SSCI Ranking

Ranking Zeitschrift ISSN Total Cites ImpactFactor 5-Jahres-IC 1 AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW 0003-0554 11,746 3.316 6.658 2 POLITICAL ANALYSIS 1047-1987 2,766 3.361 6.103 3 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE 0092-5853 9,572 5.044 5.436 4 Annual Review of Political Science 1094-2939 2,483 2.804 4.777 5 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 0020-8183 5,322 3.406 4.301 6 WORLD POLITICS 0043-8871 3,348 4.025 4.300 6 Perspectives on Politics 1537-5927 1,513 3.234 3.680 8 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL RESEARCH 0304-4130 3,659 2.891 3.458 9 PHILOSOPHY & PUBLIC AFFAIRS 0048-3915 1,782 2.182 3.446 10 POLICY STUDIES JOURNAL 0190-292X 1,492 2.153 3.412 11 GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS 0952-1895 1,508 2.603 3.326 12 Socio-Economic Review 1475-1461 969 2.661 3.324 13 POLITICAL 0962-6298 2,441 2.410 3.318 14 JOURNAL OF POLITICS 0022-3816 6,231 1.938 3.295 15 COMPARATIVE POLITICAL STUDIES 0010-4140 3,676 2.481 3.291 16 BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE 0007-1234 2,962 3.316 3.276 17 JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION 0022-0027 3,900 2.947 3.258 18 JOURNAL OF PEACE RESEARCH 0022-3433 3,331 2.284 3.176 19 POLITICAL COMMUNICATION 1058-4609 1,645 2.467 2.893 20 International Journal of Press-Politics 1940-1612 546 1.523 2.870 21 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 0033-3298 2,877 2.959 2.847 22 REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY 0969-2290 1,51 3.452 2.822 23 PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY 0033-362X 4,893 1.386 2.816 24 Politics & Gender 1743-923X 634 2.109 2.773 25 Quarterly Journal of Political Science 1554-0626 451 1.839 2.768 26 POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY 0162-895X 2,616 2.760 2.766 27 JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN PUBLIC POLICY 1350-1763 2,822 2.982 2.732 27 International Political 1749-5679 515 1.952 2.682 29 WEST EUROPEAN POLITICS 0140-2382 2,187 2.512 2.663 30 AFRICAN AFFAIRS 0001-9909 1,185 2.577 2.649 31 EUROPEAN UNION POLITICS 1465-1165 1,012 2.052 2.627 32 Regulation & Governance 1748-5983 598 2.898 2.540 33 Global Environmental Politics 1526-3800 995 2.036 2.526 34 QUARTERLY 0020-8833 2,987 1.925 2.512 35 POLITICAL BEHAVIOR 0190-9320 1,733 2.138 2.506 36 Review of International Organizations 1559-7431 345 2.429 2.437 37 International Theory 1752-9719 318 2.174 2.424 38 PARTY POLITICS 1354-0688 1,731 1.846 2.418 39 POLITICS & SOCIETY 0032-3292 1,105 1.659 2.408 40 ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS 0964-4016 1,642 1.922 2.373 41 JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies 0021-9886 2,331 2.243 2.313 ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL 0002-7162 42 SCIENCE 3,827 2.118 2.293 43 ELECTORAL STUDIES 0261-3794 2,298 1.379 2.016 44 NEW POLITICAL ECONOMY 1356-3467 766 1.667 2.011 45 COMPARATIVE POLITICS 0010-4159 1,468 1.469 1.959 46 European Political Science Review 1755-7739 346 1.722 1.946 47 JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY 1045-5736 2,236 1.631 1.931 48 JOURNAL OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 0963-8016 1,000 2.182 1.912 49 POST-SOVIET AFFAIRS 1060-586X 370 2.250 1.904 50 POLITICAL STUDIES 0032-3217 2,175 1.200 1.900 SSCI Ranking

