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Ranked by 1-year Impact Factor from the JCI 2012.

1. American Political Science Review impact factor: 3.933 details
2. American Journal of Political Science impact factor: 2.811 details
3. Global Environmental Politics impact factor: 2.630 details
4. Political Communication impact factor: 2.415 details
5. Research on Language and Social Interaction impact factor: 2.387 details
6. Journal of the American Planning Association impact factor: 2.319 details
7. Landscape and Urban Planning impact factor: 2.314 details
8. International Journal of Advertising impact factor: 2.311 details
9. Political Analysis impact factor: 2.231 details
10. Journal of Peace Research impact factor: 2.191 details
11. Political Geography impact factor: 2.108 details
12. Human Communication Research impact factor: 2.082 details
13. Journal of Health Communication impact factor: 2.079 details
14. Socio-Economic Review impact factor: 2.059 details
15. Communication Research impact factor: 2.028 details
16. Journal of Communication impact factor: 2.011 details
17. International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics impact factor: 2.000 details
18. Perspectives on Politics impact factor: 1.963 details
19. New Political Economy impact factor: 1.930 details
20. Journal of Urban Economics impact factor: 1.910 details
21. Annual Review of Political Science impact factor: 1.884 details
22. Interaction Studies impact factor: 1.842 details
23. Politics & Society impact factor: 1.833 details
24. New Media & Society impact factor: 1.824 details
25. Journal of Advertising Research impact factor: 1.788 details
26. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication / Journal of Computer Mediated Communication impact factor: 1.778 details
27. European Union Politics impact factor: 1.774 details
28. Asian American Journal of Psychology impact factor: 1.750 details
29. Public Understanding of Science impact factor: 1.724 details
30. Journal of Conflict Resolution impact factor: 1.701 details
31. Urban Geography impact factor: 1.697 details
32. Comparative Political Studies impact factor: 1.673 details
33. Review of International Political Economy impact factor: 1.661 details
34. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening / Urban Forestry and Urban greening impact factor: 1.632 details
35. Eurasian Geography and Economics impact factor: 1.630 details
36. Regulation & Governance / REGULATION AND GOVERNANCE impact factor: 1.625 details
37. Journal of Political Philosophy / The Journal of Political Philosophy impact factor: 1.609 details
38. Governance impact factor: 1.604 details
39. JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies impact factor: 1.603 details
40. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology impact factor: 1.603 details
41. Telecommunications Policy impact factor: 1.594 details
42. The Journal of Politics impact factor: 1.577 details
43. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research impact factor: 1.543 details
44. European Urban and Regional Studies impact factor: 1.531 details
45. Public Opinion Quarterly impact factor: 1.522 details
46. The Review of International Organizations impact factor: 1.514 details
47. Journal of Planning Education and Research impact factor: 1.511 details
48. Urban Studies: An International Journal of Research in Urban Studies impact factor: 1.493 details
49. Journal of Language and Social Psychology impact factor: 1.490 details
50. New Left Rev impact factor: 1.485 details
51. British Journal of Political Science impact factor: 1.477 details
52. Political Behavior impact factor: 1.474 details
53. African Affairs impact factor: 1.474 details
54. Environmental Politics impact factor: 1.467 details
55. Science Communication: Linking Theory and Practice impact factor: 1.436 details
56. Habitat International impact factor: 1.418 details
57. Political Psychology impact factor: 1.418 details
58. Discourse & Society impact factor: 1.410 details
59. International Political Sociology impact factor: 1.405 details
60. The International Journal of Press/Politics impact factor: 1.396 details
61. International Studies Quarterly impact factor: 1.391 details
62. European Journal of Political Research impact factor: 1.382 details
