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Political Science

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)
Rank Journal Median citations
1 Policy and Society5
- Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory5
3 World Politics4
- Journal of European Public Policy4
- Annual Review of Political Science4
6 European Security3
- Journal of Chinese Political Science3
- American Political Science Review3
- Political Communication3
- Public Administration3
- West European Politics3
- Comparative Political Studies3
- Contemporary Security Policy3
14 European Journal of Political Economy2
- Review of International Organizations2
- Review of Policy Research2
- Government and Opposition2
- International Journal of Public Opinion Research2
- Journal of Conflict Resolution2
- Policy and Internet2
- Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science2
- Political Analysis2
- Citizenship Studies2
- Comparative European Politics2
- Post-Soviet Affairs2
- Review of International Political Economy2
- European Political Science Review2
- European Union Politics2
- Geopolitics2
- Global Environmental Politics2
- Socio-Economic Review2
- International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics2
- International Journal of Press-Politics2
- Journal of European Integration2
- Journal of International Relations and Development2
- New Political Economy2
- American Journal of Political Science2
- Policy and Politics2
- Political Geography2
- Electoral Studies2
41 Regulation & Governance1
- German Politics1
- Global Policy1
- Social Science Quarterly1
- South European Society and Politics1
- Studies in Conflict & Terrorism1
- International Organization1
- International Political Sociology1
- International Studies Quarterly1
- International Theory1
- Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties1
- Journal of Information Technology & Politics1
- Journal of Peace Research1
- Journal of Politics1
- Journal of Public Policy1
- Local Government Studies1
- Parliamentary Affairs1
- Armed Forces & Society1
- Political Psychology1
- British Journal of Politics & International Relations1
- Political Research Quarterly1
- Comparative Politics1
- Contemporary Politics1
- Politics Philosophy & Economics1
- Critical Policy Studies1
- Problems of Post-Communism1
- Environmental Politics1
- Public Opinion Quarterly1
- European Journal of Political Research1
- Social Movement Studies1
- Studies in Comparative International Development1
- International Political Science Review1
- Human Geography1
- International Studies Review1
- JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies1
- Journal of Contemporary European Studies1
- Journal of Democracy1
- Journal of Human Rights1
- Journal of Women Politics & Policy1
- Party Politics1
- Acta Politica1
- American Politics Research1
- Policy Studies Journal1
- Political Behavior1
- Australian Journal of Political Science1
- British Journal of Political Science1
- Political Studies1
- Communist and Post-Communist Studies1
- Politics1
- Politics & Gender1
- Politics & Society1
- Cooperation and Conflict1
- Polity1
- Public Choice1
95 European Political Science0
- Revista de Ciencia Politica0
- Europe-Asia Studies0
- Revue d'Economie Politique0
- Scottish Journal of Political Economy0
- Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory0
- Studies in American Political Development0
- Internasjonal Politikk0
- International Feminist Journal of Politics0
- Swiss Political Science Review0
- Terrorism and Political Violence0
- Japanese Journal of Political Science0
- Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs0
- Journal of Political Ideologies0
- Journal of Theoretical Politics0
- Latin American Perspectives0
- Legislative Studies Quarterly0
- Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine0
- Nations and Nationalism0
- Perspectives on Politics0
- African Affairs0
- Australian Journal of Politics and History0
- Cambridge Review of International Affairs0
- Political Science Quarterly0
- Political Studies Review0
- Politicka Ekonomie0
- Politics and Religion0
- Contemporary Southeast Asia0
- Politikon0
- Politix0
- Current History0
- Dissent0
- Economics & Politics0
- Ethics & International Affairs0
- Review of African Political Economy0
- Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional0
- Revista de Estudios Politicos0
- Scandinavian Political Studies0
- Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions0
- Historia y Politica0
- State Politics & Policy Quarterly0
- Intelligence and National Security0
- Survival0
- Telos0
- International Journal of Transitional Justice0
- International Politics0
- Irish Political Studies0
- Journal of Cold War Studies0
- Journal of Policy History0
- Journal of Political Philosophy0
- Journal of Strategic Studies0
- Latin American Politics and Society0
- Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government0
- Mediterranean Politics0
- Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity0
- Philosophy & Public Affairs0
- Political Quarterly0
- British Politics0
- Political Science0
- Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique0
- Political Theory0
- Contemporary Political Theory0
- Politische Vierteljahresschrift0
- Critical Review0
- Democratization0
- Presidential Studies Quarterly0
- East European Politics and Societies0
- PS-Political Science & Politics0
- Ethics & Global Politics0
- Publius-The Journal of Federalism0
- European History Quarterly0
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