Publishing political science in Italy. An analysis of the last decade of contributions to the RISP

This short note replicates, in terms of structure and content, the article by Sani and Legnante appeared ten years ago on the Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica. Our aim is that of comparing the findings from their analysis concerning the articles published in the first thirty years of the journal with a similar analysis focused on the last decade, in order to provide answers to a number of questions: is the main Italian PS journal covering a stable set of sub-fields in the discipline? Looking at the most ecurrent topic and approaches is there any sign of transformation ? Who did publish in the RISP during the last ten years? Where did the submissions come from? What about the analytical tools and data employed by the authors? How different, in the end, has been the publication profile of the RISP during the last decade, as compared to the phase of first institutionalization of the journal, in terms of authors, analytical focus and approaches? This note is of course just a first discussion, whose primary goal is to assess, through the analysis of the journal’s content, the state of the discipline in Italy and to outline a number of possible innovations in the editorial policies of the RISP.