Political Science

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Political Science	15.653
2	International Organization	13.609
3	Policy and Society	10.116
4	World Politics	9.694
5	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	9.516
6	Political Analysis	8.239
7	American Political Science Review	8.191
8	West European Politics	7.956
9	Environmental Politics	7.679
10	American Journal of Political Science	7.523
11	Journal of European Public Policy	7.435
12	Review of International Political Economy	7.425
13	Comparative Political Studies	6.976
14	New Political Economy	6.926
15	International Journal of Press-Politics	6.687
16	Journal of Politics	6.349
17	Contemporary Security Policy	6.270
18	Public Administration	6.258
19	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	6.256
20	British Journal of Political Science	6.141
21	Political Geography	6.026
22	Political Communication	5.989
23	Global Environmental Politics	5.961
24	Journal of European Integration	5.960
25	South European Society and Politics	5.922
26	Politics & Society	5.565
27	Journal of Peace Research	5.494
28	European Journal of Political Research	5.484
29	Policy and Politics	5.459
30	Journal of Chinese Political Science	5.442
31	Political Psychology	5.406
32	European Union Politics	5.182
33	Regulation & Governance	5.077
34	Journal of Democracy	5.048
35	International Political Science Review	4.962
36	Geopolitics	4.884
37	European Security	4.818
38	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	4.766
39	Politics and Governance	4.531
40	Electoral Studies	4.513
41	Political Studies	4.473
42	Government and Opposition	4.462
43	Review of International Organizations	4.457
44	International Journal of Public Opinion Research	4.397
45	Political Behavior	4.396
46	Politics	4.395
47	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	4.266
48	European Journal of Political Economy	4.252
49	Policy Studies Journal	4.177
50	Political Science Research and Methods	4.111

51	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	4.066
52	Policy and Internet	4.039
53	Journal of Chinese Governance	4.024
54	Democratization	4.011
55	Comparative European Politics	3.972
56	Social Movement Studies	3.879
57	Socio-Economic Review	3.845
58	German Politics	3.819
59	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	3.766
60	Post-Soviet Affairs	3.737
61	European Political Science Review	3.685
62	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	3.684
63	International Political Sociology	3.605
64	Journal of Conflict Resolution	3.604
65	Public Opinion Quarterly	3.592
66	Journal of International Relations and Development	3.567
67	International Studies Review	3.532
68	Territory Politics Governance	3.519
69	Comparative Politics	3.484
70	Review of Policy Research	3.355
71	Contemporary Politics	3.345
72	International Studies Quarterly	3.296
73	Local Government Studies	3.259
74	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	3.235
75	Journal of Political Philosophy	3.227
76	International Theory	3.219
77	Cooperation and Conflict	3.205
78	Problems of Post-Communism	3.128
79	Swiss Political Science Review	3.103
80	Journal of Human Rights	3.072
81	Global Policy	3.049
82	Social Science Quarterly	3.048
83	East European Politics	3.021
-	American Politics Research	3.021
85	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	2.928
86	Studies in Comparative International Development	2.847
87	Research & Politics	2.818
88	Citizenship Studies	2.651
89	Critical Policy Studies	2.551
90	Parliamentary Affairs	2.537
91	European Political Science	2.492
92	Politics & Gender	2.420
93	Philosophy & Public Affairs	2.393
94	Political Research Quarterly	2.392
95	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	2.367
96	Party Politics	2.297
97	Scandinavian Political Studies	2.256
98	Australian Journal of Political Science	2.240
99	Journal of Political Ideologies	2.228
100	Public Choice	2.192
101	Nations and Nationalism	2.185
102	African Affairs	2.135
103	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	2.117
104	Acta Politica	2.114
105	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	2.106
106	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	2.080
107	Politics Groups and Identities	2.066
108	Journal of Public Policy	2.036
109	British Politics	2.017
110	Journal of Strategic Studies	2.011
111	Human Geography	1.968
112	Politics Philosophy & Economics	1.965
113	Legislative Studies Quarterly	1.903
114	Economics & Politics	1.872
115	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	1.839
116	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	1.762
117	International Politics	1.755
118	Terrorism and Political Violence	1.744
119	Review of African Political Economy	1.734
120	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	1.710
121	Polity	1.682
122	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	1.673
123	Mediterranean Politics	1.621
124	PS-Political Science & Politics	1.582
125	International Feminist Journal of Politics	1.532
126	Current History	1.521
127	East European Politics and Societies	1.490
128	Armed Forces & Society	1.481
129	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	1.463
130	Politikon	1.434
131	Survival	1.376
132	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.368
133	Politics and Religion	1.360
134	Political Science	1.354
135	Journal of Theoretical Politics	1.338
136	Political Quarterly	1.324
137	Latin American Politics and Society	1.321
138	Peacebuilding	1.295
139	Political Studies Review	1.284
140	International Journal of Transitional Justice	1.273
141	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	1.247
142	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	1.175
143	Japanese Journal of Political Science	1.174
144	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	1.131
145	Europe-Asia Studies	1.112
146	Political Theory	1.100
147	Irish Political Studies	1.079
148	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	1.077
149	Presidential Studies Quarterly	1.070
150	Ethics & International Affairs	1.037
151	Perspectives on Politics	0.984
152	Revue d'Economie Politique	0.943
153	Contemporary Political Theory	0.930
154	Latin American Perspectives	0.922
155	Intelligence and National Security	0.902
156	Politics Religion & Ideology	0.896
157	Contemporary Southeast Asia	0.891
158	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	0.885
159	Revista de Ciencia Politica	0.844
160	Ethics & Global Politics	0.820
161	Critical Review	0.805
162	Studies in American Political Development	0.717
163	Politicka Ekonomie	0.669
164	Austrian Journal of Political Science	0.619
165	Politix	0.559
166	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	0.515
167	Revista de Estudios Politicos	0.451
168	Journal of Policy History	0.411
169	Internasjonal Politikk	0.366
170	Political Science Quarterly	0.274
171	Dissent	0.254
172	Australian Journal of Politics and History	0.238
173	Journal of Cold War Studies	0.228
174	Historia y Politica	0.214
175	European History Quarterly	0.164

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