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Political Research Exchange Volume 8, Issue 1 of Political Research Exchange

Just a reminder that our articles have been openly available on Taylor & Francis Online for a while now!

With no access barriers, they’re easy to draw on for teaching, share with students, or circulate among colleagues — all fully peer-reviewed and free to read 📙

📙Why publish in PRX?

🧡 Dedicated Editorial team who'll give helpful feedback
⏲️Quick turnaround times
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💡Did you know we accept four different types of manuscripts?

📝Research Articles
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📚 State of the Art Reviews

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‘That is the bet’: theories of change in the strategies of the Italian climate movement Research on differences within the climate movement has been focusing for a long time on the emergence of the ‘climate justice’ frame within this trajectory as a way out of a post-political underst...

🍊 Fresh out!

Lorenzo Zamponi & Marco Deseriis examine persistent internal differences within the climate movement, showing how theories of change shape strategic choices and responses to key dilemmas among Fridays For Future, Extinction Rebellion, and Ultima Generazione in Italy.

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✏️ Improve your own writing
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Love is in the air: the political rhetoric of love in Obama and Putin’s leadership Or Oved Erlich, Aviad Rubin

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Or Oved Erlich & @aviad-rubinstein.bsky.social compare Obama & Putin, examining how both mobilise #Love as a political resource, revealing how compassionate and passionate rhetoric is a surprisingly flexible and powerful tool

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This month, we’re keeping things fresh 🍊 with @tandfresearch.bsky.social and our amazing #OA content!

Join us as we explore what #OpenAccess means for readers, authors, and the global political science community.

We’ll be sharing insights, updates, and highlights all through February—stay tuned!

🤷Why publish #OpenAccess?

🔎 Increase the discoverability of your research
🎓 Make an impact beyond the academy
🌍 Freely share your work with anyone, across the globe
📜 Comply with funding mandates

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That's January 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ - DONE ✅

🧡 We can't wait to see all the new submissions you have for us.

🗒️ But if that resolution to get published is still on your TO-DO list, we know just the place...

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⏰RUNNING LATE?⏰

📅 If you've agreed to review a manuscript but are worried you won't meet the deadline

📨 Email prx@ecpr.eu & we can extend it!

👍Specific, constructive & focused feedback is ALWAYS worth the wait.

🤷 How should you respond to reviewer comments?

✅ Highlight changes in your manuscript.
✅ Detail changes point by point.
✅ If you disagree, explain why.

🧡 Engage in dialogue with peers for constructive support!

Any questions? 📧 prx@ecpr.eu

🤔Worried you don't have the experience to be a peer reviewer?

🧠 The MOST important requirement is that you’re knowledgeable on the specific topic of the paper

🙌 ECR use the methods they will be reviewing daily & are THE BEST placed to identify strengths & weaknesses!

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🤩 Want to be on this list next year?

📙 PRX is open for submissions!

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🥄 Runners-up - these articles & notes also drew huge reader interest in 2025:

• Who believes in foreign disinformation?
• Are populist leaders playing the public?
• Disentangling different types of sexist attitudes and vote choice in Germany

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🥉 #3 Most Read

🪙 Economic convergence of Central and Eastern European countries in the European Union

✒️ Török László (University of Debrecen )

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🥈 #2 Most Read

🗣️ Parlasent: mapping sentiment in political discourse with large language models

✒️ Michal Mochtak (@radboudpol.bsky.social), Peter Rupnik, Taja Kuzman & Nikola Ljubešić (all Jožef Stefan Institute)

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🥇 #1 Most Read

🗺️ Demarcating normative political theory from political science – and why it matters methodologically

✒️ @nahshonp.bsky.social

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📖 Most read in 2025

These were the papers that captured the attention of your community this year👇

🤔 Curious what articles your colleagues couldn’t stop reading, citing, and sharing in 2025?

Check out the articles that were:
📖 Most read
💬 Most cited
🎉 Top trending

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🏠 Need a home for your State of the Art Review?

📚 State of the Art Reviews provide comprehensive overviews of academic & non-academic literature, offering insights that identify patterns & pathways for future research.

They are standalone analytical pieces & accessible to all.

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🏠 Need a home for your Data Note?

📊 Data Notes are peer-reviewed articles detailing research data in a repository, summarising dataset variables & usage insights.

They enhance discoverability & transparency and make data FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable).

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🏠 Need a home for your Research Note?

Research Notes are shorter pieces of research presenting new theoretical perspectives & methodologies.

They engage with existing literature, provide empirical insights & while focused on innovation, they must adhere to scientific rigour.

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🏠 Need a home for your Research Article?

📝Research Articles are long-format pieces of original research that make a clear & robust theoretical, methodological, or empirical contribution to existing research.

We accept papers on a variety of topics & issues.

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🤷What type of manuscripts do we accept?

📝Research Articles
🗒️Research Notes
📊 Data Note
📚 State of the Art Reviews

Keep an eye out for more details on each type of article this week 👀

Submit yours here 👉 buff.ly/moeJ31j

🤷 Why should you #PeerReview?

✏️ Improve your own writing
⚖️ Maintains integrity of scientific literature
💭 Access to the latest thinking & 🆕research
👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 Become part of a journal's community
🎖️ Boost your career

Email prx@ecpr.eu to become one our PRXcellent reviewers 🥰

🏠 Need a home for your next #PoliticalScience article?

🔓 Want to publish #OpenAccess?

📙 Then check out PRX buff.ly/moeJ31j

#ComparativePolitics #InternationalRelations #PoliticalTheory