Political Science

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Political Science	16.541
2	Policy and Society	13.159
3	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	11.218
4	American Political Science Review	8.983
5	Political Analysis	8.795
6	Public Administration	8.305
7	Journal of European Public Policy	8.216
8	Political Communication	7.990
9	Contemporary Security Policy	7.907
10	World Politics	7.875
11	American Journal of Political Science	7.817
12	Political Geography	7.649
13	West European Politics	7.372
14	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	7.137
15	European Security	6.881
16	New Political Economy	6.821
17	Policy and Internet	6.571
18	Journal of Chinese Political Science	6.510
19	Comparative Political Studies	6.344
20	Journal of Democracy	6.299
21	Review of International Political Economy	6.279
22	Journal of Politics	6.213
23	Journal of European Integration	6.163
24	International Journal of Press-Politics	5.823
25	Post-Soviet Affairs	5.816
26	Global Environmental Politics	5.806
27	Journal of Peace Research	5.729
28	European Journal of Political Research	5.310
29	Environmental Politics	5.265
30	Policy and Politics	5.154
31	Electoral Studies	5.091
32	British Journal of Political Science	5.029
33	Geopolitics	5.010
34	Politics & Society	4.973
35	Review of Policy Research	4.944
36	Review of International Organizations	4.938
37	South European Society and Politics	4.925
38	European Political Science Review	4.898
39	European Journal of Political Economy	4.885
40	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	4.874
41	Comparative European Politics	4.859
42	International Studies Review	4.856
43	European Union Politics	4.848
44	Government and Opposition	4.831
45	Regulation & Governance	4.766
46	German Politics	4.647
47	Public Opinion Quarterly	4.624
48	Political Psychology	4.609
49	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	4.564
50	Journal of Chinese Governance	4.494

51	Journal of International Relations and Development	4.491
52	Political Behavior	4.421
53	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	4.324
54	International Studies Quarterly	4.311
55	Journal of Conflict Resolution	4.307
56	East European Politics	4.236
57	International Organization	4.195
58	Territory Politics Governance	4.173
59	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	4.164
60	Journal of Political Philosophy	4.094
61	Policy Studies Journal	3.992
62	Politics and Governance	3.913
63	Contemporary Politics	3.844
64	Politics	3.832
65	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	3.830
66	Socio-Economic Review	3.770
67	Political Science Research and Methods	3.761
68	International Political Sociology	3.710
69	Citizenship Studies	3.558
70	Critical Policy Studies	3.485
71	Political Studies	3.430
72	European Political Science	3.399
73	Journal of Public Policy	3.395
74	Research & Politics	3.374
75	Comparative Politics	3.364
76	Democratization	3.333
77	Political Research Quarterly	3.277
78	Social Movement Studies	3.203
79	Problems of Post-Communism	3.184
80	Acta Politica	3.157
81	Cooperation and Conflict	3.103
82	Politics Philosophy & Economics	3.075
83	International Theory	3.051
84	Local Government Studies	2.995
85	American Politics Research	2.920
86	Global Policy	2.897
87	Public Choice	2.850
88	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	2.845
89	International Political Science Review	2.834
90	Party Politics	2.827
91	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	2.717
92	Politics & Gender	2.691
93	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	2.684
94	Australian Journal of Political Science	2.679
95	Journal of Human Rights	2.665
96	African Affairs	2.551
97	Journal of Strategic Studies	2.473
98	Social Science Quarterly	2.415
99	Economics & Politics	2.400
100	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	2.357
101	Legislative Studies Quarterly	2.327
102	Nations and Nationalism	2.323
103	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	2.298
-	British Politics	2.298
105	Politics Groups and Identities	2.268
106	Terrorism and Political Violence	2.259
107	Studies in Comparative International Development	2.218
108	Philosophy & Public Affairs	2.156
109	Political Studies Review	2.042
110	Human Geography	2.017
111	Critical Review	2.013
112	Review of African Political Economy	2.005
113	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	1.994
114	Swiss Political Science Review	1.985
115	Armed Forces & Society	1.982
116	Politics and Religion	1.971
117	Journal of Political Ideologies	1.961
118	Polity	1.958
119	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	1.925
120	Scandinavian Political Studies	1.889
121	International Politics	1.862
122	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	1.820
-	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	1.820
124	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	1.812
125	International Feminist Journal of Politics	1.763
126	International Journal of Transitional Justice	1.752
127	Parliamentary Affairs	1.724
128	Latin American Politics and Society	1.714
129	Survival	1.664
130	Peacebuilding	1.651
131	Political Science	1.640
132	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.605
133	PS-Political Science & Politics	1.547
134	Studies in American Political Development	1.538
135	Journal of Theoretical Politics	1.476
136	Mediterranean Politics	1.460
137	East European Politics and Societies	1.449
138	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	1.376
139	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1.371
140	Japanese Journal of Political Science	1.357
141	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	1.325
142	Revista de Ciencia Politica	1.318
143	Political Quarterly	1.297
144	Current History	1.288
145	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	1.238
146	Ethics & International Affairs	1.226
147	Politicka Ekonomie	1.222
148	Irish Political Studies	1.220
149	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	1.180
150	Political Theory	1.169
151	Politikon	1.143
152	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	1.083
153	Perspectives on Politics	1.015
154	Intelligence and National Security	0.975
155	Presidential Studies Quarterly	0.965
156	Ethics & Global Politics	0.959
157	Europe-Asia Studies	0.951
158	Latin American Perspectives	0.820
159	Revue d'Economie Politique	0.692
160	Journal of Policy History	0.610
161	Politix	0.593
162	Contemporary Political Theory	0.574
163	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	0.570
164	Revista de Estudios Politicos	0.526
165	Political Science Quarterly	0.497
166	Politics Religion & Ideology	0.478
167	Australian Journal of Politics and History	0.323
-	Dissent	0.323
169	Journal of Cold War Studies	0.313
170	Internasjonal Politikk	0.273
171	Historia y Politica	0.260
172	European History Quarterly	0.236
173	Telos	0.207
174	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	0.098