Political Science and International Relations · 529 journals indexed
Highest-impact journals for Political Science and International Relations
The top Political Science and International Relations journals Scimago Q1-Q2 only, ranked by cites/paper, drawn from an17,538-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the free Journal Finder.
- 1Government Information Quarterly8.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2Journal of Chinese Political Science6.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3Journal of European Public Policy5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · RoutledgeScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4American Political Science Review4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 5West European Politics4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 6Computer law & security review4.1 cites/paper · Q1ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 7Policy & Politics4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Policy PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 8Journal of European Integration3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9International Studies Quarterly3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10International Affairs3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 11JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 12American Journal of Political Science3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 13Political Analysis3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 14Review of International Political Economy3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · RoutledgeScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 15Policy Sciences3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of Science
- 16Public Administration3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 17Geopolitics3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 18Australian Journal Of International Affairs3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of Science
- 19European Journal of Political Research3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 20World Politics3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 21Comparative Political Studies3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22Political Behavior2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 23Policy Studies2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 24International Organization2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · University of CambridgeScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 25Politics & Society2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 26Public Opinion Quarterly2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 27The British Journal of Politics and International Relations2.6 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 28Politics and Governance2.6 cites/paper · Q1 · CogitatioOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 29Public Policy and Administration2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 30Contemporary Security Policy2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 31The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 32Journal of democracy2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Johns Hopkins University PressScopusWeb of Science
- 33British Journal of Political Science2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 34Journal of Contemporary China2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · RoutledgeScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 35European Security2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of Science
- 36Politics2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 37Journal of Genocide Research2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 38Socio-Economic Review2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 39Public Administration and Development2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 40Policy Studies Journal2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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