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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The manuscript is original, has not been published previously and is not under consideration by another journal.
  • The submission fits the GPS aims and scope and states its political question, theoretical contribution and relevance clearly.
  • A separate title page and an anonymized manuscript have been prepared for double-blind review.
  • Research design, sources, case selection, sampling, measurement, coding, analysis and limitations are reported sufficiently for assessment.
  • Ethics approval, consent, participant and source protection, data availability and any confidentiality or security restrictions are addressed.
  • Funding, competing interests, author contributions and material AI-tool use are disclosed where applicable.

Author Guidelines

Authors should read the aims and scope before submission. Manuscripts must be original, clearly written and not under review elsewhere.

Article types

  • Original research articles
  • Review and perspective articles
  • Comparative and historical studies
  • Policy analysis and case studies
  • Methods papers, research notes and short communications

Research design and evidence

State the political question, theoretical framework, methods, sources and contribution clearly. Describe sampling, measurement, case selection, coding, archival or documentary procedures, and limitations sufficiently for assessment.

Participants, communities and sensitive data

Research involving interviews, surveys, experiments, public officials, vulnerable groups or politically sensitive settings requires appropriate ethics review, consent, privacy protection and risk assessment. Avoid unnecessary identifying details and explain access restrictions.

Data and transparency

Include a Data Availability Statement. Deposit datasets, codebooks, instruments, code and replication materials in a stable repository where lawful and safe. Explain justified legal, ethical, security or confidentiality restrictions.

Review files

Provide a separate title page and anonymized manuscript for double-blind review. Disclose funding, competing interests, author contributions and material use of generative AI.

Articles

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Privacy Statement

Shodh Global Political Studies (GPS) respects the privacy of authors, reviewers, editors, readers, research participants and registered users. Information is collected only as needed to manage submissions, peer review, publication, security and the scholarly record.

Political research and sensitive information

Authors must protect participants, confidential sources, vulnerable groups and people exposed to political or security risks. Remove unnecessary identifiers and comply with consent, ethics, data-protection and lawful-access requirements.

Sharing and retention

GPS does not sell personal information. Limited data may be processed by services needed for hosting, DOI registration, indexing, preservation, email and security. Editorial records may be retained to document decisions and protect research integrity.