johanna Hornung, Allegra H. Fullerton & Christopher M. Weible Read more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

How do leaders craft crisis narratives? Explore this PSJ open-access article analyzing how evidence, emotion, and gain/loss framing shaped COVID-19 vaccination messaging in Italy and France. By Laura Mastroianna & Stefania Profeti Read more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

BLOG POST! Explore the latest PSJ blog post examining how expanded mail voting relates to voter access, political efficacy, and trust in government. By Andrew Trexler, Marayna Martinez & Mallory E. SoRelle Read here: psjblog.net/2026/01/21/v... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

Explore newly available articles advancing policy scholarship in PSJ Early View! Read more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15410072... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

"In both cases, collaboration was sought to address climate policy—a conceivably wicked issue—however, when faced with stakeholder contention, governments arguably sidestepped the collaborative process and reverted it back into the political debate."

New article in @psjeditor.bsky.social w/ Qian Zhang and @peterenns.bsky.social We classify poll questions from the 1980s-2010s into policy agendas topic codes + find attention in polling responds to public priorities, predicts cong + media attention. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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This open access PSJ article introduces a framework for analyzing leading, linking, and leveraging roles across political systems, with a case on climate policy in Canada and the Netherlands. By Erin Sullivan, Bert Fraussen & Caelesta Braun Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

How did interstate collaboration shape COVID-19 policy diffusion? This PSJ open-access article from our latest issue examines compacts, leadership, ideology, and state adoption patterns. Read more here: doi.org/10.1111/psj.... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

EARLY VIEW! Read here: From Germination to Transformation: Policy Studies in China Over the Past Half-Century (1970s–2020s) - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... The Epistemic Impact of Large Language Models on Policymaking - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

BLOG POST ALERT! Designing climate policy? Dive into this PSJ blog post on how cultural worldviews and policy design shape public support for net-zero in the UK. By Christian Bretter & Felix Schulz Read more here: psjblog.net/2025/12/03/c... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

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EARLY VIEW Read here: Balancing Participation and Speed: A Polycentric Governance Lens on Renewable-Energy Siting - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Applying Systems Thinking and Participatory Design to Policy Development - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

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This open access PSJ article uses a motif-based approach and ERGM simulations to evaluate strategies for facilitating collaboration, with evidence from Swedish water governance. By Johanna Hedlund, Florence Metz, and Örjan Bodin Read more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Thank you to our authors, reviewers, and community for an outstanding year! #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

🌍 PSJ’s blog reached readers in 114 countries with 11,000+ views in 2025. Thank you to our global community of scholars, students, and policy practitioners, and special thanks to the PSJ blog team, Erica Ivins and Saba Siddiki! #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal @policystudiesorg.bsky.social

This PSJ article examines how sociopolitical and economic conditions influence collaborative governance using a sense making approach and a dataset of 890 tensions. By Zhihang Yuan, Xiaohu Wang, Jinwei Li, & Jingyuan Xu Read more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Female authorship in PSJ is rising. After years of fluctuation, representation has grown consistently since the mid-2010s, now reaching the low–mid 40% range--a strong step moving forward. #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal @policystudiesorg.bsky.social

PSJ Highlights - International Collaboration PSJ is more global than ever. International co-authorship reached its highest point in 2024--showcasing the journal’s growing worldwide reach and commitment to globally engaged policy research. #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal @policystudiesorg.bsky.social

PSJ Highlights - Journal Impact and Rankings PSJ’s impact continues to rise. Our 2025 Scopus CiteScore is 12.3, ranking #20/1,497 in Sociology & Political Science and #2/242 in Public Administration. Clarivate’s 2024 Impact Factors also remain strong (2-year: 4.9; 5-year: 5.6).

PSJ Highlights! - Published Articles Trends (2020–2025) PSJ’s publication output continues to grow! As of Nov. 30, 2025, we’ve published 96 articles—our highest annual total ever. #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

PSJ Highlights! - Submission Trends (2021–2025) PSJ’s submissions continue to rise! As of Dec. 22, 2025, we received 768 new manuscripts—our highest total ever. Including revisions, the team handled over 1,000 manuscripts this year. #PSJ @policystudiesorg.bsky.social

🎉 We wrapped up our final PSJ meeting of the year, joined by several members of our core editorial team. As we head into a short holiday break, PSJ would like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone for your dedication and contributions to PSJ throughout the year. #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

This PSJ article from our latest issue presents a novel method to detect punctuation in policy processes, examining bureaucratic decision making in school district budgeting in NY and TX By J.S. Butler & Luliia Shybalkina Read more here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Watch, listen, or read on your favorite platform: Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7bo6... YouTube: youtu.be/01yBsmOsxO8 Substack (transcript): artofsciencepod.substack.com/p/art-of-sci... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

This PSJ open-access article examines how municipal street-level bureaucrats, including experts, planners, and decision makers, form connections while addressing environmental challenges. By Per Becker & Örjan Bodin Read more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

EARLY VIEW ALERT! Dive into this PSJ article exploring how Americans’ perceptions of deservingness shift under scarcity, and what that means for people with disabilities. By Elizabeth Bell, Monica C. Schneider, Dara Z. Strolovitch & Ari Ne'eman Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Discover this PSJ article from our latest issue examining federal bureaucrats’ participation, dispersion, and centrality in shaping the national climate policy agenda. By Xinsheng Liu, Bryce Hannibal & Arnold Vedlitz Read more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PSJ

Explore this PSJ study reviewing 88 Chinese-language PET articles, revealing growing scholarship, qualitative dominance, and a punctuated pattern of change in China’s policy process. By @pubpolicychina.bsky.social & @cammieli.bsky.social Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj....

Explore this PSJ article from our latest issue examining how local agendas evolve in response to national signals, population growth, and institutional change. By Peter B. Mortensen & Brooke Nicole Shannon Read more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

The final issue of the year—PSJ 53(4)—is now live! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15410072... We’re grateful to our authors, reviewers, and readers for an outstanding year! #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal #PSO @policystudiesorg.bsky.social

My article in Policy Studies Journal, “Learning to Avoid,” is now officially assigned to an issue! Check it out along with the other excellent pieces featured in the new release soon.

The final PSJ issue of 2025 is almost here! Stay tuned for new research and fresh insights from across the policy community. #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal #PSO @policystudiesorg.bsky.social

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