51 International Journal of Transitional Justice 1752-7716 489 1.725 1.846 52 POLICY AND POLITICS 0305-5736 725 1.939 1.845 53 INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW 0192-5121 896 1.588 1.841 54 Journal of Public Policy 0143-814X 781 1.778 1.824 55 POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY 1065-9129 2,406 1.053 1.816 56 LEGISLATIVE STUDIES QUARTERLY 0362-9805 1,058 1.114 1.776 57 South European Society and Politics 1360-8746 490 2.018 1.762 58 International Studies Review 1521-9488 633 1.259 1.688 59 Review of Policy Research 1541-132X 594 1.562 1.660 60 Geopolitics 1465-0045 774 1.112 1.650 International Environmental Agreements-Politics Law and 1567-9764 61 409 1.651 1.636 62 Democratization 1351-0347 990 1.581 1.555 63 PUBLIUS-THE JOURNAL OF FEDERALISM 0048-5950 620 1.518 1.534 64 NEW LEFT REVIEW 0028-6060 1,447 1.770 1.520 65 International Feminist Journal of Politics 1461-6742 549 1.246 1.500 66 Cooperation and Conflict 0010-8367 450 1.414 1.469 67 European Journal of Political Economy 0176-2680 1,014 1.098 1.466 68 British Journal of Politics & International Relations 1369-1481 621 1.423 1.456 69 Acta Politica 0001-6810 452 1.532 1.398 70 State Politics & Policy Quarterly 1532-4400 443 0.628 1.355 71 Comparative European Politics 1472-4790 453 1.524 1.354 72 AMERICAN POLITICS RESEARCH 1532-673X 843 0.888 1.338 73 Political Studies Review 1478-9299 257 0.625 1.336 74 LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES 0300-3930 622 0.930 1.324 75 STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 0039-3606 750 0.977 1.323 76 Politics 0263-3957 357 1.263 1.318 77 Ethics & International Affairs 0892-6794 474 0.672 1.299 78 PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS 0031-2290 776 1.232 1.291 79 TERRORISM AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE 0954-6553 756 1.643 1.288 80 JOURNAL OF STRATEGIC STUDIES 0140-2390 490 1.250 1.282 81 SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY 0038-4941 3,138 0.849 1.253 82 PUBLIC CHOICE 0048-5829 3,501 0.788 1.214 83 GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION 0017-257X 689 0.852 1.197 84 Citizenship Studies 1362-1025 976 0.911 1.182 85 Review of African Political Economy 0305-6244 827 0.898 1.176 86 Journal of International Relations and Development 1408-6980 238 1.302 1.142 87 German Politics 0964-4008 350 0.789 1.121 88 LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY 1531-426X 459 1.046 1.106 89 Mediterranean Politics 1362-9395 249 1.117 1.104 90 HUMAN RIGHTS QUARTERLY 0275-0392 972 0.641 1.101 91 SCANDINAVIAN POLITICAL STUDIES 0080-6757 589 0.650 1.099 92 International Journal of Conflict and Violence 1864-1385 183 0.259 1.054 93 Policy and Society 1449-4035 308 1.115 1.031 94 Swiss Political Science Review 1424-7755 330 0.841 1.031 95 European Political Science 1680-4333 318 1.292 1.024 96 EUROPE-ASIA STUDIES 0966-8136 1,064 0.731 1.014 97 PS-POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICS 1049-0965 1,559 0.950 1.012 98 AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE 1036-1146 558 0.688 1.000 99 Economics & Politics 0954-1985 644 0.744 0.959 100 POLITICAL SCIENCE 0032-3187 122 0.588 0.959

Ergänzende Informationen: 330 Neue Forschungsergebnisse werden fast immer in wissenschaftlichen Fachzeitschriften publiziert. In Deutschland318 sind das z.B. die Politische Vierteljahresschrift (PVS) oder die Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (ZfVP). Die wirklich wichtigen 1 Fachzeitschriften erscheinen allerdings in englischer Sprache – z.B. American Political Science Review, European Journal of Political Research, Journal of European Public Policy, West European Politics, Public Opinion Quarterly oder European Union2 Politics. 558 In dieser Tabelle finden Sie die TOP-100 Zeitschriften des Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). Beim SSCI handelt es sich um eine 644 Aufsatzdatenbank, die die zentralen Fachzeitschriften enthält. Der sogenannte ist ein (nicht unumstrittener) Indikator zur Messung der Bedeutung einer Fachzeitschrift. Der Impact Factor misst, wie oft Beiträge aus der Zeitschrift in anderen122 Zeitschriften zitiert werden. Je größer der Impact Factor, desto "angesehener" ist eine Fachzeitschrift. Weitere Informationen zum SSCI finden Sie hier: http://www.ub.fernuni-hagen.de/datenbankenlieferdienste/showdatabase.html?id=266 Für den Zugriff auf den Social Sciences Citation Index und die Recherche nach Fachaufsätzen ist in der Regel eine vpn-Verbindung erforderlich. Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier: http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/polis/lg1/faqs.shtml#literaturrecherche