Political science and international relations journals: comparative politics, public policy, governance, security studies and European integration. Area-studies journals are included when most of their output is political science. All 638 journals are ranked by the 2026 Journal Metrics Score, with each journal's quartile in political science and its h-index.
Updated August 2026 · 2-year citation average from OpenAlex data
Policy and governance journals tend to score above journals in political theory, so compare journals within the same subfield before reading too much into rank.
| Rank | Journal | 2026 score | Quartile | h-index | Publisher | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stability-International Journal of Security and Development | 20.6 | Q1 | 39 | Ubiquity Press | Canada |
| 2 | Policy and Society | 8.7 | Q1 | 85 | Elsevier BV | United Kingdom |
| 3 | Annual Review of Political Science | 6.7 | Q1 | 190 | Annual Reviews | United States |
| 4 | Journal of Chinese Political Science | 6.6 | Q1 | 47 | Springer Science+Business Media | United States |
| 5 | JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN PUBLIC POLICY | 6.4 | Q1 | 184 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 6 | AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW | 5.7 | Q1 | 401 | Cambridge University Press | United States |
| 7 | Journal of Chinese Governance | 5.3 | Q1 | 32 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 8 | Chinese Political Science Review | 5.2 | Q1 | 30 | Springer Science+Business Media | Singapore |
| 9 | POLICY AND POLITICS | 5.1 | Q1 | 90 | Policy Press | United Kingdom |
| 10 | Journal of European Integration | 4.9 | Q1 | 76 | Taylor & Francis | Netherlands |
| 11 | WEST EUROPEAN POLITICS | 4.9 | Q1 | 157 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 12 | Computer Law & Security Review | 4.8 | Q1 | 83 | – | – |
| 13 | European Journal of Education | 4.8 | Q1 | 103 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 14 | POLICY SCIENCES | 4.5 | Q1 | 111 | Springer Science+Business Media | Netherlands |
| 15 | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | 4.5 | Q1 | 156 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 16 | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | 4.2 | Q1 | 245 | Oxford University Press | United Kingdom |
| 17 | COMPARATIVE POLITICAL STUDIES | 4.1 | Q1 | 196 | SAGE Publishing | United States |
| 18 | JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies | 4.1 | Q1 | 144 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 19 | COMPARATIVE EDUCATION | 4.0 | Q1 | 103 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 20 | European Journal of Political Economy | 3.9 | Q1 | 142 | Elsevier BV | Netherlands |
| 21 | Geopolitics | 3.9 | Q1 | 86 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 22 | Journal of Studies in International Education | 3.7 | Q1 | 110 | SAGE Publishing | United States |
| 23 | European Political Science Review | 3.6 | Q1 | 75 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 24 | Policy Studies | 3.6 | Q1 | 67 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 25 | British Journal of Politics & International Relations | 3.5 | Q1 | 87 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 26 | Contemporary Security Policy | 3.5 | Q1 | 58 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 27 | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL RESEARCH | 3.5 | Q1 | 181 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 28 | POST-SOVIET AFFAIRS | 3.5 | Q1 | 73 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 29 | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW | 3.5 | Q1 | 251 | Wiley | United States |
| 30 | WORLD POLITICS | 3.5 | Q1 | 216 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 31 | JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY | 3.4 | Q1 | 154 | Johns Hopkins University Press | United States |
| 32 | European Journal of Higher Education | 3.3 | Q1 | 46 | Taylor & Francis | – |
| 33 | INTERNATIONAL SECURITY | 3.2 | Q1 | 185 | The MIT Press | United States |
| 34 | Chinese Journal of International Politics | 3.1 | Q1 | 55 | Oxford University Press | United Kingdom |
| 35 | Journal of Genocide Research | 3.1 | Q1 | 57 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 36 | Policy Futures in Education | 3.1 | Q1 | 62 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 37 | Politics and Governance | 3.0 | Q1 | 56 | Cogitatio | Portugal |
| 38 | Public Policy and Administration | 3.0 | Q1 | 65 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 39 | EUROPEAN UNION POLITICS | 2.9 | Q1 | 100 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 40 | Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences | 2.9 | Q1 | 28 | Springer Science+Business Media | Germany |
