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Ranked by 1-year Impact Factor from the JCI 2012.

1. MIS Quarterly impact factor: 4.659 details
2. Journal of Informetrics impact factor: 4.153 details
3. American Political Science Review impact factor: 3.933 details
4. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association impact factor: 3.571 details
5. Journal of Information Technology impact factor: 3.532 details
6. Information Technology and Management impact factor: 3.025 details
7. Journal of Marriage and the Family impact factor: 3.006 details
8. The Future of Children impact factor: 2.861 details
9. American Journal of Political Science impact factor: 2.811 details
10. Journal of Research on Adolescence impact factor: 2.702 details
11. Global Environmental Politics impact factor: 2.630 details
12. Child Maltreatment impact factor: 2.589 details
13. Political Communication impact factor: 2.415 details
14. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse impact factor: 2.400 details
15. Research on Language and Social Interaction impact factor: 2.387 details
16. Journal of the American Planning Association impact factor: 2.319 details
17. Landscape and Urban Planning impact factor: 2.314 details
18. International Journal of Advertising impact factor: 2.311 details
19. Political Analysis impact factor: 2.231 details
20. Journal of Peace Research impact factor: 2.191 details
21. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology impact factor: 2.174 details
22. Scientometrics impact factor: 2.133 details
23. Political Geography impact factor: 2.108 details
24. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care / The Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care impact factor: 2.100 details
25. Human Communication Research impact factor: 2.082 details
26. Journal of Health Communication impact factor: 2.079 details
27. Socio-Economic Review impact factor: 2.059 details
28. Communication Research impact factor: 2.028 details
29. Journal of Communication impact factor: 2.011 details
30. Information Systems Research impact factor: 2.010 details
31. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology impact factor: 2.005 details
32. International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics impact factor: 2.000 details
33. Perspectives on Politics impact factor: 1.963 details
34. New Political Economy impact factor: 1.930 details
35. Government Information Quarterly impact factor: 1.910 details
36. Journal of Urban Economics impact factor: 1.910 details
37. Journal of Family Psychology impact factor: 1.888 details
38. Annual Review of Political Science impact factor: 1.884 details
39. International Journal of Information Management impact factor: 1.843 details
40. Interaction Studies impact factor: 1.842 details
41. Politics & Society impact factor: 1.833 details
42. Psychology of Violence impact factor: 1.826 details
43. New Media & Society impact factor: 1.824 details
44. Journal of Advertising Research impact factor: 1.788 details
45. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication / Journal of Computer Mediated Communication impact factor: 1.778 details
46. European Union Politics impact factor: 1.774 details
47. Families Systems & Health / Families Systems and Health impact factor: 1.735 details
48. Public Understanding of Science impact factor: 1.724 details
49. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning impact factor: 1.717 details
50. Journal of Conflict Resolution impact factor: 1.701 details
51. Urban Geography impact factor: 1.697 details
52. Parenting / Parenting Science and Practice impact factor: 1.686 details
53. The Journal of Early Adolescence impact factor: 1.686 details
54. Comparative Political Studies impact factor: 1.673 details
55. Information & Management impact factor: 1.663 details
56. Review of International Political Economy impact factor: 1.661 details
57. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening / Urban Forestry and Urban greening impact factor: 1.632 details
58. Regulation & Governance / REGULATION AND GOVERNANCE impact factor: 1.625 details
59. International Journal of Geographical Information Science impact factor: 1.613 details
60. Child Abuse & Neglect / Child Abuse and Neglect The International Journal impact factor: 1.610 details
61. Journal of Political Philosophy / The Journal of Political Philosophy impact factor: 1.609 details
62. Family Process impact factor: 1.609 details
63. Governance impact factor: 1.604 details
64. JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies impact factor: 1.603 details
65. Telecommunications Policy impact factor: 1.594 details
66. The Journal of Politics impact factor: 1.577 details
67. European Journal of Information Systems impact factor: 1.558 details
68. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research impact factor: 1.543 details
69. European Urban and Regional Studies impact factor: 1.531 details
70. Public Opinion Quarterly impact factor: 1.522 details
71. The Review of International Organizations impact factor: 1.514 details
72. Journal of Planning Education and Research impact factor: 1.511 details
73. The Journal of Strategic Information Systems impact factor: 1.500 details
74. Culture Health & Sexuality impact factor: 1.494 details
75. Urban Studies: An International Journal of Research in Urban Studies impact factor: 1.493 details
76. Journal of Language and Social Psychology impact factor: 1.490 details
77. New Left Rev impact factor: 1.485 details
78. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health impact factor: 1.480 details
79. British Journal of Political Science impact factor: 1.477 details
80. Political Behavior impact factor: 1.474 details
81. Journal of Knowledge Management impact factor: 1.474 details
82. African Affairs impact factor: 1.474 details
83. Environmental Politics impact factor: 1.467 details
84. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy impact factor: 1.455 details
85. Science Communication: Linking Theory and Practice impact factor: 1.436 details
86. Journal of Child and Family Studies impact factor: 1.422 details
