American Political Science Review
Cambridge University Press · US · ISSN 00030554
SJR Q1
What the numbers say
More papers are appearing while the typical paper draws fewer citations.
Field-weighted citation impact moved from 26.05 to 7.58. Expect average citedness per paper to be lower than before, so evaluate impact claims carefully. The share of top-10% cited papers moved from 80.6% to 50.0%. A paper here is less likely now to be among the most-cited in the field, so weigh citation expectations accordingly. Social and Intergroup Psychology rose from 0.0% to 7.9% of what the journal runs. If your work sits at the intersection of social and intergroup psychology, this outlet may reach a broader relevant readership. Stanford University leads all institutions with 63 papers. If affiliation visibility matters, note the journal includes many contributions from a leading research university.
Citation metrics
SJR quartile
Q1
SJR score
5.43
Citations / doc (2y)
7.42
h-index
401
Based on the Scopus and OpenAlex citation graphs. We do not provide Clarivate’s JCR Impact Factor.
Output and citation impact
Whether citation performance keeps up as output grows.
PapersField-weighted impact
2018
93
26.05
2019
85
21.63
2020
112
22.58
2021
155
17.20
2022
137
16.39
2023
152
14.39
2024
143
11.59
2025
102
7.58
Topic shift
Share in the last 24 months (2024-09 – 2026-08) versus the previous 24 (2022-09 – 2024-08).
Rising
- Social and Intergroup Psychology0.0%→7.9%+7.9%pPrevNow
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies8.4%→13.9%+5.5%pPrevNow
- Race, History, and American Society0.0%→4.0%+4.0%pPrevNow
- Political Philosophy and Ethics3.1%→6.9%+3.8%pPrevNow
- Culture, Economy, and Development Studies1.6%→5.0%+3.4%pPrevNow
Falling
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation26.2%→18.8%−7.4%pPrevNow
- Political Conflict and Governance10.5%→5.0%−5.5%pPrevNow
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies5.2%→0.0%−5.2%pPrevNow
- Social Media and Politics4.2%→0.0%−4.2%pPrevNow
- Gender Politics and Representation13.1%→8.9%−4.2%pPrevNow
Terms appearing more often
Wording in recent paper titles that stands out against the journal's own baseline.
psrpartisanlegislaturebureaucraticpoliticiansreanalysisbombelectoral
Author countries
Last 24 months (2024-09 – 2026-08) against the previous 24 (2022-09 – 2024-08).
- US65.2%→64.0%−1.2%pPrevNow
- GB15.4%→15.7%+0.4%pPrevNow
- DE4.0%→4.5%+0.5%pPrevNow
- MX0.0%→3.4%+3.4%pPrevNow
- CH2.7%→3.4%+0.7%pPrevNow
- BE0.0%→3.4%+3.4%pPrevNow
Top 5 institutions
Top 5 institutions publishing in this journal, 2018 – 2026.
Recently published
20The 20 most recent papers — not the full list.
1
Article2026
Causal Panel Analysis under Parallel Trends: Lessons from a Large Reanalysis Study – CORRIGENDUMAlbert Chiu, Xingchen Lan, ZIYI LIU, Yiqing Xu
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
2
Article2026
Efficient Production without Domination: The Case of Labor-Managed FirmsÍñigo González-Ricoy*
OAStrategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
3
Article2026
Portraits of Power: Facial Appearance and the Tacit Domain of Political Selection in ChinaJunyan Jiang*, Songpo Yang*
OAExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyPsychology
4
Article2026
Beyond Belief Change: The Persuasive Returns of Targeting Attitude–Relevant BeliefsYamil Velez*, Patrick Liu*, Scott Clifford*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
5
Article2026
Correction to Feddersen and Pesendorfer (1998)Sami Petersen*
OAPolitical Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
6
Article2026
The Effects of Religious Messages and Endorsements on Political Attitudes: A Meta-ReanalysisRadha Sarkar*, Alexander Coppock*
OAPolitical Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
7
Article2026
The Expressive Duty to VoteCécile Fabre*
OAPolitical Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
8
Article2026
The Domestic Sources of International TrustMichael A. Goldfien*, Michael F. Joseph*, Roseanne W. McManus*
OAPolitical Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
9
Article2026
Attitudes Toward Electoral System Reform and Party System Change in the U.S.Quinton Mayne*, Shane Singh*
OAPolitical Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
10
Article2026
The Politics of Privilege: Discrimination, Monopolized Social Rights, and ReformAndrew Sabl*
OAPolitical Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
11
Article2026
Procedural Polarization: How Election Rules Shape Voters’ ConfidenceJoshua D. Clinton*
OAPolitical Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
12
Article2026
Legislative Effectiveness, Progressive Ambition, and Electoral SuccessDanielle M. Thomsen*, Sarah A. Treul*, Craig Volden*, Alan E. Wiseman*
OALawSocial Sciences
13
Article2026
New Evidence and Design Considerations for Repeated Measure Experiments in Survey ResearchDIANA JORDAN*, TRENT OLLERENSHAW*, ANDREW TREXLER*
OAStatistics and ProbabilityMathematics
14
Article2026
PSR volume 120 issue 2 Cover and Front matterEconomics and EconometricsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
15
Article2026
PSR volume 120 issue 2 Cover and Back matterEconomics and EconometricsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
16
Article2026
Bureaucratic Resistance and Policy InefficiencyKun Heo*, Elisa Wirsching*
OAPolitical Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
17
Preprint2026
Heterogeneous Treatment Effects and Causal MechanismsJiawei Fu*, Tara Slough*
OAEconomics and EconometricsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
18
Article2026
Coethnics Covote in Africa: Studying Electoral Cleavages with a Covoting Regression ModelCarl Muller Crepon*, Nils‐Christian Bormann*
OAPolitical Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
19
Article2026
Elite Partisan Disagreement and Military Victory: Evidence from South Korean Battle ExperimentsMICHAEL F. JOSEPH*, JOON H. CHUNG*, HUI SEONG PARK*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
20
Article2026
The Effects of Exposure to New Electoral Rules: Field Experimental Evidence from Sierra LeoneAvi Ahuja*, Gwyneth McClendon*
OAGender StudiesSocial Sciences
Most cited
20Top 20 most cited, 2018 – 2026.
