International Theory


International Theory is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed academic journal published triannually by Cambridge University Press for promoting theoretical scholarship about the positive, legal, and normative aspects of world politics respectively. The publishers state that it is intended as a forum where scholars can develop theoretical arguments in depth without an expectation of extensive empirical analysis. It was established in 2009 by Duncan Snidal and Alexander Wendt, and edited by them along with Christian Reus-Smit until March 2019. The current editors-in-chief are Toni Erskine, Stefano Guzzini and David A. Welch.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 1.667, ranking it 55th out of 169 journals in the category "Political Science" and 26th out of 85 journals in the category "International Relations".