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Journals for “Political Systems and Governance”
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Topic match is relative to the best match in this search (100% = best). Under each journal, "Publishes on" shows which of the matched topics it publishes and what share of its recent papers they make up. Fees are shown only where DOAJ records them; "Not recorded" does not mean the journal is free.
| # | Journal | Topic match | ITS Journal Score | Global rank | Papers 2021–2025 | Open access | Fee (APC) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Publius The Journal of Federalism Oxford University Press · United States Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (41%) | 100% | 64.2 | #10,269 | 263 | 30% | Not recorded | |
| 2 | Regional & Federal Studies Taylor & Francis · United Kingdom Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (28%) | 68% | 60.4 | #12,655 | 199 | 54% | Not recorded | |
| 3 | Nations and Nationalism Wiley · United Kingdom Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (18%) | 44% | 65.2 | #9,676 | 524 | 59% | Not recorded | |
| 4 | Territory Politics Governance Taylor & Francis · United Kingdom Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (12%) | 30% | 64.0 | #10,351 | 350 | 60% | Not recorded | |
| 5 | Journal of Legislative Studies Taylor & Francis · United Kingdom Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (13%) | 32% | 57.5 | #14,481 | 172 | 44% | Not recorded | |
| 6 | Swiss Political Science Review Wiley · United Kingdom Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (11%) | 27% | 66.0 | #9,202 | 286 | 72% | Not recorded | |
| 7 | British Politics Palgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (10%) | 24% | 64.3 | #10,249 | 152 | 63% | Not recorded | |
| 8 | European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook Wiley · United Kingdom Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (12%) | 28% | 55.8 | #15,558 | 204 | 64% | Not recorded | |
| 9 | Politics of the Low Countries Uitgeverij Boom · The Netherlands Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (16%) | 39% | 35.3 | #33,679 | 101 | 83% | Not recorded | |
| 10 | Nationalism and Ethnic Politics Taylor & Francis · United Kingdom Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (11%) | 28% | 55.7 | #15,655 | 209 | 27% | Not recorded | |
| 11 | Political Insight SAGE Publishing · United Kingdom Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (11%) | 26% | 57.6 | #14,411 | 240 | 18% | Not recorded | |
| 12 | Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism Wiley · United Kingdom Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (11%) | 27% | 53.2 | #17,291 | 146 | 51% | Not recorded | |
| 13 | Ethnopolitics Taylor & Francis · United Kingdom Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (9%) | 22% | 55.4 | #15,866 | 182 | 40% | Not recorded | |
| 14 | Revue française de civilisation britannique Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique · France · DOAJ Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (12%) | 30% | 39.8 | #28,645 | 214 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 15 | Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen Nomos · Germany Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (10%) | 24% | 47.9 | #21,137 | 354 | 15% | Not recorded | |
| 16 | Revista de Estudios Políticos Centro de Estudios Constitucionales · Spain Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (9%) | 23% | 49.5 | #19,857 | 213 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 17 | Studies on National Movements Ghent University · Belgium · DOAJ Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (13%) | 32% | 33.0 | #36,564 | 78 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 18 | Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP Center for Socio-Political Research and Information · Belgium Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (11%) | 28% | 39.8 | #28,571 | 107 | 52% | Not recorded | |
| 19 | Cuadernos Manuel Giménez Abad Spain Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (15%) | 37% | 22.5 | #49,811 | 126 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 20 | French Politics Palgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (8%) | 20% | 53.6 | #17,002 | 166 | 48% | Not recorded | |
| 21 | National Identities Taylor & Francis · United Kingdom Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (8%) | 20% | 53.9 | #16,838 | 229 | 30% | Not recorded | |
| 22 | Parliamentary Affairs Oxford University Press · United Kingdom Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (5%) | 13% | 66.8 | #8,679 | 224 | 67% | Not recorded | |
| 23 | Scottish Affairs Edinburgh University Press · United Kingdom Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (9%) | 23% | 45.6 | #22,968 | 221 | 32% | Not recorded | |
| 24 | Constitutional Forum / Forum constitutionnel University of Alberta Library · Canada Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (11%) | 27% | 36.6 | #32,167 | 87 | 100% | Not recorded | |
| 25 | The Political Quarterly Wiley · United Kingdom Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (4%) | 10% | 65.9 | #9,259 | 711 | 58% | Not recorded | |
| 26 | Canadian Journal of Political Science Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (4%) | 10% | 62.2 | #11,505 | 457 | 63% | Not recorded | |
| 27 | Observatoire de la société britannique France Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (10%) | 24% | 34.8 | #34,335 | 87 | 49% | Not recorded | |
| 28 | The American Review of Canadian Studies Taylor & Francis · United States Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (6%) | 14% | 50.3 | #19,329 | 272 | 11% | Not recorded | |
| 29 | International Journal of Iberian Studies Intellect · United Kingdom Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (8%) | 20% | 38.9 | #29,578 | 142 | 8% | Not recorded | |
| 30 | Documentación Administrativa Instituto Nacional de Administracion Publica · DOAJ Publishes on: Political Systems and Governance (7%) | 16% | 44.0 | #24,371 | 210 | 100% | Not recorded |
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How the ITS Journal Score works
One formula applies to every ranked journal, using open data from OpenAlex: 45% citation impact, 35% h-index and 20% size (papers published 2021–2025). Citation impact is the smaller of the journal's two-year mean citedness and its five-year citations per paper, so a journal whose output collapsed cannot jump to the top on old citations. Each part is half a percentile and half a log-scaled value, so the very top is still separated. Growth and open-access share are shown separately and are not part of the score.
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