Czech political science and IR journals caught in a vicious circle
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F26482789%3A_____%2F25%3A10152780" target="_blank" >RIV/26482789:_____/25:10152780 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14230/25:00141140
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41304-025-00531-x" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41304-025-00531-x</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41304-025-00531-x" target="_blank" >10.1057/s41304-025-00531-x</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Czech political science and IR journals caught in a vicious circle
Original language description
The text identifies the main issues that undermine the position of the Czech Political Science and International Relations journals. We argue that structural factors such as the delayed start of the discipline, lack of contact with the international environment, the transfer of inadequate theoretical and methodological knowledge has significantly affected the functioning and development of professional journals in the Czech Republic. The authoritarian regime limited the development of the social sciences, and Czech (Slovak) Political Science endured an extremely negative attitude from the authorities. Thus, journals in the field of Political Science and International Relations were founded without deeper insight into Western practice. Furthermore, their strive to move from the scientific periphery has also been limited by the lack of human capital and financial constraints. To close the gap, which persists even today, the authors came up with a series of recommendations, such as the language of publication, topic specialisation, insisting on scientific rigour, and emphasising communication with the academic community, both domestic and international. By discussing the practice and the meaning of 'catching up with the West,' the paper contributes to understanding hierarchies and dependencies between the global Political Science and International Relations core and CEE as a scientific semiperiphery.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
European Political Science
ISSN
1680-4333
e-ISSN
1682-0983
Volume of the periodical
24
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
739-748
UT code for WoS article
001485544900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105004828022