Polity

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SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q3
Impact factor
1.1
SJR
0.281
CiteScore
1.6
Categories
Sociology and Political Science
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1995-2025
journal names
Polity
Publications
2 271
Citations
13 568
h-index
44
Publications
313
Citations
4 598
Top-3 citing journals
Polity
Polity (815 citations)
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (378 citations)
Journal of Politics
Journal of Politics (241 citations)
Top-3 countries
USA (365 publications)
Italy (22 publications)
Canada (20 publications)
USA (100 publications)
Canada (13 publications)
United Kingdom (11 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Top-100

Citing journals

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Polity
815 citations, 6.01%
SSRN Electronic Journal
378 citations, 2.79%
Journal of Politics
241 citations, 1.78%
American Political Science Review
197 citations, 1.45%
Political Research Quarterly
180 citations, 1.33%
Review of Politics
97 citations, 0.71%
American Politics Research
94 citations, 0.69%
Policy Studies Journal
92 citations, 0.68%
Perspectives on Politics
91 citations, 0.67%
The Western Political Quarterly
78 citations, 0.57%
American Journal of Political Science
76 citations, 0.56%
State Politics and Policy Quarterly
73 citations, 0.54%
Electoral Studies
72 citations, 0.53%
Political Behavior
66 citations, 0.49%
PS - Political Science and Politics
62 citations, 0.46%
Congress and the Presidency
61 citations, 0.45%
Presidential Studies Quarterly
57 citations, 0.42%
Political Studies
56 citations, 0.41%
Politics and Policy
53 citations, 0.39%
Legislative Studies Quarterly
52 citations, 0.38%
Social Science Quarterly
51 citations, 0.38%
Review of Policy Research
44 citations, 0.32%
Administration and Society
44 citations, 0.32%
American Politics Quarterly
41 citations, 0.3%
American Political Thought
40 citations, 0.29%
Comparative Political Studies
39 citations, 0.29%
Party Politics
37 citations, 0.27%
European Journal of Political Research
37 citations, 0.27%
Public Choice
37 citations, 0.27%
Social Science Journal
35 citations, 0.26%
Canadian Journal of Political Science
35 citations, 0.26%
Interest Groups and Advocacy
32 citations, 0.24%
British Journal of Political Science
31 citations, 0.23%
Annual Review of Political Science
29 citations, 0.21%
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
28 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Theoretical Politics
28 citations, 0.21%
Studies in American Political Development
28 citations, 0.21%
Governance
28 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Urban Affairs
28 citations, 0.21%
Urban Affairs Review
27 citations, 0.2%
The Journal of Legislative Studies
26 citations, 0.19%
Political Studies Review
26 citations, 0.19%
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
26 citations, 0.19%
Policy Sciences
26 citations, 0.19%
British Journal of Politics and International Relations
26 citations, 0.19%
State and Local Government Review
25 citations, 0.18%
Journal of European Public Policy
25 citations, 0.18%
Democratization
25 citations, 0.18%
American Review of Public Administration
24 citations, 0.18%
Contemporary Political Theory
24 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Public Policy
24 citations, 0.18%
Public Administration Review
24 citations, 0.18%
European Journal of Political Theory
22 citations, 0.16%
Political Theory
22 citations, 0.16%
East European Politics
21 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Policy History
21 citations, 0.15%
Southeastern Political Review
21 citations, 0.15%
International Studies Review
20 citations, 0.15%
Politics and the Life Sciences
20 citations, 0.15%
West European Politics
20 citations, 0.15%
European Journal of International Relations
20 citations, 0.15%
Political Communication
20 citations, 0.15%
European Union Politics
20 citations, 0.15%
Politics Groups and Identities
20 citations, 0.15%
Constellations
20 citations, 0.15%
Religions
19 citations, 0.14%
Regulation and Governance
19 citations, 0.14%
Politics
18 citations, 0.13%
Political Geography
18 citations, 0.13%
Review of International Studies
18 citations, 0.13%
Law and Social Inquiry
18 citations, 0.13%
International Political Science Review
18 citations, 0.13%
Environmental Politics
17 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Conflict Resolution
17 citations, 0.13%
Social Indicators Research
17 citations, 0.13%
International Studies Quarterly
17 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Political Power
17 citations, 0.13%
Public Administration
17 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management
16 citations, 0.12%
Sustainability
16 citations, 0.12%
Publius
16 citations, 0.12%
Journal of International Relations and Development
15 citations, 0.11%
Scandinavian Political Studies
15 citations, 0.11%
Philosophy and Social Criticism
15 citations, 0.11%
Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics
15 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Business Ethics
15 citations, 0.11%
Politics and Religion
15 citations, 0.11%
American Behavioral Scientist
15 citations, 0.11%
Justice System Journal
15 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Law and Courts
15 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Information Technology and Politics
15 citations, 0.11%
Critical Policy Studies
15 citations, 0.11%
Critical Review
14 citations, 0.1%
International Politics
14 citations, 0.1%
European Journal of Political Economy
14 citations, 0.1%
Political Analysis
14 citations, 0.1%
Revue Francaise de Science Politique
14 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
14 citations, 0.1%
International Journal of Public Administration
13 citations, 0.1%
Contemporary Politics
13 citations, 0.1%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
1772 citations, 13.06%
SAGE
1649 citations, 12.15%
Cambridge University Press
1611 citations, 11.87%
Wiley
1190 citations, 8.77%
University of Chicago Press
1139 citations, 8.39%
Springer Nature
1104 citations, 8.14%
Elsevier
585 citations, 4.31%
Oxford University Press
456 citations, 3.36%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
364 citations, 2.68%
Emerald
161 citations, 1.19%
MDPI
114 citations, 0.84%
JSTOR
80 citations, 0.59%
IGI Global
74 citations, 0.55%
Walter de Gruyter
64 citations, 0.47%
Center for the Study of the Presidency
58 citations, 0.43%
Annual Reviews
53 citations, 0.39%
SciELO
49 citations, 0.36%
Frontiers Media S.A.
46 citations, 0.34%
CAIRN
37 citations, 0.27%
Duke University Press
34 citations, 0.25%
OpenEdition
26 citations, 0.19%
Consortium Erudit
24 citations, 0.18%
University of California Press
21 citations, 0.15%
AOSIS
18 citations, 0.13%
Mary Ann Liebert
17 citations, 0.13%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
16 citations, 0.12%
American Psychological Association (APA)
14 citations, 0.1%
MIT Press
13 citations, 0.1%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
13 citations, 0.1%
Berghahn Books
11 citations, 0.08%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
11 citations, 0.08%
10 citations, 0.07%
Cogitatio
10 citations, 0.07%
Brill
9 citations, 0.07%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
9 citations, 0.07%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
8 citations, 0.06%
IOP Publishing
8 citations, 0.06%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
7 citations, 0.05%
Edinburgh University Press
7 citations, 0.05%
Academy of Management
7 citations, 0.05%
World Scientific
6 citations, 0.04%
American Economic Association
6 citations, 0.04%
Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, University of Sussex
6 citations, 0.04%
Bristol University Press
6 citations, 0.04%
American Marketing Association
5 citations, 0.04%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
5 citations, 0.04%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
5 citations, 0.04%
Centro de Estudos de Opiniao Publica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
5 citations, 0.04%
Intellect
5 citations, 0.04%
University of Illinois Press
4 citations, 0.03%
Ubiquity Press
4 citations, 0.03%
F1000 Research
4 citations, 0.03%
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
4 citations, 0.03%
Guilford Publications
4 citations, 0.03%
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
4 citations, 0.03%
EDP Sciences
3 citations, 0.02%
Liverpool University Press
3 citations, 0.02%
Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
3 citations, 0.02%
3 citations, 0.02%
American Physical Society (APS)
3 citations, 0.02%
3 citations, 0.02%
Masaryk University Press
3 citations, 0.02%
Institut fur Afrika-Kunde
3 citations, 0.02%
Instituto Universitario de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro
3 citations, 0.02%
Institut fur Iberoamerika-Kunde
3 citations, 0.02%
National Biological Information Infrastructure
3 citations, 0.02%
National Recreation and Park Association
3 citations, 0.02%
Florida Gulf Coast University
3 citations, 0.02%
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
3 citations, 0.02%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
3 citations, 0.02%
Scientific Research Publishing
3 citations, 0.02%
IntechOpen
3 citations, 0.02%
Japanese Political Science Association
3 citations, 0.02%
Non Profit Partnership Polis (Political Studies)
3 citations, 0.02%
IOS Press
2 citations, 0.01%
Michigan State University Press
2 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%
Indiana University Press
2 citations, 0.01%
American Real Estate Society
2 citations, 0.01%
2 citations, 0.01%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
2 citations, 0.01%
University of Warsaw
2 citations, 0.01%
Cornell University Press
2 citations, 0.01%
Polibijaus Fondas
2 citations, 0.01%
Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
2 citations, 0.01%
Bureau for Economic Research
2 citations, 0.01%
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
2 citations, 0.01%
Vilnius University Press
2 citations, 0.01%
American Public Health Association
2 citations, 0.01%
Association for the Sociology of Religion
2 citations, 0.01%
Instituto Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais
2 citations, 0.01%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
2 citations, 0.01%
Institute of Asian Studies at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
2 citations, 0.01%
Hindawi Limited
2 citations, 0.01%
BMJ
2 citations, 0.01%
MGIMO University
2 citations, 0.01%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
2 citations, 0.01%
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Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
14 publications, 0.62%
Hunter College
13 publications, 0.57%
Harvard University
9 publications, 0.4%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
9 publications, 0.4%
University of Pennsylvania
9 publications, 0.4%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
9 publications, 0.4%
University of Washington
8 publications, 0.35%
Princeton University
7 publications, 0.31%
Cornell University
6 publications, 0.26%
American University
6 publications, 0.26%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
6 publications, 0.26%
University of Chicago
6 publications, 0.26%
McGill University
6 publications, 0.26%
University of Iowa
6 publications, 0.26%
University at Albany, State University of New York
6 publications, 0.26%
Yale University
5 publications, 0.22%
Stanford University
5 publications, 0.22%
Georgetown University
5 publications, 0.22%
Brown University
5 publications, 0.22%
University of Florida
5 publications, 0.22%
University of Virginia
5 publications, 0.22%
Michigan State University
4 publications, 0.18%
Columbia University
4 publications, 0.18%
Arizona State University
4 publications, 0.18%
Virginia Tech
4 publications, 0.18%
University of California, Berkeley
4 publications, 0.18%
University of California, Los Angeles
4 publications, 0.18%
Northeastern University
4 publications, 0.18%
Fordham University
4 publications, 0.18%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4 publications, 0.18%
Wesleyan University
4 publications, 0.18%
Pennsylvania State University
3 publications, 0.13%
Clemson University
3 publications, 0.13%
Duke University
3 publications, 0.13%
Syracuse University
3 publications, 0.13%
New York University
3 publications, 0.13%
Illinois State University
3 publications, 0.13%
University of California, Irvine
3 publications, 0.13%
Georgia State University
3 publications, 0.13%
Ohio University
3 publications, 0.13%
University of Minnesota
3 publications, 0.13%
Purdue University
3 publications, 0.13%
Emory University
3 publications, 0.13%
University of Maryland, College Park
3 publications, 0.13%
Baylor University
3 publications, 0.13%
Bucknell University
3 publications, 0.13%
York University
3 publications, 0.13%
University of East Anglia
3 publications, 0.13%
Barcelona Institute of International Studies
3 publications, 0.13%
University of Ottawa
3 publications, 0.13%
University of Texas at San Antonio
3 publications, 0.13%
Binghamton University
3 publications, 0.13%
University of Missouri
3 publications, 0.13%
University of Georgia
3 publications, 0.13%
Queens College
3 publications, 0.13%
Australian National University
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Oxford
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Edinburgh
2 publications, 0.09%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 publications, 0.09%
Johns Hopkins University
2 publications, 0.09%
Victoria University of Wellington
2 publications, 0.09%
Boston University
2 publications, 0.09%
George Mason University
2 publications, 0.09%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2 publications, 0.09%
Loyola University Chicago
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Notre Dame
2 publications, 0.09%
Vanderbilt University
2 publications, 0.09%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2 publications, 0.09%
Western Michigan University
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Michigan
2 publications, 0.09%
Marquette University
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
2 publications, 0.09%
Kiel University
2 publications, 0.09%
Arkansas State University
2 publications, 0.09%
East Carolina University
2 publications, 0.09%
Boise State University
2 publications, 0.09%
Wake Forest University
2 publications, 0.09%
Indiana University Bloomington
2 publications, 0.09%
Brigham Young University
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Alabama
2 publications, 0.09%
William & Mary
2 publications, 0.09%
Middle Tennessee State University
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Memphis
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Connecticut
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Massachusetts Lowell
2 publications, 0.09%
Lesley University
2 publications, 0.09%
University of Vermont
2 publications, 0.09%
James Madison University
2 publications, 0.09%
Brooklyn College
2 publications, 0.09%
Baruch College
2 publications, 0.09%
National Research University Higher School of Economics
1 publication, 0.04%
ADA university
1 publication, 0.04%
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
1 publication, 0.04%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1 publication, 0.04%
Technical University of Munich
1 publication, 0.04%
Radboud University Nijmegen
1 publication, 0.04%
University of Haifa
1 publication, 0.04%
Humboldt University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.04%
Free University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.04%
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Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
10 publications, 3.19%
Hunter College
7 publications, 2.24%
McGill University
6 publications, 1.92%
University of Pennsylvania
5 publications, 1.6%
University of Iowa
5 publications, 1.6%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
4 publications, 1.28%
Stanford University
3 publications, 0.96%
Princeton University
3 publications, 0.96%
New York University
3 publications, 0.96%
University of Chicago
3 publications, 0.96%
University of East Anglia
3 publications, 0.96%
Barcelona Institute of International Studies
3 publications, 0.96%
University of Massachusetts Amherst
3 publications, 0.96%
University of Georgia
3 publications, 0.96%
University at Albany, State University of New York
3 publications, 0.96%
Michigan State University
2 publications, 0.64%
Johns Hopkins University
2 publications, 0.64%
Arizona State University
2 publications, 0.64%
Duke University
2 publications, 0.64%
University of California, Berkeley
2 publications, 0.64%
Harvard University
2 publications, 0.64%
University of Washington
2 publications, 0.64%
University of California, Los Angeles
2 publications, 0.64%
University of California, Irvine
2 publications, 0.64%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
2 publications, 0.64%
University of Minnesota
2 publications, 0.64%
Brown University
2 publications, 0.64%
Kiel University
2 publications, 0.64%
Emory University
2 publications, 0.64%
York University
2 publications, 0.64%
University of Florida
2 publications, 0.64%
University of Alabama
2 publications, 0.64%
Binghamton University
2 publications, 0.64%
Wesleyan University
2 publications, 0.64%
University of Connecticut
2 publications, 0.64%
Queens College
2 publications, 0.64%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1 publication, 0.32%
Technical University of Munich
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Haifa
1 publication, 0.32%
Humboldt University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.32%
Free University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Lausanne
1 publication, 0.32%
Australian National University
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Milan
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Turku
1 publication, 0.32%
Nanyang Technological University
1 publication, 0.32%
Durham University
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Jyväskylä
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Liverpool
