Journal-level metrics
The metrics below are produced by third parties as ways to quantify the impact this journal has on the research community.
Please note that these metrics should always be considered in the context of how they are calculated. As a signatory of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) we also emphasise that none of these journal-level metrics should be used to judge the impact of an individual article or author, or their research outputs.
For full details of how these metrics are calculated, please see our guide to journal-level metrics.
Journal metrics
| 2-year Impact Factor | 4.6 |
| 5-year Impact Factor | 5 |
| Eigenfactor | 0.01293 |
| Article Influence Score | 3.382 |
| CiteScore | 8.7 |
| Scimago Journal Rank (SJR) | 3.320 |
| Source Normalised Impact per Paper (SNIP) | 3.139 |
Past Journal Impact Factors
2021 – 5.615
11 out of 188 Political Science
2020 – 5.174
15 out of 182 Political Science
2019 – 3.811
9 out of 181 Political Science
2018 – 4.292
4 out of 176 Political Science
2017 – 3.326
9 out of 169 Political Science
2016 – 3.316
6 out of 165 Political Science
2015 – 3.12
6 out of 163 Political Science
2014 – 1.987
15 out of 161 Political Science
2013 – 1.531
24 out of 156 Political Science
2012 – 1.477
26 out of 157 Political Science
2011 – 1.536
21 out of 148 Political Science
2010 – 1.822
10 out of 139 Political Science
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Publishing statistics
We will soon be providing annual statistics about this journal's publishing activity. Please check back later.
Article counts
The table below displays information about the number of articles published in this journal in 2022. For further details of how articles are counted, please see this page.
Published articles
| Total number of articles last year | 120 |
| Number of OA articles last year | 49 |
| Number of articles last year supported by subscription revenue | 74 |