East European Politics and Societies

East European Politics and Societies
LanguageEnglish
Edited byJames Krapfl, Lavinia Stan
Publication details
History1986–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
0.7 (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4East Eur. Politics Soc.
Indexing
ISSN0888-3254 (print)
1533-8371 (web)
LCCN87649452
OCLC no.13538372
Links

East European Politics and Societies (EEPS) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary academic journal devoted to politics, histories, cultures, and societies of the area between Germany to the west and Russia to the east.[1] The journal's editors-in-chief are James Krapfl (McGill University) and Lavinia Stan (St. Francis Xavier University). It was established in 1986 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.[2]

History

The journal originated as a Cold War project of the Joint Committee on Eastern Europe, which was funded by the U.S. Department of State to promote research and language training on Soviet bloc countries (including the Baltics) except the Soviet Union.[3]

The co-editors of EEPS from 2004-2012, Ivo Banac and Irena Grudzińska Gross, added "and Cultures" to the journal's title (East European Politics and Societies and Cultures) in 2012.[3] Wendy Bracewell and Krzysztof Jasiewicz were co-editors from 2013 to 2023.[3]

From its first issue in December 1986 until December 2023, the journal EEPS had been sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). In response to the end of ACLS sponsorship, the new EEPS Foundation, Inc. came into existence on January 1, 2024.[3]

Abstracting and indexing

East European Politics and Societies is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2023 impact factor is 0.7.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sage Journals: Discover world-class research". Sage Journals. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  2. ^ "East European Politics and Societies". Sage Journals. 2025-09-05. Retrieved 2025-09-11.
  3. ^ a b c d "Our Story". EEPS Foundation. Retrieved 2025-09-11.
  4. ^ 2023 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2024.