Political Science Quarterly (PSQ) is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 scholarly journal covering government, politics and policy, published continuously since 1886 by the Academy of Political Science

Academy of Political Science

The Academy of Political Science is a U.S. non-profit organization devoted to cultivating non-partisan, objective analysis of political, social, and economic issues...

. It is the oldest political science

Political science

Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...

 journal in the United States.

A non-partisan journal, PSQ is edited for both political scientists

Political science

Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...

 and general readers interested in public and foreign affairs

Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs is an American magazine and website on international relations and U.S. foreign policy published since 1922 by the Council on Foreign Relations six times annually...

. Each article is based on objective evidence and is fully refereed (as opposed to opinion or commentary articles).

Each issue of PSQ consists of five or six articles, as well as many book reviews.