These four journals are based on both sides of the Northern Atlantic, are highly regarded according to the TRIP survey, and receive many citations in the Web of Science.25 In addition, our sample includes ten ‘periphery’ journals based in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, both within and outside of the Web of Science. [...] The categories of interest for this article are: the usage of theory, the empirical focus in terms of geography, the overall level of abstraction and generalizability, and the inclusion of policy advice. [...] Of the 29.1% pure theory articles in the ‘core’ journals, however, 95% have authors located in the ‘core’ and most of the remaining authors hold a PhD from the ‘core’. [...] 85 to 95 percent of articles in the South African Journal of International Affairs (South Africa), the Chinese Journal of International Politics (China), Issues and Studies (Taiwan) and International Relations of the Asia-Pacific (Japan) study the journals’ own region. [...] The journals least likely to publish articles with policy prescriptions are in fact the Japanese journal Kokusai Seiji, the Chilean Estudios Internacionales, the Mexican Foro Internacional, the Brazil-based Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional as well as the UK-based Review of International Studies and the European Journal of International Relations.
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