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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Political Science	21
2	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	13
3	American Political Science Review	12
4	Public Administration	10
-	West European Politics	10
-	Journal of European Public Policy	10
-	World Politics	10
8	Journal of Chinese Political Science	9
-	Political Communication	9
10	Comparative Political Studies	8
-	Political Geography	8
12	Journal of Democracy	7
-	New Political Economy	7
-	Policy and Politics	7
-	Post-Soviet Affairs	7
-	Review of International Political Economy	7
-	American Journal of Political Science	7
-	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	7
-	Contemporary Security Policy	7
-	European Security	7
-	Journal of European Integration	7
22	British Journal of Political Science	6
-	European Journal of Political Research	6
-	Political Analysis	6
-	European Journal of Political Economy	6
-	German Politics	6
-	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	6
-	Journal of Peace Research	6
-	Journal of Politics	6
30	Public Opinion Quarterly	5
-	Australian Journal of Political Science	5
-	Environmental Politics	5
-	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	5
-	Political Psychology	5
-	Comparative Politics	5
-	Cooperation and Conflict	5
-	Electoral Studies	5
-	Government and Opposition	5
-	International Studies Quarterly	5
-	Journal of Conflict Resolution	5
-	Political Behavior	5
-	Political Studies	5
-	Politics & Society	5
44	African Affairs	4
-	Contemporary Politics	4
-	International Political Science Review	4
-	Journal of Political Philosophy	4
-	Local Government Studies	4
-	Political Research Quarterly	4
-	Politics	4

-	Acta Politica	4
-	International Organization	4
-	Journal of Public Policy	4
-	Policy Studies Journal	4
55	Social Science Quarterly	3
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	3
-	Democratization	3
-	Economics & Politics	3
-	Party Politics	3
-	Problems of Post-Communism	3
-	Public Choice	3
-	South European Society and Politics	3
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	3
-	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	3
65	Review of African Political Economy	2
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	2
-	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	2
-	Politikon	2
-	PS-Political Science & Politics	2
-	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	2
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	2
-	Armed Forces & Society	2
-	East European Politics and Societies	2
-	Journal of Political Ideologies	2
-	Journal of Theoretical Politics	2
-	Legislative Studies Quarterly	2
-	Nations and Nationalism	2
-	Parliamentary Affairs	2
-	Philosophy & Public Affairs	2
-	Political Science	2
-	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	2
-	Polity	2
83	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	1
-	Scandinavian Political Studies	1
-	Studies in American Political Development	1
-	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	1
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1
-	Critical Review	1
-	Intelligence and National Security	1
-	Irish Political Studies	1
-	Latin American Perspectives	1
-	Political Theory	1
-	Politix	1
-	Revista de Ciencia Politica	1
-	Revue d'Economie Politique	1
-	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	1
-	Survival	1
-	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	1
-	Current History	1
-	Ethics & International Affairs	1
-	Political Quarterly	1
-	Politicka Ekonomie	1
-	Presidential Studies Quarterly	1
104	Revista de Estudios Politicos	0
-	Telos	0
-	European History Quarterly	0
-	Europe-Asia Studies	0
-	Journal of Policy History	0
-	Political Science Quarterly	0
-	Australian Journal of Politics and History	0
-	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	0