| 41 | Journal of Contemporary China | 2.9 | Q1 | 79 | Routledge | United States |
| 42 | JOURNAL OF POLITICS | 2.9 | Q1 | 242 | University of Chicago Press | United States |
| 43 | London Review of Education | 2.9 | Q1 | 62 | UCL Press | United Kingdom |
| 44 | Politics | 2.9 | Q1 | 66 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 45 | REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES | 2.9 | Q1 | 123 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 46 | ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE | 2.8 | Q1 | 180 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 47 | Critical Policy Studies | 2.8 | Q1 | 61 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 48 | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | 2.8 | Q1 | 139 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 49 | European Security | 2.8 | Q1 | 51 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 50 | POLICY STUDIES JOURNAL | 2.8 | Q1 | 124 | Wiley | United States |
| 51 | Global Policy | 2.7 | Q1 | 75 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 52 | South European Society and Politics | 2.7 | Q1 | 73 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 53 | AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | 2.6 | Q1 | 109 | SAGE Publishing | United States |
| 54 | British Politics | 2.6 | Q1 | 47 | Palgrave Macmillan | United Kingdom |
| 55 | Democratization | 2.6 | Q1 | 106 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 56 | International Spectator | 2.6 | Q1 | 44 | Routledge | Italy |
| 57 | Journal of Public Policy | 2.6 | Q1 | 98 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 58 | Contemporary Politics | 2.5 | Q1 | 54 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 59 | Cooperation and Conflict | 2.5 | Q1 | 68 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 60 | DAEDALUS | 2.5 | Q1 | 83 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | United States |
| 61 | Journal of Asian Public Policy | 2.5 | Q1 | 33 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 62 | Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs | 2.5 | Q1 | 40 | German Institute for Global and Area Studies | – |
| 63 | Political Research Exchange | 2.5 | Q1 | 21 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 64 | European Journal of Politics and Gender | 2.4 | Q1 | 31 | – | United Kingdom |
| 65 | European Policy Analysis | 2.4 | Q1 | 36 | Wiley | United States |
| 66 | EUROPEAN SOCIETIES | 2.4 | Q1 | 84 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 67 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | 2.4 | Q1 | 84 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 68 | POLITICAL STUDIES | 2.4 | Q1 | 157 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 69 | Comparative European Politics | 2.3 | Q1 | 71 | Palgrave Macmillan | United Kingdom |
| 70 | German Politics | 2.3 | Q1 | 55 | Routledge | United States |
| 71 | Globalisation Societies and Education | 2.3 | Q1 | 71 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 72 | GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS | 2.3 | Q1 | 126 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 73 | Higher Education Policy | 2.3 | Q1 | 76 | Palgrave Macmillan | United Kingdom |
| 74 | JOURNAL OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES | 2.3 | Q1 | 55 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 75 | JOURNAL OF STRATEGIC STUDIES | 2.3 | Q1 | 65 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 76 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES | 2.3 | Q1 | 70 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 77 | Middle East Critique | 2.3 | Q1 | 35 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 78 | MINERVA | 2.3 | Q1 | 77 | Springer Science+Business Media | Netherlands |
| 79 | AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE | 2.2 | Q1 | 63 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 80 | Contemporary Political Theory | 2.2 | Q1 | 81 | Palgrave Macmillan | United Kingdom |
| 81 | ELECTORAL STUDIES | 2.2 | Q1 | 152 | Elsevier BV | Netherlands |
| 82 | EURASIAN GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS | 2.2 | Q1 | 70 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 83 | GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION | 2.2 | Q1 | 93 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 84 | JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION | 2.2 | Q1 | 234 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 85 | PROBLEMS OF POST-COMMUNISM | 2.2 | Q1 | 49 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 86 | International Studies Review | 2.1 | Q1 | 100 | Oxford University Press | United States |
