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Welcome to the GSO:PS Journals Page

Here, you can access some of the more important political science journals.  Included in this list is the journal name, the journal website, the affiliation (and website), and the 1989 scoring of the journal.  I am sure that I have missed some journals.  If you come across a journal that is of interest to you, and it is not listed here, please email the webmaster (gsops@utk.edu).  Finally, a Google search bar is included as a last resort.

Thank you very much.

     ~ Ole J. Forsberg
     President, GSO:PS

 

 

 

 

 


   

Journal Listing

 

Acta Politica

Website: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ap/ 
Affiliation: Dutch Political Science Association
   http://www.politicologie.nl/
Area of Interest: Political Theory, Comparative, IR, Methodology
Score:  
 

 

Administration and Society
(Formerly: Journal of Comparative Administration)

Website: http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105465 
Affiliation:  
    
Area of Interest: Public and human service organizations.
Score: IF: 0.339
 

 

American Journal of Political Science

Website: http://www.ajps.org/ 
Affiliation: Midwest Political Science Association
   http://www.mwpsa.org/
Area of Interest: American, IR, Comparative, and Political Philosophy.
Score: IF: 1.930
GMP89: 7.5
 

 

American Politics Research

Website: http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/apr/ 
Affiliation:
Area of Interest: All fields of American politics
Score: IF: 0.661
 

 

American Political Science Review

Website: http://journals.cambridge.org/
Affiliation: American Political Science Association
   http://www.apsanet.org/ 
Area of Interest: All areas of political science.
Score: IF: 2.674
GMP89: 7.6
 

 

American Review of Politics
(Formerly: Midsouth Political Science Journal; Arkansas Political Science Journal)

Website: http://www.uno.edu/~poli/arp.htm 
Affiliation: University of New Orleans, and 
Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, University of Akron
http://www.uno.edu/~poli/
http://www3.uakron.edu/bliss/ 
Area of Interest: Political parties and organizations.
Score:
 

 

Australian Journal of Political Science
(Formerly: Politics)

Website:  http://www.ssn.flinders.edu.au/politics/journals/ajps.php 
Affiliation: Australasian Political Studies Association
http://auspsa.anu.edu.au/ 
Area of Interest:  All areas of political science.
Score: IF: 0.245
 

 

Comparative Political Studies

Website: http://www.sagepub.com/journal.aspx?pid=84 
Affiliation:
Area of Interest: Comparative politics and comparative economics.
Score: IF: 0.928
GMP89: 6.5
 

 

Comparative Politics

Website: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/jcp/ 
Affiliation: City University of New York
http://www.cuny.edu/ 
Area of Interest: Comparative analysis of political institutions and behavior.
Score: IF: 1.062
GMP89: 7.0
 

 

Congress and the Presidency
(Formerly: Congressional Studies; Capitol Studies)

Website: http://www.american.edu/academic.depts/spa/ccps/candp.html 
Affiliation: Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University
http://www.american.edu/academic.depts/spa/ccps/ 
Area of Interest: Congress, the presidency, and their interactions.
Score:  
 

 

Environmental Politics

Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09644016.asp 
Affiliation:
Area of Interest: Environmental politics, policy, and theory.
Score:
 

 

European Journal of Political Research

Website: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0304-4130
Affiliation: European Consortium of Political Research
http://www.essex.ac.uk/ECPR/
Area of Interest: General political science, but broad; also European comparative studies.
Score: IF: 0.476
 

 

Foreign Affairs

Website: http://www.foreignaffairs.org/ 
Affiliation: Council on Foreign Relations
http://www.cfr.org/ 
Area of Interest: International affairs.
Score: IF: 1.636 
GMP89: 6.4
 

 

Foreign Policy

Website: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/ 
Affiliation: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  http://www.carnegieendowment.org/ 
Area of Interest: Global and regional trends.
Score: IF: 1.214
 

 

International Interactions

Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03050629.asp 
Affiliation: None.
Area of Interest: Relations and interactions among the actors in the global system.
Score: IF: 0.618
GMP89: 5.6
 

 

