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| Discipline | Federalism |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Paul Nolette, Philip Rocco |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1971–present |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press on behalf of CSF: Publius, Inc. (United States) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 2.2 (2023) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Publius |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| ISSN | 0048-5950 (print) 1747-7107 (web) |
| LCCN | 72621452 |
| JSTOR | 00485950 |
| OCLC no. | 60628093 |
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Publius: The Journal of Federalism is a quarterlysocial science journal published byOxford University Press on behalf of CSF: Publius, Inc., a non-profit affiliate of the Center for the Study of Federalism. It covers the history, theory, structures, and practice offederalism and the application of federal principles to political and social issues. It was established in 1971 byDaniel Elazar (Temple University). Its title is in honor ofAlexander Hamilton,John Jay, andJames Madison, who used the pen-name "Publius" in 1787–1788 when they published the papers that became known asThe Federalist. The journal is sponsored by the Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations Section of theAmerican Political Science Association.[1]
The editors of the journal have been Daniel J. Elazar (1971–1999), John Kincaid (1981–2006), Carol S. Weissert (2006–2014), John Dinan (2014–2023), and the team of Paul Nolette and Philip Rocco (2024–present).
According to theJournal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023impact factor of 2.2, ranking it 82nd out of 317 journals in the category “Political Science”.[2] It is covered by indexing and abstracting services including theSocial Sciences Citation Index,Historical Abstracts, andPAIS International.[3]