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SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q3
Impact factor
1.2
SJR
0.345
CiteScore
1.4
Categories
Sociology and Political Science
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1948-1949, 1951-1956, 1960, 1962-1965, 1967-1974, 1976-2025
journal names
Political Science
POLIT SCI
Publications
2 028
Citations
2 948
h-index
26
Publications
76
Citations
958
Top-3 citing journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (140 citations)
Political Science
Political Science (83 citations)
Electoral Studies
Electoral Studies (40 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Auckland
University of Auckland (176 publications)
University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury (116 publications)
University of Auckland
University of Auckland (5 publications)
University of Otago
University of Otago (4 publications)
Top-3 countries
New Zealand (770 publications)
Australia (163 publications)
USA (102 publications)
New Zealand (25 publications)
China (9 publications)
USA (6 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
140 citations, 4.75%
Political Science
83 citations, 2.82%
Electoral Studies
40 citations, 1.36%
Kotuitui
37 citations, 1.26%
Representation
25 citations, 0.85%
Australian Journal of Political Science
25 citations, 0.85%
Party Politics
20 citations, 0.68%
British Journal of Political Science
17 citations, 0.58%
New Zealand Geographer
14 citations, 0.47%
Ethnic and Racial Studies
13 citations, 0.44%
Political Geography
13 citations, 0.44%
Comparative Political Studies
12 citations, 0.41%
Pacific Review
12 citations, 0.41%
Ethnopolitics
12 citations, 0.41%
Political Studies
11 citations, 0.37%
Parliamentary Affairs
11 citations, 0.37%
British Journal of Politics and International Relations
11 citations, 0.37%
Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties
11 citations, 0.37%
Canadian Journal of Political Science
11 citations, 0.37%
The Journal of Legislative Studies
10 citations, 0.34%
Environmental Politics
10 citations, 0.34%
Commonwealth and Comparative Politics
10 citations, 0.34%
Feminist Media Studies
10 citations, 0.34%
Australian Journal of Public Administration
9 citations, 0.31%
Historical Journal
9 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
9 citations, 0.31%
Political Studies Review
8 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Cleaner Production
8 citations, 0.27%
Political Research Quarterly
8 citations, 0.27%
International Journal of Intercultural Relations
8 citations, 0.27%
Regional and Federal Studies
8 citations, 0.27%
Acta Politica
8 citations, 0.27%
European Political Science
8 citations, 0.27%
Women's Studies International Forum
8 citations, 0.27%
International Journal of Cultural Policy
8 citations, 0.27%
British Journal of Sociology
8 citations, 0.27%
New Zealand Economic Papers
7 citations, 0.24%
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
7 citations, 0.24%
Regional Environmental Change
7 citations, 0.24%
Contemporary Politics
7 citations, 0.24%
PS - Political Science and Politics
7 citations, 0.24%
Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies
7 citations, 0.24%
Politics & Gender
7 citations, 0.24%
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
7 citations, 0.24%
International Migration
7 citations, 0.24%
International Relations of the Asia-Pacific
7 citations, 0.24%
American Political Science Review
6 citations, 0.2%
Continuum
6 citations, 0.2%
International Journal of Public Administration
6 citations, 0.2%
Feminism and Psychology
6 citations, 0.2%
Politics and Policy
6 citations, 0.2%
Urban Policy and Research
6 citations, 0.2%
Nations and Nationalism
6 citations, 0.2%
Sustainability
6 citations, 0.2%
