Political Science

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Political Science	18.892
2	Policy and Society	11.931
3	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	8.524
4	American Political Science Review	8.414
5	World Politics	7.951
6	Journal of European Public Policy	7.641
7	West European Politics	7.362
8	Political Analysis	6.892
9	American Journal of Political Science	6.882
10	Political Communication	6.580
11	New Political Economy	6.373
12	Public Administration	6.364
13	Political Geography	6.210
14	Comparative Political Studies	6.090
15	Contemporary Security Policy	6.057
16	Policy and Politics	5.804
17	Environmental Politics	5.677
18	Review of International Political Economy	5.613
19	International Journal of Press-Politics	5.578
20	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	5.447
21	Global Environmental Politics	5.243
22	Journal of Politics	5.125
23	European Security	4.929
24	International Journal of Public Opinion Research	4.900
25	European Union Politics	4.794
26	Government and Opposition	4.787
27	Policy and Internet	4.738
28	Politics & Society	4.679
29	Comparative European Politics	4.607
30	Political Psychology	4.462
31	Electoral Studies	4.362
32	International Organization	4.359
33	South European Society and Politics	4.325
34	European Journal of Political Research	4.257
35	British Journal of Political Science	4.242
36	Journal of European Integration	4.191
37	German Politics	4.189
38	Journal of Peace Research	4.142
39	Politics	4.129
40	Public Opinion Quarterly	4.117
41	Journal of Chinese Political Science	4.103
42	Geopolitics	4.033
43	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	4.023
44	Post-Soviet Affairs	3.983
45	Review of International Organizations	3.976
46	Political Behavior	3.951
47	Politics and Governance	3.885
48	Regulation & Governance	3.884
49	Journal of Democracy	3.880
50	Journal of Political Philosophy	3.805

51	Socio-Economic Review	3.770
52	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	3.717
53	Political Science Research and Methods	3.708
54	Journal of International Relations and Development	3.697
55	International Studies Review	3.687
56	Political Studies	3.615
57	Review of Policy Research	3.601
58	European Journal of Political Economy	3.573
59	Policy Studies Journal	3.552
-	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	3.552
61	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	3.542
62	Journal of Chinese Governance	3.462
63	International Political Sociology	3.415
64	International Political Science Review	3.403
65	International Studies Quarterly	3.379
66	Territory Politics Governance	3.304
67	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	3.297
68	Journal of Conflict Resolution	3.296
69	Democratization	3.294
70	European Political Science Review	3.122
71	Comparative Politics	3.016
72	American Politics Research	2.974
73	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	2.937
74	East European Politics	2.904
75	Problems of Post-Communism	2.868
76	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	2.813
77	Social Movement Studies	2.789
78	Contemporary Politics	2.671
79	Cooperation and Conflict	2.643
80	Swiss Political Science Review	2.629
81	Research & Politics	2.613
82	Citizenship Studies	2.603
83	Critical Policy Studies	2.596
84	Political Research Quarterly	2.592
-	Global Policy	2.592
86	Social Science Quarterly	2.521
87	Local Government Studies	2.486
88	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	2.370
89	Politics Philosophy & Economics	2.297
90	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	2.289
91	Acta Politica	2.230
92	Australian Journal of Political Science	2.204
93	Party Politics	2.176
94	Parliamentary Affairs	2.071
95	Public Choice	2.041
-	International Theory	2.041
97	Journal of Public Policy	2.028
98	Politics & Gender	2.004
99	Studies in Comparative International Development	1.993
100	African Affairs	1.978
101	European Political Science	1.972
102	Scandinavian Political Studies	1.839
103	Journal of Human Rights	1.832
104	Politics Groups and Identities	1.791
105	Journal of Political Ideologies	1.718
106	Journal of Strategic Studies	1.713
107	Polity	1.712
108	Economics & Politics	1.708
109	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	1.696
110	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	1.684
111	Human Geography	1.669
112	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	1.656
113	Nations and Nationalism	1.650
114	Legislative Studies Quarterly	1.598
115	Philosophy & Public Affairs	1.564
116	International Politics	1.551
117	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	1.541
118	Journal of Theoretical Politics	1.515
119	British Politics	1.505
120	Terrorism and Political Violence	1.478
121	Political Studies Review	1.470
122	Armed Forces & Society	1.453
123	Politikon	1.413
124	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	1.300
125	Survival	1.286
126	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	1.269
127	Peacebuilding	1.242
128	International Journal of Transitional Justice	1.233
129	International Feminist Journal of Politics	1.229
130	PS-Political Science & Politics	1.224
131	Political Quarterly	1.212
132	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	1.196
-	Review of African Political Economy	1.196
134	Politics and Religion	1.175
135	Japanese Journal of Political Science	1.168
136	East European Politics and Societies	1.121
137	Irish Political Studies	1.109
138	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.103
139	Current History	1.100
140	Mediterranean Politics	1.085
141	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	1.076
142	Political Theory	1.061
143	Latin American Politics and Society	1.025
144	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	1.019
145	Critical Review	0.977
146	Contemporary Political Theory	0.970
147	Perspectives on Politics	0.897
148	Europe-Asia Studies	0.890
149	Political Science	0.878
150	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	0.859
151	Latin American Perspectives	0.850
152	Ethics & Global Politics	0.836
153	Politicka Ekonomie	0.821
154	Revue d'Economie Politique	0.789
155	Presidential Studies Quarterly	0.786
156	Studies in American Political Development	0.746
157	Intelligence and National Security	0.710
158	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	0.678
159	Contemporary Southeast Asia	0.602
160	Ethics & International Affairs	0.542
161	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	0.493
162	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	0.481
163	Revista de Ciencia Politica	0.468
164	Politix	0.460
165	Journal of Policy History	0.382
166	Revista de Estudios Politicos	0.340
167	Politics Religion & Ideology	0.297
168	Political Science Quarterly	0.290
169	Internasjonal Politikk	0.211
170	Dissent	0.180
171	European History Quarterly	0.175
172	Australian Journal of Politics and History	0.174
173	Journal of Cold War Studies	0.156
174	Historia y Politica	0.124
175	Telos	0.090