Journal of Theoretical Politics

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SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q3
Impact factor
0.7
SJR
0.335
CiteScore
1.3
Categories
Sociology and Political Science
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1989-2025
journal names
Journal of Theoretical Politics
J THEOR POLIT
Publications
880
Citations
20 797
h-index
69
Publications
109
Citations
5 565
Top-3 citing journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (1083 citations)
Party Politics
Party Politics (292 citations)
Top-3 organizations
New York University
New York University (21 publications)
Stanford University
Stanford University (21 publications)
Princeton University
Princeton University (4 publications)
University of Chicago
University of Chicago (4 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (349 publications)
United Kingdom (42 publications)
Germany (35 publications)
USA (42 publications)
Japan (8 publications)
Germany (6 publications)

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SSRN Electronic Journal
1083 citations, 5.21%
Journal of Theoretical Politics
655 citations, 3.15%
Party Politics
292 citations, 1.4%
Journal of Politics
283 citations, 1.36%
Electoral Studies
243 citations, 1.17%
Public Choice
239 citations, 1.15%
American Journal of Political Science
234 citations, 1.13%
European Journal of Political Research
216 citations, 1.04%
Comparative Political Studies
169 citations, 0.81%
Social Choice and Welfare
169 citations, 0.81%
American Political Science Review
155 citations, 0.75%
West European Politics
147 citations, 0.71%
European Union Politics
131 citations, 0.63%
Journal of European Public Policy
119 citations, 0.57%
Political Studies
109 citations, 0.52%
British Journal of Political Science
108 citations, 0.52%
Political Research Quarterly
94 citations, 0.45%
Policy Studies Journal
94 citations, 0.45%
Swiss Political Science Review
93 citations, 0.45%
Public Administration
87 citations, 0.42%
European Journal of Political Economy
85 citations, 0.41%
Journal of Public Policy
69 citations, 0.33%
Legislative Studies Quarterly
66 citations, 0.32%
Governance
66 citations, 0.32%
Journal of Conflict Resolution
65 citations, 0.31%
Annual Review of Political Science
65 citations, 0.31%
Games and Economic Behavior
63 citations, 0.3%
Politische Vierteljahresschrift
62 citations, 0.3%
Government and Opposition
60 citations, 0.29%
Political Science Research and Methods
60 citations, 0.29%
Acta Politica
58 citations, 0.28%
Scandinavian Political Studies
54 citations, 0.26%
Presidential Studies Quarterly
54 citations, 0.26%
International Political Science Review
54 citations, 0.26%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
53 citations, 0.25%
Political Behavior
52 citations, 0.25%
Mathematical Social Sciences
52 citations, 0.25%
American Politics Research
51 citations, 0.25%
Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
50 citations, 0.24%
Revue Francaise de Science Politique
50 citations, 0.24%
World Development
50 citations, 0.24%
The Journal of Legislative Studies
49 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Public Economics
49 citations, 0.24%
International Studies Quarterly
48 citations, 0.23%
Conflict Management and Peace Science
48 citations, 0.23%
Constitutional Political Economy
46 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
46 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Common Market Studies
44 citations, 0.21%
Rationality and Society
43 citations, 0.21%
Political Analysis
42 citations, 0.2%
European Political Science Review
40 citations, 0.19%
Regional and Federal Studies
39 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
39 citations, 0.19%
Policy Sciences
38 citations, 0.18%
Comparative European Politics
38 citations, 0.18%
Studies in Choice and Welfare
38 citations, 0.18%
Democratization
37 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties
37 citations, 0.18%
Sustainability
37 citations, 0.18%
Political Studies Review
36 citations, 0.17%
Ecological Economics
36 citations, 0.17%
Public Management Review
36 citations, 0.17%
Review of Policy Research
35 citations, 0.17%
Public Administration Review
35 citations, 0.17%
PS - Political Science and Politics
34 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Peace Research
33 citations, 0.16%
Representation
33 citations, 0.16%
Group Decision and Negotiation
33 citations, 0.16%
International Interactions
32 citations, 0.15%
Social Science Quarterly
32 citations, 0.15%
Interest Groups and Advocacy
