Political Science: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The 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	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Political Science	13
2	American Political Science Review	12
-	World Politics	12
4	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	11
-	Policy and Society	11
6	Journal of European Public Policy	10
-	Public Administration	10
8	Contemporary Security Policy	9
-	West European Politics	9
10	Political Geography	8
-	Comparative Political Studies	8
-	Political Communication	8
13	Journal of International Relations and Development	7
-	New Political Economy	7
-	American Journal of Political Science	7
-	British Journal of Political Science	7
-	International Journal of Press-Politics	7
-	Journal of Chinese Political Science	7
-	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	7
-	Political Analysis	7
-	South European Society and Politics	7
-	International Organization	7
23	Journal of Democracy	6
-	Journal of European Integration	6
-	Politics	6
-	European Journal of Political Research	6
-	Review of International Political Economy	6
-	European Political Science Review	6
-	European Union Politics	6
-	Geopolitics	6
-	Global Environmental Politics	6
-	Journal of Politics	6
-	Policy and Internet	6
-	Comparative European Politics	6
-	Post-Soviet Affairs	6
-	Environmental Politics	6
-	Review of International Organizations	6
-	Review of Policy Research	6
-	European Security	6
-	German Politics	6
-	Government and Opposition	6
-	International Journal of Public Opinion Research	6
43	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	5
-	Policy and Politics	5
-	Policy Studies Journal	5
-	Electoral Studies	5
-	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	5
-	International Studies Review	5
-	Journal of Conflict Resolution	5
-	Journal of Peace Research	5

-	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	5
-	Citizenship Studies	5
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	5
-	Regulation & Governance	5
-	European Journal of Political Economy	5
-	International Political Sociology	5
57	American Politics Research	4
-	Political Behavior	4
-	Australian Journal of Political Science	4
-	Political Studies	4
-	Politics & Society	4
-	Cooperation and Conflict	4
-	Social Movement Studies	4
-	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	4
-	Socio-Economic Review	4
-	International Political Science Review	4
-	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	4
-	Political Psychology	4
-	Comparative Politics	4
-	Contemporary Politics	4
-	International Studies Quarterly	4
-	International Theory	4
73	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	3
-	Journal of Human Rights	3
-	Journal of Political Philosophy	3
-	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	3
-	Party Politics	3
-	Acta Politica	3
-	Politics & Gender	3
-	Democratization	3
-	Public Choice	3
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	3
-	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	3
-	Journal of Public Policy	3
-	Local Government Studies	3
-	Parliamentary Affairs	3
-	African Affairs	3
-	Political Research Quarterly	3
-	Politics Philosophy & Economics	3
-	Critical Policy Studies	3
-	Problems of Post-Communism	3
-	Economics & Politics	3
-	European Political Science	3
-	Global Policy	3
-	Social Science Quarterly	3
96	Journal of Strategic Studies	2
-	Philosophy & Public Affairs	2
-	British Politics	2
-	Political Science	2
-	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	2
-	Polity	2
-	PS-Political Science & Politics	2
-	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	2
-	Review of African Political Economy	2
-	Scandinavian Political Studies	2
-	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	2
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	2
-	International Journal of Transitional Justice	2
-	Human Geography	2
-	International Politics	2
-	Journal of Political Ideologies	2
-	Journal of Theoretical Politics	2
-	Legislative Studies Quarterly	2
-	Nations and Nationalism	2
-	Armed Forces & Society	2
-	Political Studies Review	2
-	Politics and Religion	2
-	Politikon	2
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	2
-	Swiss Political Science Review	2
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	2
122	Latin American Politics and Society	1
-	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	1
-	Mediterranean Politics	1
-	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1
-	Political Quarterly	1
-	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	1
-	Political Theory	1
-	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	1
-	Critical Review	1
-	Presidential Studies Quarterly	1
-	East European Politics and Societies	1
-	Ethics & Global Politics	1
-	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	1
-	Intelligence and National Security	1
-	Survival	1
-	Irish Political Studies	1
-	Latin American Perspectives	1
-	Politicka Ekonomie	1
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1
-	Current History	1
-	Revista de Ciencia Politica	1
-	Revue d'Economie Politique	1
-	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	1
-	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	1
-	Studies in American Political Development	1
-	International Feminist Journal of Politics	1
-	Japanese Journal of Political Science	1
149	Journal of Cold War Studies	0
-	Journal of Policy History	0
-	Contemporary Political Theory	0
-	European History Quarterly	0
-	Revista de Estudios Politicos	0
-	Historia y Politica	0
-	Telos	0
-	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	0
-	Perspectives on Politics	0
-	Australian Journal of Politics and History	0
-	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	0
-	Political Science Quarterly	0
-	Politix	0
-	Dissent	0
-	Ethics & International Affairs	0
-	Europe-Asia Studies	0
-	Internasjonal Politikk	0