1
ArticleCitations 9532020
Democracy in America? Partisanship, Polarization, and the Robustness of Support for Democracy in the United StatesMatthew Graham*, Milan W. Svolik*
Political Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
2
ArticleCitations 6792018
Global Competition and BrexitItalo Colantone*, Piero Stanig*
Economics and EconometricsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
3
ArticleCitations 5612021
Partisan Polarization Is the Primary Psychological Motivation behind Political Fake News Sharing on TwitterMathias Osmundsen*, Alexander Bor*, Peter Bjerregaard Vahlstrup*, Anja Bechmann*, Michael Bang Petersen*
OACommunicationSocial Sciences
4
ArticleCitations 5212018
Does Party Trump Ideology? Disentangling Party and Ideology in AmericaMichael Barber*, Jeremy C. Pope*
Political Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
5
ArticleCitations 5112019
Who Leads? Who Follows? Measuring Issue Attention and Agenda Setting by Legislators and the Mass Public Using Social Media DataPablo Barberá*, Andreu Casas*, Jonathan Nagler*, Patrick J Egan*, Richard Bonneau*, John T. Jost*, Joshua A. Tucker*
OAPolitical Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
6
ArticleCitations 5082018
Demand Effects in Survey Experiments: An Empirical AssessmentJonathan Mummolo*, Erik Peterson*
Political Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
7
ArticleCitations 5022020
Agenda Seeding: How 1960s Black Protests Moved Elites, Public Opinion and VotingOmar Wasow*
OAPolitical Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
8
ArticleCitations 4892018
Bias in Perceptions of Public Opinion among Political ElitesDavid Broockman*, Christopher Skovron*
OAPolitical Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
9
ArticleCitations 4852018
Does Exposure to the Refugee Crisis Make Natives More Hostile?Dominik Hangartner*, Elias Dinas*, Moritz Marbach*, Konstantinos Matakos*, Dimitrios Xefteris*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
10
ArticleCitations 3762018
The Ties That Double Bind: Social Roles and Women's Underrepresentation in PoliticsDawn Langan Teele*, Joshua Kalla*, Frances Rosenbluth*
Gender StudiesSocial Sciences
11
ArticleCitations 3302019
Cosmopolitan Immigration Attitudes in Large European Cities: Contextual or Compositional Effects?Rahsaan Maxwell*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
12
ArticleCitations 3292021
The Opinion-Mobilizing Effect of Social Protest against Police Violence: Evidence from the 2020 George Floyd ProtestsTyler Reny*, Benjamin J. Newman*
Political Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
13
ArticleCitations 3272019
Local News and National PoliticsGregory Martin*, Joshua McCrain*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
14
ArticleCitations 3062018
Can Social Contact Reduce Prejudice and Discrimination? Evidence from a Field Experiment in NigeriaAlexandra Scacco*, Shana S. Warren*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
15
ArticleCitations 3052020
Reducing Exclusionary Attitudes through Interpersonal Conversation: Evidence from Three Field ExperimentsJoshua Kalla*, David Broockman*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
16
ArticleCitations 3022020
When the Whole Is Greater than the Sum of Its Parts: On the Conceptualization and Measurement of Populist Attitudes and Other Multidimensional ConstructsAlexander Wuttke*, Christian Schimpf*, Harald Schoen*
OAPolitical Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
17
ArticleCitations 3022020
Administrative Records Mask Racially Biased PolicingDean Knox*, Will Lowe*, Jonathan Mummolo*
OAPolitical Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
18
ArticleCitations 2812018
Legislative Staff and Representation in CongressAlexander Hertel‐Fernandez*, Matto Mildenberger*, Leah Stokes*
Political Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences
19
ArticleCitations 2762020
When to Worry about Sensitivity Bias: A Social Reference Theory and Evidence from 30 Years of List ExperimentsGraeme Blair*, Alexander Coppock*, Margaret Moor*
OAStatistics and ProbabilityMathematics
20
ArticleCitations 2672019
Mass Repression and Political Loyalty: Evidence from Stalin’s ‘Terror by Hunger’Arturas Rozenas*, Yuri Zhukov*
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
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