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political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and ...
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*'' Acta Politica'' *'' African Affairs'' *''
American Journal of Political Science The ''American Journal of Political Science'' is a journal published by the Midwest Political Science Association. It was formerly known as the ''Midwest Journal of Political Science''. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal ...
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American Political Science Review The ''American Political Science Review'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all areas of political science. It is an official journal of the American Political Science Association and is published on their behalf by Cambridge ...
'' *'' 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 The ''Australian Journal of Political Science'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers a wide range of fields political studies and international relations, including Australian politics, comparative politics, policy studies, ...
'' *'' Australian Journal of Politics and History'' *''
Australian Quarterly ''Australian Quarterly'' is Australia's longest running political science journal, established in 1929. Its original focus on science policy quickly broadened to encompass a wide range of political, economic, and social issues. From 1929 to mid-1 ...
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British Journal of Political Science ''British Journal of Political Science'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of political science. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in EBSCOhost, International Political Science Abst ...
'' *'' British Journal of Politics and International Relations''


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*'' Canadian Journal of Political Science'' *'' Caucasian Review of International Affairs'' *'' Central European Journal of International and Security Studies'' *'' Comparative European Politics'' *'' Comparative Political Studies'' *'' Conflict Management and Peace Science'' *''
Constellations A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object. The origins of the earliest constellatio ...
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Contemporary Political Theory ''Contemporary Political Theory'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering political theory and philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, k ...
'' *'' Cooperation and Conflict'' *'' Critical Review (journal)''


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*'' Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe''


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*'' East European Politics'' *'' Electoral Studies'' *'' Environmental Politics (journal)'' *'' European Journal of International Relations'' *''
European Journal of Political Economy The ''European Journal of Political Economy'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on economic phenomena, including collective decision making, political behavior, and the role of institutions. The editors-in-chief are To ...
'' *'' European Journal of Political Research'' *'' European Journal of Political Theory'' *'' European Political Science'' *'' European Political Science Review'' *'' European Union Politics''


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Foreign Affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and ...
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Foreign Policy A state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterally or through ...
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Foreign Policy Analysis Foreign policy analysis (FPA) is a branch of political science dealing with theory development and empirical study regarding the processes and outcomes of foreign policy. FPA is the study of the management of external relations and activities o ...
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*'' Global Environmental Politics'' *'' Global Governance'' *'' Global Policy'' *'' Government and Opposition'' *''
Governance Governance is the process of interactions through the laws, norms, power or language of an organized society over a social system ( family, tribe, formal or informal organization, a territory or across territories). It is done by the ...
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*'' History of Political Thought (journal)''


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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 An international organization or international organisation (see spelling differences), also known as an intergovernmental organization or an international institution, is a stable set of norms and rules meant to govern the behavior of states a ...
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International Political Science Review The ''International Political Science Review/Revue Internationale de Science Politique'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of political science. The editors-in-chief are Marian Sawer (Australian National University) and Theres ...
'' *'' International Security'' *''
International Studies Quarterly ''International Studies Quarterly'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of international studies and an official journal of the International Studies Association. It was established in 1959 and is published by Oxford University Press. ...
'' *'' International Studies Review'' *''
International Theory ''International Theory'' is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed academic journal published triannually by Cambridge University Press for promoting theoretical scholarship about the positive, legal, and normative aspects of world politics. The pu ...
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*'' Journal for Peace and Justice Studies'' *'' Journal of Common Market Studies'' *'' Journal of Conflict Resolution'' *''
Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management The ''Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management'' (''JCCM'') is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal that covers all theoretical and practical aspects relating to crisis management. ''JCCM'' is the leading journal on the su ...
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Journal of Democracy The ''Journal of Democracy'' is a quarterly academic journal established in 1990 and an official publication of the National Endowment for Democracy's International Forum for Democratic Studies. It covers the study of democracy, democratic regim ...
'' *'' 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 The ''Journal of Political Economy'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press. Established by James Laurence Laughlin in 1892, it covers both theoretical and empirical economics. In the past, th ...
'' *'' Journal of Political Ideologies'' *''
Journal of Political Philosophy ''The Journal of Political Philosophy'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of political philosophy. Controversy The journal became engaged in a controversy when it published three articles on Black Lives Matter, eac ...
'' *'' Journal of Politics'' *'' Journal of Politics & Society'' *''
Journal of Theoretical Politics ''Journal of Theoretical Politics'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of political science. It is published by SAGE Publications. It was established in 1989 and the editors-in-chief are Torun Dewan (London School o ...
'' *'' Journal of Women, Politics & Policy''


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*'' Legislative Studies Quarterly''


