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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	American Political Science Review	33
2	Journal of European Public Policy	29
3	Political Geography	27
4	Journal of Politics	26
5	American Journal of Political Science	24
-	Annual Review of Political Science	24
7	Environmental Politics	23
-	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	23
9	West European Politics	22
10	Political Psychology	21
-	Public Administration	21
-	Comparative Political Studies	21
13	Policy and Society	20
14	European Journal of Political Research	19
-	Review of International Political Economy	19
-	International Journal of Press-Politics	19
17	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	18
-	Political Communication	18
-	Electoral Studies	18
-	Global Policy	18
-	Journal of European Integration	18
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	18
-	Political Science Research and Methods	18
-	Politics and Governance	18
-	Democratization	18
-	European Journal of Political Economy	18
27	New Political Economy	17
-	Perspectives on Politics	17
-	Regulation & Governance	17
-	Social Science Quarterly	17
31	Political Analysis	16
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	16
-	International Studies Quarterly	16
-	Policy and Politics	16
-	Policy Studies Journal	16
-	British Journal of Political Science	16
-	Political Behavior	16
-	Geopolitics	16
-	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	16
40	Policy and Internet	15
-	Political Studies	15
-	European Union Politics	15
-	Government and Opposition	15
-	Socio-Economic Review	15
-	Journal of Democracy	15
-	European Security	15
-	Global Environmental Politics	15
-	Review of Policy Research	15
-	International Studies Review	15
50	Comparative European Politics	14

-	Journal of Peace Research	14
52	Party Politics	13
-	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	13
-	Political Research Quarterly	13
-	Politics	13
-	European Political Science Review	13
-	German Politics	13
-	Contemporary Security Policy	13
-	Review of International Organizations	13
-	Territory Politics Governance	13
-	Journal of Chinese Political Science	13
-	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	13
63	Problems of Post-Communism	12
-	International Organization	12
-	Political Quarterly	12
-	International Political Science Review	12
-	Swiss Political Science Review	12
-	Journal of Conflict Resolution	12
69	Critical Policy Studies	11
-	Post-Soviet Affairs	11
-	Survival	11
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	11
-	World Politics	11
-	American Politics Research	11
-	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	11
-	Europe-Asia Studies	11
-	Research & Politics	11
-	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	11
-	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	11
-	Local Government Studies	11
-	Nations and Nationalism	11
82	Citizenship Studies	10
-	Comparative Politics	10
-	Social Movement Studies	10
-	International Political Sociology	10
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	10
-	Journal of International Relations and Development	10
-	Political Studies Review	10
-	Politics & Gender	10
-	PS-Political Science & Politics	10
-	European Political Science	10
-	Public Choice	10
-	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	10
-	South European Society and Politics	10
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	10
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	10
97	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	9
-	Contemporary Politics	9
-	Politics Groups and Identities	9
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	9
-	Journal of Chinese Governance	9
-	Journal of Human Rights	9
-	Journal of Political Philosophy	9
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	9
-	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	9
-	Cooperation and Conflict	9
-	Politics & Society	9
-	International Politics	9
-	Acta Politica	9
110	African Affairs	8
-	Armed Forces & Society	8
-	Current History	8
-	Scandinavian Political Studies	8
-	International Feminist Journal of Politics	8
-	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	8
-	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	8
-	Latin American Politics and Society	8
-	Parliamentary Affairs	8
-	East European Politics	8
-	Economics & Politics	8
-	Human Geography	8
-	Journal of Public Policy	8
-	Latin American Perspectives	8
-	Legislative Studies Quarterly	8
125	Political Theory	7
-	Politics and Religion	7
-	Review of African Political Economy	7
-	International Journal of Public Opinion Research	7
-	International Theory	7
-	Japanese Journal of Political Science	7
-	Mediterranean Politics	7
-	Philosophy & Public Affairs	7
-	Australian Journal of Political Science	7
-	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	7
-	Politics Philosophy & Economics	7
-	Polity	7
-	International Journal of Transitional Justice	7
138	East European Politics and Societies	6
-	Politikon	6
-	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	6
-	Peacebuilding	6
-	British Politics	6
-	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	6
-	Intelligence and National Security	6
-	Irish Political Studies	6
-	Journal of Political Ideologies	6
-	Journal of Theoretical Politics	6
-	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	6
149	Political Science Quarterly	5
-	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	5
-	Contemporary Political Theory	5
-	Politicka Ekonomie	5
-	Critical Review	5
-	Ethics & International Affairs	5
-	Presidential Studies Quarterly	5
-	Revue d'Economie Politique	5
-	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	5
158	Contemporary Southeast Asia	4
-	Politics Religion & Ideology	4
-	Ethics & Global Politics	4
-	Revista de Estudios Politicos	4
-	Political Science	4
163	Australian Journal of Politics and History	3
-	Politix	3
-	European History Quarterly	3
-	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	3
-	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	3
-	Internasjonal Politikk	3
-	Journal of Policy History	3
-	Revista de Ciencia Politica	3
-	Studies in American Political Development	3
172	Dissent	2
-	Journal of Cold War Studies	2
-	Historia y Politica	2
175	Telos	1