In 2022, the Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) executive decided to retain and update the association’s journal list.
The new list comprises 703 journals, an increase of 39 on the 2019 list. This means that the number of journals in each band has risen, but there has been no change to the limits for each category (i.e. A* 5%, A 15%, B 30%, C 50%). Following the addition of new journals, along with promotions and demotions of existing ones, the 2022 list contains 1 extra A* journal compared to the 2019 list, 7 extra As, 5 extra Bs and 26 extra Cs.
To learn more about the 2022 Journal List review process, see details here.
Journal title | APSA 2022 Rank |
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African Affairs | A* |
American Journal of Political Science | A* |
American Political Science Review | A* |
British Journal of Political Science | A* |
Comparative Political Studies | A* |
Development and Change | A* |
Environmental Politics | A* |
European Journal of International Relations | A* |
European Journal of Political Research | A* |
Global Environmental Politics | A* |
Governance | A* |
International Organization | A* |
International Security | A* |
International Studies Quarterly | A* |
Journal of Conflict Resolution | A* |
Journal of European Public Policy | A* |
Journal of Peace Research | A* |
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management | A* |
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory | A* |
Perspectives on Politics | A* |
Philosophy and Public Affairs | A* |
Political Analysis | A* |
Political Communication | A* |
Political Geography | A* |
Political Psychology | A* |
Political Studies | A* |
Political Theory | A* |
Public Administration | A* |
Public Administration Review | A* |
Public Opinion Quarterly | A* |
Review of International Political Economy | A* |
The Journal of Politics | A* |
World Development | A* |
World Politics | A* |
Acta Politica | A |
Administration and Society | A |
American Review of Public Administration | A |
Australian Journal of International Affairs | A |
Australian Journal of Political Science | A |
Australian Journal of Public Administration | A |
China Quarterly | A |
Chinese Journal of International Politics | A |
Comparative Politics | A |
Constellations | A |
Contemporary Political Theory | A |
Contemporary Politics | A |
Contemporary Security Policy | A |
Cooperation and Conflict | A |
Democratization | A |
Electoral Studies | A |
Energy Policy | A |
Energy Research and Social Science | A |
Environment and Planning C | A |
Environmental Policy and Governance | A |
Environmental Values | A |
European Journal of Communication | A |
European Journal of Political theory | A |
European Journal of Social Theory | A |
European Union Politics | A |
Evidence and Policy | A |
Geopolitics | A |
Global Governance | A |
Global Policy | A |
Globalizations | A |
Government and Opposition | A |
Government Information Quarterly | A |
History of Political Thought | A |
Human Rights Quarterly | A |
Information Communication & Society | A |
International Affairs | A |
International Feminist Journal of Politics | A |
International Journal of Press/Politics (formerly Harvard Int J. Press/Politics) | A |
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research | A |
International Political Science Review | A |
International Political Sociology | A |
International Relations of the Asia-Pacific | A |
International Studies Review | A |
International Theory | A |
Journal of Common Market Studies | A |
Journal of Contemporary Asia | A |
Journal of Development Studies | A |
Journal of East Asian Studies | A |
Journal of Eastern African Studies | A |
Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties | A |
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies | A |
Journal of Experimental Political Science | A |
Journal of Modern African Studies | A |
Journal of Political Philosophy | A |
Journal of Public Policy | A |
Journal of Social Policy | A |
Journal of Theoretical Politics | A |
Journal of Women, Politics and Policy | A |
Latin American Politics and Society | A |
Law and Policy | A |
Legislative Studies Quarterly | A |
Local Government Studies | A |
Marine Policy | A |
Milbank Quarterly | A |
Millennium | A |
Nations and Nationalism | A |
New Political Economy | A |
Pacific Affairs | A |
Pacific Review | A |
Parliamentary Affairs | A |
Party Politics | A |
Policy and Internet | A |
Policy and Politics | A |
Policy Sciences | A |
Policy Studies Journal | A |
Political Behavior | A |
Political Research Quarterly | A |
Political Science Research and Methods | A |
Politics and Gender | A |
Politics and Society | A |
Psychology Public Policy and Law | A |
Public Choice | A |
Public Culture | A |
Public Management Review | A |
Publius | A |
Regulation and Governance | A |
Research & Politics | A |
Research Evaluation | A |
Review of African Political Economy | A |
Review of International Organizations | A |
Review of International Studies | A |
Security Dialogue | A |
Security Studies | A |
Social Identities | A |
Social Movement Studies | A |
Social Policy and Society | A |
Social Science and Medicine | A |
South European Society and Politics | A |
Studies in Comparative International Development | A |
Terrorism and Political Violence | A |
The British Journal of Politics and International Relations | A |
