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Best Political Science and International Relations journals

743 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Political Science and International Relations. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 186 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Asian Economic Policy Review 16.7 99th Q1 SSCI C No
2 Policy and Society 13.6 99th Q1 SSCI B Yes
3 Political Analysis 13.5 99th Q1 SSCI – No
4 American Journal of Political Science 12.4 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
5 American Political Science Review 11 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
6 Review of International Political Economy 11 99th Q1 SSCI A No
7 Journal of European Public Policy 10.7 99th Q1 SSCI A No
8 International Security 9.8 98th Q1 SSCI – No
9 West European Politics 9.7 98th Q1 SSCI B No
10 Contemporary Security Policy 9.7 98th Q1 SSCI – No
11 Geopolitics 9.6 98th Q1 SSCI – No
12 New Political Economy 9.5 98th Q1 SSCI A No
13 Perspectives on Politics 9.4 98th Q1 SSCI – No
14 Review of International Organizations 8.7 98th Q1 SSCI C No
15 Global Environmental Politics 8.6 98th Q1 SSCI B No
16 Behavioural Public Policy 8.5 97th Q1 ESCI – No
17 Journal of Chinese Political Science 8.1 97th Q1 SSCI – No
18 Journal of Common Market Studies 8 97th Q1 SSCI B No
19 Journal of Public Affairs 8 97th Q1 ESCI B No
20 International Affairs 7.9 97th Q1 SSCI A No
21 Journal of Human Rights, Culture and Legal System 7.9 97th Q1 – – No
22 Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review 7.8 97th Q1 ESCI – Yes
23 Review of Policy Research 7.7 96th Q1 SSCI – No
24 Politics and Society 7.6 96th Q1 SSCI B No
25 Post-Soviet Affairs 7.6 96th Q1 SSCI B No
26 Political Psychology 7.6 96th Q1 SSCI – No
27 European Security 7.5 96th Q1 SSCI – No
28 Earth System Governance 7.4 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
29 Review of International Studies 7.3 96th Q1 SSCI B No
30 Chinese Political Science Review 7.3 96th Q1 ESCI – No
31 Politics 7.3 95th Q1 SSCI – No
32 British Journal of Political Science 7.2 95th Q1 SSCI A* Yes
33 Asian Business and Management 7.1 95th Q1 SSCI C No
34 Policy Studies 7 95th Q1 SSCI B No
35 Daedalus 7 95th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
36 International Political Science Review 7 95th Q1 SSCI – No
37 International Studies Review 7 95th Q1 SSCI – No
38 Review of Economics and Political Science 6.9 94th Q1 ESCI C Yes
39 European Business Organization Law Review 6.8 94th Q1 SSCI B No
40 International Organization 6.8 94th Q1 SSCI B No
41 New Left Review 6.8 94th Q1 SSCI – No
42 Volksgeist: Jurnal Ilmu Hukum dan Konstitusi 6.8 94th Q1 – – Yes
43 European Policy Analysis 6.7 94th Q1 ESCI – No
44 Journal of European Integration 6.7 94th Q1 SSCI – No
45 Terrorism and Political Violence 6.7 94th Q1 SSCI – No
46 International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 6.6 93rd Q1 SSCI A No
47 East European Politics 6.6 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
48 Territory, Politics, Governance 6.6 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
49 Journal of Contemporary China 6.5 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
50 Policy Design and Practice 6.5 93rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
51 Social Policy and Society 6.5 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
52 European Union Politics 6.4 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
53 Legality: Jurnal Ilmiah Hukum 6.2 92nd Q1 – – No
54 Political Science Research and Methods 6.2 92nd Q1 SSCI – Yes
55 European Journal of International Relations 6.1 92nd Q1 SSCI A No
56 Journal of Cybersecurity 6.1 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
