Published by Marmara University Faculty of Political Science, "International Journal of Political Science and Urban Studies" (IPSUS), formerly named as “Journal of Political Science”, was first published in 2013. IPSUS is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed social science journal published biannually. The journal publishes original research and review articles written in Turkish, English and French on the fields of political science, public administration, international relations and local governments.

The Journal is currently indexed by EBSCO, Ulrich’s Directory and Turkish Index of Social Sciences and Humanities (TR Dizin ULAKBIM). 

There is no article processing charges or submission fees for any submitted or accepted articles. The journal does not pay authors for their published articles.