63. West European Politics impact factor: 1.368 details
64. Post-Soviet Affairs impact factor: 1.310 details
65. Political Studies Review impact factor: 1.286 details
66. European Political Science Review impact factor: 1.275 details
67. Management Communication Quarterly impact factor: 1.275 details
68. Environment and Urbanization impact factor: 1.273 details
69. Modern China: An International Journal of History and Social Science impact factor: 1.268 details
70. International Regional Science Review impact factor: 1.257 details
71. Media Psychology impact factor: 1.250 details
72. Journal of Planning Literature: Incorporating The CPL Bibliographies impact factor: 1.238 details
73. Regional Science and Urban Economics impact factor: 1.228 details
74. Health Communication impact factor: 1.221 details
75. Urban Affairs Review impact factor: 1.211 details
76. Global Policy impact factor: 1.206 details
77. Ethnicity and Health impact factor: 1.203 details
78. Communication Theory impact factor: 1.195 details
79. Du Bois Review Social Science Research on Race impact factor: 1.174 details
80. Ethnic and Racial Studies impact factor: 1.169 details
81. J Democr impact factor: 1.147 details
82. Party Politics: The International Journal for the Study of Political Parties and Political Organizations impact factor: 1.141 details
83. European Journal of Political Economy impact factor: 1.132 details
84. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships impact factor: 1.131 details
85. International Theory impact factor: 1.129 details
86. Cities impact factor: 1.127 details
87. International Journal of Public Opinion Research impact factor: 1.125 details
88. Quarterly Journal of Political Science impact factor: 1.120 details
89. Journal of Urban Affairs impact factor: 1.120 details
90. Review of Policy Research impact factor: 1.113 details
91. Media, Culture & Society impact factor: 1.092 details
92. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies impact factor: 1.085 details
93. Pacific Affairs impact factor: 1.077 details
94. International Studies Review impact factor: 1.063 details
95. Public Administration impact factor: 1.062 details
96. The Pacific Review impact factor: 1.051 details
97. Political Research Quarterly impact factor: 1.044 details
98. Journal of Public Policy impact factor: 1.033 details
99. The China Journal impact factor: 1.029 details
100. Real Estate Economics impact factor: 1.020 details
101. Journal of Advertising impact factor: 1.016 details
102. Policy Studies Journal impact factor: 1.014 details
103. Publius The Journal of Federalism impact factor: 1.000 details
104. Written Communication: An International Quarterly of Research, Theory, and Application impact factor: 1.000 details
105. Legislative Studies Quarterly impact factor: 0.976 details
106. Housing Studies impact factor: 0.951 details
107. Personal Relationships impact factor: 0.951 details
108. Journal of Urban Planning and Development impact factor: 0.946 details
109. Economic Development and Cultural Change impact factor: 0.943 details
110. Language & Communication impact factor: 0.942 details
111. Mass Communication & Society / Mass Communication and Society impact factor: 0.940 details
112. Discourse Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Text and Talk impact factor: 0.934 details
113. Social Science Quarterly impact factor: 0.930 details
114. Political Studies impact factor: 0.917 details
115. Electoral Studies impact factor: 0.887 details
116. Politics and Gender impact factor: 0.882 details
117. Public Choice impact factor: 0.878 details
118. Journal of Public Relations Research impact factor: 0.875 details
119. Review of African Political Economy impact factor: 0.862 details
120. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science impact factor: 0.856 details
121. Africa / Africa Journal of the International African Institute/Revue de l Institut Africain International impact factor: 0.855 details
122. City and Community impact factor: 0.850 details
123. Journal of Contemporary Asia impact factor: 0.845 details
124. New Republic impact factor: 0.844 details
125. Journal of Strategic Studies impact factor: 0.817 details
126. Parliamentary Affairs impact factor: 0.814 details
127. Government and Opposition impact factor: 0.800 details
