World Politics

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SCImago
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WOS
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Impact factor
2.5
SJR
3.810
CiteScore
10.7
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
2 173
Citations
110 154
h-index
167
Publications
153
Citations
31 472
Top-3 citing journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (4708 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 (16 publications)
Australia (1 publication)
Denmark (1 publication)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
4708 citations, 4.27%
Comparative Political Studies
1811 citations, 1.64%
Journal of Conflict Resolution
1502 citations, 1.36%
World Politics
1480 citations, 1.34%
International Organization
1440 citations, 1.31%
International Studies Quarterly
1218 citations, 1.11%
Journal of Peace Research
1057 citations, 0.96%
American Political Science Review
1003 citations, 0.91%
Journal of Politics
847 citations, 0.77%
International Interactions
745 citations, 0.68%
World Development
687 citations, 0.62%
Democratization
677 citations, 0.61%
Studies in Comparative International Development
607 citations, 0.55%
American Journal of Political Science
583 citations, 0.53%
European Journal of International Relations
517 citations, 0.47%
International Security
509 citations, 0.46%
International Studies Review
491 citations, 0.45%
British Journal of Political Science
485 citations, 0.44%
Annual Review of Political Science
483 citations, 0.44%
Conflict Management and Peace Science
478 citations, 0.43%
Perspectives on Politics
474 citations, 0.43%
Review of International Political Economy
470 citations, 0.43%
European Journal of Political Research
449 citations, 0.41%
Journal of European Public Policy
444 citations, 0.4%
Security Studies
366 citations, 0.33%
Review of International Organizations
365 citations, 0.33%
International Political Science Review
343 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Strategic Studies
329 citations, 0.3%
Socio-Economic Review
328 citations, 0.3%
Political Research Quarterly
319 citations, 0.29%
Europe-Asia Studies
316 citations, 0.29%
Post-Soviet Affairs
315 citations, 0.29%
Electoral Studies
307 citations, 0.28%
Party Politics
298 citations, 0.27%
Cooperation and Conflict
282 citations, 0.26%
Foreign Policy Analysis
279 citations, 0.25%
Political Studies
268 citations, 0.24%
Communist and Post-Communist Studies
250 citations, 0.23%
Review of International Studies
240 citations, 0.22%
International Politics
238 citations, 0.22%
Governance
230 citations, 0.21%
West European Politics
227 citations, 0.21%
Journal of European Social Policy
226 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Common Market Studies
209 citations, 0.19%
Latin American Politics and Society
204 citations, 0.19%
Ethnopolitics
197 citations, 0.18%
European Journal of Political Economy
196 citations, 0.18%
Policy Studies Journal
195 citations, 0.18%
Public Choice
183 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Global Security Studies
182 citations, 0.17%
Pacific Review
179 citations, 0.16%
Government and Opposition
179 citations, 0.16%
New Political Economy
171 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Theoretical Politics
171 citations, 0.16%
Third World Quarterly
169 citations, 0.15%
Social Policy and Administration
164 citations, 0.15%
Business and Politics
164 citations, 0.15%
Journal of International Relations and Development
158 citations, 0.14%
China Quarterly
155 citations, 0.14%
Nationalities Papers
152 citations, 0.14%
Cambridge Review of International Affairs
151 citations, 0.14%
Nations and Nationalism
149 citations, 0.14%
Contemporary Politics
138 citations, 0.13%
Resources Policy
136 citations, 0.12%
Regional and Federal Studies
133 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Chinese Political Science
131 citations, 0.12%
Social Science Quarterly
127 citations, 0.12%
Comparative European Politics
119 citations, 0.11%
Intelligence and National Security
115 citations, 0.1%
British Journal of Politics and International Relations
114 citations, 0.1%
Political Geography
113 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Development Studies
112 citations, 0.1%
Politics and Policy
112 citations, 0.1%
East European Politics
107 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
105 citations, 0.1%
Social Indicators Research
104 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Public Policy
103 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Politics in Latin America
102 citations, 0.09%
International Theory
101 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Comparative Economics
101 citations, 0.09%
Journal of East Asian Studies
99 citations, 0.09%
Contemporary Security Policy
97 citations, 0.09%
