Political Science

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Political Science	13.495
2	Policy and Society	11.369
3	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	9.626
4	Political Analysis	9.006
5	American Political Science Review	8.452
6	American Journal of Political Science	7.773
7	Public Administration	7.680
8	Journal of European Public Policy	7.483
9	Contemporary Security Policy	7.467
10	World Politics	7.000
11	Political Communication	6.876
12	Political Geography	6.587
13	New Political Economy	6.564
14	Journal of Politics	6.472
15	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	6.454
16	West European Politics	6.229
17	Comparative Political Studies	5.968
18	European Security	5.963
19	Policy and Internet	5.877
20	International Journal of Press-Politics	5.793
21	Global Environmental Politics	5.747
22	Journal of Chinese Political Science	5.681
23	Environmental Politics	5.671
24	Review of International Political Economy	5.617
25	European Journal of Political Research	5.574
26	Journal of Democracy	5.550
27	German Politics	5.243
28	Comparative European Politics	5.233
29	Journal of European Integration	5.146
30	Post-Soviet Affairs	5.144
31	British Journal of Political Science	5.037
32	Public Opinion Quarterly	5.018
33	European Union Politics	4.994
34	Government and Opposition	4.945
35	South European Society and Politics	4.857
36	Review of International Organizations	4.795
37	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	4.776
38	Journal of Peace Research	4.719
39	Geopolitics	4.575
40	Policy and Politics	4.569
41	European Journal of Political Economy	4.563
42	Politics & Society	4.553
43	Electoral Studies	4.501
44	Review of Policy Research	4.490
45	International Organization	4.414
46	Political Psychology	4.406
47	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	4.399
48	International Journal of Public Opinion Research	4.357
49	European Political Science Review	4.305
50	Regulation & Governance	4.256

51	International Studies Review	4.157
52	Political Science Research and Methods	4.131
53	Journal of International Relations and Development	4.123
54	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	4.046
55	Socio-Economic Review	4.000
56	International Political Sociology	3.972
57	Politics	3.962
58	Political Behavior	3.933
59	Journal of Chinese Governance	3.926
60	Politics and Governance	3.915
61	Journal of Political Philosophy	3.828
62	Territory Politics Governance	3.806
63	East European Politics	3.791
64	Journal of Conflict Resolution	3.780
65	International Studies Quarterly	3.766
66	Social Movement Studies	3.691
67	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	3.672
68	Problems of Post-Communism	3.601
69	Policy Studies Journal	3.555
70	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	3.391
71	Contemporary Politics	3.386
72	Citizenship Studies	3.182
73	Critical Policy Studies	3.172
74	Comparative Politics	3.138
75	Political Studies	3.131
76	International Political Science Review	3.122
77	Democratization	3.004
78	Research & Politics	2.985
79	Acta Politica	2.878
80	Political Research Quarterly	2.782
81	American Politics Research	2.750
82	Cooperation and Conflict	2.728
83	Journal of Public Policy	2.709
84	Australian Journal of Political Science	2.692
85	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	2.689
86	Public Choice	2.673
87	Social Science Quarterly	2.661
88	Global Policy	2.654
89	International Theory	2.642
90	Local Government Studies	2.641
91	Politics & Gender	2.635
92	Party Politics	2.534
93	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	2.458
94	European Political Science	2.415
95	African Affairs	2.396
96	Politics Philosophy & Economics	2.359
97	Journal of Human Rights	2.306
98	Economics & Politics	2.271
99	Swiss Political Science Review	2.258
100	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	2.245
101	Philosophy & Public Affairs	2.194
102	Nations and Nationalism	2.144
103	Terrorism and Political Violence	2.123
104	Legislative Studies Quarterly	2.065
105	Journal of Strategic Studies	2.060
106	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	2.029
107	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	1.997
108	Politics Groups and Identities	1.991
109	British Politics	1.949
110	Human Geography	1.831
111	Peacebuilding	1.814
112	Studies in Comparative International Development	1.811
113	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	1.810
114	Scandinavian Political Studies	1.807
115	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	1.804
116	Parliamentary Affairs	1.790
117	Political Studies Review	1.778
118	Polity	1.775
119	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	1.746
120	Armed Forces & Society	1.743
121	Review of African Political Economy	1.731
122	Politics and Religion	1.720
123	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	1.714
124	Journal of Theoretical Politics	1.710
125	Journal of Political Ideologies	1.667
126	Japanese Journal of Political Science	1.642
127	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	1.538
128	Survival	1.528
-	International Politics	1.528
130	Current History	1.471
131	International Feminist Journal of Politics	1.464
132	Critical Review	1.435
133	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	1.425
134	Political Science	1.400
135	Irish Political Studies	1.387
136	Latin American Politics and Society	1.368
137	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.354
138	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	1.336
139	PS-Political Science & Politics	1.328
140	International Journal of Transitional Justice	1.309
141	East European Politics and Societies	1.307
142	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1.261
143	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	1.242
144	Mediterranean Politics	1.225
-	Political Quarterly	1.225
146	Politicka Ekonomie	1.167
147	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	1.061
148	Politikon	1.038
149	Political Theory	1.016
150	Studies in American Political Development	1.015
151	Revista de Ciencia Politica	1.013
152	Europe-Asia Studies	0.988
153	Perspectives on Politics	0.959
154	Ethics & Global Politics	0.900
155	Ethics & International Affairs	0.867
156	Intelligence and National Security	0.853
157	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	0.807
-	Presidential Studies Quarterly	0.807
159	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	0.714
-	Latin American Perspectives	0.714
161	Revue d'Economie Politique	0.687
162	Journal of Policy History	0.549
163	Contemporary Political Theory	0.498
164	Politix	0.466
165	Politics Religion & Ideology	0.448
166	Revista de Estudios Politicos	0.443
167	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	0.439
168	Political Science Quarterly	0.435
169	Dissent	0.269
170	Internasjonal Politikk	0.257
171	Australian Journal of Politics and History	0.243
172	Journal of Cold War Studies	0.213
173	European History Quarterly	0.191
174	Historia y Politica	0.165
175	Telos	0.107