World Politics

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SCImago
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WOS
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Impact factor
4.5
SJR
3.025
CiteScore
8.4
Categories
Political Science and International Relations
Sociology and Political Science
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1948-2022, 2024-2025
journal names
World Politics
WORLD POLIT
Publications
2 162
Citations
106 927
h-index
163
Publications
142
Citations
28 380
Top-3 citing journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (4672 citations)
World Politics
World Politics (1486 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Princeton University
Princeton University (112 publications)
Harvard University
Harvard University (110 publications)
Columbia University
Columbia University (73 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (1154 publications)
Italy (61 publications)
United Kingdom (38 publications)
USA (17 publications)
Australia (1 publication)
Germany (1 publication)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
4672 citations, 4.37%
Comparative Political Studies
1766 citations, 1.65%
World Politics
1486 citations, 1.39%
Journal of Conflict Resolution
1481 citations, 1.39%
International Organization
1427 citations, 1.33%
International Studies Quarterly
1194 citations, 1.12%
Journal of Peace Research
1034 citations, 0.97%
American Political Science Review
976 citations, 0.91%
Journal of Politics
827 citations, 0.77%
International Interactions
735 citations, 0.69%
World Development
664 citations, 0.62%
Democratization
632 citations, 0.59%
Studies in Comparative International Development
599 citations, 0.56%
American Journal of Political Science
556 citations, 0.52%
International Security
509 citations, 0.48%
European Journal of International Relations
505 citations, 0.47%
International Studies Review
492 citations, 0.46%
British Journal of Political Science
476 citations, 0.45%
Conflict Management and Peace Science
474 citations, 0.44%
Review of International Political Economy
464 citations, 0.43%
Annual Review of Political Science
455 citations, 0.43%
European Journal of Political Research
447 citations, 0.42%
Perspectives on Politics
431 citations, 0.4%
Journal of European Public Policy
418 citations, 0.39%
Security Studies
366 citations, 0.34%
Review of International Organizations
355 citations, 0.33%
International Political Science Review
345 citations, 0.32%
Socio-Economic Review
322 citations, 0.3%
Journal of Strategic Studies
316 citations, 0.3%
Post-Soviet Affairs
315 citations, 0.29%
Europe-Asia Studies
314 citations, 0.29%
Political Research Quarterly
313 citations, 0.29%
Electoral Studies
301 citations, 0.28%
Party Politics
290 citations, 0.27%
Cooperation and Conflict
276 citations, 0.26%
Foreign Policy Analysis
271 citations, 0.25%
Political Studies
253 citations, 0.24%
Communist and Post-Communist Studies
250 citations, 0.23%
Review of International Studies
243 citations, 0.23%
International Politics
226 citations, 0.21%
West European Politics
222 citations, 0.21%
Journal of European Social Policy
220 citations, 0.21%
Governance
220 citations, 0.21%
Latin American Politics and Society
204 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Common Market Studies
202 citations, 0.19%
Ethnopolitics
195 citations, 0.18%
Policy Studies Journal
190 citations, 0.18%
European Journal of Political Economy
184 citations, 0.17%
Government and Opposition
182 citations, 0.17%
Public Choice
182 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Global Security Studies
179 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Theoretical Politics
175 citations, 0.16%
Pacific Review
171 citations, 0.16%
New Political Economy
171 citations, 0.16%
Third World Quarterly
163 citations, 0.15%
Social Policy and Administration
162 citations, 0.15%
Journal of International Relations and Development
157 citations, 0.15%
Cambridge Review of International Affairs
150 citations, 0.14%
Nationalities Papers
148 citations, 0.14%
Business and Politics
148 citations, 0.14%
China Quarterly
147 citations, 0.14%
Nations and Nationalism
146 citations, 0.14%
Regional and Federal Studies
131 citations, 0.12%
Resources Policy
131 citations, 0.12%
Contemporary Politics
130 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Chinese Political Science
128 citations, 0.12%
Social Science Quarterly
118 citations, 0.11%
Comparative European Politics
118 citations, 0.11%
Political Geography
113 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Development Studies
112 citations, 0.1%
British Journal of Politics and International Relations
109 citations, 0.1%
Politics and Policy
108 citations, 0.1%
Intelligence and National Security
105 citations, 0.1%
East European Politics
104 citations, 0.1%
Social Indicators Research
103 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Public Policy
102 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
102 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Politics in Latin America
101 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Comparative Economics
101 citations, 0.09%
