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American Journal of Political Science

United Kingdom |Universities and research institutions |Media Ranking

Country

Universities and research institutions Media Ranking

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

SJR 2024

6.280 Q1

H-Index

215

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

00925853, 15405907

Coverage

1982, 1986, 1996-2025

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Scope

The American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) publishes research in all major areas of political science including American politics, public policy, international relations, comparative politics, political methodology, and political theory. Founded in 1956, the AJPS publishes articles that make outstanding contributions to scholarly knowledge about notable theoretical concerns, puzzles or controversies in any subfield of political science.

Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Political Science and International Relations1999Q1
Political Science and International Relations2000Q1
Political Science and International Relations2001Q1
Political Science and International Relations2002Q1
Political Science and International Relations2003Q1
Political Science and International Relations2004Q1
Political Science and International Relations2005Q1
Political Science and International Relations2006Q1
Political Science and International Relations2007Q1
Political Science and International Relations2008Q1
Political Science and International Relations2009Q1
Political Science and International Relations2010Q1
Political Science and International Relations2011Q1
Political Science and International Relations2012Q1
Political Science and International Relations2013Q1
Political Science and International Relations2014Q1
Political Science and International Relations2015Q1
Political Science and International Relations2016Q1
Political Science and International Relations2017Q1
Political Science and International Relations2018Q1
Political Science and International Relations2019Q1
Political Science and International Relations2020Q1
Political Science and International Relations2021Q1
Political Science and International Relations2022Q1
Political Science and International Relations2023Q1
Political Science and International Relations2024Q1
Sociology and Political Science1999Q1
Sociology and Political Science2000Q1
Sociology and Political Science2001Q1
Sociology and Political Science2002Q1
Sociology and Political Science2003Q1
Sociology and Political Science2004Q1
Sociology and Political Science2005Q1
Sociology and Political Science2006Q1
Sociology and Political Science2007Q1
Sociology and Political Science2008Q1
Sociology and Political Science2009Q1
Sociology and Political Science2010Q1
Sociology and Political Science2011Q1
Sociology and Political Science2012Q1
Sociology and Political Science2013Q1
Sociology and Political Science2014Q1
Sociology and Political Science2015Q1
Sociology and Political Science2016Q1
Sociology and Political Science2017Q1
Sociology and Political Science2018Q1
Sociology and Political Science2019Q1
Sociology and Political Science2020Q1
Sociology and Political Science2021Q1
Sociology and Political Science2022Q1
Sociology and Political Science2023Q1
Sociology and Political Science2024Q1
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
19993.748
20003.656
20014.819
20023.378
20034.219
20043.898
20053.696
20064.511
20073.836
20084.977
20095.541
20105.725
20115.666
20127.600
20137.545
20147.745
20158.311
201610.088
20178.595
20189.602
20197.131
20206.347
20214.913
20224.963
20234.629
20246.280
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
199953
200056
200158
200257
200350
200454
200560
200664
200762
200859
200960
201060
201164
201267
201365
201468
201566
201665
201763
201866
201958
202062
202162
202262
202370
2024178
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document19991.819
External Cites per document20001.883
External Cites per document20012.000
External Cites per document20021.886
External Cites per document20032.708
External Cites per document20042.873
External Cites per document20052.702
External Cites per document20062.909
External Cites per document20073.084
External Cites per document20083.495
External Cites per document20094.395
External Cites per document20104.221
External Cites per document20114.564
External Cites per document20124.505
External Cites per document20134.435
External Cites per document20144.434
External Cites per document20155.425
External Cites per document20166.211
External Cites per document20176.920
External Cites per document20186.912
External Cites per document20195.402
External Cites per document20205.963
External Cites per document20215.925
External Cites per document20225.582
External Cites per document20235.882
External Cites per document20249.273
Cites per document19992.006
Cites per document20002.160
Cites per document20012.404
Cites per document20022.168
Cites per document20032.971
Cites per document20043.164
Cites per document20052.925
Cites per document20063.159
Cites per document20073.270
Cites per document20083.672
Cites per document20094.600
Cites per document20104.365
Cites per document20114.726
Cites per document20124.696
Cites per document20134.665
Cites per document20144.679
Cites per document20155.660
Cites per document20166.442
Cites per document20177.116
Cites per document20187.134
Cites per document20195.552
Cites per document20206.144
Cites per document20216.000
Cites per document20225.676
Cites per document20235.968
Cites per document20249.624
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
19990.00
20007.14
20011.72
20023.51
20038.00
20047.41
20055.00
200610.94
200714.52
200893.22
200915.00
20106.67
201110.94
201211.94
201313.85
201420.59
201522.73
201621.54
201720.63
201816.67
201925.86
202022.58
202112.90
202219.35
202320.00
202429.78
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents199950
Uncited documents200044
Uncited documents200140
Uncited documents200254
Uncited documents200339
Uncited documents200428
Uncited documents200525
Uncited documents200629
Uncited documents200734
Uncited documents200839
Uncited documents200931
Uncited documents201025
Uncited documents201124
Uncited documents201222
Uncited documents201332
Uncited documents201418
Uncited documents201517
Uncited documents201610
Uncited documents201716
Uncited documents201817
Uncited documents201916
Uncited documents202016
Uncited documents202124
Uncited documents202220
Uncited documents202311
Uncited documents202413
Cited documents1999116
Cited documents2000119
Cited documents2001116
Cited documents2002113
Cited documents2003132
Cited documents2004137
Cited documents2005136
Cited documents2006135
Cited documents2007144
Cited documents2008147
Cited documents2009154
Cited documents2010156
Cited documents2011155
Cited documents2012162
Cited documents2013159
Cited documents2014178
Cited documents2015183
Cited documents2016189
Cited documents2017183
Cited documents2018177
Cited documents2019178
Cited documents2020171
Cited documents2021162
Cited documents2022162
Cited documents2023175
Cited documents2024181
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
199916.87
200012.63
200118.56
200218.09
200320.22
200421.11
200519.42
200613.91
200719.47
200825.23
200912.50
201016.79
201122.69
201217.32
201323.77
201418.83
201517.99
201620.93
201722.46
201817.69
201927.87
202026.77
202125.20
202229.84
202326.77
202422.94
Estimated APC

It estimates the article processing charges (APCs) a journal might charge, based on its visibility, prestige, and impact as measured by the SJR. It does not reflect the actual APC, but rather a calculated approximation based on journal quality.