Political Science Research and Methods
97 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice
96 citations, 0.09%
Ethnic and Racial Studies
96 citations, 0.09%
European Political Science Review
96 citations, 0.09%
Global Environmental Politics
95 citations, 0.09%
Problems of Post-Communism
95 citations, 0.09%
Canadian Journal of Political Science
95 citations, 0.09%
Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
93 citations, 0.08%
International Migration Review
92 citations, 0.08%
Economics and Politics
91 citations, 0.08%
Extractive Industries and Society
91 citations, 0.08%
Pacific Focus
90 citations, 0.08%
European Security
87 citations, 0.08%
International Studies Perspectives
86 citations, 0.08%
Political Behavior
85 citations, 0.08%
Politics and Religion
85 citations, 0.08%
Sustainability
85 citations, 0.08%
American Journal of Sociology
83 citations, 0.08%
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Citing publishers

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Cambridge University Press
23371 citations, 21.22%
Taylor & Francis
15424 citations, 14%
SAGE
12632 citations, 11.47%
Springer Nature
8257 citations, 7.5%
Wiley
7785 citations, 7.07%
Oxford University Press
6537 citations, 5.93%
Elsevier
5311 citations, 4.82%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
4549 citations, 4.13%
University of Chicago Press
1285 citations, 1.17%
Emerald
870 citations, 0.79%
Annual Reviews
851 citations, 0.77%
MIT Press
781 citations, 0.71%
CAIRN
470 citations, 0.43%
MDPI
441 citations, 0.4%
University of California Press
437 citations, 0.4%
Walter de Gruyter
401 citations, 0.36%
SciELO
368 citations, 0.33%
IGI Global
238 citations, 0.22%
OpenEdition
203 citations, 0.18%
Brill
161 citations, 0.15%
Frontiers Media S.A.
156 citations, 0.14%
Duke University Press
136 citations, 0.12%
American Economic Association
131 citations, 0.12%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
103 citations, 0.09%
Institut fur Iberoamerika-Kunde
103 citations, 0.09%
Consortium Erudit
99 citations, 0.09%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
98 citations, 0.09%
World Scientific
93 citations, 0.08%
JSTOR
93 citations, 0.08%
Instituto Universitario de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro
58 citations, 0.05%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
51 citations, 0.05%
Bristol University Press
48 citations, 0.04%
Non Profit Partnership Polis (Political Studies)
46 citations, 0.04%
American Psychological Association (APA)
45 citations, 0.04%
Center for the Study of the Presidency
44 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%
NP Voprosy Ekonomiki
41 citations, 0.04%
MGIMO University
37 citations, 0.03%
International Monetary Fund
36 citations, 0.03%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
31 citations, 0.03%
Universidad de los Andes
31 citations, 0.03%
Hanyang University
29 citations, 0.03%
Institute of Asian Studies at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
29 citations, 0.03%
Academy of Management
27 citations, 0.02%
Scientific Research Publishing
26 citations, 0.02%
Cogitatio
26 citations, 0.02%
Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
25 citations, 0.02%
Indiana University Press
25 citations, 0.02%
Institut fur Asienkunde
25 citations, 0.02%
Berghahn Books
25 citations, 0.02%
City University of New York
24 citations, 0.02%
University of Calgary Press
24 citations, 0.02%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
24 citations, 0.02%
F1000 Research
24 citations, 0.02%
Project MUSE
23 citations, 0.02%
Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, University of Sussex
22 citations, 0.02%
Akademiai Kiado
22 citations, 0.02%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
21 citations, 0.02%
Masaryk University Press
21 citations, 0.02%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
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%
Editions Ophrys
19 citations, 0.02%
AOSIS
19 citations, 0.02%
Mary Ann Liebert
18 citations, 0.02%
Korea Institute for Defense Analyses
18 citations, 0.02%
Japanese Political Science Association
18 citations, 0.02%
EDP Sciences
17 citations, 0.02%
The Royal Society
17 citations, 0.02%
IOP Publishing
17 citations, 0.02%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
17 citations, 0.02%
The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
17 citations, 0.02%
American Educational Research Association
17 citations, 0.02%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
16 citations, 0.01%
Academic Journals
16 citations, 0.01%
Aurora Group, s.r.o
16 citations, 0.01%
Cornell University Press
15 citations, 0.01%
Institut fur Afrika-Kunde
15 citations, 0.01%
IntechOpen
15 citations, 0.01%
BMJ
14 citations, 0.01%
Ubiquity Press
14 citations, 0.01%
Lomonosov Moscow State University, School of World Politics