International Theory
99 citations, 0.09%
Canadian Journal of Political Science
96 citations, 0.09%
Global Environmental Politics
95 citations, 0.09%
Ethnic and Racial Studies
95 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice
94 citations, 0.09%
Journal of East Asian Studies
94 citations, 0.09%
Contemporary Security Policy
94 citations, 0.09%
Political Science Research and Methods
92 citations, 0.09%
Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
91 citations, 0.09%
Economics and Politics
89 citations, 0.08%
European Political Science Review
89 citations, 0.08%
Problems of Post-Communism
89 citations, 0.08%
International Migration Review
88 citations, 0.08%
American Journal of Sociology
87 citations, 0.08%
European Security
87 citations, 0.08%
Pacific Focus
86 citations, 0.08%
Political Behavior
86 citations, 0.08%
International Studies Perspectives
85 citations, 0.08%
Extractive Industries and Society
85 citations, 0.08%
Politics and Religion
84 citations, 0.08%
Sustainability
84 citations, 0.08%
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Citing publishers

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Cambridge University Press
22494 citations, 21.04%
Taylor & Francis
14883 citations, 13.92%
SAGE
12301 citations, 11.5%
Springer Nature
7761 citations, 7.26%
Wiley
7538 citations, 7.05%
Oxford University Press
5780 citations, 5.41%
Elsevier
5028 citations, 4.7%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
4560 citations, 4.26%
University of Chicago Press
1245 citations, 1.16%
Emerald
844 citations, 0.79%
Annual Reviews
814 citations, 0.76%
MIT Press
780 citations, 0.73%
CAIRN
455 citations, 0.43%
University of California Press
427 citations, 0.4%
MDPI
412 citations, 0.39%
Walter de Gruyter
363 citations, 0.34%
SciELO
356 citations, 0.33%
IGI Global
226 citations, 0.21%
OpenEdition
205 citations, 0.19%
Brill
157 citations, 0.15%
Frontiers Media S.A.
133 citations, 0.12%
American Economic Association
127 citations, 0.12%
Duke University Press
111 citations, 0.1%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
102 citations, 0.1%
Institut fur Iberoamerika-Kunde
101 citations, 0.09%
Consortium Erudit
99 citations, 0.09%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
95 citations, 0.09%
World Scientific
92 citations, 0.09%
JSTOR
81 citations, 0.08%
Instituto Universitario de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro
58 citations, 0.05%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
48 citations, 0.04%
Bristol University Press
46 citations, 0.04%
Center for the Study of the Presidency
43 citations, 0.04%
Instituto Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais
43 citations, 0.04%
Centro de Estudos de Opiniao Publica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
42 citations, 0.04%
Noncommercial Partnership Editorial Board Polis
41 citations, 0.04%
NP Voprosy Ekonomiki
40 citations, 0.04%
International Monetary Fund
36 citations, 0.03%
MGIMO University
36 citations, 0.03%
Institute of Asian Studies at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
31 citations, 0.03%
Hanyang University
30 citations, 0.03%
Universidad de los Andes
30 citations, 0.03%
Institut fur Asienkunde
27 citations, 0.03%
Scientific Research Publishing
27 citations, 0.03%
Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
26 citations, 0.02%
Indiana University Press
25 citations, 0.02%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
25 citations, 0.02%
Cornell University Press
25 citations, 0.02%
Academy of Management
25 citations, 0.02%
Berghahn Books
25 citations, 0.02%
City University of New York
24 citations, 0.02%
University of Calgary Press
23 citations, 0.02%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
23 citations, 0.02%
Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, University of Sussex
22 citations, 0.02%
Akademiai Kiado
22 citations, 0.02%
Cogitatio
22 citations, 0.02%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
21 citations, 0.02%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
20 citations, 0.02%
Escola Brasileira de Administracao Publica da Fundacao Getulio Vargas
20 citations, 0.02%
Project MUSE
20 citations, 0.02%
Masaryk University Press
19 citations, 0.02%
Editions Ophrys
19 citations, 0.02%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
19 citations, 0.02%
Mary Ann Liebert
18 citations, 0.02%
IOP Publishing
18 citations, 0.02%
Korea Institute for Defense Analyses
18 citations, 0.02%
Japanese Political Science Association
18 citations, 0.02%
The Royal Society
17 citations, 0.02%
American Psychological Association (APA)
17 citations, 0.02%
American Educational Research Association
17 citations, 0.02%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
16 citations, 0.01%
EDP Sciences
16 citations, 0.01%
Institut fur Afrika-Kunde
16 citations, 0.01%
Academic Journals
16 citations, 0.01%
The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
16 citations, 0.01%
F1000 Research
16 citations, 0.01%
14 citations, 0.01%
BMJ
14 citations, 0.01%
Ubiquity Press
14 citations, 0.01%
Korean Political Science Association
13 citations, 0.01%
Lomonosov Moscow State University, School of World Politics
