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

1. Annual Review of Sociology impact factor: 5.019 details
2. American Sociological Review impact factor: 4.077 details
3. American Political Science Review impact factor: 3.933 details
4. Annals of Tourism Research impact factor: 3.683 details
5. American Journal of Sociology impact factor: 3.414 details
6. Social Networks impact factor: 3.381 details
7. Sociological Methodology impact factor: 3.167 details
8. Journal of Marriage and the Family impact factor: 3.006 details
9. Common Market Law Review impact factor: 3.000 details
10. American Journal of Political Science impact factor: 2.811 details
11. Journal of Consumer Culture impact factor: 2.793 details
12. International Security impact factor: 2.739 details
13. Global Environmental Politics impact factor: 2.630 details
14. Sociological Theory impact factor: 2.594 details
15. International Organization impact factor: 2.490 details
16. Political Communication impact factor: 2.415 details
17. World Politics impact factor: 2.308 details
18. Political Analysis impact factor: 2.231 details
19. Marine Policy impact factor: 2.230 details
20. Journal of Peace Research impact factor: 2.191 details
21. Political Geography impact factor: 2.108 details
22. Population and Development Review impact factor: 2.085 details
23. Socio-Economic Review impact factor: 2.059 details
24. Gender & Society impact factor: 2.000 details
25. International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics impact factor: 2.000 details
26. Perspectives on Politics impact factor: 1.963 details
27. New Political Economy impact factor: 1.930 details
28. Cornell Hospitality Quarterly impact factor: 1.892 details
29. Annual Review of Political Science impact factor: 1.884 details
30. Global Networks impact factor: 1.863 details
31. European Sociological Review impact factor: 1.860 details
32. Sociological Methods & Research impact factor: 1.844 details
33. Politics & Society impact factor: 1.833 details
34. Law & Society Review impact factor: 1.828 details
35. International Journal of Transitional Justice impact factor: 1.791 details
36. Social Problems impact factor: 1.782 details
37. European Union Politics impact factor: 1.774 details
38. Sociology of Health & Illness impact factor: 1.735 details
39. Journal of Conflict Resolution impact factor: 1.701 details
40. Sociology of Education impact factor: 1.697 details
41. British Journal of Sociology impact factor: 1.684 details
42. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism Biodefense Strategy Practice and Science impact factor: 1.682 details
43. Comparative Political Studies impact factor: 1.673 details
44. Social Forces impact factor: 1.672 details
45. Review of International Political Economy impact factor: 1.661 details
46. Body & Society impact factor: 1.651 details
47. Regulation & Governance / REGULATION AND GOVERNANCE impact factor: 1.625 details
48. Security Dialogue impact factor: 1.612 details
49. Journal of Political Philosophy / The Journal of Political Philosophy impact factor: 1.609 details
50. Governance impact factor: 1.604 details
51. JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies impact factor: 1.603 details
52. Rural Sociology impact factor: 1.585 details
53. The Journal of Politics impact factor: 1.577 details
54. Economy and Society impact factor: 1.551 details
55. Sociological Quarterly impact factor: 1.545 details
56. Public Opinion Quarterly impact factor: 1.522 details
57. The Review of International Organizations impact factor: 1.514 details
58. Sociology impact factor: 1.504 details
59. Qualitative Research impact factor: 1.487 details
60. New Left Rev impact factor: 1.485 details
61. British Journal of Political Science impact factor: 1.477 details
62. African Affairs impact factor: 1.474 details
63. Political Behavior impact factor: 1.474 details
64. Environmental Politics impact factor: 1.467 details
65. European Journal of International Relations impact factor: 1.453 details
66. Political Psychology impact factor: 1.418 details
67. Poetics impact factor: 1.414 details
68. Discourse & Society impact factor: 1.410 details
69. International Political Sociology impact factor: 1.405 details
70. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion impact factor: 1.396 details
71. The International Journal of Press/Politics impact factor: 1.396 details
72. International Studies Quarterly impact factor: 1.391 details
73. European Journal of Political Research impact factor: 1.382 details
74. Biodemography and Social Biology impact factor: 1.368 details
75. West European Politics impact factor: 1.368 details
76. Human Ecology impact factor: 1.361 details
77. Agriculture and Human Values impact factor: 1.355 details
78. Rev Cercet Interv So impact factor: 1.354 details
79. Work and Occupations impact factor: 1.324 details
80. Post-Soviet Affairs impact factor: 1.310 details
81. Journal of Sport and Social Issues impact factor: 1.300 details
82. Political Studies Review impact factor: 1.286 details
83. European Political Science Review impact factor: 1.275 details
84. Social Science Research impact factor: 1.266 details
85. Social Indicators Research impact factor: 1.264 details
