List of political science journals

This is a list of political science journals presenting representative peer-reviewed academic journals in the field of political science.

• Acta Politica
• African Affairs
• American Affairs
• American Journal of Political Science
• American Political Science Review
• American Politics Research
• The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
• Annual Review of Political Science
• Armed Forces & Society
• Australian Journal of Political Science
• Australian Journal of Politics and History
• Australian Quarterly

• British Journal of Political Science
• British Journal of Politics and International Relations

• Canadian Journal of Political Science
• Caucasian Review of International Affairs
• Central European Journal of International and Security Studies
• Chronicles
• City Journal
• Claremont Review of Books
• Comparative European Politics
• Comparative Political Studies
• Conflict Management and Peace Science
• Constellations
• Contemporary Political Theory
• Cooperation and Conflict
• Critical Review (American journal)

• Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe

• East European Politics
• Electoral Studies
• Environmental Politics (journal)
• European Journal of International Relations
• European Journal of Political Economy
• European Journal of Political Research
• European Journal of Political Theory
• European Political Science
• European Political Science Review
• European Union Politics

• Foreign Affairs
• Foreign Policy
• Foreign Policy Analysis

• Geopolitics
• Global Environmental Politics
• Global Governance
• Global Policy
• Government and Opposition
• Governance

• History of Political Thought (journal)

• Icelandic Review of Politics and Administration
• Independent Review
• International Affairs
• International Journal of Conflict and Violence
• International Journal of Press/Politics
• International Journal of Transitional Justice
• International Organization
• International Political Science Review
• International Security
• International Studies Quarterly
• International Studies Review
• International Theory

• Journal for Peace and Justice Studies
• Journal of Common Market Studies
• Journal of Conflict Resolution
• Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
• Journal of Democracy
• Journal of European Integration
• Journal of European Public Policy
• Journal of Information Technology & Politics
• Journal of Law and Economics
• The Journal of Legislative Studies
• Journal of Moral Philosophy
• Journal of Peace Research
• Journal of Political Economy
• Journal of Political Ideologies
• Journal of Political Philosophy
• Journal of Politics
• Journal of Politics & Society
• Journal of Theoretical Politics
• Journal of Women, Politics & Policy

• Legislative Studies Quarterly

• Mediterranean Politics
• Moral Philosophy and Politics

• National Affairs
• Nations and Nationalism
• The New Atlantis
• The New Criterion
• New Left Review
• New Political Economy

• Parliamentary Affairs
• Party Politics
• Perspectives on Political Science
• Perspectives on Politics
• Philosophy & Public Affairs
• Policy & Internet
• Policy Review (Defunct)
• Policy Studies Journal
• Political Analysis
• Political Behavior
• Political Communication
• Political Geography
• Political Psychology
• The Political Quarterly
• Political Research Quarterly
• Political Science
• Political Science Quarterly
• Political Science Research and Methods
• Political Studies Review
• Politics
• Politics and the Life Sciences
• Politics & Gender
• Politics & Society
• Political Theory
• Polity
• Presidential Studies Quarterly
• PS: Political Science & Politics
• Public Administration
• Public Choice
• Public Discourse
• Public Opinion Quarterly
• Publius

• Quarterly Journal of Political Science

• Radical Philosophy Review
• Regulation & Governance
• Res Publica
• Review of International Organizations
• Review of International Political Economy
• Review of International Studies
• Review of Policy Research
• Review of Politics

• Scandinavian Political Studies
• Security Dialogue
• Security Studies
• Social Philosophy Today
• Social Science Quarterly
• Social Theory and Practice
• Socio-Economic Review
• South European Society and Politics
• Studies in American Political Development
• Survival
• Swiss Political Science Review

• Telos
• Teorija in praksa
• Terrorism and Political Violence

• West European Politics
• World Politics

• Yale Journal of International Affairs

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This listing of 118 journals in political science identifies the journals' field(s) of specialization, requirements for submitting manuscripts, procedures for reviewing manuscripts, and rates of manuscript submission and acceptance. Includes details on journal web sites and electronic submission information.