The AJPS is the official journal of the MPSA, committed to significant advances in knowledge and understanding of citizenship, governance, and politics, and to the public value of political science research. Co-Editors: Adam Berinsky and Dan Reiter.
American Journal of Political Science (AJPS)
Vote buying and negative agenda control: A problem for the study of money in politics by Andre Van Parys is now available in Early View. ajps.org/2026/05/06/v...
Updated AJPS AI Disclosure Policy for Authors
Last year, we introduced a set of policies concerning the use of AI at AJPS for both authors and reviewers. We have recently updated these guidelines. The current guidelines are presented in this Editor's Blog: ajps.org/2026/04/10/u...
Climate exposure drives firm political behavior: Evidence from earnings calls and lobbying data by Christian Baehr, Fiona Bare, and Vincent Heddesheimer is now available in Early View. @vheddesheimer.bsky.social ajps.org/2026/05/11/c...
You and whose economy? Group-based retrospection in economic voting by Christoffer Hentzer Dausgaard is now available in Early View. @chdausgaard.bsky.social ajps.org/2026/03/20/y...
Using large language models to analyze political texts through natural language understanding by Kenneth Benoit, Scott De Marchi, Conor Laver, Michael Laver, and Jinshuai Ma is now available in Early View. @kenbenoit.bsky.social ajps.org/2026/03/24/u...
The latest issue of the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS 70:2 April 2026) is now available in the Wiley Online Library. MPSA members can view the full issue after logging in here: t.co/mNGuR3kkBv
The AJPS will be on a brief hiatus from Aug. 14 at 5:00 PM ET through Sept. 8 at 12:00 AM ET. During this time, new and revised manuscript submissions and manuscript status updates will be unavailable. Review submissions and editorial decisions will continue as normal.
AJPS Editors Blog Post: Pre-Analysis Plans (PAP) Policy Change. We recently clarified our policy regarding the execution of pre-analysis plans and the reporting of supplemental materials. These changes are in line with increasing transparency in reporting ajps.org/2026/05/13/p...
American Journal of Political Science (AJPS)
What exploitation is by Benjamin Ferguson, Peter Hans Matthews, David Ronayne, and Roberto Veneziani is now available in Early View. @phminvt.bsky.social ajps.org/2026/04/02/w...
American Journal of Political Science (AJPS)
Breaking barriers: How an international treaty for women reduces the size of the informal economy by Chris Gahagan is now available in Early View. @chrisgahagan.bsky.social ajps.org/2026/05/20/b...
American Journal of Political Science (AJPS)
From: Dan Reiter and Adam Berinsky, Editors-in-Chief We recently clarified our policy regarding the execution of pre-analysis plans and the reporting of supplemental materials. These changes are in…