86. Work, Employment and Society impact factor: 1.255 details
87. Sociological Inquiry impact factor: 1.241 details
88. Chinese Sociological Review impact factor: 1.222 details
89. Journal of Law and Society impact factor: 1.220 details
90. Global Policy impact factor: 1.206 details
91. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade impact factor: 1.190 details
92. International Interactions impact factor: 1.188 details
93. Du Bois Review Social Science Research on Race impact factor: 1.174 details
94. Ethnic and Racial Studies impact factor: 1.169 details
95. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific impact factor: 1.147 details
96. J Democr impact factor: 1.147 details
97. Party Politics: The International Journal for the Study of Political Parties and Political Organizations impact factor: 1.141 details
98. European Journal of Political Economy impact factor: 1.132 details
99. International Theory impact factor: 1.129 details
100. International Review for the Sociology of Sport impact factor: 1.125 details
101. Quarterly Journal of Political Science impact factor: 1.120 details
102. Review of Policy Research impact factor: 1.113 details
103. Media, Culture & Society impact factor: 1.092 details
104. Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism impact factor: 1.089 details
105. Annual Review of Law and Social Science impact factor: 1.080 details
106. Sociology of Religion impact factor: 1.079 details
107. International Studies Review impact factor: 1.063 details
108. International Affairs impact factor: 1.062 details
109. Public Administration impact factor: 1.062 details
110. The Pacific Review impact factor: 1.051 details
111. Political Research Quarterly impact factor: 1.044 details
112. Society & Natural Resources impact factor: 1.034 details
113. Journal of Public Policy impact factor: 1.033 details
114. Sociologia Ruralis impact factor: 1.022 details
115. Leisure Sciences impact factor: 1.018 details
116. Policy Studies Journal impact factor: 1.014 details
117. Anthrozoos A Multidisciplinary Journal of The Interactions of People & Animals impact factor: 1.000 details
118. Journal of Sociology impact factor: 1.000 details
119. Publius The Journal of Federalism impact factor: 1.000 details
120. The American Journal of International Law impact factor: 0.977 details
121. British Journal of Sociology of Education impact factor: 0.976 details
122. Legislative Studies Quarterly impact factor: 0.976 details
123. Ocean Development & International Law impact factor: 0.944 details
124. International Journal of Intercultural Relations impact factor: 0.940 details
125. Social Science Quarterly impact factor: 0.930 details
126. Language in Society impact factor: 0.929 details
127. Millennium: Journal of International Studies impact factor: 0.923 details
128. Conflict Management and Peace Science impact factor: 0.918 details
129. Political Studies impact factor: 0.917 details
130. Youth & Society impact factor: 0.897 details
131. Electoral Studies impact factor: 0.887 details
132. Politics and Gender impact factor: 0.882 details
133. Public Choice impact factor: 0.878 details
134. Journal of Mathematical Sociology impact factor: 0.875 details
135. World Economy impact factor: 0.872 details
136. Hum Ecol Rev impact factor: 0.871 details
137. J Leisure Res impact factor: 0.870 details
138. Review of African Political Economy impact factor: 0.862 details
139. European Journal of Sociology impact factor: 0.857 details
140. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science impact factor: 0.856 details
141. The Washington Quarterly impact factor: 0.851 details
142. City and Community impact factor: 0.850 details
143. New Republic impact factor: 0.844 details
144. Sociological Forum impact factor: 0.833 details
145. Social Justice Research impact factor: 0.829 details
146. Review of World Economics / Review of World Economics/Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv impact factor: 0.829 details
147. Columbia J Trans Law impact factor: 0.828 details
148. Journal of Strategic Studies impact factor: 0.817 details
149. Parliamentary Affairs impact factor: 0.814 details
150. European Journal of Social Theory impact factor: 0.811 details
151. Symbolic Interaction impact factor: 0.811 details
152. Sociological Review impact factor: 0.806 details
153. Comparative Studies in Society and History impact factor: 0.800 details
154. Government and Opposition impact factor: 0.800 details
155. International Studies Perspectives impact factor: 0.787 details
156. Food Culture and Society An International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research impact factor: 0.778 details
157. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography impact factor: 0.776 details
158. The Chinese Journal of International Politics impact factor: 0.774 details
159. Terrorism and Political Violence impact factor: 0.766 details
160. Sociological Perspectives impact factor: 0.763 details
161. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies impact factor: 0.763 details
162. Policy & Politics impact factor: 0.758 details
163. Rationality and Society impact factor: 0.757 details
164. Mobilization impact factor: 0.750 details
