Political Science Articles on State Interest Groups 2000-2025

This dataset supports the replication of a figure tracking the number of articles on interest groups in American states published in political science and public policy journals from 2000 to 2025. It was created by Alex Garlick for a study on state interest group research.

Use Cases

• Replicate Figure 1 showing the annual count of published articles on state interest groups from 2000 to 2025.
• Analyze publication trends over the 25-year period to identify peaks or declines in scholarly attention to state interest groups.
• Compare the volume of research on state interest groups across different political science and public policy journals.

Strengths

• Provides data for a 25-year time series from 2000 to 2025.
• Specifically focuses on articles published in political science and public policy journals.
• Created to support replication of a published academic figure.

Limitations

• The specific data structure, column names, and row count are unknown.
• Limited to articles from political science and public policy journals, excluding other relevant disciplines.
• Scope is restricted to interest groups in the American states, limiting international applicability.

Provenance

Source

State Politics and Policy Quarterly Dataverse

Collection Method

Compilation of article counts from political science and public policy journals.

Time Range

2000 to 2025

Freshness

Last updated in February 2026.

Geography

American states