| 87 | Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis | 2.1 | Q1 | 69 | Routledge | Netherlands |
| 88 | JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ASIA | 2.1 | Q1 | 71 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 89 | Acta Politica | 2.0 | Q1 | 84 | Palgrave Macmillan | United Kingdom |
| 90 | ASIAN SURVEY | 2.0 | Q1 | 71 | University of California Press | United States |
| 91 | AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | 2.0 | Q1 | 80 | Wiley | Australia |
| 92 | Hague Journal on the Rule of Law | 2.0 | Q1 | 37 | Springer Science+Business Media | Netherlands |
| 93 | INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW | 2.0 | Q1 | 106 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 94 | Journal of Information Technology & Politics | 2.0 | Q1 | 70 | Routledge | United States |
| 95 | Netherlands International Law Review | 2.0 | Q1 | 44 | Springer Science+Business Media | Netherlands |
| 96 | PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS | 2.0 | Q1 | 81 | Oxford University Press | United Kingdom |
| 97 | STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | 2.0 | Q1 | 99 | Springer Science+Business Media | United States |
| 98 | East Asia | 1.9 | Q1 | 32 | Springer Science+Business Media | Netherlands |
| 99 | Global Society | 1.9 | Q1 | 55 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 100 | International Relations | 1.9 | Q1 | 67 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 101 | LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY | 1.9 | Q1 | 84 | Cambridge University Press | United States |
| 102 | Research in Comparative and International Education | 1.9 | Q1 | 46 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 103 | Swiss Political Science Review | 1.9 | Q1 | 63 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 104 | Vestnik Mezhdunarodnykh Organizatsii-International Organisations Research Journal | 1.9 | Q1 | 24 | National Research University – Higher School of Economics | Russia |
| 105 | World Trade Review | 1.9 | Q1 | 51 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 106 | China International Strategy Review | 1.8 | Q1 | 19 | Springer Science+Business Media | Singapore |
| 107 | Chinese Public Administration Review | 1.8 | Q1 | 12 | – | United States |
| 108 | International Theory | 1.8 | Q1 | 65 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 109 | Journal of Contemporary European Studies | 1.8 | Q1 | 58 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 110 | Journal of East Asian Studies | 1.8 | Q1 | 47 | Cambridge University Press | South Korea |
| 111 | Politics & Policy | 1.8 | Q1 | 49 | Wiley | United States |
| 112 | Politics and Religion | 1.8 | Q1 | 42 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 113 | PS-POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICS | 1.8 | Q1 | 113 | Cambridge University Press | United States |
| 114 | Revista de Ciencia Politica | 1.8 | Q1 | 37 | – | – |
| 115 | Southeast European and Black Sea Studies | 1.8 | Q1 | 43 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 116 | WASHINGTON QUARTERLY | 1.8 | Q1 | 68 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 117 | ALTERNATIVES | 1.7 | Q1 | 69 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 118 | European Political Science | 1.7 | Q1 | 52 | Palgrave Macmillan | United Kingdom |
| 119 | International Journal of Comparative Education and Development | 1.7 | Q1 | 22 | Emerald Publishing Limited | United Kingdom |
| 120 | International Politics | 1.7 | Q1 | 54 | Palgrave Macmillan | United Kingdom |
| 121 | INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES | 1.7 | Q1 | 98 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 122 | Journal of Human Rights Practice | 1.7 | Q1 | 39 | Oxford University Press | United Kingdom |
| 123 | Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft | 1.7 | Q1 | 31 | Springer VS | Germany |
| 124 | COMMONWEALTH & COMPARATIVE POLITICS | 1.6 | Q1 | 53 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 125 | COMPARATIVE POLITICS | 1.6 | Q1 | 129 | City University of New York | United States |
| 126 | Contemporary Italian Politics | 1.6 | Q1 | 30 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 127 | Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy | 1.6 | Q1 | 18 | Corvinus University of Budapest | Hungary |
| 128 | Current Legal Problems | 1.6 | Q1 | 44 | Oxford University Press | United Kingdom |
