The Journal of Federalism in Search for Editor –

Publius: Federalist Journal

Proposal deadline: April 25, 2023

Publius is seeking a new editor or editorial team to replace current editor John Dinan at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association’s Section on Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations. The editorial transition will take place between his September 2023 and his December 2023, with a new editor or editorial team expected to assume full editorial responsibility for the journal on 1 January 2024. His term is five years, with a five-year renewal option. Worked as an editor for up to 10 years.

Publiusis the leading journal on world federalism, first published in 1971. The journal is sponsored by the Section on Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations of the American Political Science Association and is published quarterly by Oxford University Press pursuant to an agreement with the copyright holder, his CSF Associates: Publius.

Publius is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes high-quality research on all aspects of federalist theory and practice in the United States and around the world.

Editors or Editors are expected to:

• Solicit and produce promising manuscripts for submission to the journal to maintain and build on the journal’s premier standing Publius.
• Ensure that the journal encourages submissions on all aspects of federalist theory and practice in the United States and around the world.
• Be impartial, impartial and academic in all aspects of the review
• Confidentiality of double-blind screening
• Maintain, update and extend stable versions of various manuscripts
• Make publishing decisions fairly, rationally, and in a timely manner
• Host and host the annual Editorial Board/Advisory Board meeting at the annual APSA meeting and report on the journal’s status with statistical information from Oxford University Press.
• In consultation with the editorial board, recruit editors or editors for the Federalism Annual Review and work with them to seek suitable manuscripts.
• Seek and select appropriate special issues of the journal, including digital compilations of published articles on timely and topical areas, keeping an eye on important trends in federalist scholarship and practice that can be highlighted in special issues . Editors must select editors for special issues and work with them to solicit suitable manuscripts.
• Work with publishers to find opportunities to market your journal to new people
• Select book review editors, work with them to identify recent books, and select the most appropriate reviewers.
• Communicate and work collaboratively with the APSA’s Section on Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations.
• maintain the operation and editing of the journal
• Continuously improve the reach and contributions of our journals through innovative use of the World Wide Web and other technologies.

Editors can expect to review over 120 manuscripts annually and publish over 30 articles each year.

Oxford University Press will provide $10,000 annually to editors’ institutions for travel to APSA meetings and other necessary expenses to be borne directly by editors. Publius As such, it provides supplementary support for a part-time 12-month editorial assistant and other necessary and direct journal miscellaneous expenses.

Editors’ institutions are expected to provide editors with office space, basic supplies, computers, and printers. Home institutions also provide indirect support, such as accounting for donated funds. Publius to pay the editorial assistants out of funds provided by Publius. Publius No direct expenditure or subsidy by the host institution is required.

The new Editor’s Search Committee will consist of the following members:

John Dinan, Wake Forest University

Kent Eaton, University of California, Santa Cruz John Kincaid, Lafayette College, Committee Chair Carol S. Weissert, Florida State University (Emerita)

Candidates must send the following information by email (as a PDF attachment) to John Kincaid, Chairman of the Search Committee by April 25, 2023:

• A statement of interest describing the applicant’s (or team of applicants’) relevant experiences, goals of the journal, ideas for innovation or change (if any), and direct and/or indirect support provided by the applicant’s institution. a letter
• Current resume (or team resume)
• Proposals from the team should also detail the proposed arrangement and the distribution of responsibilities among team members.

If you would like to nominate someone as an editor, or are thinking of proposing yourself or your team as an editor and have questions about it Publius Or contact the editorial department.

John Kincaid

Phone: 610-330-5598

Email: kincaidj@lafayette.edu