57 Water Alternatives 6.1 92nd Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
58 Foreign Affairs 6 92nd Q1 SSCI C No
59 British Journal of Politics and International Relations 6 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
60 German Politics 5.8 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
61 Journal of International Relations and Development 5.8 91st Q1 SSCI C No
62 Information Society 5.8 91st Q1 SSCI A No
63 Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 5.7 91st Q1 SSCI – No
64 World Economy 5.6 91st Q1 SSCI A No
65 De Jure: Jurnal Hukum dan Syar'iah 5.6 91st Q1 – – No
66 Democratization 5.6 91st Q1 SSCI – No
67 Journal of Peace Research 5.6 91st Q1 SSCI – No
68 Journal of Chinese Governance 5.6 90th Q1 SSCI – No
69 Journal of Genocide Research 5.6 90th Q1 ESCI – No
70 Innovation and Development 5.5 90th Q1 ESCI – No
71 International Journal of Public Sector Management 5.4 90th Q1 ESCI B No
72 Global Social Challenges Journal 5.4 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
73 International Theory 5.4 90th Q1 SSCI – Yes
74 Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 5.4 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
75 Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding 5.4 90th Q1 SSCI – No
76 Thunderbird International Business Review 5.4 89th Q1 ESCI B No
77 Chinese Journal of International Politics 5.4 89th Q1 SSCI – No
78 European Political Science Review 5.4 89th Q1 SSCI – Yes
79 Security Dialogue 5.3 89th Q1 SSCI A No
80 Critical Social Policy 5.3 89th Q1 SSCI – No
81 Journal of Strategic Studies 5.3 89th Q1 SSCI – No
82 Journal of Political Ideologies 5.2 89th Q1 SSCI – No
83 Journal of Conflict Resolution 5.1 88th Q1 SSCI A* No
84 China Quarterly 5.1 88th Q1 SSCI A No
85 Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression 5.1 88th Q1 ESCI – No
86 Cooperation and Conflict 5.1 88th Q1 SSCI – No
87 Critical Studies on Terrorism 5.1 88th Q1 ESCI – No
88 International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 5.1 88th Q1 SSCI – No
89 Central European Management Journal 5 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
90 Australian Journal of International Affairs 5 87th Q1 SSCI A No
91 Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 5 87th Q1 SSCI A No
92 Global Discourse 5 87th Q1 ESCI – No
93 Media, War and Conflict 5 87th Q1 ESCI – No
94 Common Market Law Review 4.9 87th Q1 SSCI B No
95 Economic and Political Studies 4.9 87th Q1 ESCI – No
96 European Journal of International Security 4.9 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
97 Journal of International Studies 4.9 87th Q1 – – No
98 Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 4.9 86th Q1 SSCI – Yes
99 Millennial Asia 4.8 86th Q1 ESCI C No
100 Comparative European Politics 4.8 86th Q1 SSCI – No
101 European Journal of Political Theory 4.8 86th Q1 ESCI – No
102 International Journal of Development Issues 4.7 86th Q1 – C No
103 Al-Risalah: Forum Kajian Hukum dan Sosial Kemasyarakatan 4.7 86th Q1 – – No
104 Electoral Studies 4.7 86th Q1 SSCI – No
105 International Studies Quarterly 4.6 85th Q1 SSCI A No
106 Acta Politica 4.6 85th Q1 SSCI – No
107 Contemporary Politics 4.6 85th Q1 SSCI – No
108 European Journal of Politics and Gender 4.6 85th Q1 ESCI – No
109 Forest and Society 4.6 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
110 Conflict Management and Peace Science 4.5 85th Q1 SSCI B No
111 European Journal of Political Economy 4.5 85th Q1 SSCI A No
112 Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 4.5 85th Q1 SSCI B No
113 Harvard International Law Journal 4.5 84th Q1 SSCI A No
114 International Spectator 4.5 84th Q1 ESCI – No
115 Mediterranean Politics 4.5 84th Q1 SSCI – No
116 Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 4.5 84th Q1 ESCI – No