14 citations, 0.01%
Korean Political Science Association
13 citations, 0.01%
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
12 citations, 0.01%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
12 citations, 0.01%
Intellect
12 citations, 0.01%
Moscow State Institute of International Relations
12 citations, 0.01%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
11 citations, 0.01%
Sirey
11 citations, 0.01%
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
11 citations, 0.01%
Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
11 citations, 0.01%
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%
Institute of International Relations, Prague
9 citations, 0.01%
Facultad de Ciencias Politicas y Sociales, UNAM
9 citations, 0.01%
Vilnius University Press
9 citations, 0.01%
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
8 citations, 0.01%
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Princeton University
112 publications, 5.15%
Harvard University
110 publications, 5.06%
Columbia University
73 publications, 3.36%
Yale University
63 publications, 2.9%
University of Chicago
46 publications, 2.12%
Stanford University
45 publications, 2.07%
University of Michigan
44 publications, 2.02%
Cornell University
29 publications, 1.33%
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%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
16 publications, 0.74%
Ohio State University
16 publications, 0.74%
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, 0.64%
American University
14 publications, 0.64%
University of Texas at Austin
14 publications, 0.64%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
14 publications, 0.64%
Northwestern University
13 publications, 0.6%
Brown University
13 publications, 0.6%
University of Washington
12 publications, 0.55%
University of Maryland, College Park
12 publications, 0.55%
University of Colorado Boulder
12 publications, 0.55%
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, 0.41%
University of Virginia
9 publications, 0.41%
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, 0.18%
University of California, Davis
4 publications, 0.18%
University of California, Santa Barbara
4 publications, 0.18%
Leiden University
4 publications, 0.18%
University of Kentucky
4 publications, 0.18%
University of Denver
4 publications, 0.18%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
4 publications, 0.18%
University at Albany, State University of New York
4 publications, 0.18%
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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University of California, Berkeley
2 publications, 1.31%
New York University Abu Dhabi
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Zurich
1 publication, 0.65%
Australian National University
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Oslo
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Southern Denmark
1 publication, 0.65%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.65%
Carnegie Mellon University
1 publication, 0.65%
Stanford University
1 publication, 0.65%
Columbia University
1 publication, 0.65%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.65%
Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta
1 publication, 0.65%
Washington University in St. Louis
1 publication, 0.65%
Duke University
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Texas at Austin
1 publication, 0.65%
Vanderbilt University
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Barcelona
1 publication, 0.65%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Colorado Boulder
1 publication, 0.65%
University of New Mexico
1 publication, 0.65%
University of Virginia
1 publication, 0.65%
University at Albany, State University of New York
1 publication, 0.65%
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USA, 1154, 53.11%
USA
1154 publications, 53.11%
Italy, 61, 2.81%
Italy
61 publications, 2.81%
United Kingdom, 38, 1.75%
United Kingdom
38 publications, 1.75%
Canada, 31, 1.43%
Canada
31 publications, 1.43%
Australia, 20, 0.92%
Australia
20 publications, 0.92%
Germany, 12, 0.55%
Germany
12 publications, 0.55%
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, 0.18%
Switzerland
4 publications, 0.18%
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, 16, 10.46%
USA
16 publications, 10.46%
Australia, 1, 0.65%
Australia
1 publication, 0.65%
Denmark, 1, 0.65%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.65%
Indonesia, 1, 0.65%
Indonesia
1 publication, 0.65%
Spain, 1, 0.65%
Spain
1 publication, 0.65%
Italy, 1, 0.65%
Italy
1 publication, 0.65%
Norway, 1, 0.65%
Norway
1 publication, 0.65%
UAE, 1, 0.65%
UAE
1 publication, 0.65%
Switzerland, 1, 0.65%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.65%
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