Political Science

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Political Science	16.792
2	International Organization	12.335
3	Political Analysis	8.536
4	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	8.250
5	World Politics	8.018
6	American Political Science Review	7.830
7	West European Politics	7.820
8	Journal of European Public Policy	7.317
9	American Journal of Political Science	7.049
10	New Political Economy	6.853
11	Environmental Politics	6.594
12	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	6.569
13	Comparative Political Studies	6.429
14	Contemporary Security Policy	6.274
15	Public Administration	6.080
16	Global Environmental Politics	6.032
17	British Journal of Political Science	5.850
18	Review of International Political Economy	5.803
19	Journal of European Integration	5.767
20	International Journal of Press-Politics	5.523
21	Journal of Politics	5.478
22	Political Communication	5.420
23	Political Geography	5.409
24	Policy and Politics	5.333
25	Journal of Peace Research	5.233
26	Journal of Democracy	4.972
27	South European Society and Politics	4.808
28	Political Psychology	4.793
29	European Security	4.745
30	European Journal of Political Research	4.730
31	Politics & Society	4.663
32	Regulation & Governance	4.583
33	Politics and Governance	4.542
34	International Journal of Public Opinion Research	4.522
35	Government and Opposition	4.471
36	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	4.421
37	Electoral Studies	4.404
38	International Political Science Review	4.308
39	Journal of Chinese Political Science	4.244
40	Politics	4.218
41	Comparative European Politics	4.114
42	Review of International Organizations	4.110
43	European Journal of Political Economy	4.109
44	Political Studies	4.029
45	Policy and Internet	4.010
46	Political Behavior	3.960
47	Policy Studies Journal	3.899
48	Journal of Chinese Governance	3.874
49	German Politics	3.858
50	Post-Soviet Affairs	3.810

51	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	3.784
52	Political Science Research and Methods	3.783
53	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	3.645
54	Socio-Economic Review	3.543
55	Territory Politics Governance	3.541
56	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	3.540
57	Democratization	3.502
58	European Political Science Review	3.500
59	Public Opinion Quarterly	3.419
60	Journal of Conflict Resolution	3.331
61	Review of Policy Research	3.297
62	Comparative Politics	3.258
63	International Studies Review	3.195
64	International Political Sociology	3.194
65	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	3.186
66	Journal of Political Philosophy	3.154
67	Contemporary Politics	3.151
68	Social Movement Studies	3.123
69	International Theory	3.072
70	International Studies Quarterly	3.059
71	East European Politics	3.007
72	Local Government Studies	3.000
73	Social Science Quarterly	2.936
74	Problems of Post-Communism	2.925
75	Cooperation and Conflict	2.897
76	American Politics Research	2.855
77	Research & Politics	2.776
78	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	2.764
79	Global Policy	2.743
80	Studies in Comparative International Development	2.667
81	Citizenship Studies	2.641
82	Critical Policy Studies	2.548
83	Political Research Quarterly	2.340
84	Philosophy & Public Affairs	2.317
85	Politics & Gender	2.316
86	Scandinavian Political Studies	2.274
87	Journal of Human Rights	2.263
88	European Political Science	2.170
89	Party Politics	2.149
90	Public Choice	2.146
91	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	2.125
92	Australian Journal of Political Science	2.101
93	Nations and Nationalism	2.095
94	British Politics	2.090
95	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	2.075
96	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	2.054
97	Politics Groups and Identities	2.042
98	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	2.027
99	Journal of Political Ideologies	2.007
100	Acta Politica	1.989
101	Politics Philosophy & Economics	1.955
102	African Affairs	1.916
103	Parliamentary Affairs	1.898
104	Journal of Strategic Studies	1.897
105	Economics & Politics	1.815
106	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	1.781
107	Legislative Studies Quarterly	1.764
108	Polity	1.746
109	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	1.736
110	Journal of Public Policy	1.733
111	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	1.666
112	Review of African Political Economy	1.613
113	Terrorism and Political Violence	1.559
114	PS-Political Science & Politics	1.530
115	Mediterranean Politics	1.529
116	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	1.514
117	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	1.461
118	Politikon	1.439
119	Current History	1.420
120	Human Geography	1.412
121	International Journal of Transitional Justice	1.407
122	Armed Forces & Society	1.358
123	Politics and Religion	1.347
124	Survival	1.329
125	Journal of Theoretical Politics	1.313
126	Peacebuilding	1.285
127	Political Studies Review	1.250
128	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	1.215
129	Latin American Politics and Society	1.199
130	Political Quarterly	1.172
131	Japanese Journal of Political Science	1.140
132	Presidential Studies Quarterly	1.127
133	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	1.124
134	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.104
135	Political Science	1.089
136	Political Theory	1.080
137	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	1.076
138	Irish Political Studies	1.070
139	East European Politics and Societies	1.036
140	Ethics & International Affairs	0.977
141	Europe-Asia Studies	0.950
142	Perspectives on Politics	0.922
143	Contemporary Southeast Asia	0.907
144	Revue d'Economie Politique	0.891
145	Latin American Perspectives	0.888
146	Contemporary Political Theory	0.881
147	Critical Review	0.873
148	Intelligence and National Security	0.848
149	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	0.844
150	Studies in American Political Development	0.814
151	Revista de Ciencia Politica	0.811
152	Ethics & Global Politics	0.797
153	Politicka Ekonomie	0.664
154	Politix	0.503
155	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	0.495
156	Revista de Estudios Politicos	0.448
157	Journal of Policy History	0.420
158	Politics Religion & Ideology	0.339
159	Internasjonal Politikk	0.327
160	Political Science Quarterly	0.270
161	Journal of Cold War Studies	0.249
162	Dissent	0.239
163	Australian Journal of Politics and History	0.220
164	Historia y Politica	0.200
165	European History Quarterly	0.152
166	Telos	0.106