The China Journal | A |
Theory and Society | A |
Third World Quarterly | A |
Urban Affairs Review | A |
Urban Policy and Research | A |
West European Politics | A |
Africa Spectrum | B |
Alternatives | B |
American Politics Research | B |
Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy | B |
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science | B |
Annual Review of Political Science | B |
Arena Journal | B |
Armed Forces and Society | B |
Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies | B |
Asian Economic Policy Review | B |
Asian Journal of Political Science | B |
Asian Security | B |
Asian Studies Review | B |
Asian Survey | B |
Australian Defence Force Journal | B |
Australian Feminist Studies | B |
Australian Health Review | B |
Australian Journal of Politics and History | B |
Australian Journal of Social Issues | B |
British Politics | B |
Business and Politics | B |
Cambridge Review of International Affairs | B |
Canadian Journal of Political Science | B |
Canadian Public Policy | B |
Capital and Class | B |
China Social Welfare | B |
Citizenship Studies | B |
City and Community | B |
Climate Policy | B |
Cold War History | B |
Commonwealth and Comparative Politics | B |
Communist and Post-Communist Studies | B |
Comparative European Politics | B |
Conflict Resolution Quarterly | B |
Conservation and Society | B |
Constitutional Political Economy | B |
Contemporary Economic Policy | B |
Contemporary South Asia | B |
Contemporary Southeast Asia | B |
Critical Asian Studies | B |
Critical Horizons | B |
Critical Policy Studies | B |
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy | B |
Critical Social Policy | B |
Cultural Politics | B |
Development Policy Review | B |
Diplomacy and Statecraft | B |
Distinktion | B |
East Asia | B |
East European Politics | B |
Economics and Politics | B |
Electronic Government | B |
Ethics and Global Politics | B |
Ethics and International Affairs | B |
Ethnic and Racial Studies | B |
Ethnicities | B |
Ethnopolitics | B |
European Journal of Politics and Gender | B |
European Political Science | B |
European Political Science Review | B |
European Security | B |
Europe-Asia Studies | B |
Extractive Industries and Society | B |
Food Policy | B |
Foreign Policy Analysis | B |
French Politics | B |
German Politics | B |
Global Change, Peace and Security | B |
Global Responsibility to Protect | B |
Global Social Policy | B |
Global Society | B |
Harvard Asia Quarterly | B |
Health Economics, Policy and Law | B |
Health Policy | B |
Health Policy and Planning | B |
History of Political Economy | B |
Hypatia | B |
Identities | B |
Information Economics and Policy | B |
Intelligence and National Security | B |
International Interactions | B |
International Journal | B |
International Journal of Housing Policy | B |
International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence | B |
International Journal of Middle East Studies | B |
International Journal of Public Administration | B |
International Journal of Public Opinion Research | B |
International Journal of Public Policy | B |
International Journal of Public Sector Management | B |
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy | B |
International Negotiation | B |
International Public Management Journal | B |
International Relations Journal | B |
International Review of Public Administration | B |
International Studies Perspectives | B |
Irish Political Studies | B |
Japan Review of International Affairs | B |
Journal of Applied Philosophy | B |
Journal of Asian Studies | B |
Journal of Australian Political Economy | B |
Journal Of Chinese Governance | B |
Journal of Chinese Political Science | B |
Journal of Cold War Studies | B |
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis | B |
Journal of Conflict Studies | B |
Journal of Contemporary China | B |
Journal of Democracy | B |
Journal of East Asian Affairs | B |
Journal of Economic Policy Reform | B |
Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management | B |
Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning | B |
Journal of European Integration History | B |
Journal of Genocide Research | B |
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | B |
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management | B |
Journal of Human Rights | B |
Journal of Information Technology and Politics | B |
Journal of International Development | B |
Journal of International Relations and Development | B |
Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding | B |
Journal of Language and Politics | B |
Journal of Latin American Studies | B |
Journal of Policy History | B |
Journal of Policy Modeling | B |
Journal of Political Ecology | B |
Journal of Political Ideologies | B |
Journal of Refugee Studies | B |
Journal of Strategic Studies | B |
Journal of the History of Ideas | B |
Korean Social Science Journal | B |
Latin American Research Review | B |
MAI Review | B |
Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy | B |
Middle East Journal | B |
Modern and Contemporary France | B |
Modern Intellectual History | B |
MOTS: les langages du politique | B |
National Identities | B |
Naval War College Review | B |
New Left Review | B |
Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy | B |
Orbis (Kidlington) | B |
Oxford Development Studies | B |
