Quarterly Journal of Political Science

In the last half-century, social scientists have engaged in a methodologically focused and substantively far-reaching mission to make the study of politics scientific. The mutually reinforcing components in this pursuit are the development of positive theories and the testing of their empirical implications. Although this paradigm has been associated with many advances in the understanding of politics, no leading journal of political science is dedicated primarily to the publication of positive political science. The Quarterly Journal of Political Science will solicit, review, and publish the highest quality manuscripts in positive political science and contemporary political economy. The substantive content of the journal will be broad and eclectic, including cutting-edge research on any aspect of private, local, national, comparative, or international politics. The methodological approach will be analytical, focusing on positive political theories, empirical tests of those theories, and the measurement of causal relationships. In their commitment to making the Journal the premier interdisciplinary publication of scientific research on politics, the editors welcome submissions not only from political scientists but also from scholars in cognate disciplines such as economics, business, and law.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Political Science and International Relations	2007	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2008	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2009	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2010	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2011	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2012	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2013	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2014	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2015	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2016	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2017	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2018	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2019	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2020	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2021	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2022	Q1
Political Science and International Relations	2023	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2007	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2008	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2009	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2010	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2011	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2012	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2013	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2014	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2015	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2016	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2017	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2018	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2019	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2020	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2021	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2022	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2023	Q1

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.

Year	SJR
2007	3.126
2008	0.861
2009	1.431
2010	2.452
2011	2.978
2012	3.270
2013	1.585
2014	4.200
2015	2.596
2016	4.201
2017	6.453
2018	6.609
2019	3.079
2020	2.757
2021	2.425
2022	2.364
2023	2.033

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
2006	5
2007	5
2008	18
2009	16
2010	13
2011	13
2012	12
2013	15
2014	13
2015	17
2016	11
2017	20
2018	16
2019	16
2020	18
2021	18
2022	18
2023	10

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 document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	1.800
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	1.900
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	1.464
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	1.705
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	1.692
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	1.900
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	1.630
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	2.189
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	2.283
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	2.772
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	3.429
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	2.770
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	2.813
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	2.603
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	2.457
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	2.088
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	2.314
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.800
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	1.900
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.464
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	1.385
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	1.511
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	1.690
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	1.368
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	2.075
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	2.200
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	2.644
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	2.902
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	2.833
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	2.043
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	2.173
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	2.180
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.788
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	2.296
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.800
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.900
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.870
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	1.176
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	1.172
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	1.154
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	1.200
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.963
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	2.179
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	2.100
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	2.643
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.871
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.583
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.688
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	2.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.611
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.583

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.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2006	0
Self Cites	2007	0
Self Cites	2008	0
Self Cites	2009	0
Self Cites	2010	0
Self Cites	2011	3
Self Cites	2012	1
Self Cites	2013	2
Self Cites	2014	4
Self Cites	2015	0
Self Cites	2016	4
Self Cites	2017	4
Self Cites	2018	2
Self Cites	2019	1
Self Cites	2020	7
Self Cites	2021	4
Self Cites	2022	2
Self Cites	2023	1
Total Cites	2006	0
Total Cites	2007	9
Total Cites	2008	19
Total Cites	2009	41
Total Cites	2010	54
Total Cites	2011	71
Total Cites	2012	71
Total Cites	2013	52
Total Cites	2014	83
Total Cites	2015	88
Total Cites	2016	119
Total Cites	2017	119
Total Cites	2018	136
Total Cites	2019	96
Total Cites	2020	113
Total Cites	2021	109
Total Cites	2022	93
Total Cites	2023	124

