Political Science

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Political Science	11.943
2	Policy and Society	11.324
3	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	9.006
4	Political Analysis	8.862
5	American Political Science Review	8.820
6	World Politics	7.892
7	American Journal of Political Science	7.699
8	Public Administration	7.600
9	Journal of European Public Policy	7.493
10	Contemporary Security Policy	7.000
11	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	6.662
12	Comparative Political Studies	6.581
13	Political Geography	6.474
14	New Political Economy	6.470
15	Political Communication	6.458
16	Journal of Politics	6.136
17	West European Politics	6.081
18	European Security	6.000
19	Review of International Political Economy	5.892
20	Environmental Politics	5.837
21	Policy and Internet	5.667
22	Global Environmental Politics	5.614
23	International Journal of Press-Politics	5.545
24	International Organization	5.492
25	Government and Opposition	5.371
26	European Union Politics	5.282
27	Journal of Democracy	5.240
28	British Journal of Political Science	5.220
29	Journal of Chinese Political Science	5.153
30	Journal of European Integration	5.146
31	Comparative European Politics	5.133
32	South European Society and Politics	5.082
33	European Journal of Political Research	5.055
34	Post-Soviet Affairs	5.016
35	Policy and Politics	4.887
36	Review of International Organizations	4.847
37	Public Opinion Quarterly	4.815
38	German Politics	4.797
39	Electoral Studies	4.775
40	Journal of Political Philosophy	4.739
41	Review of Policy Research	4.715
42	Geopolitics	4.703
43	Journal of Peace Research	4.668
44	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	4.495
45	European Journal of Political Economy	4.407
46	Political Psychology	4.315
47	Regulation & Governance	4.302
48	Politics	4.222
49	Journal of International Relations and Development	4.210
50	Socio-Economic Review	4.193

51	Politics & Society	4.103
52	Political Behavior	4.073
53	European Political Science Review	3.989
54	International Journal of Public Opinion Research	3.968
55	International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and Economics	3.887
56	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	3.833
57	International Studies Review	3.779
58	Policy Studies Journal	3.763
59	International Political Sociology	3.727
60	International Studies Quarterly	3.695
61	Political Studies	3.692
62	Journal of Conflict Resolution	3.668
63	Journal of Information Technology & Politics	3.639
64	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	3.560
65	Problems of Post-Communism	3.450
66	Comparative Politics	3.377
67	Social Movement Studies	3.350
68	Citizenship Studies	3.295
69	International Political Science Review	3.253
70	Contemporary Politics	3.231
71	Democratization	3.198
72	Critical Policy Studies	3.187
73	Social Science Quarterly	2.960
74	Journal of Public Policy	2.859
-	Cooperation and Conflict	2.859
76	Global Policy	2.832
77	Politics & Gender	2.781
78	Journal of Women Politics & Policy	2.775
79	Local Government Studies	2.766
80	Acta Politica	2.723
81	American Politics Research	2.710
82	International Theory	2.653
83	Political Research Quarterly	2.644
84	Australian Journal of Political Science	2.633
85	Public Choice	2.523
86	Party Politics	2.491
87	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	2.463
88	Journal of Political Ideologies	2.404
89	African Affairs	2.328
90	Politics Philosophy & Economics	2.308
91	Journal of Human Rights	2.290
92	Swiss Political Science Review	2.173
93	Economics & Politics	2.172
94	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	2.147
95	European Political Science	2.109
96	Philosophy & Public Affairs	2.106
97	Nations and Nationalism	2.080
98	Terrorism and Political Violence	2.054
99	Parliamentary Affairs	2.032
100	Publius-The Journal of Federalism	2.005
101	Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties	1.987
102	Journal of Strategic Studies	1.983
103	British Politics	1.940
104	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	1.930
105	Scandinavian Political Studies	1.863
106	Polity	1.857
107	State Politics & Policy Quarterly	1.856
108	Legislative Studies Quarterly	1.855
109	Political Studies Review	1.778
110	Politische Vierteljahresschrift	1.737
111	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	1.723
112	Human Geography	1.702
113	International Politics	1.701
114	Studies in Comparative International Development	1.662
115	Armed Forces & Society	1.640
116	Journal of Theoretical Politics	1.632
117	International Feminist Journal of Politics	1.576
118	Review of African Political Economy	1.574
119	Politics and Religion	1.560
120	Japanese Journal of Political Science	1.550
121	Survival	1.533
122	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	1.511
123	International Journal of Transitional Justice	1.481
124	Latin American Politics and Society	1.476
125	Critical Review	1.390
126	Historical Materialism-Research in Critical Marxist Theory	1.386
127	PS-Political Science & Politics	1.369
128	Current History	1.355
129	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.311
130	Irish Political Studies	1.310
131	East European Politics and Societies	1.266
132	Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique	1.232
133	Political Science	1.213
134	Mediterranean Politics	1.204
135	Scottish Journal of Political Economy	1.202
136	Political Quarterly	1.193
137	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1.108
138	Politicka Ekonomie	1.098
139	Politikon	1.066
140	Political Theory	1.064
141	Perspectives on Politics	1.060
142	Studies in American Political Development	1.033
143	Europe-Asia Studies	0.975
144	Intelligence and National Security	0.946
145	Revista de Ciencia Politica	0.910
146	Ethics & Global Politics	0.860
147	Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government	0.837
148	Presidential Studies Quarterly	0.821
149	Ethics & International Affairs	0.805
150	Revue d'Economie Politique	0.787
151	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	0.691
152	Latin American Perspectives	0.670
153	Monthly Review-An Independent Socialist Magazine	0.667
154	Contemporary Political Theory	0.653
155	Politix	0.580
156	Journal of Policy History	0.523
157	Political Science Quarterly	0.393
158	Revista de Estudios Politicos	0.342
159	Dissent	0.254
160	Australian Journal of Politics and History	0.235
161	Internasjonal Politikk	0.218
162	Journal of Cold War Studies	0.196
163	European History Quarterly	0.189
164	Historia y Politica	0.144
165	Telos	0.127