International Organizations

Website: http://us.cambridge.org/journals/journal_catalogue.asp?mnemonic=INO 
Affiliation: None.
Area of Interest: International relations, international organizations, international economics, comparative foreign policy.
Score: IF: 2.952
GMP89: 7.1
 

 

International Political Science Review

Website:
Affiliation:
 
Area of Interest:
Score: IF: 0.619
 

 

International Studies Perspectives

Website: http://www.isp.uconn.edu/ 
Affiliation: International Studies Association
  http://www.isanet.org/ 
Area of Interest:   
Score:   
 

 

International Studies Quarterly

Website: http://www.isq.unt.edu/ 
Affiliation: International Studies Association
  http://www.isanet.org/ 
Area of Interest:   
Score: IF: 1.260
GMP89: 6.5
 

 

International Studies Review

Website: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1521-9488 
Affiliation: International Studies Association
  http://www.isanet.org/ 
Area of Interest:   
Score:   
 

 

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Website: http://www.yale.edu/unsy/jcrhome1.htm 
Affiliation:  
Area of Interest: Interdisciplinary; Peace and war, both intra- and interstate.
Score: IF: 1.592
GMP89: 6.4
 

 

Journal of Legislative Studies

Website: http://www.hull.ac.uk/cls/jls.htm 
Affiliation: Centre for Legislative Studies, University of Hull
  http://www.hull.ac.uk/cls/ 
Area of Interest: Politics and legislative studies.
Score:  
 

 

Journal of Peace Research

Website: http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105672 
Affiliation: International Peace Research Institute, Oslo
  http://www.prio.no/ 
Area of Interest: Scientific understanding of conflict and the conditions for peace, social justice.
Score: IF: 0.747
GMP89: 5.7
 

 

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
(Formerly: Public Policy and Policy Analysis)

Website: http://www.appam.org/services/jpam/jpam_about.html 
Affiliation: Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
  http://www.appam.org/ 
Area of Interest: Policy analysis.
Score: IF: 1.070
 

 

Journal of Policy Modeling

Website: http://www.journalofpolicymodels.com/ 
Affiliation: The Society for Policy Modeling
  http://www.journalofpolicymodels.com/society.shtml 
Area of Interest: Economics, sociology, political science, management, and business.
Score:  
 

 

Journal of Political Philosophy

Website: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0963-8016&site=1 
Affiliation:  
Area of Interest: Theoretical issues of moral/political/legal life.
Score: IF: 0.630
 

 

Journal of Political Science
(Formerly: South Carolina Journal of Political Science)

Website: http://faculty.winthrop.edu/huffmons/journal.htm 
Affiliation: South Carolina Political Science Association
  http://faculty.winthrop.edu/huffmons/SCPSA.htm 
Area of Interest: All areas of political science.
Score:  
 

 

Journal of Politics

Website: http://www.journalofpolitics.org/ 
Affiliation: Southern Political Science Association
  http://www2.gasou.edu/spsa/ 
Area of Interest:  All areas of political science.
Score: IF: 0.885
GMP89: 7.4
 

 

Journal of Public Policy

Website: http://titles.cambridge.org/
Affiliation: Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Strathclyde
  http://www.cspp.strath.ac.uk/ 
Area of Interest: Journal of Public Policy publishes research that applies social scientific theories and concepts to significant political, economic and social issues and to the ways in which public policies are made. 
Score:  
 

 

Legislative Studies Quarterly

Website: http://www.uiowa.edu/~lsq/ 
Affiliation: Comparative Legislative Research Center, University of Iowa
APSA's Legislative Studies Section
  http://www.uiowa.edu/~lsq/ 
http://www.apsanet.org/~lss/ 
Area of Interest: Representative assemblies.
Score:
GMP89: 6.1
 

 

Mathematical Social Sciences

Website: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01654896
Affiliation:  
Area of Interest: Formal theories relevant to social sciences.
Score: IF: 0.541
 

 

Millennium: Journal of International Studies

Website: http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/intrel/millenn/ 
Affiliation: London School of Economics and Political Science
  http://www.lse.ac.uk/ 
Area of Interest: International relations.
Score: IF: 0.462
 