| 129 | Global Constitutionalism | 1.6 | Q1 | 32 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 130 | Innovation-The European Journal of Social Science Research | 1.6 | Q1 | 58 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 131 | International Journal of Human Rights | 1.6 | Q1 | 62 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 132 | JOURNAL OF CONFLICT & SECURITY LAW | 1.6 | Q1 | 39 | Oxford University Press | United Kingdom |
| 133 | New Perspectives | 1.6 | Q1 | 18 | SAGE Publishing | Czech Republic |
| 134 | Territory Politics Governance | 1.6 | Q1 | 49 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 135 | Transfer-European Review of Labour and Research | 1.6 | Q1 | 57 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 136 | All Azimuth-A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace | 1.5 | Q1 | 15 | – | Turkey |
| 137 | Asia Europe Journal | 1.5 | Q1 | 35 | Springer Science+Business Media | Germany |
| 138 | East European Politics | 1.5 | Q1 | 52 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 139 | Foreign Policy Analysis | 1.5 | Q1 | 62 | Oxford University Press | United Kingdom |
| 140 | Juridical Tribune-Review of Comparative and International Law | 1.5 | Q1 | 4 | – | – |
| 141 | PARTY POLITICS | 1.5 | Q1 | 124 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 142 | Policy Reviews in Higher Education | 1.5 | Q1 | 24 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 143 | PUBLIUS-THE JOURNAL OF FEDERALISM | 1.5 | Q1 | 74 | Oxford University Press | United States |
| 144 | REVIEW OF HIGHER EDUCATION | 1.5 | Q1 | 115 | Johns Hopkins University Press | United States |
| 145 | State Politics & Policy Quarterly | 1.5 | Q1 | 63 | Cambridge University Press | United States |
| 146 | ARMED FORCES & SOCIETY | 1.4 | Q1 | 71 | SAGE Publishing | United States |
| 147 | Asian Perspective | 1.4 | Q1 | 37 | – | South Korea |
| 148 | Contemporary Southeast Asia | 1.4 | Q1 | 63 | ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute | Singapore |
| 149 | European Spatial Research and Policy | 1.4 | Q1 | 22 | University of Lodz Press | Poland |
| 150 | Frontiers in Political Science | 1.4 | Q1 | 39 | Frontiers Media | Switzerland |
| 151 | Iconos | 1.4 | Q1 | 29 | Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador | – |
| 152 | Journal of Politics in Latin America | 1.4 | Q1 | 44 | SAGE Publishing | Germany |
| 153 | POLITY | 1.4 | Q1 | 60 | University of Chicago Press | United States |
| 154 | Asian Journal of Political Science | 1.3 | Q1 | 32 | Taylor & Francis | Singapore |
| 155 | Canadian Foreign Policy | 1.3 | Q1 | 30 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 156 | Defence and Security Analysis | 1.3 | Q1 | 27 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 157 | German Law Journal | 1.3 | Q1 | 55 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 158 | Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament | 1.3 | Q1 | 17 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 159 | Journal of Human Rights | 1.3 | Q1 | 52 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 160 | Baltic Region | 1.3 | Q2 | 21 | Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University | Russia |
| 161 | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS | 1.3 | Q2 | 72 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 162 | MILLENNIUM-JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES | 1.3 | Q2 | 109 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 163 | SCANDINAVIAN POLITICAL STUDIES | 1.3 | Q2 | 72 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 164 | ASR Chiang Mai University Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities | 1.2 | Q2 | 8 | Chiang Mai University | – |
| 165 | Central Asian Survey | 1.2 | Q2 | 53 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 166 | COMMUNIST AND POST-COMMUNIST STUDIES | 1.2 | Q2 | 69 | Elsevier BV | United States |
| 167 | EAST EUROPEAN POLITICS AND SOCIETIES | 1.2 | Q2 | 66 | SAGE Publishing | United States |
| 168 | Human Rights Law Review | 1.2 | Q2 | 57 | Oxford University Press | United Kingdom |
| 169 | Journal of International Political Theory | 1.2 | Q2 | 33 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 170 | Journal of International Relations and Development | 1.2 | Q2 | 62 | Palgrave Macmillan | United Kingdom |
| 171 | London Review of International Law | 1.2 | Q2 | 21 | Oxford University Press | United Kingdom |