117 American Journal of International Law 4.4 84th Q1 SSCI – No
118 International Relations 4.4 84th Q1 SSCI – No
119 Journal of Political Ecology 4.4 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
120 Jurnal Media Hukum 4.4 83rd Q1 – – Yes
121 Asia and the Global Economy 4.3 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
122 Cambridge Review of International Affairs 4.3 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
123 Global Public Policy and Governance 4.3 83rd Q1 ESCI – No
124 Philosophy and Public Affairs 4.2 83rd Q1 SSCI A No
125 Journal of Refugee Studies 4.2 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
126 Nations and Nationalism 4.2 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
127 Contemporary Italian Politics 4.1 83rd Q1 ESCI – No
128 East Asia 4.1 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
129 European Political Science 4.1 82nd Q1 SSCI – Yes
130 European Politics and Society 4.1 82nd Q1 – – No
131 Global Studies Quarterly 4.1 82nd Q1 – – Yes
132 Security Studies 4 82nd Q1 SSCI B No
133 World Trade Review 4 82nd Q1 SSCI C No
134 Global Policy 4 82nd Q1 SSCI – No
135 European Journal of International Law 4 81st Q1 SSCI A No
136 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 4 81st Q1 SSCI A* No
137 Journal of World Investment and Trade 4 81st Q1 ESCI A No
138 World-Systems Evolution and Global Futures 4 81st Q1 – – No
139 International Feminist Journal of Politics 3.9 81st Q1 SSCI – No
140 International Studies Perspectives 3.9 81st Q1 SSCI – No
141 Journal of Contemporary European Studies 3.9 81st Q1 SSCI – No
142 Qudus International Journal of Islamic Studies 3.9 81st Q1 – – No
143 Business and Politics 3.8 80th Q1 SSCI C Yes
144 Citizenship Studies 3.8 80th Q1 SSCI C No
145 Review of Political Economy 3.8 80th Q1 ESCI B No
146 Ethnopolitics 3.8 80th Q1 ESCI – No
147 Nationalities Papers 3.8 80th Q1 SSCI – No
148 Political Studies Review 3.8 80th Q1 SSCI – No
149 Refugee Survey Quarterly 3.8 80th Q1 ESCI – No
150 Regional and Federal Studies 3.8 80th Q1 ESCI – No
151 Leiden Journal of International Law 3.8 79th Q1 SSCI – Yes
152 Island Studies Journal 3.7 79th Q1 SSCI – Yes
153 Journal of Borderlands Studies 3.7 79th Q1 ESCI – No
154 Swiss Political Science Review 3.7 79th Q1 SSCI – No
155 Political Research Exchange 3.6 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
156 Society Register 3.6 79th Q1 – – Yes
157 IIC International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 3.6 78th Q1 ESCI A No
158 Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs 3.6 78th Q1 – – No
159 Yearbook of European Law 3.6 78th Q1 – – No
160 Global Crime 3.5 78th Q1 ESCI – No
161 Hasanuddin Law Review 3.5 78th Q1 – – Yes
162 Africa Spectrum 3.4 78th Q1 SSCI C Yes
163 Journal of the Indian Ocean Region 3.4 78th Q1 ESCI – No
164 Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 3.4 78th Q1 – – Yes
165 Alternatives 3.4 77th Q1 SSCI A No
166 Revista de Ciencia Politica 3.4 77th Q1 SSCI – No
167 Review of African Political Economy 3.3 77th Q1 SSCI C No
168 Asian Journal of Comparative Politics 3.3 77th Q1 ESCI – No
169 Journal of Global Security Studies 3.3 77th Q1 ESCI – No
170 Lex Scientia Law Review 3.3 77th Q1 – – Yes
171 Journal of Human Rights Practice 3.2 77th Q1 ESCI – No
172 Survival 3.2 76th Q1 SSCI B No
173 British Politics 3.2 76th Q1 SSCI – No
174 Insight on Africa 3.2 76th Q1 ESCI – No
175 Peacebuilding 3.2 76th Q1 SSCI – No
176 Research and Politics 3.2 76th Q1 SSCI – Yes
177 International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice 3.1 76th Q1 SSCI – No
178 International Politics 3.1 76th Q1 SSCI – No
179 Journal of East Asian Studies 3.1 76th Q1 SSCI – Yes
180 Millennium: Journal of International Studies 3.1 75th Q1 SSCI B No
