Political Science

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Political Science	14.257
2	Policy and Society	11.987
3	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	10.111
4	American Political Science Review	8.300
5	Public Administration	7.994
6	Political Analysis	7.932
7	American Journal of Political Science	7.725
8	Journal of European Public Policy	7.647
9	World Politics	7.560
10	Contemporary Security Policy	7.353
11	Political Communication	7.279
12	Political Geography	6.964
13	Journal of Politics	6.645
14	New Political Economy	6.644
15	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	6.525
16	West European Politics	6.371
17	European Security	6.303
18	Policy and Internet	6.242
19	Global Environmental Politics	6.171
20	Comparative Political Studies	6.011
21	International Journal of Press-Politics	5.979
22	Review of International Political Economy	5.955
23	European Journal of Political Research	5.856
24	Journal of Chinese Political Science	5.763
25	Journal of Democracy	5.600
26	German Politics	5.511
27	Environmental Politics	5.373
28	Post-Soviet Affairs	5.152
29	Journal of European Integration	5.133
30	Government and Opposition	5.053
31	British Journal of Political Science	5.038
32	International Journal of Public Opinion Research	4.952
33	South European Society and Politics	4.944
34	Review of International Organizations	4.922
35	Journal of Peace Research	4.921
36	Policy and Politics	4.795
37	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	4.790
38	Electoral Studies	4.686
39	Geopolitics	4.648
40	Political Psychology	4.621
41	European Journal of Political Economy	4.619
42	European Political Science Review	4.581
43	Review of Policy Research	4.567
44	Politics & Society	4.486
-	Comparative European Politics	4.486
46	European Union Politics	4.450
47	International Studies Review	4.438
48	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	4.433
49	Regulation & Governance	4.375
50	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	4.236

51	Public Opinion Quarterly	4.183
52	International Organization	4.143
53	Political Behavior	4.104
54	Journal of International Relations and Development	4.069
55	Journal of Chinese Governance	4.013
56	Politics	4.008
57	Territory Politics Governance	4.000
58	International Political Sociology	3.931
59	International Studies Quarterly	3.929
60	Socio-Economic Review	3.921
61	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	3.908
62	Journal of Conflict Resolution	3.888
63	Political Science Research and Methods	3.821
64	Politics and Governance	3.779
65	East European Politics	3.743
66	Journal of Political Philosophy	3.656
67	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	3.655
68	Social Movement Studies	3.619
69	Contemporary Politics	3.603
70	Policy Studies Journal	3.593
71	Problems of Post-Communism	3.558
72	Political Studies	3.292
73	International Political Science Review	3.279
74	Citizenship Studies	3.276
75	Critical Policy Studies	3.253
76	Comparative Politics	3.171
77	Democratization	3.155
78	Research & Politics	3.081
79	Acta Politica	3.006
80	Journal of Public Policy	2.947
81	Political Research Quarterly	2.898
82	International Theory	2.849
83	Australian Journal of Political Science	2.841
84	Local Government Studies	2.834
-	Cooperation and Conflict	2.834
86	Public Choice	2.746
87	Global Policy	2.674
88	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	2.660
89	Politics Philosophy & Economics	2.645
90	American Politics Research	2.627
91	Politics & Gender	2.601
92	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	2.598
93	Party Politics	2.555
94	African Affairs	2.536
95	European Political Science	2.531
96	Social Science Quarterly	2.476
97	Journal of Human Rights	2.400
98	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	2.306
99	Economics & Politics	2.263
100	Swiss Political Science Review	2.262
101	Philosophy & Public Affairs	2.202
102	Journal of Strategic Studies	2.198
103	Nations and Nationalism	2.175
104	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	2.132
105	Legislative Studies Quarterly	2.118
106	Terrorism and Political Violence	2.057
107	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	2.031
108	British Politics	2.010
109	Politics Groups and Identities	2.005
110	Studies in Comparative International Development	1.901
111	Human Geography	1.893
112	Political Studies Review	1.874
113	Peacebuilding	1.860
114	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	1.839
-	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	1.839
116	Review of African Political Economy	1.829
117	Polity	1.827
118	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	1.819
119	Parliamentary Affairs	1.813
120	Journal of Theoretical Politics	1.809
121	Politics and Religion	1.778
122	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	1.771
123	Armed Forces & Society	1.734
124	Scandinavian Political Studies	1.647
125	Journal of Political Ideologies	1.630
126	Japanese Journal of Political Science	1.612
127	International Politics	1.591
128	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	1.581
129	Critical Review	1.545
130	Survival	1.512
131	International Feminist Journal of Politics	1.503
132	Latin American Politics and Society	1.457
133	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	1.456
134	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1.435
135	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	1.406
136	International Journal of Transitional Justice	1.389
137	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.368
138	PS-Political Science & Politics	1.341
139	Political Science	1.313
140	Political Quarterly	1.299
141	Irish Political Studies	1.250
142	East European Politics and Societies	1.231
143	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	1.230
144	Current History	1.226
145	Mediterranean Politics	1.219
146	Politicka Ekonomie	1.193
147	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	1.119
148	Political Theory	1.078
149	Politikon	1.077
150	Revista de Ciencia Politica	1.061
151	Studies in American Political Development	1.030
152	Perspectives on Politics	1.000
153	Ethics & International Affairs	0.970
154	Europe-Asia Studies	0.931
155	Ethics & Global Politics	0.902
156	Presidential Studies Quarterly	0.873
157	Intelligence and National Security	0.855
158	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	0.791
159	Latin American Perspectives	0.708
160	Revue d'Economie Politique	0.695
161	Journal of Policy History	0.523
162	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	0.507
163	Contemporary Political Theory	0.498
164	Politix	0.474
165	Political Science Quarterly	0.461
166	Politics Religion & Ideology	0.443
167	Revista de Estudios Politicos	0.411
168	Internasjonal Politikk	0.285
169	Dissent	0.267
170	Australian Journal of Politics and History	0.223
171	Journal of Cold War Studies	0.222
172	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	0.210
173	European History Quarterly	0.201
174	Historia y Politica	0.186
175	Telos	0.113