Political Science: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Political Science	21
2	Policy and Society	14
3	American Political Science Review	12
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	12
5	Public Administration	11
6	Journal of European Public Policy	10
7	West European Politics	9
-	Journal of Chinese Political Science	9
-	World Politics	9
-	Political Communication	9
11	Political Geography	8
-	Policy and Internet	8
-	Contemporary Security Policy	8
14	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	7
-	Policy and Politics	7
-	European Journal of Political Research	7
-	Review of International Organizations	7
-	German Politics	7
-	International Journal of Press-Politics	7
-	Journal of Democracy	7
-	New Political Economy	7
-	American Journal of Political Science	7
-	Comparative Political Studies	7
-	Post-Soviet Affairs	7
-	European Security	7
-	Global Environmental Politics	7
-	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	7
28	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	6
-	Journal of Peace Research	6
-	Journal of Politics	6
-	Comparative European Politics	6
-	European Political Science Review	6
-	European Union Politics	6
-	Review of Policy Research	6
-	Government and Opposition	6
-	Journal of Chinese Governance	6
-	Journal of International Relations and Development	6
-	Political Analysis	6
-	British Journal of Political Science	6
-	European Journal of Political Economy	6
-	Geopolitics	6
-	Review of International Political Economy	6
43	International Studies Review	5
-	Territory Politics Governance	5
-	Journal of Conflict Resolution	5
-	Political Behavior	5
-	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	5
-	Citizenship Studies	5
-	Comparative Politics	5
-	Contemporary Politics	5

-	Politics and Governance	5
-	Politics & Society	5
-	Electoral Studies	5
-	Socio-Economic Review	5
-	International Organization	5
-	International Studies Quarterly	5
-	International Theory	5
-	Journal of European Integration	5
-	Political Psychology	5
-	Political Studies	5
-	Environmental Politics	5
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	5
-	Regulation & Governance	5
-	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	5
-	Social Movement Studies	5
66	South European Society and Politics	4
-	International Political Science Review	4
-	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	4
-	Journal of Public Policy	4
-	Local Government Studies	4
-	Policy Studies Journal	4
-	Political Science Research and Methods	4
-	Politics & Gender	4
-	Research & Politics	4
-	International Political Sociology	4
-	Acta Politica	4
-	American Politics Research	4
-	Australian Journal of Political Science	4
-	Politics	4
-	Cooperation and Conflict	4
-	East European Politics	4
82	Social Science Quarterly	3
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	3
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	3
-	African Affairs	3
-	Political Studies Review	3
-	Critical Policy Studies	3
-	Politics Philosophy & Economics	3
-	Public Choice	3
-	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	3
-	Global Policy	3
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	3
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	3
-	Journal of Human Rights	3
-	Journal of Political Philosophy	3
-	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	3
-	Party Politics	3
-	Political Research Quarterly	3
-	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	3
-	Politics Groups and Identities	3
-	Democratization	3
-	Economics & Politics	3
-	Problems of Post-Communism	3
-	European Political Science	3
105	International Feminist Journal of Politics	2
-	International Journal of Transitional Justice	2
-	International Politics	2
-	Swiss Political Science Review	2
-	Human Geography	2
-	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	2
-	Journal of Political Ideologies	2
-	Journal of Theoretical Politics	2
-	Legislative Studies Quarterly	2
-	Nations and Nationalism	2
-	Parliamentary Affairs	2
-	Peacebuilding	2
-	Philosophy & Public Affairs	2
-	Armed Forces & Society	2
-	Political Science	2
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	2
-	Current History	2
-	East European Politics and Societies	2
-	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	2
-	Polity	2
-	PS-Political Science & Politics	2
-	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	2
-	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	2
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	2
-	Japanese Journal of Political Science	2
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	2
-	Latin American Politics and Society	2
-	Mediterranean Politics	2
-	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	2
-	British Politics	2
-	Politics and Religion	2
-	Politikon	2
-	Review of African Political Economy	2
138	Studies in American Political Development	1
-	Irish Political Studies	1
-	Latin American Perspectives	1
-	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	1
-	Political Quarterly	1
-	Politicka Ekonomie	1
-	Ethics & Global Politics	1
-	Presidential Studies Quarterly	1
-	Revista de Ciencia Politica	1
-	Revue d'Economie Politique	1
-	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	1
-	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	1
-	Survival	1
-	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	1
-	Political Theory	1
-	Critical Review	1
-	Politix	1
-	Ethics & International Affairs	1
-	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	1
-	Scandinavian Political Studies	1
-	Intelligence and National Security	1
159	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	0
-	Australian Journal of Politics and History	0
-	Dissent	0
-	European History Quarterly	0
-	Internasjonal Politikk	0
-	Telos	0
-	Journal of Cold War Studies	0
-	Journal of Policy History	0
-	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	0
-	Perspectives on Politics	0
-	Political Science Quarterly	0
-	Contemporary Political Theory	0
-	Politics Religion & Ideology	0
-	Europe-Asia Studies	0
-	Revista de Estudios Politicos	0
-	Historia y Politica	0