Political Science 2026
1,325 journals in P5.06 Political Science (Social Sciences), ranked by PNCI. Snapshot September 2026. How the ranking works.
Showing the top 1,000 of 1,325 journals. The ranked journals CSV lists every ranked journal; the complete CSV has every journal of the edition, and the edition index lists one file per category.
| Rank | Journal | PNCI | Percentile | Citation Quartile | POSI Zone | AJR | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/1325 | Government Information Quarterly Elsevier BV, ISSN 0740-624X | 28.91 | 100.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 2/1325 | Annual Review of Political Science Annual Reviews, ISSN 1094-2939 | 20.17 | 99.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 3/1325 | Policy and Society Elsevier BV, ISSN 1449-4035 | 18.37 | 99.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 4/1325 | Journal of European Public Policy Routledge, ISSN 1350-1763 | 11.46 | 99.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 5/1325 | European Journal of Political Research Wiley, ISSN 0304-4130 | 11.32 | 99.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 6/1325 | Public Administration Wiley, ISSN 0033-3298 | 10.91 | 99.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 7/1325 | American Political Science Review Cambridge University Press, ISSN 0003-0554 | 10.64 | 99.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 8/1325 | Contemporary Security Policy Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1352-3260 | 10.54 | 99.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 9/1325 | Computer Law & Security Review Elsevier BV, ISSN 2212-473X | 10.33 | 99.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 10/1325 | West European Politics Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0140-2382 | 10.10 | 99.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 11/1325 | American Journal of Political Science Wiley, ISSN 0092-5853 | 9.91 | 99.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 12/1325 | Chinese Political Science Review Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 2365-4244 | 9.76 | 99.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 13/1325 | Journal of Chinese Governance Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2381-2346 | 9.74 | 99.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 14/1325 | Journal of European Integration Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0703-6337 | 9.36 | 99.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 15/1325 | Journal of democracy Johns Hopkins University Press, ISSN 1045-5736 | 9.08 | 98.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 16/1325 | International Security The MIT Press, ISSN 0162-2889 | 8.89 | 98.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 17/1325 | Policy & Politics Policy Press, ISSN 0305-5736 | 8.71 | 98.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 18/1325 | Public Policy and Administration SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0952-0767 | 8.44 | 98.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 19/1325 | British Journal of Political Science Cambridge University Press, ISSN 0007-1234 | 8.18 | 98.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 20/1325 | The Journal of Politics University of Chicago Press, ISSN 0022-3816 | 8.17 | 98.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 21/1325 | European Security Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0966-2839 | 7.98 | 98.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 22/1325 | Comparative Political Studies SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0010-4140 | 7.79 | 98.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 23/1325 | Post-Soviet Affairs Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1060-586X | 7.44 | 98.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 24/1325 | International Organization University of Cambridge, ISSN 0020-8183 | 7.42 | 98.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 25/1325 | Policy Studies Journal Wiley, ISSN 0190-292X | 7.34 | 98.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 26/1325 | Policy Studies Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0144-2872 | 7.06 | 98.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 27/1325 | JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies Wiley, ISSN 0021-9886 | 7.02 | 98.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 28/1325 | South European Society & Politics Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1360-8746 | 6.84 | 97.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 29/1325 | Politics SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0263-3957 | 6.77 | 97.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 30/1325 | European Union Politics SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1465-1165 | 6.71 | 97.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 31/1325 | Politics and Governance Cogitatio, ISSN 2183-2463 | 6.49 | 97.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 32/1325 | European Political Science Review Cambridge University Press, ISSN 1755-7739 | 6.34 | 97.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 33/1325 | Electoral Studies Elsevier BV, ISSN 0261-3794 | 6.31 | 97.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 34/1325 | Public Opinion Quarterly Oxford University Press, ISSN 0033-362X | 6.27 | 97.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 35/1325 | The Chinese Journal of International Politics Oxford University Press, ISSN 1750-8916 | 6.18 | 97.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 36/1325 | Journal of European Social Policy SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0958-9287 | 6.12 | 97.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 37/1325 | The British Journal of Politics and International Relations SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1369-1481 | 6.12 | 97.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 38/1325 | European Policy Analysis Wiley, ISSN 2380-6567 | 6.09 | 97.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 39/1325 | Governance Wiley, ISSN 0952-1895 | 5.81 | 97.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 40/1325 | Political Science Research and Methods Cambridge University Press, ISSN 2049-8470 | 5.77 | 97.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 41/1325 | German Politics Routledge, ISSN 0964-4008 | 5.73 | 96.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 42/1325 | Higher Education Policy Palgrave Macmillan, ISSN 0952-8733 | 5.65 | 96.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 43/1325 | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0002-7162 | 5.64 | 96.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 44/1325 | Government and Opposition Cambridge University Press, ISSN 0017-257X | 5.62 | 96.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 45/1325 | Global Public Policy and Governance Springer Nature, ISSN 2730-6291 | 5.52 | 96.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 46/1325 | Critical Policy Studies Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1946-0171 | 5.37 | 96.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 47/1325 | European Political Science Palgrave Macmillan, ISSN 1680-4333 | 5.36 | 96.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 48/1325 | Contemporary Politics Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1356-9775 | 5.32 | 96.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 49/1325 | Daedalus American Academy of Arts and Sciences, ISSN 0011-5266 | 5.27 | 96.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 50/1325 | Political Studies SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0032-3217 | 5.27 | 96.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 51/1325 | World Politics Cambridge University Press, ISSN 0043-8871 | 5.21 | 96.2 | Provisional C-Q1 | No zone | – | Provisional |
