Terrorism and Political Violence

Terrorism and Political Violence is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering terrorism and counter-terrorism published by Routledge. It was established in 1989 by David C. Rapoport (University of California, Los Angeles), who remains editor-in-chief. In the editorial manifesto in its first issue, it is referred to as the Journal of Terrorism Research; however, from its first issue until the present, in editorial statements and elsewhere, it is only ever cited as Terrorism and Political Violence.

Alex P. Schmid was co-editor of the journal until 2009, and remains on the editorial board.

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • America: History & Life

• Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences

• Historical Abstracts

• International Bibliography of Periodical Literature

• International Bibliography of the Social Sciences

• International Political Science Abstracts

• ProQuest databases

• PsycINFO/Psychological Abstracts

• Scopus

• Social Sciences Citation Index

According to Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 1.792.