1470 established journals publish at least 20 % of their articles in Political Science and International Relations. 979 of them are fully open access, and at least 12 of those charge authors nothing (diamond open access). Where open-access journals charge a fee, the median is 461 USD. Highest recent citation rates: International Labour Review, Government Information Quarterly, Policy and Society.
1470 journals
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| American Political Science ReviewCambridge University Press | 82 % | 137 | 6.52 | 404 | Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD |
| Journal of European Public PolicyRoutledge | 78 % | 143 | 6.98 | 187 | Subscription |
| International AffairsOxford University Press | 79 % | 310 | 4.10 | 245 | Subscription; open access option 4 936 USD |
| JCMS Journal of Common Market StudiesWiley | 84 % | 150 | 4.46 | 149 | Subscription; open access option 4 170 USD |
| Journal of European IntegrationTaylor & Francis | 88 % | 66 | 5.22 | 77 | Subscription |
| West European PoliticsTaylor & Francis | 83 % | 72 | 5.36 | 159 | Subscription |
| European Journal of Political ResearchWiley | 83 % | 84 | 3.68 | 182 | 3 550 USD |
| The Journal of PoliticsUniversity of Chicago Press | 73 % | 156 | 3.53 | 242 | Subscription |
| Politics and GovernanceCogitatio | 70 % | 158 | 3.35 | 58 | 1 132 USD |
| International Studies QuarterlyOxford University Press | 64 % | 108 | 4.73 | 180 | Subscription; open access option 4 320 USD |
| Review of International StudiesCambridge University Press | 79 % | 80 | 3.06 | 124 | Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD |
| British Journal of Political ScienceCambridge University Press | 70 % | 96 | 3.90 | 191 | 3 550 USD |
| The British Journal of Politics and International RelationsSAGE Publishing | 77 % | 55 | 3.84 | 88 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| European Union PoliticsSAGE Publishing | 84 % | 50 | 3.27 | 100 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| International OrganizationUniversity of Cambridge | 79 % | 45 | 4.10 | 273 | Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD |
| Australian Journal Of International AffairsTaylor & Francis | 74 % | 60 | 3.97 | 55 | Subscription |
| Journal of Chinese Political ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media | 67 % | 43 | 7.19 | 48 | Subscription; open access option 3 590 USD |
| Comparative Political StudiesSAGE Publishing | 64 % | 86 | 4.82 | 197 | Subscription; open access option 3 900 USD |
| European SecurityTaylor & Francis | 85 % | 42 | 3.25 | 51 | Subscription |
| Electoral StudiesElsevier BV | 74 % | 108 | 2.49 | 153 | Subscription; open access option 2 840 USD |
| European Journal of International RelationsSAGE Publishing | 81 % | 47 | 3.19 | 139 | Subscription; open access option 3 900 USD |
| Government and OppositionCambridge University Press | 86 % | 49 | 2.62 | 95 | 3 550 USD |
| International PoliticsPalgrave Macmillan | 84 % | 90 | 1.92 | 55 | Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD |
| Chinese Political Science ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media | 75 % | 32 | 5.35 | 32 | Subscription; open access option 3 390 USD |
| American Journal of Political ScienceWiley | 57 % | 92 | 5.49 | 337 | Subscription; open access option 4 100 USD |
| Political StudiesSAGE Publishing | 78 % | 67 | 2.74 | 157 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Global Studies QuarterlyOxford University Press | 70 % | 86 | 3.14 | 28 | 2 137 USD |
| European Political Science ReviewCambridge University Press | 77 % | 43 | 3.80 | 76 | 3 550 USD |
| Policy and SocietyElsevier BV | 57 % | 39 | 10.92 | 86 | 1 634 USD |
| World PoliticsCambridge University Press | 75 % | 38 | 4.22 | 218 | Subscription |
| Comparative European PoliticsPalgrave Macmillan | 83 % | 46 | 2.54 | 71 | Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD |
| PS Political Science & PoliticsCambridge University Press | 71 % | 146 | 1.97 | 110 | Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD |
| Annual Review of Political ScienceAnnual Reviews | 67 % | 26 | 7.68 | 194 | Subscription |
