About
Focus and Scope
The Journal of Deliberative Democracy (formerly the Journal of Public Deliberation) is an open access journal publishing articles on the scholarship and practice of deliberative democracy around the globe. It is the forum for cutting-edge research, emerging alternative debates, as well as critical views on deliberation. The journal welcomes submissions from all theoretical and methodological traditions. Its outputs are relevant to scholars and practitioners of all disciplines interested in participatory and deliberative democracy, democratic theory, critical democracy studies and democratic resilience.
The Journal of Deliberative Democracy is committed to reflecting novel developments in the field, and pursuing innovative and novel perspectives. JDD features both research from the most established scholars in the field as well as early career researchers.
The journal is committed to research integrity and ethical publications.
The journal is supported by the newDemocracy Foundation, the Deliberative Democracy Consortium and the International Association for Public Participation. It is hosted at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra, Australia and published by University of Westminster Press.
Publication Frequency
The journal operates on a continuous article publication (CAP) model enabling articles to publish as fast as possible.
Open Access and Copyright Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. It operates on a 'diamond' open access free to publish, free to read model meaning there are no Author Processing Charges (APCs) payable and content is accessible to anyone with an internet connection anywhere in the world. This approach complies with the University of Westminster Press's commitment to non-profit, mission-driven, ethical open access.
Authors of articles published remain the copyright holders and grant third parties the right to use, reproduce, and share the article under a Creative Commons license agreement.
Indexing, Archiving and Preservation
The journal’s publisher, University of Westminster Press, makes content discoverable and accessible through indexing services. Content is also archived around the world to ensure long-term availability.
The Journal of Deliberative Democracy is indexed by the following services:
- Australian Political Science Association Preferred Journals List
- CrossRef
- Dimensions
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- EBSCOhost
- Google Scholar
- International Bibliography of Periodical Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals
- Science Open
- Scilit
- SHERPA RoMEO
To ensure permanency of all publications, this journal also utilises CLOCKSS, and LOCKSS archiving systems to create permanent archives for the purposes of preservation and restoration.
In addition, this journal is available for harvesting via OAI-PMH.
If the journal is not indexed by your preferred service, please contact us or alternatively please make an indexing request directly with the service.
Sponsors
The Journal of Deliberative Democracy is published with the support of the newDemocracy Foundation, the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2), and the Deliberative Democracy Consortium.
History
This journal was previously published as the International Journal for Public Participation (2007-2010) and, in November 2010, merged with the Journal for Public Deliberation as a joint venture between the Deliberative Democracy Consortium and IAP2. This initiative aimed to extend the discourse in the field benefiting from first-hand experience of public participation practitioners.
In 2020, the journal was relaunched as the Journal of Deliberative Democracy.
Funding for the migration of back content was provided by Åbo Akademi and Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance.