Political Science

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Political Science	10.981
2	Political Analysis	10.477
3	Journal of European Public Policy	10.371
4	American Political Science Review	10.172
5	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	9.723
6	Policy and Society	9.510
7	Political Communication	9.118
8	American Journal of Political Science	8.855
9	Political Geography	8.564
10	Public Administration	8.370
11	Journal of Chinese Political Science	8.128
12	West European Politics	7.724
13	Journal of Peace Research	7.483
14	Journal of European Integration	7.431
15	European Journal of Political Research	7.396
16	Contemporary Security Policy	7.130
17	Review of International Political Economy	6.827
18	Journal of Democracy	6.791
19	Politics & Society	6.667
20	Global Environmental Politics	6.166
21	Post-Soviet Affairs	6.144
22	Comparative Political Studies	5.937
23	Regulation & Governance	5.902
24	British Journal of Political Science	5.861
25	Policy and Politics	5.807
26	Journal of Chinese Governance	5.794
27	European Journal of Political Economy	5.718
28	Review of International Organizations	5.711
29	Policy and Internet	5.652
30	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	5.614
31	Review of Policy Research	5.601
32	Geopolitics	5.478
33	European Union Politics	5.477
34	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	5.468
35	European Political Science Review	5.362
36	New Political Economy	5.332
37	International Journal of Press-Politics	5.328
38	Environmental Politics	5.228
39	Government and Opposition	5.084
40	Journal of International Relations and Development	4.974
41	European Security	4.860
42	Public Opinion Quarterly	4.845
-	Policy Studies Journal	4.845
44	International Organization	4.828
45	Electoral Studies	4.800
46	Journal of Politics	4.773
47	International Studies Review	4.733
48	International Studies Quarterly	4.661
49	Politics and Governance	4.434
50	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	4.356

51	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	4.341
52	International Theory	4.270
53	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	4.206
54	Socio-Economic Review	4.178
55	Politics	4.144
56	Journal of Conflict Resolution	4.141
57	Political Behavior	4.119
58	Democratization	4.032
59	Research & Politics	3.914
60	Political Studies	3.911
61	International Political Sociology	3.898
62	Political Science Research and Methods	3.889
63	Problems of Post-Communism	3.859
64	Political Psychology	3.853
65	Journal of Public Policy	3.792
66	Critical Policy Studies	3.646
67	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	3.626
68	European Political Science	3.498
69	Public Choice	3.492
70	Comparative European Politics	3.437
71	Contemporary Politics	3.425
72	Global Policy	3.383
73	Cooperation and Conflict	3.371
74	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	3.347
75	Territory Politics Governance	3.346
76	Politics Philosophy & Economics	3.256
77	Local Government Studies	3.211
78	Acta Politica	3.176
79	Social Movement Studies	3.163
80	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	3.143
81	East European Politics	3.138
82	South European Society and Politics	3.099
83	Journal of Strategic Studies	3.087
84	International Political Science Review	3.047
85	Political Research Quarterly	3.005
86	Studies in Comparative International Development	2.979
87	German Politics	2.967
88	Comparative Politics	2.945
89	Politics & Gender	2.942
90	American Politics Research	2.882
91	Journal of Political Philosophy	2.881
92	Economics & Politics	2.839
93	British Politics	2.779
94	Party Politics	2.762
95	Critical Review	2.630
96	Human Geography	2.621
97	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	2.570
-	Citizenship Studies	2.570
99	Journal of Political Ideologies	2.543
100	Australian Journal of Political Science	2.504
101	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	2.488
102	Terrorism and Political Violence	2.422
103	Social Science Quarterly	2.406
104	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	2.322
105	Journal of Human Rights	2.301
106	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	2.298
107	Political Studies Review	2.254
108	Politics Groups and Identities	2.233
109	Latin American Politics and Society	2.223
110	African Affairs	2.185
111	Nations and Nationalism	2.181
112	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	2.172
113	Legislative Studies Quarterly	2.167
114	Swiss Political Science Review	2.160
115	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	2.115
116	Armed Forces & Society	2.108
117	Philosophy & Public Affairs	2.103
118	International Politics	2.088
119	Parliamentary Affairs	1.994
120	Revista de Ciencia Politica	1.985
121	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	1.968
122	Political Science	1.964
123	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	1.948
124	Peacebuilding	1.905
125	International Journal of Transitional Justice	1.904
126	PS-Political Science & Politics	1.900
127	International Feminist Journal of Politics	1.875
128	Mediterranean Politics	1.863
129	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	1.858
130	Review of African Political Economy	1.842
131	Scandinavian Political Studies	1.824
132	Polity	1.762
133	East European Politics and Societies	1.749
134	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1.724
135	Politics and Religion	1.722
136	Ethics & International Affairs	1.695
137	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.623
138	Politicka Ekonomie	1.521
139	Current History	1.486
140	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	1.444
141	Studies in American Political Development	1.415
142	Survival	1.407
143	Journal of Theoretical Politics	1.404
144	Politikon	1.393
145	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	1.387
146	Political Theory	1.329
147	Japanese Journal of Political Science	1.310
148	Ethics & Global Politics	1.302
149	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	1.289
150	Political Quarterly	1.286
151	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	1.261
152	Intelligence and National Security	1.109
153	Perspectives on Politics	1.057
154	Latin American Perspectives	0.964
155	Presidential Studies Quarterly	0.942
156	Europe-Asia Studies	0.931
157	Contemporary Political Theory	0.884
158	Irish Political Studies	0.850
159	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	0.724
160	Politix	0.703
161	Political Science Quarterly	0.637
162	Revista de Estudios Politicos	0.634
163	Journal of Policy History	0.617
164	Revue d'Economie Politique	0.609
165	Politics Religion & Ideology	0.466
166	Internasjonal Politikk	0.388
167	Australian Journal of Politics and History	0.362
168	Dissent	0.328
169	Historia y Politica	0.322
170	Journal of Cold War Studies	0.250
171	European History Quarterly	0.184
172	Telos	0.183
173	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	0.160