New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Political Science

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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)
Rank Journal TQCC
1 Annual Review of Political Science17
2 Policy and Society13
3 American Political Science Review12
4 Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory11
5 Public Administration10
- World Politics10
7 Journal of Chinese Political Science9
- Journal of European Public Policy9
- Contemporary Security Policy9
- Political Communication9
11 West European Politics8
- Political Geography8
13 International Journal of Press-Politics7
- Journal of Politics7
- American Journal of Political Science7
- British Journal of Political Science7
- Comparative Political Studies7
- Post-Soviet Affairs7
- European Journal of Political Research7
- European Union Politics7
- German Politics7
- Government and Opposition7
- Journal of International Relations and Development7
- New Political Economy7
- Policy and Internet7
- Political Analysis7
27 Environmental Politics6
- European Journal of Political Economy6
- European Security6
- Geopolitics6
- Review of International Organizations6
- Global Environmental Politics6
- Review of Policy Research6
- International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics6
- South European Society and Politics6
- JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies6
- Policy and Politics6
- European Political Science Review6
- Review of International Political Economy6
- International Journal of Public Opinion Research6
- Journal of Chinese Governance6
- Journal of Democracy6
- Journal of European Integration6
- Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science6
- Comparative European Politics6
46 Politics & Society5
- International Political Science Review5
- International Studies Review5
- Territory Politics Governance5
- Journal of Conflict Resolution5
- Journal of Peace Research5
- Political Behavior5
- Politics and Governance5
- Electoral Studies5
- Public Opinion Quarterly5
- Regulation & Governance5
- Social Movement Studies5
- Socio-Economic Review5
- International Organization5
- International Political Sociology5
- British Journal of Politics & International Relations5
- Citizenship Studies5
- Political Studies5
- Contemporary Politics5
- Politics5
66 Politics & Gender4
- East European Politics4
- Research & Politics4
- Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions4
- Journal of Information Technology & Politics4
- Local Government Studies4
- American Politics Research4
- Australian Journal of Political Science4
- Policy Studies Journal4
- Political Science Research and Methods4
- Cooperation and Conflict4
- Problems of Post-Communism4
- International Studies Quarterly4
- International Theory4
- Journal of Political Philosophy4
- Political Psychology4
- Comparative Politics4
83 Democratization3
- Politics Philosophy & Economics3
- Economics & Politics3
- European Political Science3
- Public Choice3
- Social Science Quarterly3
- Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs3
- Journal of Public Policy3
- Acta Politica3
- Peacebuilding3
- Political Studies Review3
- Politics Groups and Identities3
- Global Policy3
- Journal of Contemporary European Studies3
- Journal of Human Rights3
- Journal of Women Politics & Policy3
- African Affairs3
- Party Politics3
- Political Research Quarterly3
- Critical Policy Studies3
103 Polity2
- PS-Political Science & Politics2
- Publius-The Journal of Federalism2
- International Journal of Transitional Justice2
- Studies in Conflict & Terrorism2
- International Politics2
- Swiss Political Science Review2
- Human Geography2
- Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties2
- Journal of Political Ideologies2
- Journal of Theoretical Politics2
- Legislative Studies Quarterly2
- Nations and Nationalism2
- Parliamentary Affairs2
- Philosophy & Public Affairs2
- British Politics2
- Communist and Post-Communist Studies2
- Political Science2
- Politics and Religion2
- East European Politics and Societies2
- Politikon2
- Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics2
- Review of African Political Economy2
- State Politics & Policy Quarterly2
- Studies in Comparative International Development2
- Terrorism and Political Violence2
- Journal of Strategic Studies2
- Latin American Politics and Society2
- Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity2
- Armed Forces & Society2
133 Critical Review1
- Politische Vierteljahresschrift1
- Ethics & International Affairs1
- Presidential Studies Quarterly1
- Revista de Ciencia Politica1
- Revue d'Economie Politique1
- Intelligence and National Security1
- Scottish Journal of Political Economy1
- Studies in American Political Development1
- Irish Political Studies1
- Latin American Perspectives1
- Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique1
- Political Quarterly1
- Politicka Ekonomie1
- Current History1
- Ethics & Global Politics1
- Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional1
- Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory1
- Scandinavian Political Studies1
- International Feminist Journal of Politics1
- Survival1
- Japanese Journal of Political Science1
- Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government1
- Mediterranean Politics1
- Cambridge Review of International Affairs1
- Political Theory1
- Contemporary Southeast Asia1
160 Europe-Asia Studies0
- Historia y Politica0
- Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine0
- Contemporary Political Theory0
- Dissent0
- Politics Religion & Ideology0
- Politix0
- European History Quarterly0
- Revista de Estudios Politicos0
- Internasjonal Politikk0
- Telos0
- Journal of Cold War Studies0
- Journal of Policy History0
- Perspectives on Politics0
- Australian Journal of Politics and History0
- Political Science Quarterly0
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