| 172 | Political Studies Review | 1.2 | Q2 | 63 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 173 | Regional and Federal Studies | 1.2 | Q2 | 60 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 174 | Civil Wars | 1.1 | Q2 | 47 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 175 | Constellations-An International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory | 1.1 | Q2 | 91 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 176 | Eastern Journal of European Studies | 1.1 | Q2 | 12 | Alexandru Ioan Cuza University | – |
| 177 | Ethics & Global Politics | 1.1 | Q2 | 34 | Taylor & Francis | Sweden |
| 178 | European Education | 1.1 | Q2 | 34 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 179 | Global Discourse | 1.1 | Q2 | 32 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 180 | Human Rights Review | 1.1 | Q2 | 42 | Springer Science+Business Media | Netherlands |
| 181 | INTELLIGENCE AND NATIONAL SECURITY | 1.1 | Q2 | 45 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 182 | Interest Groups & Advocacy | 1.1 | Q2 | 35 | Palgrave Macmillan | United Kingdom |
| 183 | Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs | 1.1 | Q2 | 18 | SAGE Publishing | India |
| 184 | Nations and Nationalism | 1.1 | Q2 | 85 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 185 | Perspectives on Politics | 1.1 | Q2 | 166 | Cambridge University Press | United States |
| 186 | PHILOSOPHY & PUBLIC AFFAIRS | 1.1 | Q2 | 129 | Wiley | United States |
| 187 | POLITICAL QUARTERLY | 1.1 | Q2 | 80 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 188 | Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional | 1.1 | Q2 | 40 | Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais | Brazil |
| 189 | SECURITY STUDIES | 1.1 | Q2 | 93 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 190 | Utrecht Law Review | 1.1 | Q2 | 32 | Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals (Publishing Services) | Netherlands |
| 191 | Asian Journal of Comparative Politics | 1.0 | Q2 | 21 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 192 | East Asian Policy | 1.0 | Q2 | 15 | World Scientific | Singapore |
| 193 | Ethics & International Affairs | 1.0 | Q2 | 75 | Cambridge University Press | United States |
| 194 | European Constitutional Law Review | 1.0 | Q2 | 43 | Cambridge University Press | Netherlands |
| 195 | European Law Journal | 1.0 | Q2 | 84 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 196 | European Review | 1.0 | Q2 | 55 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 197 | Journal of Political Power | 1.0 | Q2 | 39 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 198 | Leiden Journal of International Law | 1.0 | Q2 | 61 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 199 | Revista de Gestion Publica | 1.0 | Q2 | 7 | – | – |
| 200 | Small Wars and Insurgencies | 1.0 | Q2 | 50 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 201 | TIDSSKRIFT FOR SAMFUNNSFORSKNING | 1.0 | Q2 | 23 | Scandinavian University Press/Universitetsforlaget | Norway |
| 202 | AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW | 0.9 | Q2 | 141 | Cambridge University Press | United States |
| 203 | Asian Ethnicity | 0.9 | Q2 | 45 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 204 | Asian Journal of International Law | 0.9 | Q2 | 22 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 205 | Cambridge Review of International Affairs | 0.9 | Q2 | 74 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 206 | Central European Public Administration Review | 0.9 | Q2 | 15 | – | – |
| 207 | China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies | 0.9 | Q2 | 21 | World Scientific | United States |
| 208 | Colombia Internacional | 0.9 | Q2 | 26 | Universidad de Los Andes | – |
| 209 | Constitutional Political Economy | 0.9 | Q2 | 51 | Springer Science+Business Media | United States |
| 210 | Criminal Law Forum | 0.9 | Q2 | 43 | Springer Science+Business Media | Netherlands |
| 211 | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MIGRATION AND LAW | 0.9 | Q2 | 51 | Brill | Netherlands |
| 212 | European Journal of Political Theory | 0.9 | Q2 | 56 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 213 | French Politics | 0.9 | Q2 | 34 | Palgrave Macmillan | United Kingdom |
| 214 | India Quarterly-A Journal of International Affairs | 0.9 | Q2 | 28 | SAGE Publishing | India |
| 215 | India Review | 0.9 | Q2 | 31 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 216 | International & Comparative Law Quarterly | 0.9 | Q2 | 97 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 217 | International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence | 0.9 | Q2 | 34 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 218 | ISRAEL LAW REVIEW | 0.9 | Q2 | 39 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 219 | Italian Political Science Review-Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica | 0.9 | Q2 | 30 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 220 | Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies | 0.9 | Q2 | 22 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 221 | Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties | 0.9 | Q2 | 62 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 222 | Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism | 0.9 | Q2 | 26 | Taylor & Francis | Australia |