31 citations, 0.15%
International Organization
30 citations, 0.14%
Land Use Policy
30 citations, 0.14%
Journal of European Integration
29 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice
28 citations, 0.13%
Theory and Decision
28 citations, 0.13%
British Politics
28 citations, 0.13%
Political Psychology
28 citations, 0.13%
Administration and Society
28 citations, 0.13%
Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica
28 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Economic Theory
27 citations, 0.13%
American Economic Review
27 citations, 0.13%
Perspectives on Politics
26 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Institutional Economics
26 citations, 0.13%
PLoS ONE
26 citations, 0.13%
Quality and Quantity
25 citations, 0.12%
Communist and Post-Communist Studies
25 citations, 0.12%
Politics and Policy
25 citations, 0.12%
European Journal of International Relations
24 citations, 0.12%
International Journal of Public Administration
24 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Public Economic Theory
24 citations, 0.12%
Economic Theory
23 citations, 0.11%
British Journal of Politics and International Relations
23 citations, 0.11%
Society and Natural Resources
22 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Law and Courts
22 citations, 0.11%
Review of International Organizations
22 citations, 0.11%
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21 citations, 0.1%
Local Government Studies
21 citations, 0.1%
Marine Policy
21 citations, 0.1%
Parliamentary Affairs
21 citations, 0.1%
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SAGE
2528 citations, 12.16%
Cambridge University Press
2363 citations, 11.36%
Springer Nature
2343 citations, 11.27%
Taylor & Francis
2064 citations, 9.92%
Wiley
1940 citations, 9.33%
Elsevier
1765 citations, 8.49%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1057 citations, 5.08%
Oxford University Press
702 citations, 3.38%
University of Chicago Press
368 citations, 1.77%
Emerald
234 citations, 1.13%
MDPI
173 citations, 0.83%
Annual Reviews
116 citations, 0.56%
CAIRN
98 citations, 0.47%
Walter de Gruyter
85 citations, 0.41%
SciELO
73 citations, 0.35%
American Economic Association
62 citations, 0.3%
IGI Global
55 citations, 0.26%
Center for the Study of the Presidency
54 citations, 0.26%
OpenEdition
50 citations, 0.24%
Frontiers Media S.A.
47 citations, 0.23%
40 citations, 0.19%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
37 citations, 0.18%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
37 citations, 0.18%
University of California Press
33 citations, 0.16%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
32 citations, 0.15%
Consortium Erudit
30 citations, 0.14%
MIT Press
25 citations, 0.12%
Mary Ann Liebert
22 citations, 0.11%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
21 citations, 0.1%
Ubiquity Press
21 citations, 0.1%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
19 citations, 0.09%
World Scientific
17 citations, 0.08%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
16 citations, 0.08%
The Royal Society
16 citations, 0.08%
Sirey
16 citations, 0.08%
Brill
15 citations, 0.07%
Instituto Universitario de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro
15 citations, 0.07%
Institut fur Iberoamerika-Kunde
14 citations, 0.07%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
14 citations, 0.07%
Bristol University Press
14 citations, 0.07%
Cogitatio
14 citations, 0.07%
Duke University Press
13 citations, 0.06%
Academy of Management
13 citations, 0.06%
Institut francais des relations internationales (IFRI)
13 citations, 0.06%
Escola Brasileira de Administracao Publica da Fundacao Getulio Vargas
12 citations, 0.06%
Vysoka Skola Ekonomicka
10 citations, 0.05%
American Psychological Association (APA)
10 citations, 0.05%
9 citations, 0.04%
Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
9 citations, 0.04%
IOP Publishing
8 citations, 0.04%
Scientific Research Publishing
8 citations, 0.04%
Cornell University Press
7 citations, 0.03%
Centro de Estudos de Opiniao Publica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
7 citations, 0.03%
Hindawi Limited
7 citations, 0.03%
Pleiades Publishing
6 citations, 0.03%
Masaryk University Press
6 citations, 0.03%
NP Voprosy Ekonomiki
6 citations, 0.03%
Virtus Interpress
6 citations, 0.03%
The Econometric Society
6 citations, 0.03%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
5 citations, 0.02%
BMJ
5 citations, 0.02%
Akademiai Kiado
5 citations, 0.02%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