181 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 3.1 75th Q1 SSCI – No
182 International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society 3.1 75th Q1 ESCI – No
183 Journal of Human Rights 3.1 75th Q1 SSCI – No
184 Peace and Conflict 3.1 75th Q1 ESCI – No
185 South African Journal of International Affairs 3.1 75th Q1 ESCI – No
186 Latin American Politics and Society 3 75th Q1 SSCI – No
187 Critical Military Studies 3 74th Q2 ESCI – No
188 European Foreign Affairs Review 3 74th Q2 – – No
189 Small Wars and Insurgencies 3 74th Q2 ESCI – No
190 Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 2.9 74th Q2 ESCI C No
191 Contemporary Southeast Asia 2.9 74th Q2 SSCI – No
192 Defence Studies 2.9 74th Q2 – – No
193 Southeast European and Black Sea Studies 2.9 74th Q2 SSCI – No
194 Turkish Studies 2.9 74th Q2 SSCI – No
195 Japan and the World Economy 2.9 73rd Q2 SSCI B No
196 Creativity Studies 2.9 73rd Q2 – – Yes
197 Foreign Policy Analysis 2.9 73rd Q2 SSCI – No
198 International Interactions 2.9 73rd Q2 SSCI – No
199 Ocean Development and International Law 2.9 73rd Q2 SSCI – No
200 Capitalism, Nature, Socialism 2.8 73rd Q2 – – No
201 International Peacekeeping 2.8 73rd Q2 SSCI – No
202 African Security 2.8 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
203 Civil Wars 2.8 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
204 Journal of Politics in Latin America 2.8 72nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
205 Middle East Critique 2.8 72nd Q2 SSCI – No
206 Politics and Policy 2.8 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
207 Washington Quarterly 2.8 72nd Q2 SSCI – No
208 Yustisia 2.8 72nd Q2 – – Yes
209 Studies in Comparative International Development 2.7 72nd Q2 SSCI A No
210 Quarterly Journal of Political Science 2.7 71st Q2 SSCI B No
211 Global Security - Health, Science and Policy 2.7 71st Q2 – – Yes
212 Health and Human Rights 2.7 71st Q2 SSCI – Yes
213 IMISCOE Research Series 2.7 71st Q2 – – No
214 Journal of Peace Education 2.7 71st Q2 ESCI – No
215 Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism 2.7 71st Q2 ESCI – No
216 Space and Polity 2.7 71st Q2 ESCI – No
217 Journal of Transportation Security 2.7 70th Q2 ESCI B No
218 Studies in Media and Communication 2.7 70th Q2 – – No
219 Asian Journal of Business Research 2.6 70th Q2 – C No
220 China International Strategy Review 2.6 70th Q2 ESCI – No
221 Journal of Legislative Studies 2.6 70th Q2 ESCI – No
222 Journal of Race Ethnicity and the City 2.6 70th Q2 – – No
223 Mazahib Jurnal Pemikiran Hukum Islam 2.6 70th Q2 – – Yes
224 State Politics and Policy Quarterly 2.6 70th Q2 SSCI – No
225 African Security Review 2.6 69th Q2 ESCI – No
226 International Journal of Economic Policy Studies 2.6 69th Q2 ESCI – No
227 ERA Forum 2.5 69th Q2 – – No
228 Frontiers in Political Science 2.5 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
229 Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development 2.5 69th Q2 ESCI – No
230 Lex Portus 2.5 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
231 Nordic Journal of Human Rights 2.5 69th Q2 ESCI – No
232 Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 2.5 68th Q2 ESCI C No
233 Advances in Global Leadership 2.5 68th Q2 – – No
234 Japanese Journal of Political Science 2.5 68th Q2 SSCI – Yes
235 Communication Research and Practice 2.4 68th Q2 ESCI C No
236 Contemporary Political Theory 2.4 68th Q2 SSCI – No
237 Defense and Security Analysis 2.4 68th Q2 ESCI – No
238 Regions and Cohesion 2.4 68th Q2 – – Yes
239 Critical Review 2.4 67th Q2 SSCI – No
240 Democracy and Security 2.4 67th Q2 ESCI – No
241 Ethics and International Affairs 2.4 67th Q2 SSCI – No
242 Journal of Regional Security 2.4 67th Q2 – – Yes
243 Postcolonial Studies 2.4 67th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
