Political Analysis

Aims & Scope

Political Analysis publishes peer reviewed articles that provide original and significant advances in the general area of political methodology, including both quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches.

It is the official journal of the Society for Political Methodology and the Political Methodology Section of the American Political Science Association.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	5.4
2024	4.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	4.353

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	89

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	366

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	923

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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.

• Entropy Balancing for Causal Effects: A Multivariate Reweighting Method to Produce Balanced Samples in Observational Studies

  Citation: 4364

  Authors: Jens

• Understanding Interaction Models: Improving Empirical Analyses

  Citation: 4347

  Authors: Thomas, William Roberts, Matt

• Matching as Nonparametric Preprocessing for Reducing Model Dependence in Parametric Causal Inference

  Citation: 3132

  Authors: Daniel E., Kosuke, Gary, Elizabeth A.

• Evaluating Online Labor Markets for Experimental Research: Amazon.com's Mechanical Turk

  Citation: 3015

  Authors: Adam J., Gregory A., Gabriel S.

• Logistic Regression in Rare Events Data

  Citation: 2907

  Authors: Gary, Langche

• Causal Inference without Balance Checking: Coarsened Exact Matching

  Citation: 2655

  Authors: Stefano M., Gary, Giuseppe

• Text as Data: The Promise and Pitfalls of Automatic Content Analysis Methods for Political Texts

  Citation: 2001

  Authors: Justin, Brandon M.

• Latent Class Modeling with Covariates: Two Improved Three-Step Approaches

  Citation: 1772

  Authors: Jeroen K.

• Causal Inference in Conjoint Analysis: Understanding Multidimensional Choices via Stated Preference Experiments

  Citation: 1387

  Authors: Jens, Daniel J., Teppei

• Set Relations in Social Research: Evaluating Their Consistency and Coverage

  Citation: 1299

  Authors: Charles C.

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