Australian Journal of International Affairs
6 citations, 0.2%
Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy
6 citations, 0.2%
PLoS ONE
6 citations, 0.2%
Media International Australia
5 citations, 0.17%
American Journal of Political Science
5 citations, 0.17%
AlterNative
5 citations, 0.17%
Asian Journal of Political Science
5 citations, 0.17%
Social Science and Medicine
5 citations, 0.17%
Climate and Development
5 citations, 0.17%
Social Sciences
5 citations, 0.17%
International Peacekeeping
5 citations, 0.17%
Social Media and Society
5 citations, 0.17%
Government and Opposition
5 citations, 0.17%
Media, Culture and Society
5 citations, 0.17%
East European Politics
5 citations, 0.17%
Conflict, Security and Development
5 citations, 0.17%
Ethnicities
5 citations, 0.17%
Ocean and Coastal Management
5 citations, 0.17%
Governance
5 citations, 0.17%
Climatic Change
5 citations, 0.17%
World Development
5 citations, 0.17%
Politics Groups and Identities
5 citations, 0.17%
Policy and Society
4 citations, 0.14%
Global Environmental Politics
4 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
4 citations, 0.14%
Immigrants and Minorities
4 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Asian and African Studies
4 citations, 0.14%
Pacific Focus
4 citations, 0.14%
New Media and Society
4 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Public Policy
4 citations, 0.14%
Policy Studies
4 citations, 0.14%
Environmental Communication
4 citations, 0.14%
Geoforum
4 citations, 0.14%
Asian Survey
4 citations, 0.14%
Social Science Quarterly
4 citations, 0.14%
Peace Review
4 citations, 0.14%
History Compass
4 citations, 0.14%
Oceania
4 citations, 0.14%
European Journal of Political Research
4 citations, 0.14%
International Political Sociology
4 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Eastern African Studies
4 citations, 0.14%
Climate Change Management
4 citations, 0.14%
Australasian Journal of Environmental Management
4 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Chinese Political Science
4 citations, 0.14%
Gender and Education
4 citations, 0.14%
Canadian Review of Sociology
4 citations, 0.14%
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Citing publishers

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Taylor & Francis
639 citations, 21.68%
SAGE
242 citations, 8.21%
Wiley
214 citations, 7.26%
Springer Nature
199 citations, 6.75%
Elsevier
193 citations, 6.55%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
139 citations, 4.72%
Cambridge University Press
132 citations, 4.48%
Oxford University Press
78 citations, 2.65%
Emerald
44 citations, 1.49%
MDPI
33 citations, 1.12%
Frontiers Media S.A.
13 citations, 0.44%
Walter de Gruyter
12 citations, 0.41%
IGI Global
12 citations, 0.41%
Mary Ann Liebert
8 citations, 0.27%
Consortium Erudit
8 citations, 0.27%
University of California Press
7 citations, 0.24%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
7 citations, 0.24%
University of Chicago Press
6 citations, 0.2%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
6 citations, 0.2%
SciELO
5 citations, 0.17%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
4 citations, 0.14%
Brill
4 citations, 0.14%
MIT Press
4 citations, 0.14%
Annual Reviews
4 citations, 0.14%
IOS Press
3 citations, 0.1%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
3 citations, 0.1%
IOP Publishing
3 citations, 0.1%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
3 citations, 0.1%
American Psychological Association (APA)
3 citations, 0.1%
OpenEdition
3 citations, 0.1%
Intellect
3 citations, 0.1%
World Scientific
2 citations, 0.07%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
2 citations, 0.07%
2 citations, 0.07%
Duke University Press
2 citations, 0.07%
2 citations, 0.07%
N T C Publications Ltd.
2 citations, 0.07%
American Public Health Association
2 citations, 0.07%
Ubiquity Press
2 citations, 0.07%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
2 citations, 0.07%
The Pennsylvania State University Press
2 citations, 0.07%
Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FCTAS RAS)
2 citations, 0.07%
Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS
2 citations, 0.07%
Japan Society of Spring Engineers
2 citations, 0.07%
American Marketing Association
1 citation, 0.03%
Edinburgh University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
University of Illinois Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Societe des Oceanistes
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
1 citation, 0.03%
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
1 citation, 0.03%
Universidad De Antioquia
1 citation, 0.03%
Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
1 citation, 0.03%
University of Pennsylvania Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Index Copernicus
1 citation, 0.03%
Pensoft Publishers
1 citation, 0.03%
University of York
1 citation, 0.03%
EPI SCP
1 citation, 0.03%
Academy of Management
1 citation, 0.03%
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
1 citation, 0.03%
Masaryk University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
American Economic Association
1 citation, 0.03%
Ethnologia Europaea
1 citation, 0.03%
Society of Petroleum Engineers
1 citation, 0.03%
Society for Sociological Science
1 citation, 0.03%
Institut fur Asienkunde
1 citation, 0.03%
Wydawnictwo Naukowe WNPiD UAM
1 citation, 0.03%
Universite de Lille
1 citation, 0.03%
Instituto Brasileiro de Relacoes Internacionais
1 citation, 0.03%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
1 citation, 0.03%
Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz
1 citation, 0.03%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
1 citation, 0.03%
BMJ
1 citation, 0.03%
Mark Allen Group
1 citation, 0.03%
CSIRO Publishing
1 citation, 0.03%
JSTOR
1 citation, 0.03%
Project MUSE
1 citation, 0.03%
Virtus Interpress
1 citation, 0.03%
American Astronomical Society
1 citation, 0.03%
State University of Management
1 citation, 0.03%
Universitas Airlangga
1 citation, 0.03%
Scientific Research Publishing
1 citation, 0.03%
Kamla Raj Enterprises
1 citation, 0.03%
CAIRN
1 citation, 0.03%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
1 citation, 0.03%
IntechOpen
1 citation, 0.03%
Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
1 citation, 0.03%
Bristol University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
1 citation, 0.03%
University of Technology, Sydney
1 citation, 0.03%
Verlag Barbara Budrich GmbH
1 citation, 0.03%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
1 citation, 0.03%
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
1 citation, 0.03%
Maximum Academic Press
1 citation, 0.03%
The Japan Society for Technology and Plasticity
1 citation, 0.03%
Edward Elgar Publishing
1 citation, 0.03%
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Victoria University of Wellington
231 publications, 11.39%
University of Auckland
176 publications, 8.68%
University of Canterbury
116 publications, 5.72%
University of Otago
106 publications, 5.23%
Massey University
76 publications, 3.75%
Australian National University
45 publications, 2.22%
University of Waikato
40 publications, 1.97%
Victoria University (Australia)
17 publications, 0.84%
Lincoln University
16 publications, 0.79%
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
14 publications, 0.69%
University of Sydney
12 publications, 0.59%
University of Melbourne
12 publications, 0.59%
University of Queensland
10 publications, 0.49%
Monash University
9 publications, 0.44%
University of Western Australia
9 publications, 0.44%
Flinders University
8 publications, 0.39%
Griffith University
7 publications, 0.35%
University of Pennsylvania
7 publications, 0.35%
Auckland University of Technology
5 publications, 0.25%
University of Hong Kong
5 publications, 0.25%
University of British Columbia
5 publications, 0.25%
University of Ottawa
5 publications, 0.25%
Ege University
4 publications, 0.2%
National Chengchi University
4 publications, 0.2%
National Cheng Kung University
4 publications, 0.2%
University of Tasmania
4 publications, 0.2%
University of Canberra
4 publications, 0.2%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
4 publications, 0.2%
London School of Economics and Political Science
3 publications, 0.15%
Pennsylvania State University
3 publications, 0.15%
University of Adelaide
3 publications, 0.15%
Macquarie University
3 publications, 0.15%
University of California, Berkeley
3 publications, 0.15%
University of Macau
3 publications, 0.15%
University of Mannheim
3 publications, 0.15%
University of Sheffield
3 publications, 0.15%
University of Alberta
3 publications, 0.15%
University of Kent
3 publications, 0.15%
Peking University
2 publications, 0.1%
Western Sydney University
2 publications, 0.1%
Åbo Akademi University
2 publications, 0.1%
University of Manchester
2 publications, 0.1%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2 publications, 0.1%
Stony Brook University
2 publications, 0.1%
Queensland University of Technology
2 publications, 0.1%
Cornell University
2 publications, 0.1%
University of Glasgow
2 publications, 0.1%
Deakin University
2 publications, 0.1%
La Trobe University
2 publications, 0.1%
Swinburne University of Technology
2 publications, 0.1%
Murdoch University
2 publications, 0.1%
Columbia University
2 publications, 0.1%
Chinese University of Hong Kong
2 publications, 0.1%
University of Arizona
2 publications, 0.1%
University of Bristol
2 publications, 0.1%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2 publications, 0.1%
German Institute for Global and Area Studies (Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien)
2 publications, 0.1%
Lancaster University
2 publications, 0.1%
University of Waterloo
2 publications, 0.1%
Purdue University
2 publications, 0.1%
University of Tokyo
2 publications, 0.1%
Waseda University
2 publications, 0.1%
Carleton University
2 publications, 0.1%
University of Exeter
2 publications, 0.1%
University of Leicester
2 publications, 0.1%
Western Kentucky University
2 publications, 0.1%
Mississippi State University
2 publications, 0.1%
University of Colorado Boulder
2 publications, 0.1%
Sam Houston State University
2 publications, 0.1%
University of Bath
2 publications, 0.1%
University of Essex
2 publications, 0.1%
University of Iowa
2 publications, 0.1%
University at Albany, State University of New York
2 publications, 0.1%
Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica
2 publications, 0.1%
Beijing Normal University
1 publication, 0.05%
Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities
1 publication, 0.05%
Vietnam National University, Hanoi
1 publication, 0.05%
Central University of Haryana
1 publication, 0.05%
Tel Aviv University
1 publication, 0.05%
Tongji University
1 publication, 0.05%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Malaya
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Science, Malaysia
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Haifa
1 publication, 0.05%
Free University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.05%
Nanjing Normal University
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Lausanne
1 publication, 0.05%
National Sun Yat-sen University
1 publication, 0.05%
Sun Yat-sen University
1 publication, 0.05%
University of New South Wales
1 publication, 0.05%
Beijing Foreign Studies University
1 publication, 0.05%
Renmin University of China
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Turku
1 publication, 0.05%
Nanyang Technological University
1 publication, 0.05%
University College London
1 publication, 0.05%
Aston University
1 publication, 0.05%
Queen Mary University of London
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.05%
University of Copenhagen
1 publication, 0.05%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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Victoria University of Wellington
12 publications, 15.79%
University of Auckland
5 publications, 6.58%
University of Otago
4 publications, 5.26%
Auckland University of Technology
3 publications, 3.95%
National Cheng Kung University
2 publications, 2.63%
Massey University
2 publications, 2.63%
University of Canterbury
2 publications, 2.63%
German Institute for Global and Area Studies (Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien)
2 publications, 2.63%
Beijing Normal University
1 publication, 1.32%
Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities
1 publication, 1.32%
Vietnam National University, Hanoi
1 publication, 1.32%
Central University of Haryana
1 publication, 1.32%
Tel Aviv University
1 publication, 1.32%
Tongji University
