Political Science and International Relations journals in Scopus

Scopus journals in the Political Science and International Relations category, ranked by their quartile in this category.

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725 journals · page 5 of 15 · list date 2026-11-10

JournalWeb of ScienceJCRCategory QDOAJ
Q2Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0096-3402, 1938-3282
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2Canadian Foreign Policy Journal
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1192-6422, 2157-0817
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2Central Asian Affairs
Netherlands · Brill Academic Publishers · ISSN 2214-2282, 2214-2290
——Q2—
Q2Central European Journal of International and Security Studies
Czechia · Metropolitni Univerzita Praha · ISSN 1802-548X, 1805-482X
——Q2Yes
Q2Central European Management Journal
Poland · EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD · ISSN 2658-0845, 2658-2430
ESCIQ3Q2Yes
Q2China International Strategy Review
Singapore · SPRINGERNATURE · ISSN 2524-5627, 2524-5635
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2China Perspectives
Hong Kong SAR China · FRENCH CENTRE RESEARCH CONTEMPORARY CHINA · ISSN 1996-4617, 2070-3449
SSCIQ1Q2—
Q2Chinese Journal of International Law
United Kingdom · OXFORD UNIV PRESS · ISSN 1540-1650, 1746-9937
SSCIQ1Q2—
Q2Chinese Public Administration Review
United Kingdom · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 1539-6754, 2573-1483
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2Civil Wars
United States · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1369-8249, 1743-968X
ESCIQ2Q2—
Q2Columbia Journal of Transnational Law
United States · COLUMBIA JOURNAL TRANSNATIONAL LAW ASSOC · ISSN 0010-1931, 2159-1814
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2Communication Research and Practice
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 2204-1451, 2206-3374
ESCIQ2Q2—
Q2Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
United States · DUKE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 1089-201X, 1548-226X
ESCIQ1Q2—
Q2Conflict and Society
United Kingdom · Berghahn Journals · ISSN 2164-4543, 2164-4551
——Q2Yes
Q2Conflict, Security and Development
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1467-8802, 1478-1174
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2Congress and the Presidency
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0734-3469, 1944-1053
ESCIQ4Q2—
Q2Contemporary British History
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1361-9462, 1743-7997
AHCIQ1Q2—
Q2Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations
Taiwan · Institute of China and Asia-Pacific Studies - National Sun Yat-sen University · ISSN 2410-9681
——Q2Yes
Q2Contemporary Political Theory
United Kingdom · PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD · ISSN 1470-8914, 1476-9336
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2Contemporary Review of the Middle East
United Kingdom · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 2347-7989, 2349-0055
ESCIQ2Q2—
Q2Contemporary South Asia
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0958-4935, 1469-364X
SSCI, AHCIQ2Q2—
Q2Critical Studies on Security
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 2162-4887, 2162-4909
ESCIQ2Q2—
Q2Culture, Practice and Europeanization
Germany · Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH und Co KG · ISSN 2566-7742
——Q2Yes
Q2Defence Studies
United Kingdom · Routledge · ISSN 1470-2436, 1743-9698
——Q2—
Q2Defense and Security Analysis
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1475-1798, 1475-1801
ESCIQ2Q2—
Q2Democracy and Security
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1555-5860, 1741-9166
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2Demokratizatsiya
United States · Institute for European Russian and Eurasian Studies, The George Washington University · ISSN 1074-6846
——Q2—
Q2Diplomatica
Netherlands · BRILL · ISSN 2589-1766, 2589-1774
ESCIQ1Q2—
Q2Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward Terrorism and Genocide
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1746-7586, 1746-7594
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2East Asia
Netherlands · SPRINGERNATURE · ISSN 1096-6838, 1874-6284
ESCIQ1Q2—
Q2Economic and Political Studies
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 2095-4816, 2470-4024
ESCIQ1Q2—
Q2Eminak
Ukraine · SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CENTRE LUKOMORIE - SRC LUKOMORIE · ISSN 1998-4634, 2708-0226
ESCIQ2Q2Yes
Q2ERA Forum
Germany · Springer Verlag · ISSN 1612-3093, 1863-9038
——Q2—
Q2Estudios Fronterizos
Mexico · UNIV AUTONOMA BAJA CALIFORNIA · ISSN 0187-6961, 2395-9134
ESCIQ3Q2Yes
Q2Ethics and Global Politics
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1654-4951, 1654-6369
SSCIQ3Q2Yes
Q2Ethics and International Affairs
United States · CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 0892-6794, 1747-7093
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
Netherlands · BRILL · ISSN 0928-9569, 1571-8174
ESCIQ1Q2—
Q2Forest and Society
Indonesia · UNIV HASANUDDIN, FAK KEHUTANAN · ISSN 2549-4333, 2549-4724
ESCIQ2Q2Yes
Q2French Politics
United Kingdom · PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD · ISSN 1476-3419, 1476-3427
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2Frontiers in Political Science
Switzerland · FRONTIERS MEDIA SA · ISSN 2673-3145
ESCIQ2Q2Yes
Q2Global Discourse
United Kingdom · BRISTOL UNIV PRESS & POLICY PRESS · ISSN 2043-7897, 2326-9995
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2Global Governance
United States · BRILL · ISSN 1075-2846, 1942-6720
SSCIQ3Q2—
Q2Global Responsibility to Protect
Netherlands · BRILL · ISSN 1875-984X, 1875-9858
ESCIQ2Q2—
Q2Hague Journal of Diplomacy
Netherlands · BRILL · ISSN 1871-1901, 1871-191X
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2Hasanuddin Law Review
Indonesia · Faculty of Law, Universitas Hasanuddin · ISSN 2442-9880, 2442-9899
——Q2Yes
Q2Health and Human Rights
United States · HARVARD UNIV PRESS · ISSN 1079-0969, 2150-4113
SSCIQ2Q2Yes
Q2Historical Materialism
Netherlands · BRILL · ISSN 1465-4466, 1569-206X
SSCI, AHCIQ2Q2—
Q2India Review
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1473-6489, 1557-3036
SSCIQ2Q2—
Q2Indo-Iranian Journal
Netherlands · BRILL · ISSN 0019-7246, 1572-8536
AHCI—Q2—
Q2Insight on Africa
United Kingdom · SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD · ISSN 0975-0878, 0976-3465
ESCIQ1Q2—

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