| 223 | Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights | 0.9 | Q2 | 42 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 224 | New Journal of European Criminal Law | 0.9 | Q2 | 19 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 225 | Polis-Politicheskiye Issledovaniya | 0.9 | Q2 | 17 | Political Studies | Russia |
| 226 | Social Science Japan Journal | 0.9 | Q2 | 43 | Oxford University Press | United Kingdom |
| 227 | Studia Historiae Oeconomicae | 0.9 | Q2 | 5 | De Gruyter Open | Poland |
| 228 | Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism | 0.9 | Q2 | 32 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 229 | SURVIVAL | 0.9 | Q2 | 72 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 230 | Uniform Law Review | 0.9 | Q2 | 36 | Oxford University Press | United Kingdom |
| 231 | AJIL Unbound | 0.8 | Q2 | 28 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 232 | Asian Journal of Social Science | 0.8 | Q2 | 44 | Elsevier BV | Netherlands |
| 233 | Cahiers des Ameriques Latines | 0.8 | Q2 | 16 | Sorbonne Nouvelle University | France |
| 234 | Contemporary Europe-Sovremennaya Evropa | 0.8 | Q2 | 15 | Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences | Russia |
| 235 | Critical Horizons | 0.8 | Q2 | 29 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 236 | CRITICAL REVIEW | 0.8 | Q2 | 56 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 237 | CURRENT HISTORY | 0.8 | Q2 | 47 | University of California Press | United States |
| 238 | Democratic Theory-An Interdisciplinary Journal | 0.8 | Q2 | 21 | Berghahn Books | United States |
| 239 | EUROPE-ASIA STUDIES | 0.8 | Q2 | 86 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 240 | European Journal of Social Security | 0.8 | Q2 | 31 | SAGE Publishing | Belgium |
| 241 | Irish Political Studies | 0.8 | Q2 | 45 | Routledge | Ireland |
| 242 | Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies | 0.8 | Q2 | 38 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 243 | Journal of Economy Culture and Society | 0.8 | Q2 | 13 | Istanbul University | Turkey |
| 244 | Journal of International Criminal Justice | 0.8 | Q2 | 69 | Oxford University Press | United Kingdom |
| 245 | Journal of Legislative Studies | 0.8 | Q2 | 63 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 246 | JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND FAMILY LAW | 0.8 | Q2 | 39 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 247 | Learning and Teaching-The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences | 0.8 | Q2 | 23 | Berghahn Books | United Kingdom |
| 248 | Mirovaya Ekonomika i Mezhdunarodnye Otnosheniya | 0.8 | Q2 | 22 | Primakov National Research Institute | – |
| 249 | NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy | 0.8 | Q2 | 24 | De Gruyter Open | – |
| 250 | Revista Espanola de Ciencia Politica-RECP | 0.8 | Q2 | 18 | – | – |
Showing the top 250 of 638 political science journals. The remaining 388 are mostly Q3 and Q4; find them with the journal rankings filter or the journal search.
Most political science journals on this list are published in United Kingdom (211), United States (111), Netherlands (53), Spain (23), Russia (17).
By the 2026 Journal Metrics Score, the five highest-ranked political science journals are Stability-International Journal of Security and Development, Policy and Society, Annual Review of Political Science, Journal of Chinese Political Science, JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN PUBLIC POLICY. The score is a two-year citation average, so check each journal's scope and article types before choosing where to submit.
159 of the 638 political science journals on this page are Q1, meaning they rank in the top quarter of their OpenAlex subfield by score. 168 are Q2, 176 are Q3 and 135 are Q4.
A journal is included when at least two of its four main OpenAlex research topics are classified under Political Science and International Relations. Journals are ordered by the 2026 Journal Metrics Score: citations received in the latest complete year to works published in the two years before, divided by the number of those works. Quartiles compare each journal with every journal in the same subfield.