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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	American Political Science Review	32
2	Journal of European Public Policy	30
-	Journal of Politics	30
4	Political Geography	29
5	Annual Review of Political Science	25
-	Public Administration	25
7	American Journal of Political Science	24
-	Policy and Society	24
9	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	23
10	Political Psychology	22
-	Environmental Politics	22
-	Journal of Democracy	22
-	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	22
14	Comparative Political Studies	21
-	West European Politics	21
16	British Journal of Political Science	20
-	Political Communication	20
-	European Journal of Political Economy	20
-	Journal of European Integration	20
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	20
-	Electoral Studies	20
22	Review of International Political Economy	19
-	Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions	19
-	International Journal of Press-Politics	19
-	Review of Policy Research	19
26	New Political Economy	18
-	Perspectives on Politics	18
-	Regulation & Governance	18
-	Geopolitics	18
-	Politics and Governance	18
-	European Journal of Political Research	18
-	Global Policy	18
33	Policy and Internet	17
-	International Studies Quarterly	17
-	Policy Studies Journal	17
-	Journal of Chinese Political Science	17
37	Party Politics	16
-	Political Analysis	16
-	Contemporary Security Policy	16
-	Democratization	16
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	16
-	Global Environmental Politics	16
-	Socio-Economic Review	16
-	Political Behavior	16
-	International Studies Review	16
-	Journal of Peace Research	16
47	European Security	15
-	Comparative European Politics	15
-	Political Science Research and Methods	15
-	Government and Opposition	15

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