1 publication, 1.32%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1 publication, 1.32%
University of Malaya
1 publication, 1.32%
Nanjing Normal University
1 publication, 1.32%
University of Lausanne
1 publication, 1.32%
National Sun Yat-sen University
1 publication, 1.32%
Sun Yat-sen University
1 publication, 1.32%
Beijing Foreign Studies University
1 publication, 1.32%
Aston University
1 publication, 1.32%
Queen Mary University of London
1 publication, 1.32%
London School of Economics and Political Science
1 publication, 1.32%
National Chengchi University
1 publication, 1.32%
University of Waikato
1 publication, 1.32%
Lincoln University
1 publication, 1.32%
Edith Cowan University
1 publication, 1.32%
Charles Sturt University
1 publication, 1.32%
Princeton University
1 publication, 1.32%
National Open University of Nigeria
1 publication, 1.32%
Korea University
1 publication, 1.32%
Chinese University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 1.32%
Oregon State University
1 publication, 1.32%
New York University
1 publication, 1.32%
Illinois State University
1 publication, 1.32%
Shandong University
1 publication, 1.32%
Northeastern University
1 publication, 1.32%
University of Macau
1 publication, 1.32%
Hamburg University
1 publication, 1.32%
Waseda University
1 publication, 1.32%
University of Manitoba
1 publication, 1.32%
University of Ottawa
1 publication, 1.32%
University of Leicester
1 publication, 1.32%
University of Bath
1 publication, 1.32%
British Library
1 publication, 1.32%
Hawaii Pacific University
1 publication, 1.32%
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
1 publication, 1.32%
Memorial University of Newfoundland
1 publication, 1.32%
Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 1.32%
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
1 publication, 1.32%
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New Zealand, 770, 37.97%
New Zealand
770 publications, 37.97%
Australia, 163, 8.04%
Australia
163 publications, 8.04%
USA, 102, 5.03%
USA
102 publications, 5.03%
United Kingdom, 43, 2.12%
United Kingdom
43 publications, 2.12%
Italy, 39, 1.92%
Italy
39 publications, 1.92%
China, 28, 1.38%
China
28 publications, 1.38%
Canada, 25, 1.23%
Canada
25 publications, 1.23%
Japan, 8, 0.39%
Japan
8 publications, 0.39%
Germany, 6, 0.3%
Germany
6 publications, 0.3%
Netherlands, 4, 0.2%
Netherlands
4 publications, 0.2%
Turkey, 4, 0.2%
Turkey
4 publications, 0.2%
Finland, 3, 0.15%
Finland
3 publications, 0.15%
Guam, 2, 0.1%
Guam
2 publications, 0.1%
Denmark, 2, 0.1%
Denmark
2 publications, 0.1%
Israel, 2, 0.1%
Israel
2 publications, 0.1%
Iraq, 2, 0.1%
Iraq
2 publications, 0.1%
Spain, 2, 0.1%
Spain
2 publications, 0.1%
Malaysia, 2, 0.1%
Malaysia
2 publications, 0.1%
Mexico, 2, 0.1%
Mexico
2 publications, 0.1%
Republic of Korea, 2, 0.1%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 0.1%
Switzerland, 2, 0.1%
Switzerland
2 publications, 0.1%
France, 1, 0.05%
France
1 publication, 0.05%
Belgium, 1, 0.05%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.05%
Bulgaria, 1, 0.05%
Bulgaria
1 publication, 0.05%
Vietnam, 1, 0.05%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.05%
Zimbabwe, 1, 0.05%
Zimbabwe
1 publication, 0.05%
Poland, 1, 0.05%
Poland
1 publication, 0.05%
Romania, 1, 0.05%
Romania
1 publication, 0.05%
Singapore, 1, 0.05%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.05%
Fiji, 1, 0.05%
Fiji
1 publication, 0.05%
South Africa, 1, 0.05%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.05%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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New Zealand, 25, 32.89%
New Zealand
25 publications, 32.89%
China, 9, 11.84%
China
9 publications, 11.84%
USA, 6, 7.89%
USA
6 publications, 7.89%
United Kingdom, 5, 6.58%
United Kingdom
5 publications, 6.58%
Canada, 2, 2.63%
Canada
2 publications, 2.63%
Germany, 1, 1.32%
Germany
1 publication, 1.32%
Australia, 1, 1.32%
Australia
1 publication, 1.32%
Belgium, 1, 1.32%
Belgium
1 publication, 1.32%
Vietnam, 1, 1.32%
Vietnam
1 publication, 1.32%
Israel, 1, 1.32%
Israel
1 publication, 1.32%
Malaysia, 1, 1.32%
Malaysia
1 publication, 1.32%
Mexico, 1, 1.32%
Mexico
1 publication, 1.32%
Poland, 1, 1.32%
Poland
1 publication, 1.32%
Republic of Korea, 1, 1.32%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 1.32%
Switzerland, 1, 1.32%
Switzerland
1 publication, 1.32%
Japan, 1, 1.32%
Japan
1 publication, 1.32%
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