Political Science

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Political Science	15.371
2	Policy and Society	12.227
3	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	10.180
4	American Political Science Review	8.688
5	Public Administration	8.309
6	Political Analysis	7.969
7	World Politics	7.960
8	American Journal of Political Science	7.802
9	Journal of European Public Policy	7.796
10	Contemporary Security Policy	7.578
11	Political Communication	7.562
12	Political Geography	7.246
13	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	6.954
14	West European Politics	6.734
15	New Political Economy	6.629
16	Policy and Internet	6.576
17	European Security	6.537
18	Global Environmental Politics	6.221
19	International Journal of Press-Politics	6.143
20	Comparative Political Studies	5.986
21	Review of International Political Economy	5.939
22	Journal of Democracy	5.902
23	Journal of Chinese Political Science	5.842
24	Journal of Politics	5.785
25	European Journal of Political Research	5.775
26	Journal of European Integration	5.513
27	Post-Soviet Affairs	5.417
28	German Politics	5.299
29	Journal of Peace Research	5.241
30	Environmental Politics	5.122
31	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	5.029
32	British Journal of Political Science	5.003
33	Review of International Organizations	4.935
34	European Journal of Political Economy	4.886
35	South European Society and Politics	4.874
36	Geopolitics	4.845
37	Policy and Politics	4.743
38	Politics & Society	4.730
-	Review of Policy Research	4.730
40	European Union Politics	4.698
41	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	4.676
42	Government and Opposition	4.668
43	European Political Science Review	4.661
44	Political Psychology	4.643
45	Electoral Studies	4.636
46	International Studies Review	4.543
47	Comparative European Politics	4.488
48	International Organization	4.394
49	Regulation & Governance	4.333
50	Public Opinion Quarterly	4.272

51	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	4.242
52	Political Behavior	4.221
53	Journal of International Relations and Development	4.086
54	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	4.022
55	Journal of Conflict Resolution	4.013
56	International Studies Quarterly	4.009
57	Journal of Chinese Governance	3.987
58	Territory Politics Governance	3.954
59	Politics and Governance	3.928
60	East European Politics	3.863
61	Journal of Political Philosophy	3.800
62	Contemporary Politics	3.758
63	Political Science Research and Methods	3.702
64	Socio-Economic Review	3.672
65	Policy Studies Journal	3.663
66	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	3.635
67	Politics	3.628
68	Social Movement Studies	3.568
69	International Political Sociology	3.396
70	Critical Policy Studies	3.364
71	Citizenship Studies	3.363
72	Democratization	3.265
73	Comparative Politics	3.224
74	Political Studies	3.159
75	Journal of Public Policy	3.150
76	Acta Politica	3.126
77	Problems of Post-Communism	3.076
78	International Political Science Review	3.042
79	Research & Politics	3.039
80	Political Research Quarterly	3.031
81	Local Government Studies	2.945
82	Australian Journal of Political Science	2.833
83	American Politics Research	2.801
84	Politics Philosophy & Economics	2.798
85	European Political Science	2.780
86	Global Policy	2.759
87	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	2.720
88	Politics & Gender	2.701
89	Public Choice	2.680
90	International Theory	2.675
91	Cooperation and Conflict	2.636
92	Party Politics	2.589
93	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	2.561
94	Social Science Quarterly	2.440
95	African Affairs	2.414
-	Journal of Human Rights	2.414
97	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	2.413
98	Economics & Politics	2.374
99	Nations and Nationalism	2.333
100	Journal of Strategic Studies	2.326
101	Swiss Political Science Review	2.278
102	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	2.260
103	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	2.196
104	Philosophy & Public Affairs	2.176
105	Legislative Studies Quarterly	2.172
106	British Politics	2.137
107	Terrorism and Political Violence	2.129
108	Politics Groups and Identities	2.076
109	Human Geography	2.040
110	Studies in Comparative International Development	1.977
111	Political Studies Review	1.955
112	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	1.914
113	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	1.906
114	Polity	1.860
115	Review of African Political Economy	1.844
116	Politics and Religion	1.835
117	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	1.833
118	Armed Forces & Society	1.801
119	Peacebuilding	1.735
120	Scandinavian Political Studies	1.733
121	Journal of Political Ideologies	1.689
122	Critical Review	1.684
123	International Feminist Journal of Politics	1.664
124	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1.641
125	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	1.632
126	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	1.628
127	International Politics	1.608
128	Survival	1.584
129	Latin American Politics and Society	1.556
130	Parliamentary Affairs	1.503
131	Political Science	1.500
132	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	1.444
133	PS-Political Science & Politics	1.431
134	International Journal of Transitional Justice	1.422
135	Japanese Journal of Political Science	1.415
136	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.379
137	Journal of Theoretical Politics	1.375
138	East European Politics and Societies	1.342
139	Current History	1.323
140	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	1.314
141	Mediterranean Politics	1.287
142	Studies in American Political Development	1.281
143	Political Quarterly	1.257
144	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	1.217
145	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	1.199
146	Politicka Ekonomie	1.163
147	Ethics & International Affairs	1.124
148	Irish Political Studies	1.115
149	Politikon	1.093
150	Political Theory	1.082
151	Revista de Ciencia Politica	1.057
152	Perspectives on Politics	1.048
153	Presidential Studies Quarterly	0.902
154	Intelligence and National Security	0.893
155	Ethics & Global Politics	0.878
156	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	0.867
157	Europe-Asia Studies	0.864
158	Latin American Perspectives	0.755
159	Revue d'Economie Politique	0.699
160	Politix	0.558
161	Journal of Policy History	0.550
162	Revista de Estudios Politicos	0.530
163	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	0.510
164	Contemporary Political Theory	0.496
165	Political Science Quarterly	0.487
166	Politics Religion & Ideology	0.438
167	Dissent	0.295
168	Internasjonal Politikk	0.254
169	Journal of Cold War Studies	0.244
170	Australian Journal of Politics and History	0.238
171	Historia y Politica	0.216
172	European History Quarterly	0.213
173	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	0.115
174	Telos	0.106