Political Science: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of European Public Policy	34
2	American Political Science Review	32
3	Political Geography	29
4	European Journal of Political Research	27
5	American Journal of Political Science	26
6	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	25
7	Journal of Democracy	24
8	Public Administration	23
-	Review of International Political Economy	23
-	West European Politics	23
11	Environmental Politics	22
-	Journal of European Integration	22
-	British Journal of Political Science	22
-	Political Communication	22
-	Journal of Politics	22
16	Regulation & Governance	21
-	Global Policy	21
18	Comparative Political Studies	20
-	European Journal of Political Economy	20
-	Geopolitics	20
-	Annual Review of Political Science	20
-	Electoral Studies	20
23	Democratization	19
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	19
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	19
-	New Political Economy	19
-	Policy and Society	19
-	Politics and Governance	19
-	Review of Policy Research	19
-	Journal of Peace Research	19
31	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	18
-	International Journal of Press-Politics	18
-	Perspectives on Politics	18
-	Policy Studies Journal	18
35	Political Psychology	17
-	International Studies Quarterly	17
-	International Studies Review	17
-	Political Behavior	17
39	European Political Science	16
-	Policy and Internet	16
-	Review of International Organizations	16
-	Journal of Chinese Political Science	16
43	Political Studies	15
-	Contemporary Security Policy	15
-	Socio-Economic Review	15
-	Political Analysis	15
-	Public Choice	15
-	Government and Opposition	15
-	Territory Politics Governance	15
-	Journal of Conflict Resolution	15

-	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	15
-	Policy and Politics	15
-	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	15
54	Post-Soviet Affairs	14
-	Global Environmental Politics	14
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	14
-	Journal of International Relations and Development	14
-	Party Politics	14
-	Political Science Research and Methods	14
-	Politics & Gender	14
-	European Political Science Review	14
62	Political Research Quarterly	13
-	European Security	13
-	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	13
-	International Organization	13
-	Journal of Chinese Governance	13
-	Comparative European Politics	13
-	Critical Policy Studies	13
-	Social Science Quarterly	13
-	International Political Science Review	13
-	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	13
-	Nations and Nationalism	13
73	Cooperation and Conflict	12
-	East European Politics	12
-	Economics & Politics	12
-	Problems of Post-Communism	12
-	Social Movement Studies	12
-	International Political Sociology	12
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	12
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	12
-	Latin American Politics and Society	12
-	Acta Politica	12
-	PS-Political Science & Politics	12
-	European Union Politics	12
-	Research & Politics	12
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	12
-	Journal of Public Policy	12
88	Politics	11
-	Survival	11
-	International Theory	11
-	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	11
-	American Politics Research	11
-	Political Quarterly	11
-	Political Studies Review	11
-	Contemporary Politics	11
-	Politics & Society	11
-	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	11
-	International Feminist Journal of Politics	11
-	International Politics	11
-	Legislative Studies Quarterly	11
-	Local Government Studies	11
102	Politics Groups and Identities	10
-	Europe-Asia Studies	10
-	Human Geography	10
-	Politics Philosophy & Economics	10
-	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	10
-	Swiss Political Science Review	10
-	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	10
-	Armed Forces & Society	10
110	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	9
-	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	9
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	9
-	Mediterranean Politics	9
-	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	9
-	Citizenship Studies	9
-	Comparative Politics	9
-	Current History	9
-	German Politics	9
-	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	9
-	International Journal of Transitional Justice	9
-	Journal of Political Ideologies	9
-	Parliamentary Affairs	9
123	Contemporary Political Theory	8
-	Political Theory	8
-	Politics and Religion	8
-	Ethics & International Affairs	8
-	Review of African Political Economy	8
-	Scandinavian Political Studies	8
-	Intelligence and National Security	8
-	Journal of Human Rights	8
-	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	8
-	Australian Journal of Political Science	8
-	British Politics	8
-	Politicka Ekonomie	8
-	East European Politics and Societies	8
-	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	8
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	8
-	Latin American Perspectives	8
-	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	8
-	African Affairs	8
-	Peacebuilding	8
-	Philosophy & Public Affairs	8
143	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	7
-	Political Science Quarterly	7
-	Critical Review	7
-	Politikon	7
-	Japanese Journal of Political Science	7
-	Journal of Political Philosophy	7
-	Polity	7
-	Revista de Ciencia Politica	7
-	South European Society and Politics	7
152	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	6
-	Political Science	6
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	6
155	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	5
-	Revista de Estudios Politicos	5
-	Ethics & Global Politics	5
-	Presidential Studies Quarterly	5
-	Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics	5
-	Studies in American Political Development	5
161	Politics Religion & Ideology	4
-	Politix	4
-	Journal of Policy History	4
-	Revue d'Economie Politique	4
-	Irish Political Studies	4
-	Journal of Theoretical Politics	4
-	Australian Journal of Politics and History	4
168	Journal of Cold War Studies	3
-	Dissent	3
-	European History Quarterly	3
-	Internasjonal Politikk	3
172	Historia y Politica	2
-	Telos	2