Political Science

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Political Science	12.686
2	Policy and Society	11.557
3	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	9.250
4	Political Analysis	8.873
5	World Politics	8.844
6	American Political Science Review	8.699
7	Public Administration	7.711
8	American Journal of Political Science	7.521
9	Journal of European Public Policy	7.306
10	Contemporary Security Policy	7.301
11	Political Communication	6.697
12	Political Geography	6.650
13	New Political Economy	6.431
14	Journal of Politics	6.145
15	West European Politics	6.144
16	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	6.028
17	Comparative Political Studies	6.026
18	Policy and Internet	5.914
19	European Security	5.792
20	Review of International Political Economy	5.737
21	Environmental Politics	5.697
22	Global Environmental Politics	5.688
23	International Journal of Press-Politics	5.684
24	European Union Politics	5.357
25	Journal of Chinese Political Science	5.314
26	European Journal of Political Research	5.250
27	Journal of Democracy	5.247
28	International Organization	5.217
29	Government and Opposition	5.211
30	Comparative European Politics	5.135
31	Journal of European Integration	5.126
32	Public Opinion Quarterly	5.098
33	British Journal of Political Science	5.027
34	German Politics	5.000
-	South European Society and Politics	5.000
36	Post-Soviet Affairs	4.992
37	Journal of Political Philosophy	4.855
38	Electoral Studies	4.762
39	Review of International Organizations	4.699
40	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	4.672
41	Review of Policy Research	4.627
42	European Journal of Political Economy	4.605
43	Politics & Society	4.538
-	Journal of Peace Research	4.538
45	Geopolitics	4.479
46	Regulation & Governance	4.365
47	Political Psychology	4.304
48	Politics and Governance	4.284
49	Policy and Politics	4.272
50	European Political Science Review	4.216

51	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	4.164
52	Journal of International Relations and Development	4.150
53	International Journal of Public Opinion Research	4.129
54	Politics	4.098
55	Socio-Economic Review	4.077
56	Political Science Research and Methods	4.035
57	International Studies Review	4.000
58	Journal of Chinese Governance	3.975
59	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	3.913
60	International Political Sociology	3.907
61	Political Behavior	3.895
62	Territory Politics Governance	3.744
63	Political Studies	3.743
64	International Studies Quarterly	3.713
65	Journal of Conflict Resolution	3.642
66	Problems of Post-Communism	3.628
67	Policy Studies Journal	3.624
68	East European Politics	3.602
69	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	3.557
70	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	3.556
71	Social Movement Studies	3.473
72	Citizenship Studies	3.451
73	Contemporary Politics	3.406
74	International Political Science Review	3.168
75	Critical Policy Studies	3.092
76	Comparative Politics	3.078
77	Social Science Quarterly	2.991
78	Democratization	2.933
79	Cooperation and Conflict	2.911
80	Research & Politics	2.880
81	Local Government Studies	2.855
82	Politics & Gender	2.839
83	Acta Politica	2.809
84	American Politics Research	2.760
85	Political Research Quarterly	2.680
86	Australian Journal of Political Science	2.667
87	International Theory	2.649
88	Global Policy	2.610
89	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	2.603
90	Public Choice	2.587
91	Journal of Public Policy	2.561
92	Party Politics	2.557
93	Politics Philosophy & Economics	2.451
94	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	2.433
95	European Political Science	2.293
96	Journal of Human Rights	2.284
97	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	2.247
98	African Affairs	2.234
99	Economics & Politics	2.213
100	Swiss Political Science Review	2.208
101	Philosophy & Public Affairs	2.176
102	Nations and Nationalism	2.171
103	Politics Groups and Identities	2.063
104	Journal of Strategic Studies	2.061
105	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	2.059
106	Terrorism and Political Violence	2.051
107	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	1.966
108	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	1.965
109	Legislative Studies Quarterly	1.902
110	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	1.895
111	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	1.876
112	Parliamentary Affairs	1.874
113	British Politics	1.845
114	Political Studies Review	1.832
115	Peacebuilding	1.806
116	Polity	1.805
117	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	1.804
118	Human Geography	1.774
119	Armed Forces & Society	1.732
120	Scandinavian Political Studies	1.729
121	Studies in Comparative International Development	1.695
122	Review of African Political Economy	1.675
123	Politics and Religion	1.634
124	Journal of Theoretical Politics	1.632
125	Japanese Journal of Political Science	1.617
126	International Feminist Journal of Politics	1.615
127	International Politics	1.596
128	Latin American Politics and Society	1.580
129	Journal of Political Ideologies	1.574
130	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	1.486
131	Survival	1.466
132	Current History	1.462
133	International Journal of Transitional Justice	1.444
134	PS-Political Science & Politics	1.423
135	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	1.382
136	Critical Review	1.381
137	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	1.364
138	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.363
139	Irish Political Studies	1.336
140	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	1.307
141	Political Science	1.280
142	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	1.267
143	East European Politics and Societies	1.221
144	Political Quarterly	1.175
145	Mediterranean Politics	1.174
146	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1.163
147	Politicka Ekonomie	1.154
148	Political Theory	1.042
149	Studies in American Political Development	1.016
150	Perspectives on Politics	1.011
151	Revista de Ciencia Politica	0.974
152	Politikon	0.971
153	Europe-Asia Studies	0.970
154	Presidential Studies Quarterly	0.840
155	Ethics & International Affairs	0.838
156	Revue d'Economie Politique	0.823
157	Intelligence and National Security	0.814
158	Ethics & Global Politics	0.780
159	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	0.763
160	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	0.711
161	Latin American Perspectives	0.700
162	Contemporary Political Theory	0.692
163	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	0.619
164	Journal of Policy History	0.539
165	Politics Religion & Ideology	0.483
166	Politix	0.479
167	Political Science Quarterly	0.408
168	Revista de Estudios Politicos	0.389
169	Dissent	0.265
170	Australian Journal of Politics and History	0.245
171	Internasjonal Politikk	0.225
172	Journal of Cold War Studies	0.204
173	European History Quarterly	0.179
174	Historia y Politica	0.165
175	Telos	0.102