American Political Science Review

Aims & Scope

American Political Science Review is political science's premier scholarly research journal, providing peer-reviewed articles and review essays from subfields throughout the discipline.

Areas covered include political theory, American politics, public policy, public administration, comparative politics, and international relations.

APSR has published continuously since 1906.

American Political Science Review is sold ONLY as part of a joint subscription with Perspectives on Politics and PS: Political Science & Politics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	5.8
2024	5.90

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	247

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2777

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	5.532

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• What To Do (and Not to Do) with Time-Series Cross-Section Data

  Citation: 4349

  Authors: Nathaniel, Jonathan N.

• Increasing Returns, Path Dependence, and the Study of Politics

  Citation: 4045

  Authors: Paul

• Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War

  Citation: 3960

  Authors: JAMES D., DAVID D.

• Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy

  Citation: 3448

  Authors: Seymour Martin

• Two Faces of Power

  Citation: 2133

  Authors: Peter, Morton S.

• Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development

  Citation: 1980

  Authors: Mancur

• A Behavioral Approach to the Rational Choice Theory of Collective Action: Presidential Address, American Political Science Association, 1997

  Citation: 1836

  Authors: Elinor

• A Theory of the Calculus of Voting

  Citation: 1739

  Authors: William H., Peter C.

• Beyond SES: A Resource Model of Political Participation

  Citation: 1735

  Authors: Henry E., Sidney, Kay Lehman

• The New Institutionalism: Organizational Factors in Political Life

  Citation: 1713

  Authors: James G., Johan P.

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