Evidence & Policy

*Evidence & Policy*
Discipline	Public policy
Language	English
Edited by	Zachary P. Neal, Caroline Oliver
Publication details
History	2005–present
Publisher	Policy Press (England)
Frequency	Quarterly
Impact factor	1.836 (2020)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	Evid. Policy
Indexing;
ISSN	1744-2648 (print); 1744-2656 (web);
LCCN	2005236147
OCLC no.	877592323
Links
	Journal homepage;

Evidence & Policy: A journal of research, debate & practice is a quarterly interdisciplinary peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the relationship between research evidence and public policy. It was established in 2005 and is published by Policy Press. The founding editors were Ken Young and Annette Boaz.^[1] The editors-in-chief are Zachary P. Neal (Michigan State University) and Caroline Oliver (University College London).^[1] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 1.836, ranking it 62nd out of 109 journals in the category "Social Science, Interdisciplinary".^[2]

Past Editors[]

Past editors-in-chief of the journal have been:

Ken Young (2005 – 2008)
Annette Boaz (2005 – 2017)
David Gough (2008 – 2017)
Katherine Smith (2018 – 2021)
Mark Pearson (2018 – 2021)
Zachary P. Neal (2022 – Present)
Caroline Oliver (2022 – Present)

Special Issues[]

In each volume year, Evidence & Policy publishes a special issue addressing a specific topic and organized by guest editors. Recent special issues have included:

The many faces of disability in evidence for policy and practice. Guest edited by Carol Rivas, Ikuko Tomomatsu and David Gough (Volume 17, Number 2, May 2021)
Opening up evidence-based policy: exploring citizen and service user expertise. Guest edited by Ellen Stewart, Jennifer Smith-Merry and Marc Geddes (Volume 16, Number 2, May 2020)
Co-creative approaches to knowledge production and implementation. Guest edited by Allison Metz, Annette Boaz and Glenn Robert (Volume 15, Number 3, August 2019)
Networks and network analysis in evidence, policy and practice. Guest-edited by Kathryn Oliver and Moira Faul (Volume 14, Number 3, August 2018)

Carol Weiss Prize[]

In 2016 Evidence & Policy created the Carol Weiss Prize to recognize outstanding early career contributors to the journal. The author of the winning article receives £100 in books from Policy Press, and the winning article is made open access for three months. Past winners have included:

In 2016: Allen, W. L. (2017). Factors that impact how civil society intermediaries perceive evidence. Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 13(2), 183-200. https://doi.org/10.1332/17442646X14538259555968
In 2017: Stucki, I. (2016). The use of evidence in public debates in the media: the case of Swiss direct-democratic campaigns in the health policy sector. Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 12(4), 487-504. https://doi.org/10.1332/174426415X14375563594446
In 2019: Mills, K. J., Lawlor, J. A., Neal, J. W., Neal, Z. P., & McAlindon, K. (2020). What is research? Educators’ conceptions and alignment with United States federal policies. Evidence & policy: a journal of research, debate and practice, 16(3), 337-358. https://doi.org/10.1332/174426419X15468576296175
In 2021: Bandola-Gill, J. (2021). The legitimacy of experts in policy: navigating technocratic and political accountability in the case of global poverty governance. Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 17(4), 615-633. https://doi.org/10.1332/174426420X16000980489195
In 2021: Chew, S., Armstrong, N., & Martin, G. P. (2021). Understanding knowledge brokerage and its transformative potential: a Bourdieusian perspective. Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 18(1), 25-42. https://doi.org/10.1332/174426421X16149632470114

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Evidence & Policy". University of Bristol. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Social Science, Interdisciplinary". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2021.

External links[]

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[epweb-1] "Evidence & Policy". University of Bristol. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

[WoS-2] "Journals Ranked by Impact: Social Science, Interdisciplinary". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2021.

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