128. Journalism Studies impact factor: 0.798 details
129. Journal of Contemporary China impact factor: 0.792 details
130. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography impact factor: 0.776 details
131. Discourse & Communication impact factor: 0.771 details
132. Asia Pacific Viewpoint impact factor: 0.771 details
133. Communication Monographs impact factor: 0.768 details
134. Journal of Urban Technology impact factor: 0.767 details
135. Terrorism and Political Violence impact factor: 0.766 details
136. Policy & Politics impact factor: 0.758 details
137. Comparative Politics impact factor: 0.750 details
138. Tech Commun Stc impact factor: 0.750 details
139. Public Relations Review impact factor: 0.749 details
140. Geopolitics impact factor: 0.744 details
141. Scandinavian Political Studies impact factor: 0.743 details
142. Citizenship Studies impact factor: 0.738 details
143. State Politics & Policy Quarterly impact factor: 0.732 details
144. British Journal of Politics & International Relations impact factor: 0.725 details
145. Journal of Housing Economics impact factor: 0.723 details
146. Mediterranean Politics impact factor: 0.722 details
147. Studies in Comparative International Development impact factor: 0.722 details
148. Polit Ekon impact factor: 0.722 details
149. Argumentation impact factor: 0.717 details
150. Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media impact factor: 0.714 details
151. Survival impact factor: 0.712 details
152. Human Rights Quarterly impact factor: 0.710 details
153. Housing Policy Debate impact factor: 0.706 details
154. Political Theory: An International Journal of Political Philosophy impact factor: 0.703 details
155. Journal of Latin American Studies impact factor: 0.703 details
156. Information Communication & Society impact factor: 0.700 details
157. Urban Policy and Research impact factor: 0.694 details
158. Local Government Studies impact factor: 0.690 details
159. British Politics impact factor: 0.689 details
160. Journal of Applied Communication Research impact factor: 0.681 details
161. American Politics Research impact factor: 0.667 details
162. Translator impact factor: 0.667 details
163. Journal of Southern African Studies impact factor: 0.656 details
164. The Journal of Modern African Studies impact factor: 0.653 details
165. Environmental Communication A Journal of Nature and Culture impact factor: 0.645 details
166. China Quart impact factor: 0.645 details
167. IDS Bulletin impact factor: 0.640 details
168. Contemporary Politics impact factor: 0.635 details
169. Int J Commun Us impact factor: 0.635 details
170. Cooperation and Conflict impact factor: 0.627 details
171. Mon Rev impact factor: 0.625 details
172. Afr Spectr impact factor: 0.625 details
173. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics impact factor: 0.621 details
174. The Journal of Asian Studies impact factor: 0.621 details
175. Economic Development Quarterly: The Journal of American Economic Revitalization impact factor: 0.618 details
176. The Political Quarterly impact factor: 0.605 details
177. Politics impact factor: 0.604 details
178. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media impact factor: 0.603 details
179. Democratization impact factor: 0.598 details
180. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment impact factor: 0.596 details
181. Turkish Studies impact factor: 0.592 details
182. Economics and Politics impact factor: 0.583 details
183. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism impact factor: 0.577 details
184. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication impact factor: 0.574 details
185. Rhetoric Society Quarterly impact factor: 0.568 details
186. Nations and Nationalism impact factor: 0.566 details
187. European Planning Studies impact factor: 0.562 details
188. Studies in American Political Development impact factor: 0.562 details
189. European Journal of Communication impact factor: 0.556 details
190. Journal of Policy History impact factor: 0.553 details
191. Journal of International Relations and Development impact factor: 0.553 details
192. Journal of Theoretical Politics impact factor: 0.548 details
193. Comparative European Politics impact factor: 0.547 details
194. International Journal Middle East Studies impact factor: 0.545 details
