Political Science

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Political Analysis	11.459
2	Annual Review of Political Science	10.274
3	Journal of European Public Policy	10.238
4	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	9.582
5	American Political Science Review	9.549
6	Political Communication	9.257
7	Policy and Society	9.152
8	American Journal of Political Science	8.601
9	Political Geography	8.507
10	Journal of Chinese Political Science	8.200
11	West European Politics	7.961
12	European Security	7.755
13	Contemporary Security Policy	7.344
14	Review of International Political Economy	7.302
15	European Journal of Political Research	7.203
16	Journal of European Integration	7.168
17	Journal of Democracy	7.083
18	Journal of Peace Research	7.080
19	Politics & Society	6.987
20	Policy and Politics	6.222
21	Global Environmental Politics	5.956
22	British Journal of Political Science	5.887
23	Regulation & Governance	5.801
24	Comparative Political Studies	5.749
25	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	5.680
26	Journal of Chinese Governance	5.624
27	Policy and Internet	5.618
28	Journal of Politics	5.615
29	European Journal of Political Economy	5.611
30	Review of International Organizations	5.580
31	Environmental Politics	5.516
32	Review of Policy Research	5.514
33	European Union Politics	5.493
34	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	5.447
35	Geopolitics	5.354
36	European Political Science Review	5.250
37	New Political Economy	5.240
38	International Journal of Press-Politics	5.237
39	Government and Opposition	5.126
40	Journal of International Relations and Development	5.000
41	International Organization	4.898
42	International Studies Review	4.789
43	Electoral Studies	4.712
44	Policy Studies Journal	4.697
45	South European Society and Politics	4.547
46	Public Opinion Quarterly	4.523
47	Politics and Governance	4.322
48	Political Behavior	4.296
49	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	4.259
50	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	4.205

51	Politics	4.154
52	Socio-Economic Review	4.120
53	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	4.110
54	Journal of Conflict Resolution	4.076
55	International Theory	4.055
56	International Political Sociology	3.946
57	Research & Politics	3.893
58	Democratization	3.885
59	Political Studies	3.860
60	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	3.788
61	Political Science Research and Methods	3.735
62	Political Psychology	3.728
63	Problems of Post-Communism	3.704
64	Critical Policy Studies	3.635
65	Journal of Political Philosophy	3.605
66	Comparative Politics	3.504
67	Cooperation and Conflict	3.494
68	Contemporary Politics	3.429
69	Territory Politics Governance	3.426
70	European Political Science	3.422
71	Public Choice	3.389
72	Global Policy	3.374
73	Comparative European Politics	3.344
74	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	3.253
75	East European Politics	3.201
76	Social Movement Studies	3.169
77	Local Government Studies	3.145
78	Acta Politica	3.094
79	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	3.082
80	Journal of Strategic Studies	3.078
81	Politics Philosophy & Economics	3.069
82	Political Research Quarterly	3.005
83	Citizenship Studies	3.000
84	International Political Science Review	2.946
85	American Politics Research	2.884
86	Politics & Gender	2.869
87	Australian Journal of Political Science	2.850
88	Economics & Politics	2.803
89	Studies in Comparative International Development	2.746
90	British Politics	2.716
91	German Politics	2.705
92	Party Politics	2.661
93	Journal of Political Ideologies	2.600
94	Critical Review	2.570
95	Human Geography	2.558
96	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	2.510
97	Terrorism and Political Violence	2.416
98	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	2.408
99	Social Science Quarterly	2.311
100	African Affairs	2.286
101	Journal of Human Rights	2.269
102	Political Studies Review	2.254
103	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	2.250
104	Politics Groups and Identities	2.227
105	Armed Forces & Society	2.222
106	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	2.220
107	Latin American Politics and Society	2.167
108	Legislative Studies Quarterly	2.148
109	Politics and Religion	2.110
110	Nations and Nationalism	2.094
111	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	2.081
112	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	2.080
113	Swiss Political Science Review	2.054
114	Polity	2.053
115	International Politics	2.027
116	Parliamentary Affairs	1.943
117	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	1.942
118	Philosophy & Public Affairs	1.940
119	Political Science	1.893
120	Peacebuilding	1.821
121	Mediterranean Politics	1.809
122	Revista de Ciencia Politica	1.794
123	Review of African Political Economy	1.786
124	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	1.785
-	International Journal of Transitional Justice	1.785
126	PS-Political Science & Politics	1.771
127	International Feminist Journal of Politics	1.739
128	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1.711
129	Ethics & International Affairs	1.689
130	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.687
-	Scandinavian Political Studies	1.687
132	East European Politics and Societies	1.633
133	Survival	1.606
134	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	1.568
135	Political Quarterly	1.562
136	Current History	1.454
137	Politikon	1.443
138	Studies in American Political Development	1.424
139	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	1.412
140	Politicka Ekonomie	1.406
141	Political Theory	1.361
142	Journal of Theoretical Politics	1.333
143	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	1.321
144	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	1.304
145	Ethics & Global Politics	1.240
146	Japanese Journal of Political Science	1.219
147	Intelligence and National Security	1.137
148	Perspectives on Politics	1.033
149	Latin American Perspectives	0.918
150	Europe-Asia Studies	0.917
151	Presidential Studies Quarterly	0.883
152	Contemporary Political Theory	0.866
153	Irish Political Studies	0.833
154	Politix	0.768
155	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	0.729
156	Political Science Quarterly	0.620
157	Journal of Policy History	0.618
158	Revue d'Economie Politique	0.611
159	Revista de Estudios Politicos	0.588
160	Politics Religion & Ideology	0.432
161	Internasjonal Politikk	0.381
162	Australian Journal of Politics and History	0.353
163	Dissent	0.316
164	Historia y Politica	0.311
165	Journal of Cold War Studies	0.241
166	European History Quarterly	0.184
167	Telos	0.171
168	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	0.141