| Party PoliticsSAGE Publishing | 78 % | 115 | 1.66 | 125 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Politische VierteljahresschriftSpringer VS | 79 % | 72 | 1.98 | 52 | Subscription; open access option 3 490 USD |
| Journal of democracyJohns Hopkins University Press | 64 % | 65 | 3.71 | 155 | Subscription |
| Journal of Contemporary European StudiesTaylor & Francis | 74 % | 93 | 1.98 | 58 | Subscription |
| The International SpectatorRoutledge | 75 % | 47 | 2.85 | 45 | Subscription |
| Perspectives on PoliticsCambridge University Press | 68 % | 365 | 1.24 | 169 | Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD |
| PoliticsSAGE Publishing | 74 % | 40 | 3.12 | 69 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Parliamentary AffairsOxford University Press | 82 % | 45 | 2.12 | 81 | Subscription; open access option 4 468 USD |
| Cooperation and ConflictSAGE Publishing | 76 % | 41 | 2.73 | 70 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| The Chinese Journal of International PoliticsOxford University Press | 86 % | 21 | 3.36 | 55 | Subscription; open access option 3 981 USD |
| Swiss Political Science ReviewWiley | 79 % | 57 | 1.98 | 63 | Subscription; open access option 3 140 USD |
| Political BehaviorSpringer Science+Business Media | 56 % | 90 | 3.86 | 138 | Subscription; open access option 2 990 USD |
| The Review of International OrganizationsSpringer Science+Business Media | 58 % | 40 | 6.09 | 83 | Subscription; open access option 2 990 USD |
| Global PolicyWiley | 55 % | 157 | 2.90 | 77 | Subscription; open access option 4 200 USD |
| British PoliticsPalgrave Macmillan | 81 % | 30 | 2.79 | 47 | Subscription; open access option 2 990 USD |
| Public AdministrationWiley | 52 % | 85 | 4.94 | 158 | Subscription; open access option 3 950 USD |
| Contemporary Security PolicyTaylor & Francis | 70 % | 33 | 3.78 | 59 | Subscription |
| International Studies ReviewOxford University Press | 73 % | 61 | 2.21 | 101 | Subscription; open access option 4 320 USD |
| DemocratizationTaylor & Francis | 55 % | 119 | 2.99 | 107 | Subscription |
| GovernanceWiley | 58 % | 97 | 2.83 | 128 | Subscription; open access option 3 730 USD |
| Public Administration ReviewWiley | 48 % | 146 | 3.82 | 253 | Subscription; open access option 4 250 USD |
| Journal of Strategic StudiesTaylor & Francis | 72 % | 46 | 2.56 | 66 | Subscription |
| Journal of Contemporary ChinaRoutledge | 61 % | 63 | 3.13 | 80 | Subscription |
| Contemporary PoliticsTaylor & Francis | 72 % | 39 | 2.70 | 54 | Subscription |
| Intelligence & National SecurityTaylor & Francis | 82 % | 92 | 1.20 | 46 | Subscription |
| GeopoliticsTaylor & Francis | 52 % | 76 | 4.22 | 87 | Subscription |
| Review of International Political EconomyRoutledge | 49 % | 73 | 5.11 | 127 | Subscription |
| European Political SciencePalgrave Macmillan | 75 % | 48 | 2.01 | 53 | 3 550 USD |
| Acta PoliticaPalgrave Macmillan | 77 % | 44 | 1.92 | 85 | Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD |
| The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social ScienceSAGE Publishing | 58 % | 72 | 2.83 | 182 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Problems of Post-CommunismTaylor & Francis | 70 % | 45 | 2.32 | 51 | Subscription |
| Political Studies ReviewSAGE Publishing | 75 % | 86 | 1.32 | 64 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| International SecurityThe MIT Press | 69 % | 28 | 3.30 | 185 | Subscription |
| Policy StudiesTaylor & Francis | 53 % | 58 | 4.05 | 66 | Subscription |
| Frontiers in Political ScienceFrontiers Media | 58 % | 198 | 1.59 | 41 | 1 418 USD |
| South European Society & PoliticsTaylor & Francis | 72 % | 24 | 3.30 | 73 | Subscription |
| Post-Soviet AffairsTaylor & Francis | 64 % | 31 | 3.70 | 73 | Subscription |
| Journal of Chinese GovernanceTaylor & Francis | 59 % | 24 | 5.74 | 32 | Subscription |
| Politics & PolicyWiley | 63 % | 81 | 1.93 | 51 | Subscription; open access option 2 900 USD |
| Journal of Asian Public PolicyTaylor & Francis | 63 % | 42 | 2.84 | 34 | Subscription |
