Journal rankings · indicator year 2003
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Subfield ranking · 2003
Political Science and International Relations journal rankings 2003
211 ranked journals · Subfield in Social Sciences
Political Science and International Relations has 211 ranked journals in 2003. The median OJR rose 0.19 on 2002 to 1.09, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 2.58. The top three are European Union Politics, Journal of European Public Policy, and Comparative Political Studies.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2003. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2000–2002, the window the 2003 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Social Sciences (22)
211 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2002. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2000–2002, the window the 2003 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2000–2002 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2003. | Compare |
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1European Union PoliticsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 18.51Q1 | 3.17 1.16 down from 2002 | 51 | 7% | $3,650 | ||
2Journal of European Public PolicyRoutledge · United Kingdom | 15.19Q1 | 2.73 0.30 down from 2002 | 145 | 6% | — | ||
3Comparative Political StudiesSAGE Publishing · United States | 14.88Q1 | 3.00 0.68 up from 2002 | 138 | 7% | $3,900 | ||
4International SecurityThe MIT Press · United States | 14.25Q1 | 3.97 1.33 up from 2002 | 86 | 0% | — | ||
5American Journal of Political ScienceWiley · United States | 13.71Q1 | 4.05 1.02 up from 2002 | 178 | 8% | $4,100 | ||
6West European PoliticsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 11.16Q1 | 2.25 0.21 down from 2002 | 148 | 13% | — | ||
7British Journal of Political ScienceOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 10.86Q1 | 4.15 2.48 up from 2002 | 101 | 18% | $3,550 | ||
8European Journal of International RelationsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 9.27Q1 | 1.79 0.57 down from 2002 | 50 | 9% | $3,900 | ||
9Foreign AffairsCouncil on Foreign Relations · United States | 8.94Q1 | 3.19 1.34 up from 2002 | 1,248 | 0% | — | ||
10Party PoliticsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 8.63Q1 | 3.26 1.06 up from 2002 | 97 | 10% | $3,650 | ||
11Journal of democracyJohns Hopkins University Press · United States | 8.49Q1 | 3.29 1.88 up from 2002 | 245 | 1% | — | ||
12GovernanceWiley · United Kingdom | 8.15Q1 | 2.98 0.68 up from 2002 | 65 | 8% | $3,730 | ||
13JCMS Journal of Common Market StudiesWiley · United Kingdom | 8.10Q1 | 2.15 1.44 down from 2002 | 183 | 29% | $4,170 | ||
14Journal of Political PhilosophyWiley · United Kingdom | 7.48Q1 | 3.14 1.98 up from 2002 | 73 | 4% | $4,030 | ||
15Studies in Comparative International DevelopmentSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 6.56Q1 | 2.90 1.97 up from 2002 | 67 | 0% | $3,390 | ||
16Political StudiesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 6.51Q1 | 1.29 0.23 up from 2002 | 144 | 4% | $3,650 | ||
17DemocratizationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 6.09Q1 | 0.84 0.49 down from 2002 | 125 | 2% | — | ||
18Government and OppositionOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 6.04Q1 | 1.60 0.72 up from 2002 | 88 | 3% | $3,550 | ||
19Political BehaviorSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 5.69Q1 | 1.78 1.22 up from 2002 | 49 | 0% | $2,990 | ||
20International AffairsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 5.30Q1 | 1.92 0.94 up from 2002 | 129 | 4% | $4,936 | ||
21International Relations of the Asia-PacificOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 5.01Q1 | 1.44 0.92 up from 2002 | 34 | 4% | $3,571 | ||
22European Journal of Political ResearchOAWiley · United Kingdom | 4.91Q1 | 1.20 0.24 up from 2002 | 259 | 11% | $3,550 | ||
23Journal of Education PolicyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.56Q1 | 1.69 0.35 up from 2002 | 166 | 4% | — | ||
24Policy & PoliticsPolicy Press · United Kingdom | 4.56Q1 | 2.10 0.78 up from 2002 | 96 | 22% | — | ||
25The Pacific ReviewTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.53Q1 | 1.14 0.56 up from 2002 | 91 | 0% | — | ||
26European Law JournalWiley · United Kingdom | 4.51Q1 | 1.19 0.35 down from 2002 | 61 | 55% | $3,570 | ||
27Comparative Studies in Society and HistoryCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 4.43Q1 | 0.77 0.54 down from 2002 | 110 | 12% | $3,550 | ||
28Comparative EducationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.35Q1 | 1.55 0.78 up from 2002 | 108 | 5% | — | ||
29Global Governance A Review of Multilateralism and International OrganizationsLynne Rienner Publishers · Netherlands | 4.33Q1 | 1.75 0.64 up from 2002 | 87 | 3% | — | ||