165. Comparative Politics impact factor: 0.750 details
166. Geopolitics impact factor: 0.744 details
167. Scandinavian Political Studies impact factor: 0.743 details
168. Current Sociology impact factor: 0.741 details
169. Review of International Studies impact factor: 0.739 details
170. Security Studies impact factor: 0.739 details
171. Citizenship Studies impact factor: 0.738 details
172. International Sociology impact factor: 0.732 details
173. State Politics & Policy Quarterly impact factor: 0.732 details
174. Sociol Sport J impact factor: 0.727 details
175. British Journal of Politics & International Relations impact factor: 0.725 details
176. Polit Ekon impact factor: 0.722 details
177. Studies in Comparative International Development impact factor: 0.722 details
178. Mediterranean Politics impact factor: 0.722 details
179. Acta Sociologica impact factor: 0.714 details
180. Survival impact factor: 0.712 details
181. Human Rights Quarterly impact factor: 0.710 details
182. Political Theory: An International Journal of Political Philosophy impact factor: 0.703 details
183. Information Communication & Society impact factor: 0.700 details
184. Sexualities impact factor: 0.690 details
185. Local Government Studies impact factor: 0.690 details
186. British Politics impact factor: 0.689 details
187. International Relations impact factor: 0.673 details
188. Chinese Journal of International Law impact factor: 0.672 details
189. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists impact factor: 0.667 details
190. American Politics Research impact factor: 0.667 details
191. European Journal of International Law impact factor: 0.659 details
192. International Journal of Comparative Sociology impact factor: 0.652 details
193. Czech Sociological Review impact factor: 0.652 details
194. Globalizations impact factor: 0.639 details
195. Contemporary Politics impact factor: 0.635 details
196. Cooperation and Conflict impact factor: 0.627 details
197. Mon Rev impact factor: 0.625 details
198. Sociological Research Online impact factor: 0.619 details
199. Global Gov impact factor: 0.617 details
200. Theory and Society impact factor: 0.614 details
201. Foreign Policy Analysis impact factor: 0.610 details
202. The Political Quarterly impact factor: 0.605 details
203. Z Soziol impact factor: 0.604 details
204. Politics impact factor: 0.604 details
205. Qualitative Sociology impact factor: 0.603 details
206. Democratization impact factor: 0.598 details
207. Space Policy impact factor: 0.587 details
208. Economics and Politics impact factor: 0.583 details
209. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism impact factor: 0.577 details
210. Nations and Nationalism impact factor: 0.566 details
211. Studies in American Political Development impact factor: 0.562 details
212. Journal of Policy History impact factor: 0.553 details
213. Journal of International Relations and Development impact factor: 0.553 details
214. Ethnography impact factor: 0.551 details
215. Young impact factor: 0.550 details
216. European Societies impact factor: 0.548 details
217. Journal of Theoretical Politics impact factor: 0.548 details
218. Men and Masculinities impact factor: 0.547 details
219. Comparative European Politics impact factor: 0.547 details
220. Australian Journal Of International Affairs impact factor: 0.538 details
221. Int J Confl Violence impact factor: 0.512 details
222. Deviant Behavior impact factor: 0.492 details
223. KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie impact factor: 0.481 details
224. Middle East Policy impact factor: 0.481 details
225. International Political Science Review impact factor: 0.474 details
226. Latin American Perspectives: A Journal on Capitalism and Socialism impact factor: 0.474 details
227. Political Science Quarterly impact factor: 0.465 details
228. Europe Asia Studies impact factor: 0.464 details
229. World Trade Review impact factor: 0.459 details
230. Nation impact factor: 0.454 details
231. International Peacekeeping impact factor: 0.449 details
232. Canadian Journal of Sociology impact factor: 0.448 details
233. Canadian Review of Sociology impact factor: 0.444 details
234. Crime, Media, Culture impact factor: 0.441 details
235. Sociological Spectrum impact factor: 0.441 details
236. Osterr Z Politwiss impact factor: 0.438 details
237. Health Sociology Review impact factor: 0.435 details
238. Armed Forces & Society impact factor: 0.426 details
239. Swiss Political Science Review impact factor: 0.425 details
240. Polity impact factor: 0.422 details
241. Dissent impact factor: 0.421 details
242. Asian J Wto Int Heal impact factor: 0.419 details
243. Rev Cienc Polit Sant impact factor: 0.413 details
244. J Aust Polit Econ impact factor: 0.412 details
245. Politische Vierteljahresschrift impact factor: 0.412 details
246. Econ Soc Rev impact factor: 0.409 details
247. South European Society & Politics impact factor: 0.406 details
248. Canadian Journal of Political Science impact factor: 0.405 details
249. East European Politics and Societies impact factor: 0.400 details
250. Political Science impact factor: 0.400 details
251. Lex localis - Journal of Local Self Government impact factor: 0.400 details