| China International Strategy ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media | 74 % | 27 | 2.44 | 20 | Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD |
| Regional & Federal StudiesTaylor & Francis | 86 % | 40 | 1.32 | 60 | Subscription |
| European Policy AnalysisWiley | 63 % | 38 | 2.85 | 36 | Subscription; open access option 3 470 USD |
| Latin American Politics and SocietyCambridge University Press | 64 % | 60 | 2.02 | 87 | Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD |
| Publius The Journal of FederalismOxford University Press | 76 % | 53 | 1.43 | 74 | Subscription; open access option 4 169 USD |
| International Political Science ReviewSAGE Publishing | 70 % | 42 | 2.02 | 107 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| European Politics and SocietyTaylor & Francis | 81 % | 46 | 1.33 | 38 | Subscription |
| Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea StudiesRoutledge | 65 % | 58 | 1.91 | 44 | Subscription |
| European Foreign Affairs ReviewSpringer Nature | 92 % | 38 | 1.11 | 48 | Subscription |
| Foreign Policy AnalysisOxford University Press | 74 % | 45 | 1.61 | 65 | Subscription; open access option 4 320 USD |
| German PoliticsRoutledge | 69 % | 36 | 2.21 | 56 | Subscription |
| Australian Journal of Political ScienceRoutledge | 74 % | 28 | 2.17 | 62 | Subscription |
| European Journal of International SecurityCambridge University Press | 60 % | 44 | 2.68 | 36 | 3 550 USD |
| The Pacific ReviewTaylor & Francis | 64 % | 40 | 2.44 | 72 | Subscription |
| Eurasian Geography and EconomicsTaylor & Francis | 55 % | 72 | 2.51 | 70 | Subscription |
| Political Science Research and MethodsCambridge University Press | 49 % | 74 | 3.28 | 66 | 3 550 USD |
| Political Research QuarterlySAGE Publishing | 56 % | 94 | 1.99 | 141 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Millennium Journal of International StudiesSAGE Publishing | 82 % | 37 | 1.37 | 110 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Zeitschrift für Vergleichende PolitikwissenschaftSpringer VS | 71 % | 35 | 1.97 | 31 | Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD |
| Comparative EducationTaylor & Francis | 49 % | 45 | 4.49 | 103 | Subscription |
| Asia Europe JournalSpringer Science+Business Media | 77 % | 35 | 1.57 | 36 | Subscription; open access option 3 090 USD |
| Europe Asia StudiesRoutledge | 73 % | 161 | 0.85 | 87 | Subscription |
| Research & PoliticsSAGE Publishing | 51 % | 51 | 3.57 | 59 | 800 USD |
| Global SocietyTaylor & Francis | 68 % | 28 | 2.53 | 56 | Subscription |
| Cambridge Review of International AffairsTaylor & Francis | 83 % | 63 | 0.98 | 74 | Subscription |
| PolityUniversity of Chicago Press | 68 % | 60 | 1.45 | 61 | Subscription |
| Higher EducationSpringer Science+Business Media | 33 % | 188 | 5.20 | 199 | Subscription; open access option 2 290 USD |
| New PerspectivesSAGE Publishing | 77 % | 27 | 1.72 | 18 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Political Research ExchangeTaylor & Francis | 64 % | 27 | 2.68 | 21 | 461 USD |
| Public Administration and DevelopmentWiley | 50 % | 52 | 3.20 | 83 | Subscription; open access option 3 010 USD |
| Central Asian SurveyTaylor & Francis | 72 % | 58 | 1.21 | 54 | Subscription |
| Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza PoliticaCambridge University Press | 82 % | 39 | 1.13 | 31 | Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD |
| Asian SurveyUniversity of California Press | 58 % | 51 | 2.15 | 75 | Subscription |
| Transforming Government People Process and PolicyEmerald Publishing Limited | 44 % | 49 | 4.43 | 59 | Subscription |
| Journal of Peace ResearchSAGE Publishing | 41 % | 80 | 3.98 | 179 | Subscription; open access option 3 900 USD |
| Government Information QuarterlyElsevier BV | 30 % | 75 | 12.76 | 185 | Subscription; open access option 4 360 USD |
| East European PoliticsRoutledge | 67 % | 36 | 1.76 | 53 | Subscription |
| International Review of Administrative SciencesSAGE Publishing | 59 % | 44 | 2.11 | 101 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Leiden Journal of International LawCambridge University Press | 67 % | 66 | 1.24 | 65 | 3 550 USD |
