Political Science

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Political Science	17.240
2	Political Analysis	10.224
3	Journal of European Public Policy	9.627
4	American Political Science Review	9.501
5	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	9.037
6	Policy and Society	8.771
7	Contemporary Security Policy	8.716
8	Political Communication	8.608
9	Political Geography	8.376
10	American Journal of Political Science	8.152
11	West European Politics	8.028
12	Public Administration	7.910
13	Journal of Chinese Political Science	7.853
14	European Security	7.779
15	European Journal of Political Research	7.441
16	Review of International Political Economy	7.293
17	Journal of Peace Research	6.801
18	Journal of European Integration	6.736
19	Journal of Democracy	6.651
20	Politics & Society	6.446
21	New Political Economy	6.364
22	Post-Soviet Affairs	6.282
23	Policy and Internet	5.929
24	Comparative Political Studies	5.778
25	Global Environmental Politics	5.715
26	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	5.701
27	Policy and Politics	5.697
28	European Journal of Political Economy	5.684
29	Review of International Organizations	5.662
30	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	5.659
31	International Journal of Press-Politics	5.589
32	Regulation & Governance	5.423
33	European Union Politics	5.420
34	Review of Policy Research	5.418
35	British Journal of Political Science	5.392
36	European Political Science Review	5.379
37	Environmental Politics	5.282
38	Journal of Chinese Governance	5.209
39	Journal of Politics	5.175
40	Journal of International Relations and Development	5.165
41	Geopolitics	4.968
42	Public Opinion Quarterly	4.905
43	Government and Opposition	4.838
44	International Studies Quarterly	4.824
45	International Studies Review	4.786
46	Electoral Studies	4.643
47	Policy Studies Journal	4.332
48	Journal of Conflict Resolution	4.251
49	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	4.193
50	Politics	4.180

51	Politics and Governance	4.177
52	South European Society and Politics	4.167
53	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	4.163
54	International Organization	4.131
55	Political Behavior	4.126
56	Political Psychology	4.120
57	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	4.063
58	Socio-Economic Review	3.928
59	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	3.897
60	Political Studies	3.853
61	International Political Sociology	3.800
62	Comparative European Politics	3.731
63	Democratization	3.661
64	Territory Politics Governance	3.613
65	Cooperation and Conflict	3.571
66	Political Science Research and Methods	3.551
67	Problems of Post-Communism	3.481
68	International Theory	3.459
69	Research & Politics	3.455
70	Critical Policy Studies	3.452
71	Journal of Public Policy	3.427
72	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	3.411
73	European Political Science	3.349
74	Citizenship Studies	3.320
75	Acta Politica	3.313
76	Contemporary Politics	3.303
77	Public Choice	3.270
78	Local Government Studies	3.242
79	German Politics	3.224
80	Comparative Politics	3.223
81	East European Politics	3.209
82	Political Research Quarterly	3.167
83	Social Movement Studies	3.144
84	Global Policy	3.135
85	Journal of Political Philosophy	3.114
86	International Political Science Review	3.031
87	Politics & Gender	2.968
88	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	2.957
89	American Politics Research	2.882
90	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	2.813
91	Politics Philosophy & Economics	2.787
92	Journal of Human Rights	2.732
93	Journal of Strategic Studies	2.704
94	Studies in Comparative International Development	2.694
95	Party Politics	2.681
96	Economics & Politics	2.675
97	Australian Journal of Political Science	2.631
98	Terrorism and Political Violence	2.525
99	Human Geography	2.508
100	Social Science Quarterly	2.485
101	British Politics	2.469
102	Journal of Political Ideologies	2.457
103	Nations and Nationalism	2.408
104	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	2.405
105	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	2.400
106	Critical Review	2.360
107	African Affairs	2.304
108	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	2.230
109	Political Studies Review	2.217
110	Armed Forces & Society	2.161
111	Politics Groups and Identities	2.100
112	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	2.096
113	Swiss Political Science Review	2.094
114	Philosophy & Public Affairs	2.089
115	Polity	2.069
116	Legislative Studies Quarterly	2.031
117	Latin American Politics and Society	1.990
118	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	1.929
119	International Politics	1.927
120	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	1.880
121	Politics and Religion	1.848
122	Survival	1.825
123	Scandinavian Political Studies	1.785
124	Political Science	1.769
125	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.752
126	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	1.744
127	East European Politics and Societies	1.738
128	Parliamentary Affairs	1.735
129	Peacebuilding	1.674
130	International Journal of Transitional Justice	1.662
131	Review of African Political Economy	1.616
132	International Feminist Journal of Politics	1.605
133	PS-Political Science & Politics	1.600
134	Mediterranean Politics	1.585
135	Ethics & International Affairs	1.496
136	Revista de Ciencia Politica	1.471
137	Political Quarterly	1.431
138	Studies in American Political Development	1.369
139	Current History	1.355
140	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	1.352
-	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	1.352
142	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1.337
143	Japanese Journal of Political Science	1.336
144	Politicka Ekonomie	1.316
145	Politikon	1.297
146	Journal of Theoretical Politics	1.293
147	Political Theory	1.286
148	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	1.284
149	Intelligence and National Security	1.170
150	Perspectives on Politics	1.073
151	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	1.064
152	Ethics & Global Politics	0.939
153	Presidential Studies Quarterly	0.931
154	Europe-Asia Studies	0.914
155	Latin American Perspectives	0.830
156	Contemporary Political Theory	0.760
157	Irish Political Studies	0.744
158	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	0.672
159	Politix	0.642
160	Revue d'Economie Politique	0.641
161	Revista de Estudios Politicos	0.634
162	Political Science Quarterly	0.555
163	Journal of Policy History	0.515
164	Politics Religion & Ideology	0.442
165	Historia y Politica	0.374
166	Australian Journal of Politics and History	0.366
167	Internasjonal Politikk	0.342
168	Dissent	0.322
169	Journal of Cold War Studies	0.258
170	European History Quarterly	0.206
171	Telos	0.172
172	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	0.116