The challenges of publishing research from and about the Global South and

what we can do about it:Some insights from IJPP

Cristian VaccariLoughborough University

Editor-in-Chief of The International Journal of Press/Politics#ijpp20, 24 September 2020

Web: www.cristianvaccari.com Email: c.vaccari@lboro.ac.uk Twitter: @prof_vaccari

Countries covered in articles published in sampled issues of IJPP from 1996 until 2009 (71 articles)

Note: elaboration based on data collected and kindly made available by Erik Bucy and Heather Evans.

Forthcoming in The Forum (Political Communication).

Countries covered in articles published in sampled issues of IJPP from 2010 until 2020 (66 articles)

Note: elaboration based on data collected and kindly made available by Erik Bucy and Heather Evans (for the years 2010-2016) with additional data collected based on the same sampling and coding criteria as employed by Bucy and Evans (for the years 2017-2020).

Forthcoming in The Forum (Political Communication).

Country of residence of lead author of all manuscripts submitted to IJPP, 2007-2020 (2,344 manuscripts)

Most represented countriesCountry ReceivedUSA 765UK 242Germany 114Israel 93Spain 80Netherlands 67Hong Kong 65Canada 56Australia 54China 47Switzerland 43Norway 42Sweden 42Italy 35Denmark 34Turkey 31Belgium 29South Korea 29India 25Nigeria 24

Country of residence of lead author of all manuscripts published in IJPP, 2007-2020 (394 manuscripts)

Most represented countriesCountry PublishedUSA 126UK 76Germany 25Netherlands 22Israel 14Switzerland 13Denmark 13Norway 11Sweden 11Italy 11Australia 10Spain 9Hong Kong 8Canada 6Belgium 5Finland 4Chile 4New Zealand 4Austria 3Hungary 3

Country of residence of lead author of all manuscripts by acceptance ratio in IJPP, 2007-2020 (2,160 manuscripts)

Highest acceptance ratiosCountry Accept RatioDenmark 38%UK 37%Italy 34%Netherlands 34%Switzerland 33%New Zealand 31%Mexico 29%Sweden 28%Norway 27%Chile 25%Germany 24%Finland 24%Ireland 22%Hungary 21%Australia 21%Belgium 21%Kenya 20%USA 18%Israel 17%Austria 15%All manuscripts 18%