5 citations, 0.02%
Edinburgh University Press
4 citations, 0.02%
EDP Sciences
4 citations, 0.02%
Morgan & Claypool Publishers
4 citations, 0.02%
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
4 citations, 0.02%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
4 citations, 0.02%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
4 citations, 0.02%
F1000 Research
4 citations, 0.02%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
4 citations, 0.02%
South Florida Publishing LLC
4 citations, 0.02%
Verlag Barbara Budrich GmbH
4 citations, 0.02%
Korean Political Science Association
4 citations, 0.02%
Editorial CSIC
4 citations, 0.02%
IOS Press
3 citations, 0.01%
Liverpool University Press
3 citations, 0.01%
AIP Publishing
3 citations, 0.01%
3 citations, 0.01%
University of Illinois Press
3 citations, 0.01%
3 citations, 0.01%
IWA Publishing
3 citations, 0.01%
Editora Universidade de Brasilia
3 citations, 0.01%
Institut fur Afrika-Kunde
3 citations, 0.01%
International Monetary Fund
3 citations, 0.01%
IAE School of Management Montpellier University
3 citations, 0.01%
Canadian Science Publishing
3 citations, 0.01%
Project MUSE
3 citations, 0.01%
Cognizant, LLC
3 citations, 0.01%
Intellect
3 citations, 0.01%
Hans Publishers
3 citations, 0.01%
2 citations, 0.01%
2 citations, 0.01%
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
2 citations, 0.01%
American Accounting Association
2 citations, 0.01%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
2 citations, 0.01%
Indiana University Press
2 citations, 0.01%
Philosophy Documentation Center, Saint Louis University
2 citations, 0.01%
2 citations, 0.01%
Mathematical Association of America
2 citations, 0.01%
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Stanford University
21 publications, 2.39%
New York University
21 publications, 2.39%
London School of Economics and Political Science
17 publications, 1.93%
University of Chicago
16 publications, 1.82%
University of Rochester
16 publications, 1.82%
Princeton University
15 publications, 1.7%
Harvard University
15 publications, 1.7%
Emory University
15 publications, 1.7%
University of California, Los Angeles
13 publications, 1.48%
University of California, Irvine
13 publications, 1.48%
Yale University
11 publications, 1.25%
Washington University in St. Louis
11 publications, 1.25%
Vanderbilt University
11 publications, 1.25%
Columbia University
10 publications, 1.14%
University of California, Berkeley
10 publications, 1.14%
University of Georgia
10 publications, 1.14%
University of Virginia
10 publications, 1.14%
Duke University
9 publications, 1.02%
Texas A&M University
9 publications, 1.02%
Ohio State University
7 publications, 0.8%
University of Oxford
6 publications, 0.68%
University of California, San Diego
6 publications, 0.68%
University of Michigan
6 publications, 0.68%
University of Mannheim
6 publications, 0.68%
Waseda University
6 publications, 0.68%
University of Colorado Boulder
6 publications, 0.68%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
5 publications, 0.57%
Stony Brook University
5 publications, 0.57%
Northwestern University
5 publications, 0.57%
Hamburg University
5 publications, 0.57%
University of Maryland, College Park
5 publications, 0.57%
Institute for Economic Analysis
5 publications, 0.57%
Indiana University Bloomington
5 publications, 0.57%
University of Copenhagen
4 publications, 0.45%
Florida State University
4 publications, 0.45%
California Institute of Technology
4 publications, 0.45%
University of Texas at Dallas
4 publications, 0.45%
Georgia State University
4 publications, 0.45%
University of Konstanz
4 publications, 0.45%
Purdue University
4 publications, 0.45%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4 publications, 0.45%
University of Houston
4 publications, 0.45%
University of Kansas
4 publications, 0.45%
University of Pittsburgh
4 publications, 0.45%
Lund University
3 publications, 0.34%
Heidelberg University
3 publications, 0.34%
University of St. Gallen
3 publications, 0.34%
Michigan State University
3 publications, 0.34%
Pennsylvania State University
3 publications, 0.34%
Georgetown University
3 publications, 0.34%
Kyung Hee University
3 publications, 0.34%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
3 publications, 0.34%
University of California, Riverside
3 publications, 0.34%
University of Texas at Austin
3 publications, 0.34%
University of Cologne
3 publications, 0.34%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
3 publications, 0.34%
University of Minnesota