 

Nationalism and Ethnic Politics

Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13537113.asp 
Affiliation: Research Committee on Politics and Ethnicity of the IPSA
  http://sobek.colorado.edu/POLSCI/RES/nrcpe20.html 
Area of Interest: Political aspects of nationalism and ethnicity.
Score:  
 

 

Nations and Nationalism: Journal of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism

Website: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/nat-nationalism.htm 
Affiliation: Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism
  http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/Default.htm 
Area of Interest: Nations and nationalist movements throughout the world.
Score:  
 

 

Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs

Website: http://www.fpri.org/orbis/ 
Affiliation: Foreign Policy Research Institute
  http://www.fpri.org/ 
Area of Interest: International affairs; US foreign policy.
Score:
GMP89: 5.2
 

 

Peacekeeping and International Relations
(Formerly: International Perspectives)

Website: http://www.cdnpeacekeeping.ns.ca/ 
Affiliation: Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre
  http://www.peaceoperations.org/ 
Area of Interest: Peacekeeping; UN; international relations; regional analysis
Score:  
 

 

Perspectives on Political Science
(Formerly: Teaching Political Science and Perspective; Review of New Books in Political Science)

Website: http://www.heldref.org/pps.php 
Affiliation:  
Area of Interest: General political science.
Score:  
 

 

Perspectives on Politics

Website: http://titles.cambridge.org/journals/journal_catalogue.asp?mnemonic=PPS 
Affiliation: American Political Science Association
  http://www.apsanet.org/
Area of Interest: Perspectives provides political insight on important problems, through rigorous, broad-based research and integrative thought. The journal enables members of different subfields to speak with one another—and with knowledgeable people outside the discipline—about issues of common interest; it aspires to be provocative, even edgy, while maintaining the highest academic standards.
Score:  
 

 

Philosophy and Public Affairs

Website: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0048-3915&site=1 
Affiliation:  
Area of Interest: Philosophy and political science.
Score: IF:  0.375
 

 

Political Research Quarterly
(Formerly: Western Political Quarterly)

Website: http://www.prq.uncc.edu/ 
Affiliation: Western Political Science Association
  http://www.csus.edu/ORG/WPSA/ 
Area of Interest: All political science.
Score: IF: 0.578
GMP89: 6.0
 

 

Political Science Quarterly

Website: http://www.psqonline.org/ 
Affiliation: Academy of Political Science 
  http://www.psqonline.org/
Area of Interest: Government; politics; public affairs; international affairs.
Score: IF: 0.652
GMP89: 6.0
 

 

Politics and Policy
(Formerly: Southeastern Political Review, Georgia Political Science Association Journal)

Website:  
Affiliation: Georgia Political Science Association, with help from PSAs in Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
   
Area of Interest:  
Score: IF: 0.750
GMP89: 3.5
 

 

Politics and the Life Sciences

Website: http://www.politicsandthelifesciences.org/ 
Affiliation: Association for Politics and the Life Sciences
  http://www.hass.usu.edu/~apls/ 
Area of Interest: The PLS topic range is exceptionally broad. Recent issues have addressed chemical and biological terrorism, the evolution of group formation and ritualistic deception, the neuroscience of intolerance and violence, the genetics controversy in criminology, feminism and the evolutionary sciences, adolescent sexuality in public policy, pregnancy and substance-abuse policy, assisted reproduction, germ-line gene therapy, physician-assisted suicide, biotechnology regulation, population policy, and the political economy of global environmental degradation and stewardship. Typical contributors include political scientists, life scientists, bioethicists, clinicians, health-policy scholars, physical anthropologists, moral and evolutionary philosophers, international security experts, jurists, and ecological economists.
Score:  
 

 

Polity

Website: http://www.umass.edu/polity/ 
Affiliation: Northeastern Political Science Association
  http://artsci.shu.edu/polisci/npsa.htm 
Area of Interest: All fields of political science.
Score: IF: 0.021
GMP89: 6.0
 

 