YearEst. APC (USD)
19994248
20004238
20014314
20024279
20034292
20044298
20054299
20064287
20074305
20084335
20094396
20104466
20114504
20124619
20134690
20144748
20154812
20164914
20174935
20184979
20194966
20204924
20214805
20224714
20234574
20244548
Estimated financial value

It represents the potential financial worth of a journal. It is obtained by multiplying the journal's Estimated APC by the total number of citable documents published over the past five years. This value reflects the hypothetical revenue a journal could generate based on its estimated publication costs and scholarly output.

YearEst. value (USD)
1999225125
2000461941
2001720362
2002958485
20031175943
20041181877
20051199510
20061221806
20071248521
20081296059
20091340630
20101362089
20111373667
20121431763
20131482105
20141538363
20151588005
20161626439
20171613855
20181633032
20191579178
20201546157
20211494479
20221461230
20231436107
20241973666
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites199931
Self Cites200045
Self Cites200163
Self Cites200247
Self Cites200345
Self Cites200448
Self Cites200536
Self Cites200641
Self Cites200733
Self Cites200833
Self Cites200938
Self Cites201026
Self Cites201129
Self Cites201235
Self Cites201344
Self Cites201448
Self Cites201547
Self Cites201646
Self Cites201739
Self Cites201843
Self Cites201929
Self Cites202034
Self Cites202114
Self Cites202217
Self Cites202316
Self Cites202468
Total Cites1999333
Total Cites2000352
Total Cites2001375
Total Cites2002362
Total Cites2003508
Total Cites2004522
Total Cites2005471
Total Cites2006518
Total Cites2007582
Total Cites2008683
Total Cites2009851
Total Cites2010790
Total Cites2011846
Total Cites2012864
Total Cites2013891
Total Cites2014917
Total Cites20151132
Total Cites20161282
Total Cites20171416
Total Cites20181384
Total Cites20191077
Total Cites20201149
Total Cites20211116
Total Cites20221033
Total Cites20231110
Total Cites20241867
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)19992.006
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20002.196
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20012.639
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20022.290
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20032.938
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20043.787
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20053.356
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20063.692
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20073.425
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20084.008
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20094.996
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20105.461
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20115.303
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20125.263
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20135.163
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20145.707
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20155.966
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20166.316
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20177.803
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20188.050
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20197.215
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20206.611
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20216.835
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20226.931
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20236.578
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20249.172
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19992.006
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20002.160
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20012.404
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20022.168
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20032.971
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20043.164
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20052.925
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20063.159
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20073.270
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20083.672
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20094.600
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20104.365
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20114.726
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20124.696
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20134.665
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20144.679
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20155.660
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20166.442
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20177.116
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20187.134
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20195.552
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20206.144
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20216.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20225.676
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20235.968
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20249.624
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19991.800
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20001.880
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20012.147
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20022.070
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20032.113
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20042.589
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20052.356
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20062.912
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20072.669
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20083.095
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20093.529
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20103.345
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20113.992
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20124.056
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20133.275
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20144.152
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20155.579
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20165.791
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20176.374
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20184.961
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20194.969
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20205.169
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20213.942
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20224.742
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20235.976
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20248.727
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents19990
Non-citable documents20000
Non-citable documents20010
Non-citable documents20020
Non-citable documents20030
Non-citable documents20040
Non-citable documents20050
Non-citable documents20060
Non-citable documents20070
Non-citable documents20080
Non-citable documents20090
Non-citable documents20100
Non-citable documents20111
Non-citable documents20122
Non-citable documents20134
Non-citable documents20143
Non-citable documents20152
Non-citable documents20160
Non-citable documents20170
Non-citable documents20180
Non-citable documents20190
Non-citable documents20200
Non-citable documents20210
Non-citable documents20220
Non-citable documents20230
Non-citable documents20240
Citable documents1999166
Citable documents2000163
Citable documents2001156
Citable documents2002167
Citable documents2003171
Citable documents2004165
Citable documents2005161
Citable documents2006164
Citable documents2007178
Citable documents2008186
Citable documents2009185
Citable documents2010181
Citable documents2011178
Citable documents2012182
Citable documents2013187
Citable documents2014193
Citable documents2015198
Citable documents2016199
Citable documents2017199
Citable documents2018194
Citable documents2019194
Citable documents2020187
Citable documents2021186
Citable documents2022182
Citable documents2023186
Citable documents2024194
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton199933
Overton200042
Overton200142
Overton200240
Overton200336
Overton200437
Overton200541
Overton200651
Overton200750
Overton200845
Overton200947
Overton201044
Overton201149
Overton201244
Overton201352
Overton201458
Overton201553
Overton201645
Overton201747
Overton201844
Overton201934
Overton202027
Overton202136
Overton202225
Overton202330
Overton202430
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evolution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG201814
SDG201919
SDG202015
SDG202123
SDG202220
SDG202332
SDG202480
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