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 6 of 15 · list date 2026-11-10

JournalWeb of ScienceJCRCategory QDOAJ
Q2Insight Turkey
Türkiye · SETA FOUNDATION · ISSN 1302-177X, 2564-7717
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2Intelligence and National Security
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0268-4527, 1743-9019
SSCIQ1Q2—
Q2International Area Studies Review
South Korea · CENTER INT AREA STUDIES · ISSN 2049-1123, 2233-8659
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2International Community Law Review
Netherlands · MARTINUS NIJHOFF PUBL · ISSN 1871-9732, 1871-9740
ESCIQ2Q2—
Q2International Journal of Children's Rights
Netherlands · BRILL · ISSN 0927-5568, 1571-8182
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2International Journal of Development Issues
United Kingdom · Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · ISSN 1446-8956, 1758-8553
——Q2—
Q2International Journal of Economic Policy Studies
Japan · SPRINGERNATURE · ISSN 1881-4387, 2524-4892
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0885-0607, 1521-0561
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice
United States · ELSEVIER SCI LTD · ISSN 1756-0616, 1876-763X
SSCIQ1Q2—
Q2International Journal of Political Economy
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0891-1916, 1558-0970
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society
United States · SPRINGER · ISSN 0891-4486, 1573-3416
ESCIQ2Q2—
Q2International Negotiation
Netherlands · BRILL · ISSN 1382-340X, 1571-8069
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2International Organisations Research Journal
Russia · NATL RESEARCH UNIV HIGHER SCH ECONOMICS · ISSN 1996-7845, 2542-2081
ESCIQ4Q2—
Q2International Review of Public Policy
France · International Public Policy Association · ISSN 2679-3873, 2706-6274
——Q2Yes
Q2Irish Political Studies
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0790-7184, 1743-9078
SSCIQ3Q2—
Q2Island Studies Journal
Hong Kong SAR China · ISLAND STUDIES JOURNAL · ISSN 1715-2593
SSCIQ3Q2Yes
Q2Japanese Journal of Political Science
United Kingdom · CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 1468-1099, 1474-0060
SSCIQ2Q2Yes
Q2Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development
Switzerland · INDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES LTD · ISSN 1549-9324, 1747-6763
ESCIQ4Q2—
Q2Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 2575-1654
ESCIQ3Q2Yes
Q2Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs
United Kingdom · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 2347-7970, 2349-0039
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2Journal of Comparative Politics
Slovenia · UNIV LJUBLJANA PRESS · ISSN 1338-1385
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2Journal of Contemporary African Studies
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0258-9001, 1469-9397
ESCIQ2Q2—
Q2Journal of Contemporary European Research
United Kingdom · UNIV ASSOC CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN STUDIES-UACES · ISSN 1815-347X
ESCI—Q2—
Q2Journal of East Asian Studies
United Kingdom · CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS · ISSN 1598-2408, 2234-6643
SSCIQ1Q2Yes
Q2Journal of Eastern African Studies
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1753-1055, 1753-1063
SSCIQ1Q2—
Q2Journal of Historical Political Economy
United States · Now Publishers Inc · ISSN 2693-9290, 2693-9304
——Q2—
Q2Journal of Holocaust Research
United States · Taylor and Francis Inc. · ISSN 2578-5656
——Q2—
Q2Journal of Human Rights, Culture and Legal System
Indonesia · Lembaga Contrarius Indonesia · ISSN 2807-2812, 2807-2979
——Q2—
Q2Journal of Human Rights Practice
United Kingdom · OXFORD UNIV PRESS · ISSN 1757-9619, 1757-9627
ESCIQ1Q2—
Q2Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0308-6534, 1743-9329
AHCIQ1Q2—
Q2Journal of International Peacekeeping
Netherlands · Brill Academic Publishers · ISSN 1875-4104, 1875-4112
——Q2—
Q2Journal of International Studies
Poland · Centre of Sociological Research · ISSN 2071-8330, 2306-3483
——Q2—
Q2Journal of International Studies (Malaysia)
Malaysia · UNIV UTARA MALAYSIA PRESS · ISSN 1823-691X, 2289-666X
ESCIQ3Q2Yes
Q2Journal of Labor and Society
Netherlands · BRILL · ISSN 2471-4607, 2667-3657
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2Journal of Modern Italian Studies
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1354-571X, 1469-9583
SSCI, AHCIQ2Q2—
Q2Journal of North African Studies
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1362-9387, 1743-9345
ESCIQ2Q2—
Q2Journal of Peacebuilding and Development
United Kingdom · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 1542-3166, 2165-7440
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2Journal of Peace Education
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1740-0201, 1740-021X
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1833-5330, 2159-5364
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2Journal of Public Affairs
United States · WILEY · ISSN 1472-3891, 1479-1854
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2Journal of Race Ethnicity and the City
United States · Routledge · ISSN 2688-4674, 2688-4682
——Q2—
Q2Journal of Regional Security
Serbia · Belgrade Centre for Security Policy · ISSN 2217-995X, 2406-0364
——Q2Yes
Q2Journal of Slavic Military Studies
United Kingdom · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · ISSN 1351-8046, 1556-3006
——Q2—
Q2Journal of Southeast Asian Economies
Singapore · INST SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES-ISEAS · ISSN 2339-5095, 2339-5206
ESCIQ3Q2—
Q2Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy
United Kingdom · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1354-7860, 1469-9648
SSCIQ3Q2—
Q2Journal of the History of International Law
Netherlands · BRILL · ISSN 1388-199X, 1571-8050
ESCIQ2Q2—
Q2Journal of the Indian Ocean Region
United States · ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1948-0881, 1948-108X
ESCIQ2Q2—
Q2Journal of Transportation Security
United States · SPRINGER · ISSN 1938-7741, 1938-775X
ESCIQ4Q2—
Q2Journal of World-Systems Research
United States · UNIV PITTSBURGH, UNIV LIBRARY SYSTEM · ISSN 1076-156X
ESCIQ3Q2Yes
Q2Journal of World Trade
Netherlands · KLUWER LAW INT · ISSN 1011-6702, 2210-2795
SSCIQ2Q2—

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