Political Science

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Political Science	16.792
2	International Organization	12.335
3	Political Analysis	8.536
4	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	8.250
5	World Politics	8.018
6	American Political Science Review	7.830
7	West European Politics	7.820
8	American Journal of Political Science	7.049
9	Environmental Politics	6.594
10	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	6.569
11	Comparative Political Studies	6.429
12	Public Administration	6.080
13	Global Environmental Politics	6.032
14	British Journal of Political Science	5.850
15	Review of International Political Economy	5.803
16	Journal of European Integration	5.767
17	International Journal of Press-Politics	5.523
18	Journal of Politics	5.478
19	Political Communication	5.420
20	Political Geography	5.409
21	Policy and Politics	5.333
22	Journal of Peace Research	5.233
23	Journal of Democracy	4.972
24	Political Psychology	4.793
25	European Security	4.745
26	European Journal of Political Research	4.730
27	Politics & Society	4.663
28	Regulation & Governance	4.583
29	Politics and Governance	4.542
30	International Journal of Public Opinion Research	4.522
31	Government and Opposition	4.471
32	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	4.421
33	Electoral Studies	4.404
34	International Political Science Review	4.308
35	Journal of Chinese Political Science	4.244
36	Politics	4.218
37	Comparative European Politics	4.114
38	Review of International Organizations	4.110
39	European Journal of Political Economy	4.109
40	Political Studies	4.029
41	Policy and Internet	4.010
42	Political Behavior	3.960
43	Policy Studies Journal	3.899
44	Journal of Chinese Governance	3.874
45	German Politics	3.858
46	Post-Soviet Affairs	3.810
47	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	3.784
48	Political Science Research and Methods	3.783
49	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	3.645
50	Socio-Economic Review	3.543

51	Territory Politics Governance	3.541
52	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	3.540
53	European Political Science Review	3.500
54	Public Opinion Quarterly	3.419
55	Journal of Conflict Resolution	3.331
56	Review of Policy Research	3.297
57	Comparative Politics	3.258
58	International Studies Review	3.195
59	International Political Sociology	3.194
60	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	3.186
61	Journal of Political Philosophy	3.154
62	Social Movement Studies	3.123
63	International Theory	3.072
64	International Studies Quarterly	3.059
65	East European Politics	3.007
66	Local Government Studies	3.000
67	Social Science Quarterly	2.936
68	Problems of Post-Communism	2.925
69	Cooperation and Conflict	2.897
70	American Politics Research	2.855
71	Research & Politics	2.776
72	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	2.764
73	Global Policy	2.743
74	Studies in Comparative International Development	2.667
75	Critical Policy Studies	2.548
76	Political Research Quarterly	2.340
77	Philosophy & Public Affairs	2.317
78	Politics & Gender	2.316
79	Scandinavian Political Studies	2.274
80	Journal of Human Rights	2.263
81	European Political Science	2.170
82	Public Choice	2.146
83	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	2.125
84	Australian Journal of Political Science	2.101
85	British Politics	2.090
86	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	2.075
87	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	2.054
88	Politics Groups and Identities	2.042
89	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	2.027
90	Acta Politica	1.989
91	Politics Philosophy & Economics	1.955
92	African Affairs	1.916
93	Parliamentary Affairs	1.898
94	Journal of Strategic Studies	1.897
95	Economics & Politics	1.815
96	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	1.781
97	Legislative Studies Quarterly	1.764
98	Polity	1.746
99	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	1.736
100	Journal of Public Policy	1.733
101	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	1.666
102	Review of African Political Economy	1.613
103	Terrorism and Political Violence	1.559
104	PS-Political Science & Politics	1.530
105	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	1.514
106	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	1.461
107	Politikon	1.439
108	Current History	1.420
109	Human Geography	1.412
110	International Journal of Transitional Justice	1.407
111	Armed Forces & Society	1.358
112	Politics and Religion	1.347
113	Survival	1.329
114	Journal of Theoretical Politics	1.313
115	Peacebuilding	1.285
116	Political Studies Review	1.250
117	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	1.215
118	Latin American Politics and Society	1.199
119	Political Quarterly	1.172
120	Japanese Journal of Political Science	1.140
121	Presidential Studies Quarterly	1.127
122	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	1.124
123	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.104
124	Political Science	1.089
125	Political Theory	1.080
126	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	1.076
127	Irish Political Studies	1.070
128	East European Politics and Societies	1.036
129	Ethics & International Affairs	0.977
130	Europe-Asia Studies	0.950
131	Perspectives on Politics	0.922
132	Contemporary Southeast Asia	0.907
133	Revue d'Economie Politique	0.891
134	Latin American Perspectives	0.888
135	Contemporary Political Theory	0.881
136	Critical Review	0.873
137	Intelligence and National Security	0.848
138	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	0.844
139	Studies in American Political Development	0.814
140	Revista de Ciencia Politica	0.811
141	Ethics & Global Politics	0.797
142	Politicka Ekonomie	0.664
143	Politix	0.503
144	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	0.495
145	Revista de Estudios Politicos	0.448
146	Journal of Policy History	0.420
147	Politics Religion & Ideology	0.339
148	Internasjonal Politikk	0.327
149	Political Science Quarterly	0.270
150	Journal of Cold War Studies	0.249
151	Dissent	0.239
152	Australian Journal of Politics and History	0.220
153	Historia y Politica	0.200
154	European History Quarterly	0.152
155	Telos	0.106