The Journal of Politics
University of Chicago Press · United States
POSI-J-023809eISSN 0022-3816
Evaluation status
1 · Core Collection
Listed in the journal directory. Certification is by application.
3 · Citation ranking
CITATION-RANK-1.0In Political Science · percentile 98.5
PNCI 8.17 · 644 eligible items · coverage 100.0%
Snapshot: September 2026
PQF is an eligibility and quality-framework assessment. It is not a citation ranking metric and does not determine Citation Quartiles or POSI Zones. PCS is a supplementary citation indicator and does not determine the official POSI Citation Rank, Citation Percentile, Citation Quartile, or POSI Zone.
Citations and output
- Citation score (PCS)
- 9.51
- Supplementary · 2022–2025 · 671 items · PCS-1.0
- Adequate sample
- How it is calculated
- Articles
- 12,309
- OpenAlex / Crossref
- Subject
- Political Science
- P5.06 · confidence high
Ranking history
- 2026currentC-Q1Zone 1
Political Science · rank 20 of 1,325
Editions are kept as published; each ranks the journal within its category that year.
Record details
Identity
- POSI ID · posi-data registry/ · identifier
- POSI-J-023809
- eISSN · ISSN Portal / Crossref · identifier
- 0022-3816
- OpenAlex source · OpenAlex · identifier
- S95650557
- Title · ISSN Portal / Crossref · registry
- The Journal of Politics
- Publisher · Crossref / OpenAlex · registry
- University of Chicago Press
Not recorded: pISSN, ISSN country
Declared by the publisher
Stated by the journal about itself. POSI records these as declared and does not present them as measured.
- Declared country · Publisher · declared
- United States
- Language · Publisher / DOAJ · declared
- English
- Website · Publisher · declared
- www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jop/current
Not recorded: Frequency, License, Peer review, Article processing charge
Registry and computed values
- Open access · DOAJ / OpenAlex · registry
- No
Not recorded: DOAJ status
Verification: Partially verified
ISSN resolved to an OpenAlex source record; journal-level evidence not reviewed by POSI.
Freshness: Current
Updated 2026-08-10. Record updated within 6 months of the data cutoff.
Indexed, benchmark set
Indexed. Also in the Global Benchmark reference set that POSI uses to validate its methodology.
Cite this record
Panorama Open Scholarly Index. (2026). The Journal of Politics [journal record, POSI-J-023809]. https://posi.panorama-sg.com/journal/bench-the-journal-of-politics-0563/