Journal profile
Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift
ISSN 0801-1745 · eISSN 1504-2936 · Scandinavian University Press (Universitetsforlaget) · Norway
Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 52 weeks (community reports); 15 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift is published by Scandinavian University Press (Universitetsforlaget). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Public Policy and Administration Research and Political Theory and Democracy, together about 34.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift publishes contributions within political theory and methods, government politics and administration, comparative politics and political behaviour, in addition to international politics. The articles aim to reflect the breadth of political science research in Norway, and the journal is therefore open to various thematic contributions based on research results, review articles, commentaries and debate contributions. Book reviews keep the readers updated on new literature. The journal is scientific, and articles are refereed by specialists in the field. Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift is published by Scandinavian University Press with the support of Nasjonalt tidsskriftkonsortium for humaniora og samfunnsvitenskap and in collaboration with the Norwegian Political Science Association. The journal was established in 1985 and has since the start been the membership journal of the Association. Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift is issued quarterly and is published in Norwegian, Swedish and Danish. From 2017, the journal is published open access. Peer review All research articles that are considered relevant for publication in the journal are reviewed by at least two anonymous academic referees with no ties to the author. In addition, the article is reviewed by the journal's editorial board and the final decision regarding publication of the article is made by the Editor-in-Chief. The journal practices "double blind" peer review, whereby both reviewers and the author remain anonymous to each other. The journal does not ask for any fees for assessment or publication. Indexing The journal is covered by the following indexing and discovery services: Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Norart SHERPA/RoMEO Google Scholar Primo Central Index (Ex Libris) Oria Summon (Ex Libris) Ebsco Discovery Service WorldCat (OCLC) The journal is authorized as a publication channel on level 1 in NSD – Norwegian Centre for Research Data (for Norway and Sweden), in the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s Authorization list for serials (Denmark), and in Publication Forum (Finland). All content in this journal is also exported to Portico, a preservation archive that safeguards perpetual access to e-journals, e-books, and digital collections.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Jostein AskimPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial Sciences14%
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences13.3%
- Political Theory and DemocracySocial Sciences7.2%
- Public Administration and Political AnalysisSocial Sciences7.2%
- Public Administration and GovernanceSocial Sciences7.1%
- Local Governance and PlanningSocial Sciences5.4%
- Political Systems and GovernanceSocial Sciences4.7%
- European Union Policy and GovernanceSocial Sciences4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, EBSCO, OCLC, PorticoPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.22OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 506 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 70 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 88 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | 98 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 97 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 140 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 91 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 52 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 52 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- commentarynt to an anonymous peer group. Research commentary/essays must not exceed 3500 words (around 22 000 characters). The manuscript must have a Scanmain text ≤ 3,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics Publication ethics
The editor’s office requires the published texts to be of high academic quality and to follow international ethical standards for academic publication. The journal follows the guidelines of the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC BY 4.0 Model summary
Articles are published in agreement with Creative Commons license CC BY 4.0.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
open access Model summary
Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift is an academic journal with open access, meaning it is freely accessible to anyone and is only published digitally.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
COPE Model summary
All research articles that are considered relevant for publication in the journal are reviewed by at least two anonymous academic referees with no ties to the author. In addition, the article is reviewed by the journal's editorial board and the final decision regarding publication of the article is made by the Editor-in-Chief. The journal practices "double blind" peer review, whereby both reviewer…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Scandinavian University Press (Universitetsforlaget)
- Country or region
- Norway
- Language
- Norwegian Bokmål
- ISSN
- 0801-1745
- Electronic ISSN
- 1504-2936
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift
How long does peer review take at Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift?
Authors report an average review time of about 52 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift open access, and what is the APC?
Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .