American Political Science Review

American Political Science Review is published by Cambridge University Press and is in Zone 1 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are American Constitutional Law and Politics, Electoral Systems and Political Participation and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 33.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Founded in 1903, the American Political Science Association is the leading professional organization for the study of political science and serves more than 13,000 members in more than 80 countries. With a range of programs and services for individuals, departments, and institutions, APSA brings together political scientists from all fields of inquiry, regions, and occupational endeavors within and outside academe to deepen our understanding of politics, democracy, and citizenship throughout the world. APSA focuses on the following core objectives: Promoting scholarly research and communication, domestically and internationally. Promoting high quality teaching and education about politics and government. Diversifying the profession and representing its diversity. Increasing academic and non-academic opportunities for members. Strengthening the professional environment for political science. Representing the professional interests of political scientists. Defending the legitimacy of scholarly research into politics and government. Recognizing outstanding work in the discipline. Encouraging the application of rigorous ethical and intellectual standards in the profession. Serving the public, including disseminating research and preparing citizens to be effective citizens and political participants.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): POLITICAL SCIENCE

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Chile 2, Hong Kong, China 1, Mexico 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SSCIScopusLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

5.58LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

11LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

5.43LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

4.83LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

408OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

4,839OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

6.3OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

3.4%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

90.45%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

80LetPub · 2026-09-13

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISSN

0003-0554

Electronic ISSN

1537-5943

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website