Swiss Political Science Review

Aims & Scope

Swiss Political Science Review aims to be a pluralist platform for advancing academic knowledge and debate in the field of political science, and in particular for developing intellectual exchange across traditional boundaries between its subfields and with its neighbouring disciplines.

Accordingly, it publishes original and innovative work that makes a theoretical or empirical contribution to the study of political phenomena.

SPSR encourages contributions from different theoretical and methodological approaches in order to further their mutual engagement.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.6
2024	2.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.088

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	44

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4206

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	350

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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.

• The Emotional Underpinnings of Populism: How Anger and Fear Affect Populist Attitudes

  Citation: 308

  Authors: Guillem, Marc, Eva

• The Elite Is Up to Something: Exploring the Relation Between Populism and Belief in Conspiracy Theories

  Citation: 231

  Authors: Bruno, Federico, Levente

• ‘We the People’ or ‘We the Peoples’? A Comparison of Support for the Populist Radical Right and Populist Radical Left in the Netherlands

  Citation: 165

  Authors: Agnes, Andrej, Bram

• Reformulating the Commons

  Citation: 149

  Authors: Elinor

• Varieties of Populism across a Left‐Right Spectrum: The Case of the Front National, the Northern League, Podemos and Five Star Movement

  Citation: 140

  Authors: Gilles, Maria Elisabetta, Dwayne

• Rétributions du militantisme et paradoxes de l'action collective

  Citation: 136

  Authors: Daniel

• The Ends of Deliberation: Meta‐consensus and Inter‐subjective Rationality as Ideal Outcomes

  Citation: 123

  Authors: Simon, John S.

• In Search of Co‐variance, Causal Mechanisms or Congruence? Towards a Plural Understanding of Case Studies

  Citation: 114

  Authors: Joachim, Till

• Mind the Gap! Populism, Participation and Representation in Europe

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Robert A., Saskia P.

• The Electoral Supporter Base of the Alternative for Germany

  Citation: 91

  Authors: Achim, Dennis C., Staffan

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