195. EURE (Santiago) impact factor: 0.541 details
196. Race Ethnicity and Education impact factor: 0.531 details
197. African Studies impact factor: 0.531 details
198. Int J Confl Violence impact factor: 0.512 details
199. International Journal of Conflict Management impact factor: 0.512 details
200. China Rev impact factor: 0.500 details
201. Middle East Policy impact factor: 0.481 details
202. International Political Science Review impact factor: 0.474 details
203. Latin American Perspectives: A Journal on Capitalism and Socialism impact factor: 0.474 details
204. Asian Survey impact factor: 0.473 details
205. Political Science Quarterly impact factor: 0.465 details
206. African Studies Review impact factor: 0.465 details
207. Europe Asia Studies impact factor: 0.464 details
208. Social Science Japan Journal impact factor: 0.458 details
209. URBAN DESIGN International impact factor: 0.455 details
210. Nation impact factor: 0.454 details
211. Ethnicities impact factor: 0.444 details
212. Osterr Z Politwiss impact factor: 0.438 details
213. Armed Forces & Society impact factor: 0.426 details
214. Swiss Political Science Review impact factor: 0.425 details
215. Polity impact factor: 0.422 details
216. Dissent impact factor: 0.421 details
217. Slavic Review impact factor: 0.414 details
218. Rev Cienc Polit Sant impact factor: 0.413 details
219. Politische Vierteljahresschrift impact factor: 0.412 details
220. J Aust Polit Econ impact factor: 0.412 details
221. South European Society & Politics impact factor: 0.406 details
222. Canadian Journal of Political Science impact factor: 0.405 details
223. Lex localis - Journal of Local Self Government impact factor: 0.400 details
224. East European Politics and Societies impact factor: 0.400 details
225. Political Science impact factor: 0.400 details
226. Text & Talk - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Language Discourse Communication Studies impact factor: 0.397 details
227. China An International Journal impact factor: 0.394 details
228. Ethics & Global Politics impact factor: 0.391 details
229. African and Asian Studies impact factor: 0.389 details
230. Australian Journal of Political Science impact factor: 0.388 details
231. Modern Asian Studies impact factor: 0.387 details
232. Journal of Palestine Studies impact factor: 0.385 details
233. Journal of Refugee Studies impact factor: 0.383 details
234. PS Political Science & Politics impact factor: 0.379 details
235. Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional impact factor: 0.377 details
236. Journal of Japanese Studies impact factor: 0.375 details
237. European Political Science impact factor: 0.373 details
238. Education and Urban Society impact factor: 0.373 details
239. Urban Education impact factor: 0.372 details
240. Communist and Post-Communist Studies / Communist and Post Communist Studies impact factor: 0.369 details
241. Scottish Journal of Political Economy impact factor: 0.367 details
242. Race & Class impact factor: 0.367 details
243. Journal of Human Rights impact factor: 0.365 details
244. Critical Studies in Media Communication impact factor: 0.365 details
245. International Feminist Journal of Politics impact factor: 0.364 details
246. Journal of Eastern African Studies impact factor: 0.362 details
247. Acta Politica impact factor: 0.361 details
248. Quarterly Journal of Speech impact factor: 0.357 details
249. Urban Lawyer impact factor: 0.356 details
250. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly impact factor: 0.354 details
251. Chinese Journal of Communication impact factor: 0.354 details
252. Journal of Business and Technical Communication impact factor: 0.353 details
253. Problems of Post-Communism impact factor: 0.353 details
254. Politikon South African Journal of Political Studies impact factor: 0.351 details
255. Politics, Philosophy & Economics impact factor: 0.351 details
256. Comunicar impact factor: 0.350 details
257. Asian Studies Review impact factor: 0.349 details
258. Visual Communication impact factor: 0.347 details
259. Lat Am Res Rev impact factor: 0.333 details
260. Latin American Politics and Society impact factor: 0.327 details
261. Historical Materialism impact factor: 0.321 details
262. Critical Asian Studies impact factor: 0.309 details
263. German Politics impact factor: 0.306 details
264. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies impact factor: 0.304 details
265. Narrative Inquiry impact factor: 0.295 details
266. Communications impact factor: 0.293 details
267. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies impact factor: 0.289 details
268. Cambridge Review of International Affairs impact factor: 0.288 details
269. Rom J Polit Sci impact factor: 0.286 details
270. Television & New Media impact factor: 0.280 details
271. International Politics impact factor: 0.278 details
272. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies / Communication and Critical / Cultural Studies impact factor: 0.277 details
273. Indep Rev impact factor: 0.273 details
274. Asian J Soc Sci impact factor: 0.273 details
275. Bulletin of Latin American Research impact factor: 0.273 details
276. Journal of Black Studies impact factor: 0.263 details
277. Japanese Journal of Political Science impact factor: 0.263 details
278. Korea Obs impact factor: 0.260 details
279. The Forum impact factor: 0.259 details
280. Journal of Baltic Studies impact factor: 0.250 details
281. Journal of Media Economics / The Journal of Media Economics impact factor: 0.240 details
282. Identities impact factor: 0.239 details
283. Politics and Religion impact factor: 0.238 details
284. Contemporary Political Theory impact factor: 0.237 details
285. Journal of Cold War Studies impact factor: 0.231 details
286. Contemp Pacific impact factor: 0.220 details
287. Journal of Women Politics & Policy / Journal of Women Politics and Policy impact factor: 0.214 details
288. Middle Eastern Studies impact factor: 0.211 details
289. Polit Gob impact factor: 0.211 details
290. Open House Int impact factor: 0.208 details
291. Israel Affairs impact factor: 0.203 details
292. Philippine Political Science Journal impact factor: 0.200 details
293. Social Dynamics impact factor: 0.197 details
294. Curr Hist impact factor: 0.189 details
295. Media Int Aust impact factor: 0.188 details
296. Patterns of Prejudice impact factor: 0.186 details
297. Pacific Focus impact factor: 0.179 details
298. Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies impact factor: 0.179 details
299. Asian Journal of Communication impact factor: 0.177 details
300. Policy Rev impact factor: 0.175 details
301. Javnost Public impact factor: 0.173 details
302. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies impact factor: 0.171 details
303. European Review impact factor: 0.171 details
304. Journal of Mass Media Ethics impact factor: 0.161 details
305. Journal of Urban History impact factor: 0.158 details
306. German Studies Review impact factor: 0.157 details
307. Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschappen impact factor: 0.152 details
308. The London Journal impact factor: 0.148 details
309. Journal of Australian Studies impact factor: 0.148 details
310. Politix impact factor: 0.147 details
311. Hist Polit impact factor: 0.130 details
312. Continuum / Continuum Journal of Media and Cultural Studies impact factor: 0.129 details
313. Iranian Studies impact factor: 0.125 details
314. Rev Clad Reforma Dem impact factor: 0.119 details
315. New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids impact factor: 0.111 details
316. Comun Soc Navarra impact factor: 0.102 details
317. Rev Estud Polit impact factor: 0.093 details
318. European History Quarterly impact factor: 0.093 details
319. Estudios constitucionales impact factor: 0.093 details
320. Transylv Rev impact factor: 0.089 details
321. Souls impact factor: 0.086 details
322. Journal of African Media Studies impact factor: 0.075 details
323. Bilig Journal of Social Sciences in Turkish World impact factor: 0.072 details
324. Commentary impact factor: 0.071 details
325. Ecquid Novi African Journalism Studies impact factor: 0.071 details
326. Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico impact factor: 0.063 details
327. Rev Econ Polit impact factor: 0.057 details
328. The Black Scholar impact factor: 0.051 details
329. Russian Politics and Law impact factor: 0.044 details
330. Issues Stud impact factor: 0.043 details
331. Int Polit Oslo impact factor: 0.033 details
332. Telos impact factor: 0.029 details
333. Sws Rundsch impact factor: 0.025 details
334. Pensee impact factor: 0.018 details
335. Centro J impact factor: 0.000 details