The Australian Journal of Political Science (AusJPS) is the refereed journal of the Australian Political Studies Association.
Founded in 1966, and known until 1990 as Politics, it is the premier political science journal in Australia. The AusJPS has a strong international reputation, indicated by its position in the citation indices, as one of the world’s leading political science journals.
Since 2005 the Australian Journal of Political Science has been published four times a year, in March, June, September and December. The publishers are Taylor & Francis and the submission and review of manuscripts is handled online via Scholar One. The current editorial team is led by Professor Michael Mintrom of Monash University, with the other editorial team members being Dr Matteo Bonotti, Dr Zareh Ghazarian, Dr Narelle Miragliotta, Dr Ben Wellings, and Dr Blair Williams.
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Former Journal Editors
| Vol/No | Dates | Editor(s) |
| 1 (1) | 1966 | Interim Advisory Board |
| 1 (2) to 4 (1) | 1966–69 | D. McCallum, P. D. Marchant |
| 4 (2) to 6 (1) | 1969–71 | Henry Mayer, Owen Harries |
| 6 (2) to 11 (1) | 1971–76 | Henry Mayer |
| 11 (2) to 16 (2) | 1976–81 | Dean Jaensch |
| 17 (1) to 22 (1) | 1982–87 | Patrick Weller |
| 22 (2) to 25 (1) | 1987–90 | Marian Simms |
| 25 (2) to 30 (3) | 1990–95 | Ian McAllister |
| 31 (1) to 34 (3) | 1996–99 | John Dryzek, Brian Galligan, Philomena Murray |
| 35 (1) to 40 (2) | 2000–05 | Andrew Parkin |
| 40 (3) to 40 (4) | 2005 | Rachael Gibson, Ian McAllister |
| 41 (1) to 45 (4) | 2006–10 | Ian McAllister |
| 46 (1) to 51 (4) | 2011–16 | Geoffrey Stokes and Marian Simms with Deakin editorial team |
| 52 (1) to 55 (4) | 2017-2020 | Renee Jeffery with Griffith University editorial team |
| 56 (1) to 58 (4) | 2021-2024 | Anika Gauja with Nicole Curato, Richard Frank and Rob Manwaring |
| 59 (1) to current | 2025 | Michael Mintrom with Matteo Bonotti, Zareh Ghazarian, Narelle Miragliotta, Ben Willings, Blair Williams |