| Security StudiesTaylor & Francis | 66 % | 60 | 1.32 | 93 | Subscription |
| MGIMO Review of International RelationsMGIMO University Press | 81 % | 57 | 0.87 | 18 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Global ConstitutionalismCambridge University Press | 68 % | 33 | 1.73 | 35 | 3 550 USD |
| Studies of transition states and societiesTallinn University | 42 % | 43 | 5.13 | 16 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Australian Journal of Public AdministrationWiley | 54 % | 55 | 2.17 | 81 | Subscription; open access option 3 120 USD |
| Journal of Public PolicyCambridge University Press | 55 % | 35 | 2.82 | 99 | 3 550 USD |
| International TheoryCambridge University Press | 76 % | 19 | 1.87 | 67 | 3 550 USD |
| Scandinavian Political StudiesWiley | 73 % | 32 | 1.43 | 73 | Subscription; open access option 2 950 USD |
| Comparative PoliticsCity University of New York | 65 % | 37 | 1.72 | 133 | Subscription |
| European Journal of EducationWiley | 29 % | 188 | 5.72 | 104 | Subscription; open access option 3 350 USD |
| Journal of Deliberative DemocracyPublisher unknown | 62 % | 21 | 2.82 | 45 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Policy & PoliticsPolicy Press | 43 % | 34 | 5.65 | 90 | Subscription |
| Policy Studies JournalWiley | 47 % | 59 | 2.87 | 125 | Subscription; open access option 4 050 USD |
| Journal of International Relations and DevelopmentPalgrave Macmillan | 73 % | 32 | 1.39 | 62 | Subscription |
| Journal for Peace and Nuclear DisarmamentTaylor & Francis | 69 % | 37 | 1.44 | 17 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Critical Policy StudiesTaylor & Francis | 48 % | 46 | 3.05 | 61 | Subscription |
| German Law JournalCambridge University Press | 52 % | 94 | 1.59 | 59 | 2 660 USD |
| Legislative Studies QuarterlyWiley | 68 % | 47 | 1.27 | 104 | Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD |
| International Journal of Public AdministrationTaylor & Francis | 41 % | 95 | 2.83 | 84 | Subscription |
| World AffairsSAGE Publishing | 72 % | 51 | 1.04 | 22 | Subscription; open access option 2 800 USD |
| Higher Education PolicyPalgrave Macmillan | 50 % | 43 | 2.64 | 77 | Subscription; open access option 2 690 USD |
| The International Journal of Human RightsRoutledge | 49 % | 82 | 1.84 | 63 | Subscription |
| Central European Journal of International and Security StudiesMetropolitan University Prague | 70 % | 45 | 1.16 | 12 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Canadian Foreign Policy JournalTaylor & Francis | 76 % | 26 | 1.30 | 31 | Subscription |
| Journal of Legislative StudiesTaylor & Francis | 85 % | 34 | 0.88 | 63 | Subscription |
| Alternatives Global Local PoliticalSAGE Publishing | 61 % | 32 | 1.88 | 69 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Globalisation Societies and EducationTaylor & Francis | 39 % | 107 | 2.73 | 72 | Subscription |
| Vestnik RUDN International RelationsPeoples' Friendship University of Russia | 80 % | 67 | 0.71 | 15 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Asia Pacific Journal of Public AdministrationTaylor & Francis | 50 % | 24 | 3.93 | 31 | Subscription |
| Political PsychologyWiley | 40 % | 103 | 2.56 | 181 | Subscription; open access option 4 250 USD |
| International Labour ReviewWiley | 28 % | 41 | 17.22 | 78 | 3 090 USD |
| Public Policy and AdministrationSAGE Publishing | 49 % | 27 | 3.60 | 67 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| International StudiesSAGE Publishing | 76 % | 31 | 1.12 | 26 | Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD |
| Security DialogueSAGE Publishing | 50 % | 32 | 2.93 | 107 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Mediterranean PoliticsTaylor & Francis | 59 % | 51 | 1.43 | 55 | Subscription |
| Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and PracticeRoutledge | 53 % | 37 | 2.31 | 69 | Subscription |
| Global Public Policy and GovernanceSpringer Nature | 56 % | 27 | 2.51 | 17 | Subscription; open access option 2 290 USD |
| Asian perspectivePublisher unknown | 64 % | 39 | 1.41 | 38 | Subscription |
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