30Journal of Government InformationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.13Q1 | 2.92 0.67 up from 2002 | 295 | 0% | — | ||
31Public Opinion QuarterlyOxford University Press · United States | 3.93Q1 | 1.02 0.53 down from 2002 | 147 | 2% | $3,969 | ||
32The China QuarterlyCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 3.91Q1 | 0.71 1.06 down from 2002 | 153 | 4% | $3,550 | ||
33Legislative Studies QuarterlyWiley · United States | 3.91Q1 | 0.48 0.17 down from 2002 | 115 | 3% | $3,190 | ||
34International Political Science ReviewSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.82Q1 | 1.04 0.11 up from 2002 | 71 | 4% | $3,650 | ||
35Environment and Planning C Government and PolicySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.65Q1 | 1.31 0.44 up from 2002 | 163 | 25% | — | ||
36The Journal of PoliticsUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 3.59Q1 | 1.16 0.34 up from 2002 | 223 | 2% | — | ||
37Political AnalysisCambridge University Press · United States | 3.44Q1 | 1.18 0.54 up from 2002 | 73 | 26% | $3,550 | ||
38Higher EducationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.30Q1 | 1.32 0.47 up from 2002 | 151 | 5% | $2,290 | ||
39Europe Asia StudiesRoutledge · United Kingdom | 3.25Q1 | 1.19 0.03 down from 2002 | 192 | 5% | — | ||
40Latin American Politics and SocietyCambridge University Press · United States | 3.24Q1 | 1.06 0.63 up from 2002 | 175 | 2% | $3,550 | ||
41European SecurityTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.08Q1 | 0.22 0.21 down from 2002 | 85 | 0% | — | ||
42Security StudiesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.00Q1 | 0.30 0.20 down from 2002 | 96 | 0% | — | ||
43The British Journal of Politics and International RelationsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.97Q1 | 1.02 0.15 up from 2002 | 70 | 6% | $3,650 | ||
44Quality in Higher EducationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.95Q1 | 1.11 0.39 up from 2002 | 62 | 7% | — | ||
45American Political Science ReviewCambridge University Press · United States | 2.88Q1 | 0.73 0.15 up from 2002 | 982 | 19% | $3,550 | ||
46Ethics & International AffairsCambridge University Press · United States | 2.88Q1 | 0.72 0.31 up from 2002 | 104 | 3% | $3,550 | ||
47Global SocietyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.85Q1 | 0.62 0.40 up from 2002 | 81 | 19% | — | ||
48German PoliticsRoutledge · United States | 2.84Q1 | 0.26 1.04 down from 2002 | 103 | 9% | — | ||
49Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and PracticeRoutledge · Netherlands | 2.77Q1 | 1.00 0.68 up from 2002 | 92 | 0% | — | ||
50Parliamentary AffairsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.71Q1 | 0.65 0.04 down from 2002 | 180 | 3% | $4,468 |
Subfields of Social Sciences, with Political Science and International Relations highlighted.
- Sociology and Political Science679
- Education348
- Political Science and International Relations211
- Public Administration46
- Communication36
- Gender Studies36
- Health32
- Safety Research31
- Library and Information Sciences30
- Linguistics and Language30
- Anthropology29
- Law24
- Transportation23
- Demography22
- Urban Studies18
- Geography, Planning and Development16
- Cultural Studies6
- Development2
- Human Factors and Ergonomics2
- General Social Sciences1
- Archeology0
- Life-span and Life-course Studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2003. Corpus-wide, 70.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
70 additional Political Science and International Relations journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2000–2002, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2003. Publication window: 2000–2002. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 211
- Window papers (baseline)
- 106,761 +22.6% from indicator year 2000
- Median OJR
- 1.09 +34.9% from indicator year 2000
- Rising journals (2025)
- 18
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2000–2002 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 185 | 187 | 198 | 211 | 222 | 236 | 243 | 248 | 255 | 260 | 270 | 279 | 287 | 287 | 294 | 301 | 308 | 318 | 321 | 326 | 332 | 333 | 339 | 334 | 334 | 322 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 87,090 | 92,551 | 99,427 | 106,761 | 113,825 | 122,173 | 130,947 | 139,764 | 148,869 | 159,463 | 170,900 | 180,910 | 191,534 | 201,200 | 210,369 | 223,416 | 235,982 | 245,820 | 247,938 | 251,957 | 262,579 | 278,323 | 289,523 | 291,064 | 289,519 | 294,162 | |
| Median OJR | 0.81 | 0.99 | 0.90 | 1.09 | 1.12 | 1.31 | 1.27 | 1.42 | 1.603 | 1.68 | 1.77 | 1.74 | 1.73 | 1.78 | 1.69 | 1.83 | 1.92 | 1.87 | 1.723 | 1.85 | 1.67 | 1.71 | 1.602 | 1.63 | 1.52 | 1.718 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.