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 2019-06-01 to 2023-06-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	International Organization	57
2	Annual Review of Political Science	46
3	American Journal of Political Science	43
4	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	34
5	World Politics	33
-	Political Analysis	33
-	European Journal of Political Research	33
8	Comparative Political Studies	30
-	Politics & Society	30
10	Journal of European Public Policy	27
-	British Journal of Political Science	27
12	Review of International Political Economy	24
-	Political Communication	24
-	Journal of Peace Research	24
15	Public Administration	23
16	Review of International Organizations	22
-	South European Society and Politics	22
18	West European Politics	21
19	Journal of Democracy	20
-	Political Behavior	20
-	Environmental Politics	20
-	European Journal of Political Economy	20
23	Policy and Society	19
-	Political Psychology	19
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	19
26	Comparative Politics	18
-	Journal of Conflict Resolution	18
28	Socio-Economic Review	17
-	International Studies Quarterly	17
-	Electoral Studies	17
-	Global Environmental Politics	17
32	New Political Economy	16
-	European Political Science Review	16
-	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	16
-	Journal of Politics	16
-	Policy and Politics	16
-	Policy Studies Journal	16
-	Political Geography	16
39	Policy and Internet	15
-	Political Studies	15
-	Regulation & Governance	15
-	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	15
43	Citizenship Studies	14
-	Political Research Quarterly	14
-	Post-Soviet Affairs	14
-	Legislative Studies Quarterly	14
47	Scandinavian Political Studies	13
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	13
-	International Political Sociology	13
-	European Union Politics	13

-	International Journal of Press-Politics	13
-	International Political Science Review	13
-	Territory Politics Governance	13
-	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	13
-	Journal of Theoretical Politics	13
-	Public Choice	13
57	Comparative European Politics	12
-	Research & Politics	12
59	International Journal of Public Opinion Research	11
-	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	11
-	International Theory	11
-	Journal of European Integration	11
-	Party Politics	11
-	American Politics Research	11
-	Local Government Studies	11
-	Political Science Research and Methods	11
-	Contemporary Security Policy	11
-	Geopolitics	11
69	Journal of International Relations and Development	10
-	Acta Politica	10
-	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	10
-	Politics Groups and Identities	10
-	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	10
-	Social Science Quarterly	10
-	International Journal of Transitional Justice	10
-	International Studies Review	10
-	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	10
-	Politics and Governance	10
-	Politics & Gender	10
-	Economics & Politics	10
81	Review of African Political Economy	9
-	Global Policy	9
-	Social Movement Studies	9
-	Review of Policy Research	9
-	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	9
-	Journal of Public Policy	9
-	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	9
-	Cooperation and Conflict	9
-	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	9
90	German Politics	8
-	Government and Opposition	8
-	International Feminist Journal of Politics	8
-	Politics	8
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	8
-	Swiss Political Science Review	8
-	Peacebuilding	8
-	British Politics	8
-	Democratization	8
-	East European Politics	8
100	Journal of Political Philosophy	7
-	Critical Policy Studies	7
-	Latin American Perspectives	7
103	Terrorism and Political Violence	6
-	Journal of Chinese Governance	6
-	Australian Journal of Political Science	6
-	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	6
-	Contemporary Politics	6
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	6
-	Parliamentary Affairs	6
-	Armed Forces & Society	6
-	Politics Philosophy & Economics	6
-	Polity	6
-	European Political Science	6
-	European Security	6
115	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	5
-	Japanese Journal of Political Science	5
-	Journal of Human Rights	5
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	5
-	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	5
-	Mediterranean Politics	5
-	East European Politics and Societies	5
-	Problems of Post-Communism	5
-	International Politics	5
-	Irish Political Studies	5
-	Human Geography	5
-	Journal of Chinese Political Science	5
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	5
-	Nations and Nationalism	5
129	Journal of Policy History	4
-	Latin American Politics and Society	4
-	Politics and Religion	4
-	Politikon	4
-	Revista de Ciencia Politica	4
-	Studies in American Political Development	4
-	Journal of Political Ideologies	4
-	African Affairs	4
-	Europe-Asia Studies	4
138	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	3
-	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	3
-	Ethics & Global Politics	3
-	Revue d'Economie Politique	3
-	Intelligence and National Security	3
-	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	3
-	Political Quarterly	3
-	Political Studies Review	3
-	Critical Review	3
-	Ethics & International Affairs	3
148	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	2
-	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	2
-	Politix	2
-	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	2
-	Philosophy & Public Affairs	2
-	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	2
154	Revista de Estudios Politicos	1
-	Survival	1
-	Telos	1
-	Austrian Journal of Political Science	1
-	Political Theory	1
-	Dissent	1
-	Politics Religion & Ideology	1
-	American Political Science Review	1
-	Australian Journal of Politics and History	1
-	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	1
-	Political Science	1
-	Contemporary Political Theory	1
-	Politicka Ekonomie	1
-	Presidential Studies Quarterly	1
-	PS-Political Science & Politics	1
169	Internasjonal Politikk	0
-	Journal of Cold War Studies	0
-	Perspectives on Politics	0
-	Political Science Quarterly	0
-	Current History	0
-	European History Quarterly	0
-	Historia y Politica	0

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