| 52/1325 | Comparative European Politics Palgrave Macmillan, ISSN 1472-4790 | 5.06 | 96.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 53/1325 | Political Research Exchange Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2474-736X | 4.99 | 96.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 54/1325 | Journal of Asian Public Policy Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1751-6234 | 4.98 | 96.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 55/1325 | Territory Politics Governance Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2162-2671 | 4.93 | 95.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 56/1325 | Frontiers in Political Science Frontiers Media SA, ISSN 2673-3145 | 4.93 | 95.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 57/1325 | International Theory Cambridge University Press, ISSN 1752-9719 | 4.86 | 95.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 58/1325 | Review of International Studies Cambridge University Press, ISSN 0260-2105 | 4.79 | 95.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 59/1325 | Cooperation and Conflict SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0010-8367 | 4.59 | 95.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 60/1325 | Problems of Post-Communism Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1075-8216 | 4.51 | 95.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 61/1325 | East European Politics Routledge, ISSN 2159-9165 | 4.48 | 95.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 62/1325 | Asian Review of Political Economy Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 2731-5835 | 4.29 | 95.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 63/1325 | Local Government Studies Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0300-3930 | 4.26 | 95.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 64/1325 | Journal of Political Philosophy Wiley, ISSN 0963-8016 | 4.25 | 95.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 65/1325 | Journal of Strategic Studies Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0140-2390 | 4.20 | 95.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 66/1325 | Politics & Policy Wiley, ISSN 1555-5623 | 4.11 | 95.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 1 | – | Official |
| 67/1325 | Comparative Politics City University of New York, ISSN 0010-4159 | 4.10 | 95.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 68/1325 | The International Spectator Routledge, ISSN 0393-2729 | 4.07 | 94.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 69/1325 | Political Research Quarterly SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1065-9129 | 3.99 | 94.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 70/1325 | International Political Science Review SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0192-5121 | 3.98 | 94.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 71/1325 | Australian Journal of Political Science Routledge, ISSN 0032-3268 | 3.94 | 94.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 72/1325 | Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies ISSN 2596-3856 | 3.90 | 94.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 73/1325 | Australian Journal of Public Administration Wiley, ISSN 0313-6647 | 3.89 | 94.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 74/1325 | Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice Routledge, ISSN 1387-6988 | 3.87 | 94.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 75/1325 | Politics Philosophy & Economics SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1470-594X | 3.83 | 94.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 76/1325 | Defence Studies Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1470-2436 | 3.77 | 94.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 77/1325 | Journal of Politics in Latin America SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1866-802X | 3.75 | 94.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 78/1325 | Journal of Contemporary European Studies Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1478-2790 | 3.62 | 94.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 79/1325 | British Politics Palgrave Macmillan, ISSN 1746-918X | 3.61 | 94.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 80/1325 | Yearbook of European Law Oxford University Press, ISSN 0263-3264 | 3.60 | 94.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 81/1325 | Sayıştay Dergisi ISSN 1300-1981 | 3.59 | 93.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 82/1325 | Global Constitutionalism Cambridge University Press, ISSN 2045-3817 | 3.56 | 93.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 83/1325 | Security Studies Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0963-6412 | 3.51 | 93.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 84/1325 | Asia Europe Journal Springer Science+Business Media, ISSN 1610-2932 | 3.49 | 93.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 85/1325 | Acta Politica Palgrave Macmillan, ISSN 0001-6810 | 3.47 | 93.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 86/1325 | European Politics and Society Taylor & Francis, ISSN 2374-5118 | 3.45 | 93.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 87/1325 | International Affairs Oxford University Press, ISSN 0020-5850 | 3.39 | 93.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 88/1325 | Party Politics SAGE Publishing, ISSN 1354-0688 | 3.37 | 93.4 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 89/1325 | Scandinavian Political Studies Wiley, ISSN 0080-6757 | 3.34 | 93.3 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 90/1325 | Asian Survey University of California Press, ISSN 0004-4687 | 3.34 | 93.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 91/1325 | Foreign Policy Analysis Oxford University Press, ISSN 1743-8586 | 3.32 | 93.2 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 92/1325 | American Politics Research SAGE Publishing, ISSN 0044-7803 | 3.25 | 93.1 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 93/1325 | Parliamentary Affairs Oxford University Press, ISSN 0031-2290 | 3.24 | 93.0 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 94/1325 | Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies Routledge, ISSN 1468-3857 | 3.18 | 92.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 95/1325 | International Politics Palgrave Macmillan, ISSN 1384-5748 | 3.15 | 92.9 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 96/1325 | Swiss Political Science Review Wiley, ISSN 1424-7755 | 3.13 | 92.8 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 97/1325 | Legislative Studies Quarterly Wiley, ISSN 0362-9805 | 3.12 | 92.7 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 98/1325 | The Washington Quarterly Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0163-660X | 3.11 | 92.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 99/1325 | Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties Taylor & Francis, ISSN 1368-9886 | 3.10 | 92.6 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
| 100/1325 | Political Philosophy ISSN 3033-3830 | 3.06 | 92.5 | C-Q1 | Zone 2 | – | Official |
CITATION-RANK-1.0. Provisional rankings (dashed) have 10–19 eligible items or items from a single publication year, and carry no zone. 2,878 further journals in this category have citation data but no rank (too few items, incomplete citation coverage, or category too small); their PNCI is shown on their journal pages.