Political Science: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	American Political Science Review	32
2	Journal of Politics	29
3	Political Geography	28
-	Journal of European Public Policy	28
5	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	26
-	Public Administration	26
7	American Journal of Political Science	25
8	Annual Review of Political Science	23
-	Policy and Society	23
-	Environmental Politics	23
11	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	21
-	European Journal of Political Research	21
-	Political Psychology	21
-	Review of International Political Economy	21
-	Journal of Democracy	21
16	West European Politics	20
-	Political Communication	20
-	European Journal of Political Economy	20
-	International Journal of Press-Politics	20
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	20
21	Electoral Studies	19
-	Perspectives on Politics	19
-	British Journal of Political Science	19
-	Comparative Political Studies	19
25	Politics and Governance	18
-	Review of Policy Research	18
-	Geopolitics	18
-	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	18
-	Journal of European Integration	18
30	Global Policy	17
-	Policy and Internet	17
-	Democratization	17
33	Policy Studies Journal	16
-	Journal of Peace Research	16
-	New Political Economy	16
-	Party Politics	16
-	Political Analysis	16
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	16
-	Regulation & Governance	16
-	Global Environmental Politics	16
-	Socio-Economic Review	16
-	International Studies Quarterly	16
43	Political Behavior	15
-	Government and Opposition	15
-	Social Science Quarterly	15
-	International Studies Review	15
-	Journal of Chinese Political Science	15
-	Contemporary Security Policy	15
49	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	14
-	Comparative European Politics	14

-	Political Science Research and Methods	14
-	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	14
-	German Politics	14
-	Territory Politics Governance	14
-	Journal of Conflict Resolution	14
-	Political Research Quarterly	14
-	Post-Soviet Affairs	14
-	European Security	14
59	Policy and Politics	13
-	Critical Policy Studies	13
-	Public Choice	13
-	European Union Politics	13
-	Review of International Organizations	13
-	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	13
-	Social Movement Studies	13
-	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	13
-	International Organization	13
68	Local Government Studies	12
-	Nations and Nationalism	12
-	Political Quarterly	12
-	Citizenship Studies	12
-	Politics & Gender	12
-	European Political Science Review	12
-	Political Studies	12
-	Problems of Post-Communism	12
-	European Political Science	12
-	International Political Sociology	12
-	Survival	12
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	12
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	12
-	Journal of Human Rights	12
-	Journal of International Relations and Development	12
83	Contemporary Politics	11
-	Research & Politics	11
-	South European Society and Politics	11
-	International Political Science Review	11
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	11
-	Swiss Political Science Review	11
-	Journal of Public Policy	11
-	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	11
-	American Politics Research	11
-	Politics	11
-	East European Politics	11
94	African Affairs	10
-	Armed Forces & Society	10
-	Comparative Politics	10
-	Political Studies Review	10
-	PS-Political Science & Politics	10
-	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	10
-	Legislative Studies Quarterly	10
-	Acta Politica	10
-	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	10
-	Cooperation and Conflict	10
-	Economics & Politics	10
-	Journal of Chinese Governance	10
-	Latin American Politics and Society	10
107	Philosophy & Public Affairs	9
-	Politics & Society	9
-	International Feminist Journal of Politics	9
-	International Politics	9
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	9
-	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	9
-	Politics Groups and Identities	9
-	Europe-Asia Studies	9
-	Review of African Political Economy	9
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	9
-	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	9
118	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	8
-	Current History	8
-	Politics Philosophy & Economics	8
-	Polity	8
-	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	8
-	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	8
-	Human Geography	8
-	Australian Journal of Political Science	8
-	International Theory	8
-	World Politics	8
128	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	7
-	Parliamentary Affairs	7
-	Peacebuilding	7
-	East European Politics and Societies	7
-	International Journal of Transitional Justice	7
-	Latin American Perspectives	7
-	Mediterranean Politics	7
-	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	7
-	Political Science Quarterly	7
-	Politics and Religion	7
-	Ethics & International Affairs	7
-	Scandinavian Political Studies	7
-	Intelligence and National Security	7
-	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	7
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	7
-	Journal of Political Philosophy	7
144	Politicka Ekonomie	6
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	6
-	Journal of Political Ideologies	6
-	British Politics	6
-	Political Theory	6
-	Critical Review	6
-	Politikon	6
-	Japanese Journal of Political Science	6
-	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	6
153	Political Science	5
-	Presidential Studies Quarterly	5
-	Revista de Ciencia Politica	5
-	Revue d'Economie Politique	5
-	Studies in American Political Development	5
-	Irish Political Studies	5
-	Journal of Theoretical Politics	5
-	Contemporary Political Theory	5
-	Revista de Estudios Politicos	5
162	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	4
-	Politics Religion & Ideology	4
-	Politix	4
-	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	4
-	Journal of Policy History	4
167	Australian Journal of Politics and History	3
-	Dissent	3
-	Ethics & Global Politics	3
-	European History Quarterly	3
-	Internasjonal Politikk	3
-	Journal of Cold War Studies	3
173	Historia y Politica	2
-	Telos	2