13 citations, 0.01%
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
12 citations, 0.01%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
12 citations, 0.01%
IntechOpen
12 citations, 0.01%
Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
12 citations, 0.01%
Institute of International Relations, Prague
11 citations, 0.01%
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
11 citations, 0.01%
Intellect
11 citations, 0.01%
Moscow State Institute of International Relations
11 citations, 0.01%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
10 citations, 0.01%
Sirey
10 citations, 0.01%
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego
10 citations, 0.01%
Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FCTAS RAS)
10 citations, 0.01%
American Marketing Association
9 citations, 0.01%
Facultad de Ciencias Politicas y Sociales, UNAM
9 citations, 0.01%
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
8 citations, 0.01%
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
8 citations, 0.01%
Polibijaus Fondas
8 citations, 0.01%
Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, Ihsan Dogramaci Peace Foundation
8 citations, 0.01%
Vilnius University Press
8 citations, 0.01%
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Princeton University
112 publications, 5.18%
Harvard University
110 publications, 5.09%
Columbia University
73 publications, 3.38%
Yale University
63 publications, 2.91%
University of Chicago
46 publications, 2.13%
Stanford University
45 publications, 2.08%
University of Michigan
44 publications, 2.04%
Cornell University
29 publications, 1.34%
University of California, Berkeley
23 publications, 1.06%
University of California, Los Angeles
21 publications, 0.97%
University of Pennsylvania
18 publications, 0.83%
Indiana University Bloomington
18 publications, 0.83%
Ohio State University
16 publications, 0.74%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
15 publications, 0.69%
George Washington University
15 publications, 0.69%
Dartmouth College
15 publications, 0.69%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
15 publications, 0.69%
Australian National University
14 publications, 0.65%
American University
14 publications, 0.65%
University of Texas at Austin
14 publications, 0.65%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
14 publications, 0.65%
Northwestern University
13 publications, 0.6%
Brown University
13 publications, 0.6%
University of Washington
12 publications, 0.56%
University of Maryland, College Park
12 publications, 0.56%
University of Colorado Boulder
12 publications, 0.56%
Georgetown University
11 publications, 0.51%
New York University
11 publications, 0.51%
Michigan State University
10 publications, 0.46%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
10 publications, 0.46%
Duke University
10 publications, 0.46%
University of Notre Dame
10 publications, 0.46%
University of Minnesota
10 publications, 0.46%
Johns Hopkins University
9 publications, 0.42%
University of Virginia
9 publications, 0.42%
University of Oxford
8 publications, 0.37%
Emory University
8 publications, 0.37%
Brandeis University
8 publications, 0.37%
University of Southern California
7 publications, 0.32%
Boston University
7 publications, 0.32%
Wayne State University
7 publications, 0.32%
Wesleyan University
7 publications, 0.32%
London School of Economics and Political Science
6 publications, 0.28%
Tufts University
6 publications, 0.28%
University of California, San Diego
6 publications, 0.28%
Vanderbilt University
6 publications, 0.28%
University of Toronto
6 publications, 0.28%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
6 publications, 0.28%
University of Rochester
6 publications, 0.28%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
6 publications, 0.28%
University of Pittsburgh
6 publications, 0.28%
National Research University Higher School of Economics
5 publications, 0.23%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
5 publications, 0.23%
University of Oslo
5 publications, 0.23%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
5 publications, 0.23%
Marquette University
5 publications, 0.23%
McGill University
5 publications, 0.23%
Purdue University
5 publications, 0.23%
University of Florida
5 publications, 0.23%
University of Iowa
5 publications, 0.23%
Pennsylvania State University
4 publications, 0.19%
University of California, Davis
4 publications, 0.19%
University of California, Santa Barbara
4 publications, 0.19%
Leiden University
4 publications, 0.19%
University of Kentucky
4 publications, 0.19%
University of Denver
4 publications, 0.19%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
4 publications, 0.19%
University at Albany, State University of New York
4 publications, 0.19%
New York University Abu Dhabi
3 publications, 0.14%
Tel Aviv University
3 publications, 0.14%
University of Cambridge
3 publications, 0.14%
University of Manchester
3 publications, 0.14%
Iowa State University
3 publications, 0.14%
Chinese University of Hong Kong
3 publications, 0.14%
Syracuse University
3 publications, 0.14%
University of California, Irvine
3 publications, 0.14%
Temple University