3 publications, 0.34%
University of Groningen
3 publications, 0.34%
University of Vienna
3 publications, 0.34%
Paris School of Economics
3 publications, 0.34%
Wilfrid Laurier University
3 publications, 0.34%
University of Manitoba
3 publications, 0.34%
Miami University
3 publications, 0.34%
University of Iowa
3 publications, 0.34%
Université de Montréal
3 publications, 0.34%
National Research University Higher School of Economics
2 publications, 0.23%
New York University Abu Dhabi
2 publications, 0.23%
Ege University
2 publications, 0.23%
Technical University of Munich
2 publications, 0.23%
Free University of Berlin
2 publications, 0.23%
ETH Zurich
2 publications, 0.23%
University of Geneva
2 publications, 0.23%
Australian National University
2 publications, 0.23%
Queen Mary University of London
2 publications, 0.23%
Aarhus University
2 publications, 0.23%
King's College London
2 publications, 0.23%
Maastricht University
2 publications, 0.23%
Tokyo University of Science
2 publications, 0.23%
William Marsh Rice University
2 publications, 0.23%
Monash University
2 publications, 0.23%
University of Adelaide
2 publications, 0.23%
George Washington University
2 publications, 0.23%
Boston University
2 publications, 0.23%
Washington State University
2 publications, 0.23%
Seoul National University
2 publications, 0.23%
Korea University
2 publications, 0.23%
University of California, Davis
2 publications, 0.23%
University of Arizona
2 publications, 0.23%
University of California, Merced
2 publications, 0.23%
University of Notre Dame
2 publications, 0.23%
University of the Basque Country
2 publications, 0.23%
University of Waterloo
2 publications, 0.23%
Brown University
2 publications, 0.23%
Virginia Commonwealth University
2 publications, 0.23%
University of Tokyo
2 publications, 0.23%
Hitotsubashi University
2 publications, 0.23%
Temple University
2 publications, 0.23%
Erasmus University Rotterdam
2 publications, 0.23%
University of Exeter
2 publications, 0.23%
University of Miami
2 publications, 0.23%
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University of California, Berkeley
5 publications, 4.59%
Princeton University
4 publications, 3.67%
University of Chicago
4 publications, 3.67%
Emory University
4 publications, 3.67%
University of Rochester
4 publications, 3.67%
California Institute of Technology
3 publications, 2.75%
Stanford University
3 publications, 2.75%
Vanderbilt University
3 publications, 2.75%
Institute for Economic Analysis
3 publications, 2.75%
Technical University of Munich
2 publications, 1.83%
Tokyo University of Science
2 publications, 1.83%
Washington University in St. Louis
2 publications, 1.83%
Duke University
2 publications, 1.83%
New York University
2 publications, 1.83%
University of Michigan
2 publications, 1.83%
University of Waterloo
2 publications, 1.83%
Paris School of Economics
2 publications, 1.83%
Waseda University
2 publications, 1.83%
Texas A&M University
2 publications, 1.83%
University of Houston
2 publications, 1.83%
Norwegian School of Economics
2 publications, 1.83%
National Research University Higher School of Economics
1 publication, 0.92%
Bar-Ilan University
1 publication, 0.92%
Lund University
1 publication, 0.92%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Gothenburg
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Zurich
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Geneva
1 publication, 0.92%
Australian National University
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Milano-Bicocca
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Turin
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Warwick
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.92%
King's College London
1 publication, 0.92%
St George's, University of London
1 publication, 0.92%
London School of Economics and Political Science
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.92%
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
1 publication, 0.92%
National Taiwan University
1 publication, 0.92%
Kingston University
1 publication, 0.92%
Washington State University
1 publication, 0.92%
Kyung Hee University
1 publication, 0.92%
Dongguk University
1 publication, 0.92%
Syracuse University
1 publication, 0.92%
University of California, Irvine
1 publication, 0.92%
Shandong University
1 publication, 0.92%
Osaka University of Economics
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Namur
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Cologne
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 publication, 0.92%
Tulane University
