Political Science: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of European Public Policy	34
2	American Political Science Review	32
3	Political Geography	30
4	Journal of Politics	26
5	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	25
-	European Journal of Political Research	25
7	Journal of Democracy	24
-	American Journal of Political Science	24
9	Public Administration	23
10	West European Politics	22
-	Environmental Politics	22
-	Review of International Political Economy	22
13	British Journal of Political Science	21
-	Political Communication	21
15	Global Policy	20
-	Journal of European Integration	20
-	New Political Economy	20
-	Comparative Political Studies	20
-	Regulation & Governance	20
20	Electoral Studies	19
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	19
-	Annual Review of Political Science	19
-	Democratization	19
-	European Journal of Political Economy	19
-	Geopolitics	19
-	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	19
27	Journal of Peace Research	18
-	Politics and Governance	18
-	Review of Policy Research	18
-	Perspectives on Politics	18
-	Policy and Society	18
32	Journal of Chinese Political Science	17
-	Policy Studies Journal	17
-	Review of International Organizations	17
-	International Studies Quarterly	17
-	Political Analysis	17
-	Political Psychology	17
-	Contemporary Security Policy	17
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	17
-	European Security	17
41	International Studies Review	16
-	Political Behavior	16
-	Socio-Economic Review	16
-	International Journal of Press-Politics	16
-	Policy and Internet	16
46	Territory Politics Governance	15
-	Journal of Conflict Resolution	15
-	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	15
-	Political Studies	15
-	European Political Science	15

51	Policy and Politics	14
-	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	14
-	Political Science Research and Methods	14
-	Politics & Gender	14
-	European Political Science Review	14
-	Government and Opposition	14
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	14
-	Journal of International Relations and Development	14
-	Political Research Quarterly	14
-	Post-Soviet Affairs	14
-	Global Environmental Politics	14
62	Social Science Quarterly	13
-	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	13
-	Nations and Nationalism	13
-	Political Quarterly	13
-	Comparative European Politics	13
-	Political Studies Review	13
-	Critical Policy Studies	13
-	Public Choice	13
-	European Union Politics	13
-	Social Movement Studies	13
-	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	13
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	13
-	Party Politics	13
75	International Political Science Review	12
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	12
-	Citizenship Studies	12
-	Research & Politics	12
-	International Organization	12
-	International Political Sociology	12
-	Journal of Chinese Governance	12
-	Politics	12
-	Cooperation and Conflict	12
-	Economics & Politics	12
-	Problems of Post-Communism	12
86	International Politics	11
-	Journal of Public Policy	11
-	Legislative Studies Quarterly	11
-	Local Government Studies	11
-	Contemporary Politics	11
-	PS-Political Science & Politics	11
-	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	11
-	Survival	11
-	Latin American Politics and Society	11
-	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	11
-	Acta Politica	11
-	American Politics Research	11
-	East European Politics	11
99	International Feminist Journal of Politics	10
-	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	10
-	Armed Forces & Society	10
-	Politics & Society	10
-	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	10
-	German Politics	10
-	International Theory	10
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	10
-	Politics Groups and Identities	10
-	Europe-Asia Studies	10
109	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	9
-	International Journal of Transitional Justice	9
-	Swiss Political Science Review	9
-	Journal of Political Ideologies	9
-	African Affairs	9
-	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	9
-	Comparative Politics	9
-	Politics Philosophy & Economics	9
-	Polity	9
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	9
-	Human Geography	9
-	Australian Journal of Political Science	9
-	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	9
122	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	8
-	South European Society and Politics	8
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	8
-	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	8
-	Parliamentary Affairs	8
-	Peacebuilding	8
-	Philosophy & Public Affairs	8
-	Current History	8
-	East European Politics and Societies	8
-	Scandinavian Political Studies	8
-	Intelligence and National Security	8
-	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	8
-	Journal of Human Rights	8
-	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	8
-	Mediterranean Politics	8
-	Politikon	8
138	Latin American Perspectives	7
-	Politicka Ekonomie	7
-	Journal of Political Philosophy	7
-	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	7
-	British Politics	7
-	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	7
-	Contemporary Political Theory	7
-	Political Theory	7
-	Politics and Religion	7
-	Critical Review	7
-	Ethics & International Affairs	7
-	Review of African Political Economy	7
150	Contemporary Southeast Asia	6
-	Revista de Ciencia Politica	6
-	Japanese Journal of Political Science	6
-	Political Science Quarterly	6
154	Revue d'Economie Politique	5
-	Studies in American Political Development	5
-	Political Science	5
-	Presidential Studies Quarterly	5
-	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	5
-	Politix	5
-	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	5
-	Revista de Estudios Politicos	5
162	Irish Political Studies	4
-	Journal of Theoretical Politics	4
-	Australian Journal of Politics and History	4
-	Ethics & Global Politics	4
-	Journal of Policy History	4
-	Politics Religion & Ideology	4
168	Dissent	3
-	European History Quarterly	3
-	Journal of Cold War Studies	3
171	Internasjonal Politikk	2
-	Historia y Politica	2
-	Telos	2