| Ranking | Title | ISSN |
| A* | American Journal of Political Science | 0092-5853 |
| A* | American Political Science Review | 0003-0554 |
| A* | Asian Security | |
| A* | British Journal of Political Science | 0007-1234 |
| A* | Comparative Politics | 0010-4159 |
| A* | European Journal of International Relations | 1354-0661 |
| A* | European Journal of Political Research | 0304-4130 |
| A* | History of Political Thought | 0143-781X |
| A* | International Organization | 0020-8183 |
| A* | International Security | 0162-2889 |
| A* | Journal of Conflict Resolution | 0022-0027 |
| A* | Nations and Nationalism | 1354-5078 |
| A* | Pacific Affairs | 0030-851X |
| A* | Patterns of Prejudice | 0031-322X |
| A* | Political Analysis | 1047-1987 |
| A* | Political Studies | 0032-3217 |
| A* | Political Theory | 0090-5917 |
| A* | Public Opinion Quarterly | 0033-362X |
| A* | World Politics | 0043-8871 |
| A | Annals | |
| A | Annual Review of Political Science | 1094-2939 |
| A | Australian Journal of International Affairs | 1035-7718 |
| A | Australian Journal of Political Science | 1036-1146 |
| A | Australian Journal of Politics and History | 0004-9522 |
| A | Comparative Political Studies | 0010-4140 |
| A | Conflict Management and Peace Research | |
| A | Conflict Resolution Quarterly | 1536-5581 |
| A | Cooperation and Conflict | 0010-8367 |
| A | Democratization | 1351-0347 |
| A | Economic and Political Weekly | 0012-9976 |
| A | Electoral Studies | 0261-3794 |
| A | Ethics and International Affairs | 0892-6794 |
| A | Ethnicities | 1468-7968 |
| A | Foreign Affairs | 0015-7120 |
| A | Government and Opposition | 0017-257X |
| A | International Affairs | 0020-5850 |
| A | International Feminist Journal of Politics | |
| A | International Journal of Public Opinion Research | 0954-2892 |
| A | International Political Science Review | 0192-5121 |
| A | International Politics | 1384-5748 |
| A | International Studies Quarterly | 0020-8833 |
| A | Journal of Common Market Studies | 0021-9886 |
| A | Journal of Development Studies | 0022-0388 |
| A | Journal of Peace Research | 0022-3433 |
| A | Journal of Political Philosophy | 0963-8016 |
| A | Journal of Politics | 0022-3816 |
| A | Journal of Theoretical Politics | 0951-6298 |
| A | Legislative Studies Quarterly | 0362-9805 |
| A | Millennium-Journal of International Studies | 0305-8298 |
| A | New Left Review | 0028-6060 |
| A | Policy and Politics | 0305-5736 |
| A | Political Communication | 1058-4609 |
| A | Political Geography | 0962-6298 |
| A | Political Science Quarterly | 0032-3195 |
| A | Politics & Society | 0032-3292 |
| A | Politics Philosophy and Economics | |
| A | Presidential Studies Quarterly | |
| A | Public Choice | 0048-5829 |
| A | Review of International Political Economy | 0969-2290 |
| A | Review of International Studies | 0260-2105 |
| A | Review of Politics | 0034-6705 |
| A | Scottish Journal of Political Economy | 0036-9292 |
| A | Social Alternatives | 0155-0306 |
| A | Survival | 0039-6338 |
| A | Third World Quarterly | 0143-6597 |
| A | West European Politics | 0140-2382 |
| B | Acta Politica | 0001-6810 |
| B | Alternatives | 0304-3754 |
| B | American Politics Quarterly | 0044-7803 |
| B | Anarchist Studies | |
| B | Arena Journal | |
| B | Asian Journal of Political Science | |
| B | Biosecurity | |
| B | Biosecurity and Bioterrorism-Biodefense Strategy Practice and Science | 1538-7135 |
| B | British Journal of Politics and International Relations | 1369-1481 |
| B | British Politics | |
| B | Business and Politics | 1369-5258 |
| B | Cambridge Review of International Affairs | |
| B | Canadian Journal of Pacific Studies | |
| B | Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne de Science Politique | 0008-4239 |
| B | Citizenship Studies | 1362-1025 |
| B | Commonwealth & Comparative Politics | 1466-2043 |
| B | Communist and Post-Communist Studies | 0967-067X |
| B | Comparative European Politics | |
| B | Comparative International Development | |
| B | Conflict Management and Peace Science | 0738-8942 |
| B | Constitutional Political Economy | 1043-4062 |
| B | Contemporary Political Theory | |
| B | Contemporary Politics | |
| B | Contemporary Security Policy | |
| B | Contemporary South East Asia Research | |
| B | Critique | 0011-1600 |
| B | Environmental Politics | 0964-4016 |
| B | Foreign Policy | 0015-7228 |
| B | Gender and Politics | |
| B | German Politics | |
| B | Global Change Peace and Security | |
| B | Global Environmental Politics | 1526-3800 |
| B | Global Governance | 1075-2846 |
| B | Global Society | 1360-0826 |
| B | Harvard International Journal of Press-Politics | 1081-180X |
| B | Intelligence and National Security | |
| B | International Interaction | |
| B | International Journal | 0020-7020 |
| B | International Relations | 0047-1178 |
| B | Japan Review of International Affairs | |
| B | Japanese Journal of Political Science | |
| B | Journal of Australian Political Economy | |
| B | Journal of Conflict Studies | |
| B | Journal of European Integration History | |
| B | Journal of Political Ideologies | 1356-9317 |
| B | Journal of Strategic Studies | 0140-2390 |
| B | Middle East Policy | 1061-1924 |
| B | Millennium | |