1 publication, 0.92%
Hamburg University
1 publication, 0.92%
Philipps University of Marburg
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Mannheim
1 publication, 0.92%
Purdue University
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Vienna
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Maryland, College Park
1 publication, 0.92%
Osaka Metropolitan University
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Kitakyushu
1 publication, 0.92%
Seikei University
1 publication, 0.92%
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Ottawa
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Reading
1 publication, 0.92%
Musashi University
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Girona
1 publication, 0.92%
Sam Houston State University
1 publication, 0.92%
Portland State University
1 publication, 0.92%
Centre for Economic Policy Research
1 publication, 0.92%
Birkbeck, University of London
1 publication, 0.92%
Maynooth University
1 publication, 0.92%
Toulouse 1 Capitole University
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Georgia
1 publication, 0.92%
Toulouse School of Economics
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Virginia
1 publication, 0.92%
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
1 publication, 0.92%
Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.92%
Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica
1 publication, 0.92%
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USA, 349, 39.66%
USA
349 publications, 39.66%
United Kingdom, 42, 4.77%
United Kingdom
42 publications, 4.77%
Germany, 35, 3.98%
Germany
35 publications, 3.98%
Italy, 35, 3.98%
Italy
35 publications, 3.98%
Japan, 20, 2.27%
Japan
20 publications, 2.27%
Canada, 16, 1.82%
Canada
16 publications, 1.82%
Spain, 13, 1.48%
Spain
13 publications, 1.48%
China, 11, 1.25%
China
11 publications, 1.25%
Switzerland, 11, 1.25%
Switzerland
11 publications, 1.25%
Belgium, 10, 1.14%
Belgium
10 publications, 1.14%
France, 9, 1.02%
France
9 publications, 1.02%
Australia, 9, 1.02%
Australia
9 publications, 1.02%
Netherlands, 9, 1.02%
Netherlands
9 publications, 1.02%
Republic of Korea, 9, 1.02%
Republic of Korea
9 publications, 1.02%
Denmark, 8, 0.91%
Denmark
8 publications, 0.91%
Mexico, 5, 0.57%
Mexico
5 publications, 0.57%
Sweden, 5, 0.57%
Sweden
5 publications, 0.57%
Turkey, 4, 0.45%
Turkey
4 publications, 0.45%
Austria, 3, 0.34%
Austria
3 publications, 0.34%
Finland, 3, 0.34%
Finland
3 publications, 0.34%
Russia, 2, 0.23%
Russia
2 publications, 0.23%
Israel, 2, 0.23%
Israel
2 publications, 0.23%
Ireland, 2, 0.23%
Ireland
2 publications, 0.23%
Norway, 2, 0.23%
Norway
2 publications, 0.23%
UAE, 2, 0.23%
UAE
2 publications, 0.23%
Czech Republic, 2, 0.23%
Czech Republic
2 publications, 0.23%
Argentina, 1, 0.11%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.11%
Brazil, 1, 0.11%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.11%
Hungary, 1, 0.11%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.11%
Greece, 1, 0.11%
Greece
1 publication, 0.11%
India, 1, 0.11%
India
1 publication, 0.11%
Cyprus, 1, 0.11%
Cyprus
1 publication, 0.11%
Colombia, 1, 0.11%
Colombia
1 publication, 0.11%
New Zealand, 1, 0.11%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.11%
Poland, 1, 0.11%
Poland
1 publication, 0.11%
Uruguay, 1, 0.11%
Uruguay
1 publication, 0.11%
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USA, 42, 38.53%
USA
42 publications, 38.53%
Japan, 8, 7.34%
Japan
8 publications, 7.34%
Germany, 6, 5.5%
Germany
6 publications, 5.5%
United Kingdom, 4, 3.67%
United Kingdom
4 publications, 3.67%
China, 3, 2.75%
China
3 publications, 2.75%
Spain, 3, 2.75%
Spain
3 publications, 2.75%
Italy, 3, 2.75%
Italy
3 publications, 2.75%
Canada, 3, 2.75%
Canada
3 publications, 2.75%
Switzerland, 3, 2.75%
Switzerland
3 publications, 2.75%
France, 2, 1.83%
France
2 publications, 1.83%
Belgium, 2, 1.83%
Belgium
2 publications, 1.83%
Sweden, 2, 1.83%
Sweden
2 publications, 1.83%
Russia, 1, 0.92%
Russia
1 publication, 0.92%
Australia, 1, 0.92%
Australia
1 publication, 0.92%
Austria, 1, 0.92%
Austria
1 publication, 0.92%
Israel, 1, 0.92%
Israel
1 publication, 0.92%
Ireland, 1, 0.92%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.92%
Netherlands, 1, 0.92%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.92%
Norway, 1, 0.92%
Norway
1 publication, 0.92%
Uruguay, 1, 0.92%
Uruguay
1 publication, 0.92%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.92%
Czech Republic
1 publication, 0.92%
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