3 publications, 0.14%
Lehigh University
3 publications, 0.14%
Carleton University
3 publications, 0.14%
University of Houston
3 publications, 0.14%
University of Haifa
2 publications, 0.09%
Stockholm University
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Gothenburg
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Geneva
2 publications, 0.09%
Aarhus University
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Sydney
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Glasgow
2 publications, 0.09%
California Institute of Technology
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Queensland
2 publications, 0.09%
Dalhousie University
2 publications, 0.09%
Arizona State University
2 publications, 0.09%
Colorado State University
2 publications, 0.09%
Loyola University Chicago
2 publications, 0.09%
Southern Methodist University
2 publications, 0.09%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2 publications, 0.09%
Tulane University
2 publications, 0.09%
University of British Columbia
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Bremen
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
2 publications, 0.09%
Fordham University
2 publications, 0.09%
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 publications, 1.41%
University of California, Berkeley
2 publications, 1.41%
New York University Abu Dhabi
1 publication, 0.7%
University of Zurich
1 publication, 0.7%
Australian National University
1 publication, 0.7%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.7%
University of Southern Denmark
1 publication, 0.7%
Carnegie Mellon University
1 publication, 0.7%
Stanford University
1 publication, 0.7%
Columbia University
1 publication, 0.7%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.7%
Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta
1 publication, 0.7%
Washington University in St. Louis
1 publication, 0.7%
Duke University
1 publication, 0.7%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.7%
University of Texas at Austin
1 publication, 0.7%
Vanderbilt University
1 publication, 0.7%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.7%
University of Konstanz
1 publication, 0.7%
University of Barcelona
1 publication, 0.7%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1 publication, 0.7%
University of Colorado Boulder
1 publication, 0.7%
University of New Mexico
1 publication, 0.7%
University of Virginia
1 publication, 0.7%
University at Albany, State University of New York
1 publication, 0.7%
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USA, 1154, 53.38%
USA
1154 publications, 53.38%
Italy, 61, 2.82%
Italy
61 publications, 2.82%
United Kingdom, 38, 1.76%
United Kingdom
38 publications, 1.76%
Canada, 31, 1.43%
Canada
31 publications, 1.43%
Australia, 20, 0.93%
Australia
20 publications, 0.93%
Germany, 12, 0.56%
Germany
12 publications, 0.56%
Israel, 11, 0.51%
Israel
11 publications, 0.51%
China, 7, 0.32%
China
7 publications, 0.32%
Netherlands, 7, 0.32%
Netherlands
7 publications, 0.32%
Mexico, 6, 0.28%
Mexico
6 publications, 0.28%
Norway, 6, 0.28%
Norway
6 publications, 0.28%
Sweden, 6, 0.28%
Sweden
6 publications, 0.28%
Russia, 5, 0.23%
Russia
5 publications, 0.23%
Denmark, 5, 0.23%
Denmark
5 publications, 0.23%
Switzerland, 4, 0.19%
Switzerland
4 publications, 0.19%
France, 3, 0.14%
France
3 publications, 0.14%
Belgium, 3, 0.14%
Belgium
3 publications, 0.14%
UAE, 3, 0.14%
UAE
3 publications, 0.14%
Turkey, 3, 0.14%
Turkey
3 publications, 0.14%
India, 2, 0.09%
India
2 publications, 0.09%
Indonesia, 2, 0.09%
Indonesia
2 publications, 0.09%
Spain, 2, 0.09%
Spain
2 publications, 0.09%
Republic of Korea, 2, 0.09%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 0.09%
Estonia, 1, 0.05%
Estonia
1 publication, 0.05%
Austria, 1, 0.05%
Austria
1 publication, 0.05%
Brazil, 1, 0.05%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.05%
Timor-Leste, 1, 0.05%
Timor-Leste
1 publication, 0.05%
Greece, 1, 0.05%
Greece
1 publication, 0.05%
Egypt, 1, 0.05%
Egypt
1 publication, 0.05%
Zambia, 1, 0.05%
Zambia
1 publication, 0.05%
Zimbabwe, 1, 0.05%
Zimbabwe
1 publication, 0.05%
Iran, 1, 0.05%
Iran
1 publication, 0.05%
Moldova, 1, 0.05%
Moldova
1 publication, 0.05%
Poland, 1, 0.05%
Poland
1 publication, 0.05%
Thailand, 1, 0.05%
Thailand
1 publication, 0.05%
Uganda, 1, 0.05%
Uganda
1 publication, 0.05%
Finland, 1, 0.05%
Finland
1 publication, 0.05%
Czech Republic, 1, 0.05%
Czech Republic
1 publication, 0.05%
Jamaica, 1, 0.05%
Jamaica
1 publication, 0.05%
Japan, 1, 0.05%
Japan
1 publication, 0.05%
USSR, 1, 0.05%
USSR
1 publication, 0.05%
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USA, 17, 11.97%
USA
17 publications, 11.97%
Germany, 1, 0.7%
Germany
1 publication, 0.7%
Australia, 1, 0.7%
Australia
1 publication, 0.7%
Denmark, 1, 0.7%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.7%
Indonesia, 1, 0.7%
Indonesia
1 publication, 0.7%
Spain, 1, 0.7%
Spain
1 publication, 0.7%
Italy, 1, 0.7%
Italy
1 publication, 0.7%
Norway, 1, 0.7%
Norway
1 publication, 0.7%
UAE, 1, 0.7%
UAE
1 publication, 0.7%
Switzerland, 1, 0.7%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.7%
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