Political Science: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2024
1	Annual Review of Political Science	ca. 9.5
2	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	ca. 6.3
3	Policy and Society	ca. 6.1
4	Environmental Politics	ca. 5.9
5	American Political Science Review	ca. 5.8
6	American Journal of Political Science	ca. 5.6
7	Political Analysis	ca. 5.4
8	Political Communication	ca. 5.1
-	Public Administration	ca. 5.1
10	Contemporary Security Policy	ca. 5
11	Policy Studies Journal	ca. 4.9
-	Political Geography	ca. 4.9
13	British Journal of Political Science	ca. 4.7
14	New Political Economy	ca. 4.6
-	South European Society and Politics	ca. 4.6
16	Perspectives on Politics	ca. 4.5
-	International Organization	ca. 4.5
-	Journal of European Public Policy	ca. 4.5
19	International Journal of Press-Politics	ca. 4.3
20	European Journal of Political Research	ca. 4.2
-	Current History	ca. 4.2
22	Review of International Organizations	ca. 4
-	Global Environmental Politics	ca. 4
24	Regulation & Governance	ca. 3.8
-	Journal of Politics	ca. 3.8
26	Journal of Chinese Governance	ca. 3.7
27	Policy and Internet	ca. 3.6
-	European Security	ca. 3.6
-	West European Politics	ca. 3.6
30	Political Psychology	ca. 3.5
-	Review of International Political Economy	ca. 3.5
-	Journal of Chinese Political Science	ca. 3.5
-	Politics & Gender	ca. 3.5
34	Comparative Political Studies	ca. 3.4
-	International Studies Review	ca. 3.4
-	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	ca. 3.4
-	Geopolitics	ca. 3.4
38	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	ca. 3.3
-	Political Behavior	ca. 3.3
40	Government and Opposition	ca. 3.2
-	Review of Policy Research	ca. 3.2
42	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	ca. 3.1
-	Journal of European Integration	ca. 3.1
-	Policy and Politics	ca. 3.1
-	East European Politics	ca. 3.1
-	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	ca. 3.1
-	Journal of Peace Research	ca. 3.1
48	Post-Soviet Affairs	ca. 3
49	Democratization	ca. 2.9
50	Political Studies	ca. 2.8

51	Public Opinion Quarterly	ca. 2.7
-	Politics & Society	ca. 2.7
53	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	ca. 2.6
-	Socio-Economic Review	ca. 2.6
-	Political Science Research and Methods	ca. 2.6
-	International Political Sociology	ca. 2.6
57	Politics	ca. 2.5
-	European Political Science Review	ca. 2.5
-	World Politics	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of International Relations and Development	ca. 2.5
-	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	ca. 2.5
-	International Studies Quarterly	ca. 2.5
63	Scandinavian Political Studies	ca. 2.4
-	Social Movement Studies	ca. 2.4
-	Critical Policy Studies	ca. 2.4
-	European Journal of Political Economy	ca. 2.4
-	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	ca. 2.4
-	Legislative Studies Quarterly	ca. 2.4
69	Electoral Studies	ca. 2.3
-	Comparative Politics	ca. 2.3
-	Territory Politics Governance	ca. 2.3
72	European Union Politics	ca. 2.2
-	Journal of Conflict Resolution	ca. 2.2
-	Party Politics	ca. 2.2
-	African Affairs	ca. 2.2
-	Comparative European Politics	ca. 2.2
-	Public Choice	ca. 2.2
78	Political Research Quarterly	ca. 2.1
-	Cooperation and Conflict	ca. 2.1
-	German Politics	ca. 2.1
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Political Philosophy	ca. 2.1
-	Philosophy & Public Affairs	ca. 2.1
-	Politics and Governance	ca. 2.1
-	International Theory	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Public Policy	ca. 2.1
-	Parliamentary Affairs	ca. 2.1
88	Problems of Post-Communism	ca. 2
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	ca. 2
-	Contemporary Politics	ca. 2
-	Research & Politics	ca. 2
-	Nations and Nationalism	ca. 2
93	International Journal of Transitional Justice	ca. 1.9
-	Survival	ca. 1.9
-	Citizenship Studies	ca. 1.9
-	European Political Science	ca. 1.9
-	International Feminist Journal of Politics	ca. 1.9
-	Local Government Studies	ca. 1.9
-	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	ca. 1.9
-	Acta Politica	ca. 1.9
101	Global Policy	ca. 1.8
-	American Politics Research	ca. 1.8
-	Political Studies Review	ca. 1.8
-	PS-Political Science & Politics	ca. 1.8
-	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	ca. 1.8
-	Social Science Quarterly	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	ca. 1.8
108	Armed Forces & Society	ca. 1.7
-	Critical Review	ca. 1.7
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	ca. 1.7
111	Review of African Political Economy	ca. 1.6
-	International Political Science Review	ca. 1.6
-	Journal of Human Rights	ca. 1.6
-	Mediterranean Politics	ca. 1.6
-	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	ca. 1.6
-	Politics Philosophy & Economics	ca. 1.6
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	ca. 1.6
-	Swiss Political Science Review	ca. 1.6
-	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	ca. 1.6
120	British Politics	ca. 1.5
-	Politics and Religion	ca. 1.5
-	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	ca. 1.5
-	Latin American Politics and Society	ca. 1.5
-	Political Quarterly	ca. 1.5
125	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	ca. 1.4
-	Economics & Politics	ca. 1.4
-	Revista de Ciencia Politica	ca. 1.4
128	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	ca. 1.3
-	Politics Groups and Identities	ca. 1.3
-	Australian Journal of Political Science	ca. 1.3
-	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	ca. 1.3
-	International Journal of Public Opinion Research	ca. 1.3
133	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	ca. 1.2
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	ca. 1.2
-	Political Science	ca. 1.2
-	Europe-Asia Studies	ca. 1.2
-	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	ca. 1.2
-	Journal of Political Ideologies	ca. 1.2
139	Political Science Quarterly	ca. 1.1
-	Irish Political Studies	ca. 1.1
-	Peacebuilding	ca. 1.1
-	Polity	ca. 1.1
-	Ethics & International Affairs	ca. 1.1
144	Political Theory	ca. 1
-	East European Politics and Societies	ca. 1
-	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	ca. 1
-	Studies in American Political Development	ca. 1
-	Japanese Journal of Political Science	ca. 1
149	International Politics	ca. 0.9
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	ca. 0.9
151	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	ca. 0.8
-	Intelligence and National Security	ca. 0.8
153	Contemporary Political Theory	ca. 0.7
-	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	ca. 0.7
-	Revista de Estudios Politicos	ca. 0.7
-	Presidential Studies Quarterly	ca. 0.7
-	Journal of Cold War Studies	ca. 0.7
-	Journal of Theoretical Politics	ca. 0.7
-	Latin American Perspectives	ca. 0.7
160	Australian Journal of Politics and History	ca. 0.6
-	Politics Religion & Ideology	ca. 0.6
-	Politikon	ca. 0.6
-	Historia y Politica	ca. 0.6
164	European History Quarterly	ca. 0.5
-	Revue d'Economie Politique	ca. 0.5
166	Ethics & Global Politics	ca. 0.4
-	Journal of Policy History	ca. 0.4
-	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	ca. 0.4
-	Politicka Ekonomie	ca. 0.4
170	Telos	ca. 0.3
171	Austrian Journal of Political Science	ca. 0.2
172	Politix	ca. 0.1