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.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2006	0
External Cites per document	2007	1.800
External Cites per document	2008	1.900
External Cites per document	2009	1.464
External Cites per document	2010	1.385
External Cites per document	2011	1.447
External Cites per document	2012	1.667
External Cites per document	2013	1.316
External Cites per document	2014	1.975
External Cites per document	2015	2.200
External Cites per document	2016	2.556
External Cites per document	2017	2.805
External Cites per document	2018	2.792
External Cites per document	2019	2.021
External Cites per document	2020	2.038
External Cites per document	2021	2.100
External Cites per document	2022	1.750
External Cites per document	2023	2.278
Cites per document	2006	0.000
Cites per document	2007	1.800
Cites per document	2008	1.900
Cites per document	2009	1.464
Cites per document	2010	1.385
Cites per document	2011	1.511
Cites per document	2012	1.690
Cites per document	2013	1.368
Cites per document	2014	2.075
Cites per document	2015	2.200
Cites per document	2016	2.644
Cites per document	2017	2.902
Cites per document	2018	2.833
Cites per document	2019	2.043
Cites per document	2020	2.173
Cites per document	2021	2.180
Cites per document	2022	1.788
Cites per document	2023	2.296

% 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.

Year	International Collaboration
2006	0.00
2007	0.00
2008	5.56
2009	12.50
2010	23.08
2011	23.08
2012	8.33
2013	6.67
2014	38.46
2015	5.88
2016	0.00
2017	20.00
2018	12.50
2019	31.25
2020	33.33
2021	22.22
2022	33.33
2023	10.00

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.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2006	0
Non-citable documents	2007	1
Non-citable documents	2008	1
Non-citable documents	2009	2
Non-citable documents	2010	2
Non-citable documents	2011	2
Non-citable documents	2012	1
Non-citable documents	2013	0
Non-citable documents	2014	0
Non-citable documents	2015	0
Non-citable documents	2016	2
Non-citable documents	2017	2
Non-citable documents	2018	2
Non-citable documents	2019	0
Non-citable documents	2020	0
Non-citable documents	2021	2
Non-citable documents	2022	2
Non-citable documents	2023	3
Citable documents	2006	0
Citable documents	2007	4
Citable documents	2008	9
Citable documents	2009	26
Citable documents	2010	37
Citable documents	2011	45
Citable documents	2012	41
Citable documents	2013	38
Citable documents	2014	40
Citable documents	2015	40
Citable documents	2016	43
Citable documents	2017	39
Citable documents	2018	46
Citable documents	2019	47
Citable documents	2020	52
Citable documents	2021	48
Citable documents	2022	50
Citable documents	2023	51

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.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2006	0
Uncited documents	2007	1
Uncited documents	2008	6
Uncited documents	2009	12
Uncited documents	2010	17
Uncited documents	2011	19
Uncited documents	2012	16
Uncited documents	2013	12
Uncited documents	2014	10
Uncited documents	2015	15
Uncited documents	2016	13
Uncited documents	2017	11
Uncited documents	2018	15
Uncited documents	2019	14
Uncited documents	2020	13
Uncited documents	2021	14
Uncited documents	2022	20
Uncited documents	2023	14
Cited documents	2006	0
Cited documents	2007	4
Cited documents	2008	4
Cited documents	2009	16
Cited documents	2010	22
Cited documents	2011	28
Cited documents	2012	26
Cited documents	2013	26
Cited documents	2014	30
Cited documents	2015	25
Cited documents	2016	32
Cited documents	2017	30
Cited documents	2018	33
Cited documents	2019	33
Cited documents	2020	39
Cited documents	2021	36
Cited documents	2022	32
Cited documents	2023	40

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
2006	0.00
2007	10.00
2008	7.14
2009	0.00
2010	15.38
2011	10.53
2012	17.39
2013	9.52
2014	15.79
2015	11.11
2016	18.18
2017	27.50
2018	17.24
2019	25.81
2020	22.58
2021	18.92
2022	22.50
2023	36.84

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

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

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	2006	3
Overton	2007	3
Overton	2008	12
Overton	2009	9
Overton	2010	7
Overton	2011	10
Overton	2012	10
Overton	2013	6
Overton	2014	6
Overton	2015	9
Overton	2016	8
Overton	2017	13
Overton	2018	8
Overton	2019	6
Overton	2020	7
Overton	2021	4
Overton	2022	2
Overton	2023	1