252. Cultural Sociology impact factor: 0.391 details
253. Ethics & Global Politics impact factor: 0.391 details
254. American Journal of Economics and Sociology impact factor: 0.389 details
255. Australian Journal of Political Science impact factor: 0.388 details
256. PS Political Science & Politics impact factor: 0.379 details
257. Society and Animals impact factor: 0.378 details
258. Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional impact factor: 0.377 details
259. Innovation The European Journal of Social Science Research impact factor: 0.375 details
260. European Political Science impact factor: 0.373 details
261. Communist and Post-Communist Studies / Communist and Post Communist Studies impact factor: 0.369 details
262. Race & Class impact factor: 0.367 details
263. Scottish Journal of Political Economy impact factor: 0.367 details
264. Journal of Human Rights impact factor: 0.365 details
265. International Feminist Journal of Politics impact factor: 0.364 details
266. Acta Politica impact factor: 0.361 details
267. Problems of Post-Communism impact factor: 0.353 details
268. Politics, Philosophy & Economics impact factor: 0.351 details
269. Politikon South African Journal of Political Studies impact factor: 0.351 details
270. Sociologie du Travail impact factor: 0.341 details
271. Review of Religious Research impact factor: 0.339 details
272. Contemporary Sociology impact factor: 0.333 details
273. Latin American Politics and Society impact factor: 0.327 details
274. Historical Materialism impact factor: 0.321 details
275. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas impact factor: 0.308 details
276. War in History impact factor: 0.308 details
277. German Politics impact factor: 0.306 details
278. Journal of the History of Sexuality impact factor: 0.300 details
279. Cornell Int Law J impact factor: 0.289 details
280. Cambridge Review of International Affairs impact factor: 0.288 details
281. Rom J Polit Sci impact factor: 0.286 details
282. Berliner Journal für Soziologie impact factor: 0.283 details
283. International Politics impact factor: 0.278 details
284. Indep Rev impact factor: 0.273 details
285. Japanese Journal of Political Science impact factor: 0.263 details
286. Korea Obs impact factor: 0.260 details
287. The Forum impact factor: 0.259 details
288. Society impact factor: 0.257 details
289. Revista Internacional de Sociología impact factor: 0.254 details
290. Social Compass impact factor: 0.250 details
291. Korean Journal of Defense Analysis impact factor: 0.246 details
292. Human Studies impact factor: 0.244 details
293. Asian Perspect Seoul impact factor: 0.241 details
294. Sociologia impact factor: 0.240 details
295. Politics and Religion impact factor: 0.238 details
296. Contemporary Political Theory impact factor: 0.237 details
297. Journal of Cold War Studies impact factor: 0.231 details
298. Journal of World Trade impact factor: 0.226 details
299. Asia Europe Journal impact factor: 0.220 details
300. Journal of Women Politics & Policy / Journal of Women Politics and Policy impact factor: 0.214 details
301. Polit Gob impact factor: 0.211 details
302. Philippine Political Science Journal impact factor: 0.200 details
303. Drustvena istrazivanja impact factor: 0.189 details
304. Curr Hist impact factor: 0.189 details
305. Studies in Symbolic Interaction impact factor: 0.182 details
306. Pacific Focus impact factor: 0.179 details
307. Stanford J Int Law impact factor: 0.176 details
308. Policy Rev impact factor: 0.175 details
309. Journal of Historical Sociology impact factor: 0.170 details
310. International Journal: Canada’s Journal of Global Policy Analysis impact factor: 0.157 details
311. Contributions to Indian Sociology impact factor: 0.148 details
312. Politix impact factor: 0.147 details
313. Convergencia impact factor: 0.145 details
314. Sotsiol Issled+ impact factor: 0.139 details
315. Revue Française de Sociologie impact factor: 0.137 details
316. Sociologus impact factor: 0.133 details
317. Hist Polit impact factor: 0.130 details
318. Rev Clad Reforma Dem impact factor: 0.119 details
319. Alternatives: Global, Local, Political impact factor: 0.106 details
320. European History Quarterly impact factor: 0.093 details
321. Estudios constitucionales impact factor: 0.093 details
322. Rev Estud Polit impact factor: 0.093 details
323. Uluslar Iliskiler impact factor: 0.091 details
324. World Policy Journal impact factor: 0.086 details
325. Commentary impact factor: 0.071 details
326. Filos Sociol impact factor: 0.068 details
327. Soziale Welt impact factor: 0.062 details
328. Rev Econ Polit impact factor: 0.057 details
329. Deviance et Societe impact factor: 0.056 details
330. Eastern European Countryside impact factor: 0.045 details
331. Russian Politics and Law impact factor: 0.044 details
332. Issues Stud impact factor: 0.043 details
333. Pol Sociol Rev impact factor: 0.038 details
334. Sociol Forsknin impact factor: 0.038 details
335. Chinese Sociology & Anthropology impact factor: 0.033 details
336. Int Polit Oslo impact factor: 0.033 details
337. Telos impact factor: 0.029 details
338. Sws Rundsch impact factor: 0.025 details
339. Stud Socjologiczne impact factor: 0.024 details
340. Pensee impact factor: 0.018 details