| B | Nationalism and Ethnic Politics | 1353-7113 |
| B | New Political Economy | 1356-3467 |
| B | Parliamentary Affairs | 0031-2290 |
| B | Party Politics | 1354-0688 |
| B | Perspectives on Politics | 1537-5927 |
| B | Political Behavior | 0190-9320 |
| B | Political Quarterly | 0032-3179 |
| B | Political Research Quarterly | 1065-9129 |
| B | Political Science | 0032-3187 |
| B | Politicka Ekonomie | 0032-3233 |
| B | Polity | 0032-3497 |
| B | Post-Soviet Affairs | 1060-586X |
| B | Problems of Post-Communism | 1075-8216 |
| B | Quarterly Journal of Political Science | |
| B | Review of Political Economy | 0953-8259 |
| B | Revue Francaise de Science Politique | 0035-2950 |
| B | SAIS Review-School of Advanced International Studies | |
| B | Scandinavian Political Studies | 0080-6757 |
| B | Security Dialogue | 0967-0106 |
| B | Security Studies | 0963-6412 |
| B | Social Identities | 1350-4630 |
| B | Studies in Comparative International Development | 0039-3606 |
| B | Taiwan Journal of Democracy | |
| B | Telos | |
| B | Terrorism and Political Violence | 0954-6553 |
| B | Washington Quarterly | 0163-660X |
| C | American Politics Research | 1532-673X |
| C | American Review of Politics | |
| C | Antithesis | |
| C | Armed Forces & Society | 0095-327X |
| C | Australasian Journal of Human Security | |
| C | Canadian Foreign Policy | |
| C | Cato Journal | 0273-3072 |
| C | Chinese Journal of International Politics | |
| C | Civil Liberty | |
| C | Civil Wars | |
| C | Comparative Strategy | 0149-5933 |
| C | Conflict Resolution and Negotiation Journal | |
| C | Congressional Studies-a Journal of the Congress | |
| C | Contractualism and Citizenship | |
| C | Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy | |
| C | Dissent | 0012-3846 |
| C | East European Politics and Societies | 0888-3254 |
| C | Ecopolitics | |
| C | European Foreign Affairs Review | 1384-6299 |
| C | European Integration | |
| C | European Journal of Political theory | 1474-8851 |
| C | European Union Politics | 1465-1165 |
| C | Foreign Policy Analysis | |
| C | Foreign Policy Bulletin | |
| C | Global Development Studies | |
| C | Harvard Journal of World Affairs | |
| C | Indian Journal of Political Science | |
| C | Indian Journal of Politics | |
| C | International Insights | |
| C | International Journal of Peace Studies | 1085-7494 |
| C | International Journal of Political Economy | |
| C | International Journal of Politics Culture and Society | |
| C | International Journal of World Peace | |
| C | International Peacekeeping | |
| C | International Public Relations Review | |
| C | International Relations Journal | |
| C | International Studies Perspectives | 1528-3577 |
| C | Internationale Politik | 1430-175X |
| C | Issues & Studies | 1013-2511 |
| C | Italian Journal of Political Science | |
| C | Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics | 1352-3279 |
| C | Journal of Conflict Security and Development | |
| C | Journal of Contemporary Analysis | |
| C | Journal of Contemporary European Studies | 1478-2804 |
| C | Journal of Contemporary Politics | |
| C | Journal of Critical Realism | |
| C | Journal of Defence Studies | |
| C | Journal of Democracy | 1045-5736 |
| C | Journal of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations | |
| C | Journal of Government and Political Studies | |
| C | Journal of International Relations | |
| C | Journal of International Relations and Development | 1408-6980 |
| C | Journal of Military and Political Sociology | |
| C | Journal of Political Science | |
| C | Journal of Social and Political Thought | |
| C | Korean Journal of Defense Analysis | 1016-3271 |
| C | Latin American Politics and Society | 1531-426X |
| C | Legislative Studies | |
| C | Local Government Studies | 0300-3930 |
| C | Melbourne Journal of Politics | |
| C | Modern and Contemporary France | 0963-9489 |
| C | Mongolian Journal of International Affairs | |
| C | Nation | 0027-8378 |
| C | National Political Science Review | |
| C | New England Journal of Political Science | |
| C | New Political Science: a journal of politics and culture | |
| C | Nonproliferation Review | |
| C | Osteuropa | 0030-6428 |
| C | Panorama | 1253-4404 |
| C | Peace and Change | |
| C | Peace and Democracy in South Asia | |
| C | Peace and Policy | |
| C | Peacekeeping and International Relations | |
| C | Perspectives on European Politics and Society | 1570-5854 |
| C | Perspectives: the Central European Review of International Affairs | |
| C | Philippine Political Science Journal | |
| C | Phillipine Political Science Journal | |
| C | Polis | |
| C | Politica y Gobierno | 1405-1060 |
| C | Politics | 0032-3276 |
| C | Politique Etrangere | |
| C | Politische Vierteljahresschrift | 0032-3470 |
| C | Representation | |
| C | Revue d Economie Politique | 0373-2630 |
| C | Round Table | 0035-8533 |
| C | South African Journal of International Affairs | |
| C | Strategic Studies | |
| C | Studies in American Political Development | 0898-588X |
| C | Studies in Conflict and Terrorism | 1057-610X |
| C | World Journal of International Relations | |
| C | World Journal of Peace and Security | |
| C | World Journal of Political Studies | |
| C | World Today | 0043-9134 |