Patterns of Prejudice | B |
Peace Studies Journal | B |
Peacebuilding | B |
Philosophy and Social Criticism | B |
Philosophy Today | B |
Policing and Society | B |
Policy and Society | B |
Policy Studies | B |
Political Quarterly | B |
Political Science | B |
Political Science Quarterly | B |
Political Studies Review | B |
Politics | B |
Politics and the Life Sciences | B |
Politics Groups and Identities | B |
Politics, Philosophy and Economics | B |
Polity | B |
Postcolonial Studies | B |
Post-Soviet Affairs | B |
Presidential Studies Quarterly | B |
Problems of Post-Communism | B |
PS: Political Science and Politics | B |
Psychotherapy and Politics International | B |
Public Money and Management | B |
Public Organization Review | B |
Public Performance and Management Review | B |
Public Personnel Management | B |
Public Policy and Administration | B |
Public Policy Research | B |
Qualitative Social Work | B |
Quarterly Journal of Political Science | B |
Ratio | B |
Rationality and Society | B |
Religion, State and Society | B |
Representation | B |
Review of Japanese Culture and Society | B |
Review of Political Economy | B |
Review of Politics | B |
Review of Public Personnel Administration | B |
Revue Francaise de Science Politique | B |
Scandinavian Political Studies | B |
Science and Public Policy | B |
Scottish Journal of Political Economy | B |
Small Wars and Insurgencies | B |
Social Philosophy and Policy | B |
Social Policy and Administration | B |
Social Policy Research Papers | B |
Social Politics | B |
Social Responsibility Journal | B |
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism | B |
Survival | B |
Swiss Political Science Review | B |
Telos | B |
The Developing Economies | B |
The Journal of Ethics | B |
Theory and Event | B |
Totalitarian Movements and Political Religions | B |
Town and Country Planning | B |
Voluntas | B |
War and Society | B |
Washington Quarterly | B |
Wildlife Society Bulletin | B |
Advances in Public Interest Accounting | C |
African Development Review | C |
African Journal of Environmental Assessment and Management | C |
African Security | C |
African Studies | C |
African Studies Quarterly | C |
Afrique Contemporaine | C |
Agenda: a journal of policy analysis and reform | C |
Agenda: empowering women for gender equity | C |
Air and Space Power Journal | C |
Alternative Law Journal | C |
American Review of Politics | C |
Anali | C |
Analyse and Kritik | C |
Anarchist Studies | C |
Antithesis | C |
Applied Biotechnology, Food Science and Policy | C |
AQ (Balmain) | C |
Asia - Pacific Review | C |
Asia Europe Journal | C |
Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management | C |
Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration | C |
Asian Perspective | C |
Asian Politics and Policy | C |
Asian Review of Public Administration | C |
Asian-Pacific Law and Policy Journal | C |
Astropolitics | C |
Australasian Parliamentary Review | C |
Australasian Review of African Studies | C |
Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies | C |
Australian Journal of Labour Law | C |
Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs | C |
Australian Review of Public Affairs | C |
Australian Slavonic and East European Studies | C |
Australian Social Policy (Canberra) | C |
Austrian Journal of Political Science | C |
Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression | C |
BIIS: Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies | C |
British Journal of Administrative Management | C |
British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies | C |
Canadian Foreign Policy | C |
Canadian Journal of African Studies | C |
Canadian Journal of Development Studies | C |
Canadian Public Administration | C |
Capitalism, Nature, Socialism | C |
Child Indicators Research | C |
Children and Society | C |
Civil Liberty | C |
Civil Wars | C |
Clinical Governance | C |
Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance | C |
Communication Law and Policy | C |
Community Development Journal | C |
Comparative Strategy | C |
Competition and Change | C |
Conflict Management and Peace Science | C |
Conflict Resolution and Negotiation Journal | C |
Conflict, Security and Development | C |
Contemporary Arab Affairs | C |
Contemporary Chinese Thought | C |
Contemporary Italian Politics | C |
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management | C |
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies | C |
Crime Prevention and Community Safety | C |
Critical Military Studies | C |
Critical Policy Analysis | C |
Critical Policy Studies | C |
Critical Review | C |
Critical Studies on Terrorism | C |
Critique | C |
Cuban Studies | C |
Current History | C |
Defence and Security Analysis | C |
Defence Studies | C |
Democratic Theory | C |
Developing Practice | C |
Diplomatic History | C |
Documentos y Aportes en Administracion Publica y Gestion Estatal | C |
Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict | C |
East European Politics and Societies | C |
East West Review of Labor Law and Social Policy | C |
Ecopolitics Online Journal | C |
Electronic Journal of e-Government | C |
Environmental and Waste Management | C |
Ephemera | C |
European Foreign Affairs Review | C |
European Integration Online Papers | C |
European Journal of Management and Public Policy | C |
European Journal of the History of Economic Thought | C |