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Website: http://www.thepresidency.org/psq/ 
Affiliation: Center for the Study of the President
  http://www.thepresidency.org/ 
Area of Interest: All aspects of the American Presidency
Score:  
GMP89: 4.6
 

 

PS: Political Science and Politics

Website:
Affiliation:
 
Area of Interest:
Score: IF: 0.260
GMP89: 5.4
 

 

Public Administration Review

Website: http://www.aspanet.org/scriptcontent/index_PAR.cfm 
Affiliation: American Society for Public Administration
  http://www.aspanet.org/scriptcontent/index.cfm 
Area of Interest: Public administration.
Score:
GMP89: 6.6
 

 

Publius: The Journal of Federalism

Website: http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~publius/ 
Affiliation: Center for the Study of Federalism, at the Meyner Center for the Study of State and Local Government, Lafayette College, Easton, PA.
  http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~meynerc/ 
Area of Interest: Federalism, intergovernmental relations, and state and local government in the US.
Score: IF: 0.296
GMP89: 5.8
 

 

Review of Politics

Website: http://www.nd.edu/~rop/
Affiliation: University of Notre Dame
  http://www.nd.edu/~governme/ 
Area of Interest: Political science, broadly taken.
Score:
GMP89: 5.7
 

 

Security Studies

Website:  
Affiliation: None.
Area of Interest: International relations theory; international security; history.
Score: IF: 0.396
 

 

Social Science Quarterly
(Formerly: Southwestern Political Science Quarterly; Southwestern Political and Social Science Quarterly; Southwestern Social Science Quarterly)

Website: http://www.sssaonline.org/ssq.htm 
Affiliation: Southwestern Social Science Association
  http://www.sssaonline.org/ 
Area of Interest: Political science, sociology, economics, history, social work, geography, international studies, and women's studies.
Score: IF: 0.450
GMP89: 6.1
 

 

Social Science Research

Website: http://www.academicpress.com/ssr/ 
Affiliation: None.
Area of Interest: Social Science Research publishes papers devoted to quantitative social science research and methodology. The journal features articles that illustrate the use of quantitative methods in the empirical solution of substantive problems, and emphasizes those concerned with issues or methods that cut across traditional disciplinary lines. Special attention is given to methods that have been used by only one particular social science discipline, but that may have application to a broader range of areas.
Score: IF: 0.481
 

 

Terrorism & Political Violence

Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09546553.asp 
Affiliation: None.
Area of Interest: Political and religious war and violence; no interstate war.
Score:  
 

 

Urban Studies

Website: http://www.gla.ac.uk/urbanstudiesjournal/ 
Affiliation: None.
Area of Interest: Economic and social contributions to the field of urban and regional planning.
Score: IF: 1.297
 

 

War & Society

Website:  
Affiliation: School of History, University College, University of New South Wales.
  http://history.arts.unsw.edu.au/ 
Area of Interest: Military history, broadly defined.
Score:  
 

 

World Development

Score:
Affiliation:
Area of Interest:
Website:
 

 

World Politics

Website: http://www.princeton.edu/~piirs/publications/index.html 
Affiliation: Center of International Studies, Princeton University
  http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~cis/ 
Area of Interest: International relations; comparative politics; political economy; security studies; ethnic conflict; etc.
Score: IF: 2.079
GMP89: 7.9

 

 





   

Notes

 

GMP89:

These rankings are based on the findings of Giles, Mizell, and Patterson in 1989.  Rankings are based on a 0(Poor) - 10(excellent) scaling by practitioners.  

Source:

Giles, Michael W., Francie Mizell, and David Patterson. 1989. "Political Scientists' Journal Evaluations Revisited." PS: Political Science and Politics 22(3): 613-617.

 

Impact Factor (IF):

The higher this number, the more impact this journal makes on the field.  The formula is: 

    Impact Factor =     Citations to Recent Articles
                         Recent Articles in Journal

Source: ISI Web of Knowledge

 

Journal Information:

Source: Various journal websites, and the book: 

Martin, Fenton, and Robert Goehlert. 2001. Getting Published in Political Science Journals, 5th ed. Washington, DC: APSA Press.




 
   

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