1 publication, 0.32%
Aarhus University
1 publication, 0.32%
Royal Holloway University of London
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Edinburgh
1 publication, 0.32%
Florida State University
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.32%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.32%
National University of Singapore
1 publication, 0.32%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.32%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Florence
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Glasgow
1 publication, 0.32%
Pennsylvania State University
1 publication, 0.32%
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
1 publication, 0.32%
Australian Catholic University
1 publication, 0.32%
George Washington University
1 publication, 0.32%
Howard University
1 publication, 0.32%
Auburn University at Montgomery
1 publication, 0.32%
Clemson University
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Illinois at Chicago
1 publication, 0.32%
Colorado State University
1 publication, 0.32%
Ohio State University
1 publication, 0.32%
Tufts University
1 publication, 0.32%
San Francisco State University
1 publication, 0.32%
University of California, Davis
1 publication, 0.32%
Illinois State University
1 publication, 0.32%
DePaul University
1 publication, 0.32%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
1 publication, 0.32%
University of California, Santa Barbara
1 publication, 0.32%
Loyola Marymount University
1 publication, 0.32%
Northeastern University
1 publication, 0.32%
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Texas at Austin
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Notre Dame
1 publication, 0.32%
GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences
1 publication, 0.32%
Boston College
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Konstanz
1 publication, 0.32%
Cardiff University
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Vienna
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Maryland, College Park
1 publication, 0.32%
Arkansas State University
1 publication, 0.32%
East Carolina University
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Sheffield
1 publication, 0.32%
Fordham University
1 publication, 0.32%
Toronto Metropolitan University
1 publication, 0.32%
Trent University
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Toronto
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Alberta
1 publication, 0.32%
University of Ottawa
1 publication, 0.32%
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USA, 365, 16.07%
USA
365 publications, 16.07%
Italy, 22, 0.97%
Italy
22 publications, 0.97%
Canada, 20, 0.88%
Canada
20 publications, 0.88%
United Kingdom, 17, 0.75%
United Kingdom
17 publications, 0.75%
Germany, 8, 0.35%
Germany
8 publications, 0.35%
Australia, 3, 0.13%
Australia
3 publications, 0.13%
Austria, 2, 0.09%
Austria
2 publications, 0.09%
Israel, 2, 0.09%
Israel
2 publications, 0.09%
Netherlands, 2, 0.09%
Netherlands
2 publications, 0.09%
New Zealand, 2, 0.09%
New Zealand
2 publications, 0.09%
Singapore, 2, 0.09%
Singapore
2 publications, 0.09%
Finland, 2, 0.09%
Finland
2 publications, 0.09%
Russia, 1, 0.04%
Russia
1 publication, 0.04%
Azerbaijan, 1, 0.04%
Azerbaijan
1 publication, 0.04%
Belgium, 1, 0.04%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.04%
Greece, 1, 0.04%
Greece
1 publication, 0.04%
Georgia, 1, 0.04%
Georgia
1 publication, 0.04%
Denmark, 1, 0.04%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.04%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.04%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.04%
Switzerland, 1, 0.04%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.04%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 100, 31.95%
USA
100 publications, 31.95%
Canada, 13, 4.15%
Canada
13 publications, 4.15%
United Kingdom, 11, 3.51%
United Kingdom
11 publications, 3.51%
Germany, 7, 2.24%
Germany
7 publications, 2.24%
Italy, 3, 0.96%
Italy
3 publications, 0.96%
Singapore, 2, 0.64%
Singapore
2 publications, 0.64%
Finland, 2, 0.64%
Finland
2 publications, 0.64%
Australia, 1, 0.32%
Australia
1 publication, 0.32%
Austria, 1, 0.32%
Austria
1 publication, 0.32%
Belgium, 1, 0.32%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.32%
Greece, 1, 0.32%
Greece
1 publication, 0.32%
Denmark, 1, 0.32%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.32%
Israel, 1, 0.32%
Israel
1 publication, 0.32%
Switzerland, 1, 0.32%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.32%
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