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*'' Mediterranean Politics'' *''
Moral Philosophy and Politics ''Moral Philosophy and Politics'' (MOPP) is a biannual academic journal that specializes in moral, political, social and legal philosophy. About ''Moral Philosophy and Politics'' publishes both freestanding articles as well as themed speci ...
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*'' Nations and Nationalism'' *''
New Left Review The ''New Left Review'' is a British bimonthly journal covering world politics, economy, and culture, which was established in 1960. History Background As part of the British "New Left" a number of new journals emerged to carry commentary on m ...
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New Political Economy New Political Economy (NPE) is a relatively recent sub-school within the field of political economy. NPE scholars treat economic ideologies as the relevant phenomena to be explained by political economy. Thus, Charles S. Maier suggests that a po ...
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*'' Parliamentary Affairs'' *''
Party Politics A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...
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Perspectives on Political Science ''Perspectives on Political Science'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering political philosophy. The journal was established in 1990 as a merger of ''Teaching Political Science'' (1973-1989) and ''Perspective'' (1972-1989). The ...
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Perspectives on Politics ''Perspectives on Politics'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering political science. It was established in 2003 and is published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association. The editor- ...
'' *'' Philosophy & Public Affairs'' *'' Policy & Internet'' *'' Policy Studies Journal'' *''
Political Analysis Psephology (; from Greek el, ψῆφος, psephos, pebble, label=none) or political analysis is a branch of political science, the "quantitative analysis of elections and balloting". As such, psephology attempts to explain elections using the ...
'' *'' Political Behavior'' *'' Political Communication'' *''
Political Geography Political geography is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of politics, political processes and the ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial structures. Conventionally, for the purposes of an ...
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Political Psychology Political psychology is an interdisciplinary academic field, dedicated to understanding politics, politicians and political behavior from a psychological perspective, and psychological processes using socio-political perspectives. The relation ...
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The Political Quarterly ''The Political Quarterly'' is an academic journal of political science that first appeared from 1914 to 1916 and was revived by Leonard Woolf, Kingsley Martin, and William A. Robson in 1930. Its editors-in-chief are Ben Jackson ( University ...
'' *'' Political Research Quarterly'' *''
Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and ...
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Political Science Quarterly ''Political Science Quarterly'' is an American double blind peer-reviewed academic journal covering government, politics, and policy, published since 1886 by the Academy of Political Science. Its editor-in-chief is Robert Y. Shapiro (Columbia Un ...
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Political Studies Review The ''Political Studies Review'' is an academic journal that publishes rather range of long short form articles, including: original research articles, review articles, early results, the null hypothesis, and symposia and new ideas in the field of ...
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Politics (academic journal) ''Politics'' is an academic journal belonging to the Political Studies Association established in 1981. Its current editors are Nivi Manchanda, Javier Sajuria, and James Strong, all from Queen Mary University of London. According to the ''Jou ...
'' *'' Politics & Gender'' *''
Politics & Society ''Politics & Society'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal. It was established in 1970 and is currently published by SAGE Publications. The journal seeks to publish original analyses of politics, including its social roots and its consequences. Co ...
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Political Theory Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them. Its topics include politics, l ...
'' *'' Presidential Studies Quarterly'' *'' PS: Political Science & Politics'' *''
Public Administration Public Administration (a form of governance) or Public Policy and Administration (an academic discipline) is the implementation of public policy, Administration (government), administration of Government, government establishment (Governance#P ...
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Public Choice Public choice, or public choice theory, is "the use of economic tools to deal with traditional problems of political science".Gordon Tullock, 9872008, "public choice," ''The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics''. . Its content includes the st ...
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Public Opinion Quarterly ''Public Opinion Quarterly'' is an academic journal published by Oxford University Press for the American Association for Public Opinion Research, covering communication studies and political science. It was established in 1937 and according to th ...
'' *'' Publius''


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*'' Quarterly Journal of Political Science''


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*'' Radical Philosophy Review'' *''
Regulation & Governance ''Regulation & Governance'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to the study of government regulations by social scientists. It was established in 2007 and is published by John Wiley & Sons. The editors-in-chief are David Levi-Fa ...
'' * ''Res Publica'' *'' Review of International Organizations'' *''
Review of International Political Economy The ''Review of International Political Economy'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulat ...
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Review of International Studies The ''Review of International Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal on international relations published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the British International Studies Association The British International Studies Associ ...
'' *'' Review of Policy Research'' *''
Review of Politics ''The Review of Politics'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal in the fields of politics, philosophy, and history. It was founded in 1939 and is published by Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is the universit ...
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Scandinavian Political Studies ''Scandinavian Political Studies'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering political science in the Nordic countries published by Wiley-Blackwell. The current joint editors-in-chief are Åse Gornitzka ( Oslo University) and Carl Hen ...
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Security Dialogue ''Security Dialogue'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes scholarly articles which combine contemporary theoretical analysis with challenges to public policy across a wide-ranging field of security studies. The journal is owned by ...
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Security Studies __NOTOC__ Security studies, also known as international security studies, is an academic sub-field within the wider discipline of international relations that studies organized violence, military conflict, national security, and international ...
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Social Philosophy Today ''Social Philosophy Today'' is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal sponsored by the North American Society for Social Philosophy. It was established in 1988 by founding editors Yeager Hudson and Creighton Peden. The journal provides a forum f ...
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Social Science Quarterly ''Social Science Quarterly'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Southwestern Social Science Association. The journal covers political science, sociology, economics, history, social wo ...
'' *'' Social Theory and Practice'' *''
Socio-Economic Review The ''Socio-Economic Review'' (SER) is a peer-reviewed academic journal, published quarterly by Oxford Journals for the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE). It is a journal dedicated to the analytical, political and moral quest ...
'' *'' South European Society and Politics'' *''
Studies in American Political Development Studies in American Political Development (SAPD) is a political science journal founded in 1986 and presently published by Cambridge University Press. It is the flagship journal of the American political development (APD) subfield in political sc ...
'' *'' Survival'' *''
Swiss Political Science Review ''Swiss Political Science Review (SPSR)'', also known as ''Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft'' (German), ''Revue Suisse de Science Politique'' (French), and ''Rivista Svizzera di Scienza Politica'' (Italian) is a quarterly peer-re ...
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* '' Teorija in praksa'' *'' Terrorism and Political Violence''


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* '' West European Politics'' * ''
World Politics The terms "world politics" or "global politics" may refer to: * Geopolitics, the study of the effects of geography on politics and International Relations (IR) * Global politics, a discipline of political science which focuses on political globaliza ...
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Yale Journal of International Affairs The ''Yale Journal of International Affairs'' is an international affairs policy journal based out of Yale University (New Haven, CT). The journal is published biyearly and contains articles, interviews and op-eds by academics, policy practitioner ...
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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.
Political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and ...