An impact factor is one of many tools we use to evaluate the quality of peer-reviewed journals. A journal's impact factor tells you the average number of times articles from this journal have been cited in the last two years.
An impact factor may help you measure the importance of a journal in your field, but it is not the only way to understand the quality of a journal. The impact factor doesn't tell you about the quality of the peer-review process, for example. The impact factor may also become skewed due to uneven citations across articles within a journal; one "blockbuster" article could artificially raise the impact factor for the entire journal.
Ultimately, the impact factor is one of many tools at your disposal for understanding a journal you are interested in citing or submitting to. See this page for more information about how to evaluate the quality of a journal.
The following are lists of high-impact journals in the fields of public administration, political science, and international relations. The list is ordered by Journal Impact Factor calculations from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (2020).
Rod Library subscribes to many, but not all, of these journals. To read an article from a journal Rod does not subscribe to, use interlibrary loan.
Rod Library subscribes to many, but not all, of these journals. To read an article from a journal Rod does not subscribe to, use interlibrary loan.
Rod Library subscribes to many, but not all, of these journals. To read an article from a journal Rod does not subscribe to, use interlibrary loan.