European Legacy | C |
Financial Accountability and Management | C |
Foreign Policy | C |
Forest Policy and Economics | C |
Forum for Development Studies | C |
Forum of International Development Studies | C |
Forum-A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics | C |
French Politics, Culture and Society | C |
Frontiers in Political Science | C |
Genomics Society and Policy | C |
Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs | C |
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs | C |
Gestion Y Politica Publica | C |
Global Constitutionalism | C |
Global Development Studies | C |
Global Justice | C |
Global Studies Quarterly | C |
Health Research Policy and Systems | C |
Higher Education Policy | C |
Historical Materialism | C |
Humanitas Journal of European Studies | C |
Independent Review | C |
India Quarterly | C |
India Review | C |
Indian Journal of Political Science | C |
Indian Journal of Politics | C |
Indian Journal of Public Administration | C |
Insight Turkey | C |
Institute of Development Studies Bulletin | C |
Internasjonal Politikk | C |
International Environmental Agreements | C |
International Insights | C |
International Journal of Conflict and Violence | C |
International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies | C |
International Journal of Development Issues | C |
International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations | C |
International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies | C |
International Journal of Electronic Democracy | C |
International Journal of Electronic Governance | C |
International Journal of Emergency Management | C |
International Journal of Environmental Policy and Decision Making | C |
International Journal of Human Rights | C |
International Journal of Peace Studies | C |
International Journal of Police Science and Management | C |
International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society | C |
International Journal of Prisoner Health | C |
International Journal of Public Theology | C |
International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics | C |
International Journal of Transitional Justice | C |
International Journal on World Peace | C |
International Peacekeeping | C |
International Politics | C |
International Public Policy Review | C |
International Public Relations Review | C |
International Review of Administrative Sciences | C |
International Socialism Journal | C |
Israel Affairs | C |
Issues and Studies | C |
Japanese Journal of Political Science | C |
Journal for the Study of Radicalism | C |
Journal of Accounting, Ethics and Public Policy | C |
Journal of Asian and African Studies | C |
Journal of Asian Public Policy | C |
Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs | C |
Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs | C |
Journal of Australian Studies | C |
Journal of Borderlands Studies | C |
Journal of Business and Policy Research | C |
Journal of Children and Poverty | C |
Journal of Civil Society | C |
Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics | C |
Journal of Consumer Policy | C |
Journal of Contemporary African Studies | C |
Journal of Contemporary European Studies | C |
Journal of Contemporary Politics | C |
Journal of Critical Realism | C |
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs | C |
Journal of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations | C |
Journal of Economic and Social Policy | C |
Journal of Educational Planning and Administration | C |
Journal of Emergency Management | C |
Journal of Environmental Health | C |
Journal of European Integration | C |
Journal of European Social Policy | C |
Journal of Government and Political Studies | C |
Journal of Haitian Studies | C |
Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management | C |
Journal of Human Security | C |
Journal of Intercultural Studies | C |
Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy | C |
Journal of International Political Theory | C |
Journal of Law and Public Policy | C |
Journal of Law and Social Policy | C |
Journal of Modern Italian Studies | C |
Journal of Money Laundering Control | C |
Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs | C |
Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research | C |
Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events | C |
Journal of Political and Military Sociology | C |
Journal of Political Marketing | C |
Journal of Political Power | C |
Journal of Political Science | C |
Journal of Politics in Latin America | C |
Journal of Public Affairs | C |
Journal of Deliberative Democracy | C |
Journal of Public Health Policy | C |
Journal of Public Procurement | C |
Journal of Slavic Military Studies | C |
Journal of Social and Political Thought | C |
Journal of South Asian Development | C |
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies | C |
Journal of Southern African Studies | C |
Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy | C |
Journal of the History of Economic Thought | C |
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region | C |
Journal of Transatlantic Studies | C |
Journal of Volunteer Administration | C |
Just Policy | C |
Kasarinlan | C |
Keio Journal of Politics | C |
Korea Observer | C |
Labour and Industry | C |
Latin American Perspectives | C |
Latin American Policy | C |