244 Stability 2.4 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
245 Transformations in Business and Economics 2.3 67th Q2 SSCI C No
246 Perspectives on Terrorism 2.3 67th Q2 – – Yes
247 Astropolitics 2.3 66th Q2 – – No
248 Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward Terrorism and Genocide 2.3 66th Q2 ESCI – No
249 Journal for Deradicalization 2.3 66th Q2 – – Yes
250 Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs 2.3 66th Q2 ESCI – No
251 Journal of Peacebuilding and Development 2.3 66th Q2 ESCI – No
252 New Perspectives 2.3 66th Q2 ESCI – No
253 World Food Policy 2.3 66th Q2 – – No
254 Asian Affairs (United Kingdom) 2.2 65th Q2 – – No
255 Critical Studies on Security 2.2 65th Q2 ESCI – No
256 Irish Political Studies 2.2 65th Q2 SSCI – No
257 Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies 2.2 65th Q2 SSCI – No
258 Journal of Comparative Politics 2.2 65th Q2 ESCI – No
259 Journal of North African Studies 2.2 65th Q2 ESCI – No
260 Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning 2.2 65th Q2 – – No
261 Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology 2.2 65th Q2 – – No
262 International Negotiation 2.2 64th Q2 ESCI A No
263 Asian Politics and Policy 2.2 64th Q2 ESCI – No
264 Asian Security 2.2 64th Q2 – – No
265 Conflict, Security and Development 2.2 64th Q2 ESCI – No
266 Global Responsibility to Protect 2.2 64th Q2 ESCI – No
267 Hague Journal of Diplomacy 2.2 64th Q2 ESCI – No
268 Nordic Journal of International Law 2.2 64th Q2 – – No
269 Asian Economic Papers 2.1 63rd Q2 SSCI B No
270 Journal of World Trade 2.1 63rd Q2 SSCI B No
271 Hamdard Islamicus 2.1 63rd Q2 – – Yes
272 Journal of International Studies (Malaysia) 2.1 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
273 Journal of International Trade Law and Policy 2.1 63rd Q2 ESCI – No
274 Journal of Law and Courts 2.1 63rd Q2 ESCI – No
275 State and Local Government Review 2.1 63rd Q2 – – No
276 TalTech Journal of European Studies 2.1 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
277 International Journal of Development and Conflict 2.1 62nd Q2 – B Yes
278 Jurnal IUS Kajian Hukum dan Keadilan 2.1 62nd Q2 – – Yes
279 Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 2.1 62nd Q2 – – No
280 All Azimuth 2 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
281 Central Asian Affairs 2 62nd Q2 – – No
282 Domes : Digest of Middle East Studies 2 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
283 Journal of Contemporary African Studies 2 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
284 Asian Journal of Political Science 2 61st Q2 ESCI B No
285 International Journal of Political Economy 2 61st Q2 ESCI C No
286 Anti-Trafficking Review 2 61st Q2 ESCI – No
287 Asian Affairs 2 61st Q2 ESCI – No
288 Muslim World Journal of Human Rights 2 61st Q2 – – No
289 Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 2 61st Q2 ESCI – No
290 Studies in Indian Politics 2 61st Q2 ESCI – No
291 Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence 1.9 61st Q2 – – No
292 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 1.9 60th Q2 SSCI A No
293 Journal of Southeast Asian Economies 1.9 60th Q2 ESCI C No
294 Comparative Southeast European Studies 1.9 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
295 Culture, Practice and Europeanization 1.9 60th Q2 – – Yes
296 Interdisciplinary Political Studies 1.9 60th Q2 – – Yes
297 Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament 1.9 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
298 Middle East Policy 1.9 60th Q2 SSCI – No
299 Central European Journal of International and Security Studies 1.9 59th Q2 – – Yes
300 Chinese Public Administration Review 1.9 59th Q2 ESCI – No

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