Political Science

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Political Analysis	10.503
2	Journal of European Public Policy	9.841
3	Annual Review of Political Science	9.686
4	American Political Science Review	9.481
5	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	9.256
6	Political Communication	8.711
7	Contemporary Security Policy	8.604
8	Policy and Society	8.453
9	Political Geography	8.255
10	American Journal of Political Science	8.168
-	West European Politics	8.168
-	Journal of Chinese Political Science	8.168
13	European Security	7.959
14	Public Administration	7.714
15	Journal of Peace Research	7.134
16	Review of International Political Economy	7.107
17	Journal of Democracy	7.024
18	European Journal of Political Research	7.007
19	Journal of European Integration	6.936
20	Politics & Society	6.432
21	New Political Economy	6.250
22	Global Environmental Politics	6.090
23	Post-Soviet Affairs	5.914
24	Policy and Politics	5.900
25	Review of International Organizations	5.845
26	Comparative Political Studies	5.639
27	Policy and Internet	5.612
28	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	5.601
29	Regulation & Governance	5.531
30	British Journal of Political Science	5.497
31	European Journal of Political Economy	5.490
32	International Journal of Press-Politics	5.466
33	Journal of Chinese Governance	5.424
34	European Political Science Review	5.409
35	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	5.396
36	Journal of Politics	5.355
37	European Union Politics	5.322
38	Review of Policy Research	5.302
39	Journal of International Relations and Development	5.268
40	Environmental Politics	5.212
41	Geopolitics	4.994
42	Government and Opposition	4.861
43	Public Opinion Quarterly	4.828
44	International Studies Quarterly	4.714
45	International Studies Review	4.680
46	Electoral Studies	4.629
47	Policy Studies Journal	4.558
48	Politics	4.357
49	Politics and Governance	4.220
50	South European Society and Politics	4.215

51	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	4.184
52	International Organization	4.172
53	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	4.156
54	Political Behavior	4.119
55	Journal of Conflict Resolution	4.115
56	Socio-Economic Review	3.972
57	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	3.954
58	Political Studies	3.808
59	International Theory	3.730
60	Political Psychology	3.724
61	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	3.703
62	Democratization	3.681
63	International Political Sociology	3.667
64	Political Science Research and Methods	3.650
65	Research & Politics	3.598
66	Problems of Post-Communism	3.565
67	Critical Policy Studies	3.538
68	Territory Politics Governance	3.503
69	Cooperation and Conflict	3.439
70	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	3.411
71	European Political Science	3.374
72	Journal of Public Policy	3.373
73	Contemporary Politics	3.371
74	Public Choice	3.345
75	Comparative Politics	3.321
76	German Politics	3.296
77	Comparative European Politics	3.294
78	Citizenship Studies	3.286
79	Journal of Political Philosophy	3.250
80	East European Politics	3.242
81	Global Policy	3.239
82	Local Government Studies	3.195
83	Acta Politica	3.022
84	Social Movement Studies	3.009
85	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	2.989
86	Political Research Quarterly	2.955
87	American Politics Research	2.951
88	International Political Science Review	2.896
89	Politics & Gender	2.888
90	Politics Philosophy & Economics	2.816
91	Journal of Strategic Studies	2.750
92	Economics & Politics	2.745
93	Studies in Comparative International Development	2.715
94	Australian Journal of Political Science	2.613
-	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	2.613
96	Terrorism and Political Violence	2.571
97	British Politics	2.564
98	Party Politics	2.553
99	Journal of Political Ideologies	2.539
100	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	2.524
101	Human Geography	2.508
102	Nations and Nationalism	2.499
103	Critical Review	2.493
104	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	2.489
105	African Affairs	2.396
106	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	2.368
107	Social Science Quarterly	2.312
108	Political Studies Review	2.211
109	Journal of Human Rights	2.164
110	Armed Forces & Society	2.148
111	Philosophy & Public Affairs	2.129
112	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	2.125
113	Politics Groups and Identities	2.118
114	International Politics	2.051
115	Latin American Politics and Society	2.038
116	Legislative Studies Quarterly	2.015
117	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	2.000
118	Polity	1.992
119	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	1.981
120	Swiss Political Science Review	1.979
121	Politics and Religion	1.909
122	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	1.899
123	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	1.864
124	Political Science	1.815
125	Parliamentary Affairs	1.718
126	Peacebuilding	1.706
127	East European Politics and Societies	1.700
128	Mediterranean Politics	1.687
129	International Feminist Journal of Politics	1.682
130	Review of African Political Economy	1.678
131	International Journal of Transitional Justice	1.662
132	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.649
133	PS-Political Science & Politics	1.646
134	Revista de Ciencia Politica	1.632
135	Scandinavian Political Studies	1.606
136	Survival	1.597
137	Ethics & International Affairs	1.589
138	Political Quarterly	1.483
139	Studies in American Political Development	1.446
140	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1.439
141	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	1.425
142	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	1.398
143	Politikon	1.393
144	Journal of Theoretical Politics	1.368
145	Political Theory	1.344
146	Current History	1.330
147	Politicka Ekonomie	1.309
148	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	1.298
149	Japanese Journal of Political Science	1.197
150	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	1.127
151	Intelligence and National Security	1.107
152	Perspectives on Politics	1.076
153	Ethics & Global Politics	1.038
154	Presidential Studies Quarterly	0.925
155	Europe-Asia Studies	0.879
156	Latin American Perspectives	0.877
157	Contemporary Political Theory	0.829
158	Irish Political Studies	0.750
159	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	0.690
160	Politix	0.642
161	Revista de Estudios Politicos	0.641
162	Revue d'Economie Politique	0.593
163	Political Science Quarterly	0.571
164	Journal of Policy History	0.536
165	Politics Religion & Ideology	0.433
166	Internasjonal Politikk	0.429
167	Historia y Politica	0.388
168	Australian Journal of Politics and History	0.358
169	Dissent	0.349
170	Journal of Cold War Studies	0.244
171	European History Quarterly	0.208
172	Telos	0.179
173	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	0.130