Lex Localis-Journal Of Local Self-Government | C |
Low Intensity Conflict and Law Enforcement | C |
Manual of Environmental Policy | C |
Maritime Affairs | C |
Marxism and Reality | C |
Mcgill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy | C |
Mediterranean Politics | C |
Melbourne Journal of Politics | C |
Middle East Critique | C |
Middle East Journal of Culture and Communications | C |
Middle East Policy | C |
Military Operations Research (Alexandria, 1996) | C |
Modern Judaism | C |
Mongolian Journal of International Affairs | C |
Monthly Review | C |
National Political Science Review | C |
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics | C |
Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity | C |
Native Studies Review | C |
New Forests | C |
New Formations | C |
New Political Science | C |
New Proposals | C |
New Zealand Journal of Educational Leadership | C |
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly | C |
Nonproliferation Review | C |
Nueva Sociedad | C |
OPEC Energy Review | C |
Osteuropa | C |
Pacific Focus | C |
Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal | C |
Parameters | C |
Parliaments, Estates and Representation | C |
Peace and Change | C |
Peace and Policy | C |
Peacekeeping and International Relations | C |
Perspectives on European Politics and Society | C |
Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education | C |
Perspectives: the Central European Review of International Affairs | C |
Philippine Political Science Journal | C |
Place Branding and Public Diplomacy | C |
Policy | C |
Policy Review | C |
Polis | C |
Politica Externa | C |
Politica y Gobierno | C |
Political Crossroads | C |
Political Theology | C |
Politics and Governance | C |
Politics and Policy | C |
Politics and Religion | C |
Politics Religion & Ideology | C |
Politikon | C |
Politique et Societes | C |
Politique Etrangere | C |
Politische Vierteljahresschrift | C |
Politix | C |
Problems of Education in the 21st Century | C |
Progress in Development Studies | C |
Prometheus | C |
Public Administration and Development | C |
Public Administration and Policy | C |
Public Administration Quarterly | C |
Public Manager | C |
Public Policy | C |
Regional and federal studies | C |
Religion and Politics | C |
Research and Development in Higher Education Series | C |
Review of Middle East Studies | C |
Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies | C |
Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional | C |
Revista de Ciencia Politica | C |
Revista De Estudios Politicos | C |
Revista Del Clad Reforma Y Democracia | C |
Revista Espanola de Ciencia Politica | C |
Revue d'Economie Politique | C |
Revue Francaise d'administration Publique | C |
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy | C |
Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica | C |
Romanian Journal of Political Science | C |
Russian Politics | C |
Science and Global Security | C |
Security Challenges | C |
Sexuality Research and Social Policy | C |
Social Alternatives | C |
Social Issues and Policy Review | C |
Social Policy Journal of New Zealand: te puna whakaaro | C |
Social Science Quarterly | C |
Socialism and Democracy | C |
South Asia | C |
South Atlantic Quarterly | C |
South East Asia Research | C |
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies | C |
Space Policy | C |
State Politics and Policy Quarterly | C |
Strategic Analysis | C |
Strategic Studies | C |
Studies in American Political Development | C |
Studies in Educational Policy and Educational Philosophy Discourse | C |
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism | C |
Studies in Indian Politics | C |
Studies in Political Economy | C |
Sustainability: the journal of record | C |
Sustainable Development Law and Policy | C |
Taiwan Journal of Democracy | C |
Taiwanese Political Science Review | C |
Teaching Public Administration | C |
Territory Politics and Governance | C |
The American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law | C |
The Australian Journal of Emergency Management | C |
The Cato Journal | C |
The China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly | C |
The Cyprus Review | C |
The Economics of Peace and Security Journal | C |
The Hague Journal of Diplomacy | C |
The Harvard Journal of World Affairs | C |
The International Forestry Review | C |
The International Gramsci Journal | C |
The International Scope Review | C |
The International Spectator | C |
The Journal of Legislative Studies | C |
The Journal of Narrative Politics | C |
The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis | C |
The New England Journal of Political Science | C |
The Peace and Conflict Review | C |
The Review of Policy Research | C |
The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs | C |
The Sixties | C |
The South African Journal of International Affairs | C |
The South Slav Journal | C |
Thesis Eleven | C |
Third Sector Review | C |
TMC Academic Journal | C |
Transforming Government | C |
Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences | C |
Turkish Studies | C |
Uluslararasi Iliskiler-International Relations | C |
Utilities Policy | C |
Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law | C |
Voluntary Action | C |
Voluntary Sector Review | C |
Water Policy | C |
World Tensions | C |
World Today | C |