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Journal of Democracy (JD) is a scholarly journal dedicated to publishing research in the field of Social Sciences, and Published by Johns Hopkins University Press. The Print-ISSN of Journal of Democracy is 1045-5736 and its abbreviation is J Democr.

There are no fees payable (APC) to submit or publish in this journal.

A truly global publication, the Journal attracts both authors and readers from all over the world. The Journal’s authors include eminent social scientists and historians, statesmen and leaders of democratic movements, and renowned intellectuals. Readers include government policy analysts, political scientists, scholars, educators, and all those interested in human rights, international affairs, foreign policy, and comparative politics. Journal essays, authors, and editors have been widely cited in such leading publications as the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Boston Globe, New York Review of Books, Chicago Sun-Times, Foreign Affairs, National Interest, Foreign Policy, Wilson Quarterly, Democratization, Daily Times (Pakistan), Commentaire (France), Nova Cidadania (Portugal), and Korea Times (Korea).

The Journal of Democracy is the world’s leading publication on the theory and practice of democracy. Since its first appearance in 1990, it has engaged both activists and intellectuals in critical discussions of the problems of and prospects for democracy around the world. Today, the Journal is at the center of debate on the major social, political, and cultural challenges that confront emerging and established democracies alike.

The Journal includes not only clusters of essays on topical themes or countries but also articles dealing with every region of the world. In addition, each issue features reviews of important books on democracy; reports on recent and upcoming elections; and excerpts from speeches and appeals by civil society groups, political leaders, and democratic dissidents.

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