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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	American Political Science Review	32
2	Journal of Politics	31
3	Journal of European Public Policy	27
4	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	26
-	American Journal of Political Science	26
-	Political Geography	26
7	Public Administration	25
8	Environmental Politics	23
9	Annual Review of Political Science	22
-	Policy and Society	22
11	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	21
12	European Journal of Political Economy	20
-	Journal of Democracy	20
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	20
-	Political Psychology	20
-	European Journal of Political Research	20
17	West European Politics	19
-	British Journal of Political Science	19
-	Comparative Political Studies	19
-	International Journal of Press-Politics	19
-	Political Communication	19
-	Electoral Studies	19
-	Review of International Political Economy	19
24	Politics and Governance	18
-	Perspectives on Politics	18
-	Political Analysis	18
27	Democratization	17
-	Geopolitics	17
-	Review of Policy Research	17
-	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	17
-	Journal of European Integration	17
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	17
-	Regulation & Governance	17
-	Global Policy	17
35	Journal of Peace Research	16
-	Policy Studies Journal	16
-	Political Science Research and Methods	16
-	Social Science Quarterly	16
-	International Studies Quarterly	16
-	New Political Economy	16
-	Policy and Internet	16
-	Comparative European Politics	16
-	Government and Opposition	16
44	International Studies Review	15
-	Political Behavior	15
-	Contemporary Security Policy	15
-	Party Politics	15
-	European Union Politics	15
-	German Politics	15
-	Socio-Economic Review	15

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