Political Science and International Relations · 234 journals indexed

Best open-access journals for Political Science and International Relations

The top Political Science and International Relations journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, drawn from a 17,786-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 Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).

  1. 1
    British Journal of Political Science
    3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University Press
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  2. 2
    Politics and Governance
    2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Cogitatio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  3. 3
    Journal of Public Policy
    2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University Press
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  4. 4
    Intereconomics
    2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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  5. 5
    European Journal of Risk Regulation
    2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University Press
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  6. 6
    Government and Opposition
    2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University Press
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  7. 7
    Frontiers in Political Science
    1.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers Media
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  8. 8
    German Law Journal
    1.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University Press
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  9. 9
    Leiden Journal of International Law
    1.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University Press
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  10. 10
    Colombia Internacional
    0.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Universidad de Los Andes
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  11. 11
    International Review of the Red Cross
    0.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University Press
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  12. 12
    MGIMO Review of International Relations
    0.7 cites/paper · Q1 · MGIMO University Press
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  13. 13
    Latin American Research Review
    0.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University Press
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  14. 14
    Revista de Derecho Político
    0.6 cites/paper · Q1 · National University of Distance Education
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  15. 15
    Comparative Southeast European Studies
    0.4 cites/paper · Q1 · De Gruyter
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  16. 16
    Araucaria
    0.4 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Seville
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  17. 17
    AMÉRICA LATINA HOY
    0.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  18. 18
    Revista Española de Derecho Constitucional
    0.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Center for Political and Constitutional Studies
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  19. 19
    Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 4 Istorija Regionovedenie Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija
    0.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Volgograd State University
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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    Revista de Estudios de la Administración Local y Autonómica
    0.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública (Spain)
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  21. 21
    Teoría y Realidad Constitucional
    0.2 cites/paper · Q1
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  22. 22
    Czech Journal of International Relations
    0.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of International Relations Prague
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  23. 23
    DOXA Cuadernos de Filosofía del Derecho
    0.1 cites/paper · Q1
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  24. 24
    BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review
    0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals (Publishing Services)
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  25. 25
    International Labour Review
    18.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Wiley
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  26. 26
    Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales
    1.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  27. 27
    Białostockie Studia Prawnicze
    0.5 cites/paper · Q2 · University of Białystok
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  28. 28
    Derecho PUCP
    0.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  29. 29
    Acta Poloniae Historica
    0.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Polska Akademia Nauk
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  30. 30
    Andamios
    0.4 cites/paper · Q2
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  31. 31
    Revista de Estudios Políticos
    0.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Centro de Estudios Constitucionales
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  32. 32
    Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook
    0.3 cites/paper · Q2 · De Gruyter
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  33. 33
    American Journal of Islam and Society
    0.3 cites/paper · Q2 · International Institute of Islamic Thought
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  34. 34
    Studia Iuridica Lublinensia
    0.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Wydawnictwo UMCS
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  35. 35
    Ekonomiaz Revista Vasca de Economía
    0.3 cites/paper · Q2
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  36. 36
    Cuestiones Constitucionales Revista Mexicana de Derecho Constitucional
    0.3 cites/paper · Q2 · CIG Media Group
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  37. 37
    CUADERNOS DE DERECHO TRANSNACIONAL
    0.2 cites/paper · Q2
    Open AccessScopus
  38. 38
  39. 39
    Cuadernos de Derecho Local
    0.1 cites/paper · Q2
    Open AccessScopus
  40. 40
    Muzealnictwo
    0.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Index Copernicus International S.A.
    Open AccessScopus

“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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British Journal of Political Science, Politics and Governance, Journal of Public Policy, Intereconomics, European Journal of Risk Regulation are among the top results, ranked by Scimago quartile then OpenAlex cites/paper from a 17,786-venue index, predatory venues excluded. The full list is on this page; for a match to your specific paper use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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