87. Habitat International impact factor: 1.418 details
88. Political Psychology impact factor: 1.418 details
89. Discourse & Society impact factor: 1.410 details
90. International Political Sociology impact factor: 1.405 details
91. Library & Information Science Research / Library and Information Science Research impact factor: 1.400 details
92. The International Journal of Press/Politics impact factor: 1.396 details
93. International Studies Quarterly impact factor: 1.391 details
94. European Journal of Political Research impact factor: 1.382 details
95. Information and Organization impact factor: 1.381 details
96. Information Systems Journal impact factor: 1.381 details
97. West European Politics impact factor: 1.368 details
98. Journal of Interpersonal Violence impact factor: 1.355 details
99. Post-Soviet Affairs impact factor: 1.310 details
100. Social Science Computer Review impact factor: 1.303 details
101. Political Studies Review impact factor: 1.286 details
102. European Political Science Review impact factor: 1.275 details
103. Management Communication Quarterly impact factor: 1.275 details
104. Environment and Urbanization impact factor: 1.273 details
105. Journal of Management Information Systems impact factor: 1.262 details
106. International Regional Science Review impact factor: 1.257 details
107. Media Psychology impact factor: 1.250 details
108. Journal of Information Science impact factor: 1.238 details
109. Journal of Planning Literature: Incorporating The CPL Bibliographies impact factor: 1.238 details
110. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy impact factor: 1.233 details
111. Regional Science and Urban Economics impact factor: 1.228 details
112. Health Communication impact factor: 1.221 details
113. Urban Affairs Review impact factor: 1.211 details
114. Global Policy impact factor: 1.206 details
115. Communication Theory impact factor: 1.195 details
116. Learned Publishing impact factor: 1.182 details
117. J Democr impact factor: 1.147 details
118. Mis Q Exec impact factor: 1.143 details
119. Party Politics: The International Journal for the Study of Political Parties and Political Organizations impact factor: 1.141 details
120. Journal of Documentation impact factor: 1.138 details
121. European Journal of Political Economy impact factor: 1.132 details
122. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships impact factor: 1.131 details
123. International Theory impact factor: 1.129 details
124. Cities impact factor: 1.127 details
125. International Journal of Public Opinion Research impact factor: 1.125 details
126. Quarterly Journal of Political Science impact factor: 1.120 details
127. Journal of Urban Affairs impact factor: 1.120 details
128. The Information Society impact factor: 1.114 details
129. Review of Policy Research impact factor: 1.113 details
130. Media, Culture & Society impact factor: 1.092 details
131. Research Evaluation impact factor: 1.074 details
132. Journal of Family Nursing impact factor: 1.073 details
133. Knowledge Management Research & Practice impact factor: 1.069 details
134. International Studies Review impact factor: 1.063 details
135. Public Administration impact factor: 1.062 details
136. J Assoc Inf Syst impact factor: 1.048 details
137. Political Research Quarterly impact factor: 1.044 details
138. Journal of Public Policy impact factor: 1.033 details
139. Real Estate Economics impact factor: 1.020 details
140. Coll Res Libr impact factor: 1.016 details
141. Journal of Advertising impact factor: 1.016 details
142. Policy Studies Journal impact factor: 1.014 details
143. Children and Youth Services Review impact factor: 1.006 details
144. Publius The Journal of Federalism impact factor: 1.000 details
145. Written Communication: An International Quarterly of Research, Theory, and Application impact factor: 1.000 details
146. Family Relations / Family Relations Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies impact factor: 0.978 details
147. Legislative Studies Quarterly impact factor: 0.976 details
148. Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA impact factor: 0.976 details
149. Library Resources and Technical Services impact factor: 0.969 details
150. Journal of Family Issues impact factor: 0.963 details
151. Housing Studies impact factor: 0.951 details
152. Personal Relationships impact factor: 0.951 details
153. Journal of Urban Planning and Development impact factor: 0.946 details
154. Language & Communication impact factor: 0.942 details
155. Journal of Family Violence impact factor: 0.940 details
156. Mass Communication & Society / Mass Communication and Society impact factor: 0.940 details
157. Online Information Review impact factor: 0.939 details
158. Discourse Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Text and Talk impact factor: 0.934 details
159. Social Science Quarterly impact factor: 0.930 details
160. J Glob Inf Tech Man impact factor: 0.917 details
161. Political Studies impact factor: 0.917 details
162. Fam Community Health impact factor: 0.907 details
163. Electoral Studies impact factor: 0.887 details
164. The Journal of Academic Librarianship impact factor: 0.885 details
165. Politics and Gender impact factor: 0.882 details
166. Public Choice impact factor: 0.878 details
167. Journal of Public Relations Research impact factor: 0.875 details
168. Review of African Political Economy impact factor: 0.862 details
169. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science impact factor: 0.856 details
170. City and Community impact factor: 0.850 details
171. Ethics and Information Technology impact factor: 0.846 details
172. New Republic impact factor: 0.844 details
173. Child & Family Social Work impact factor: 0.831 details
174. Information Processing & Management impact factor: 0.817 details
175. Journal of Strategic Studies impact factor: 0.817 details
176. Parliamentary Affairs impact factor: 0.814 details
177. Government and Opposition impact factor: 0.800 details
178. Journalism Studies impact factor: 0.798 details
179. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography impact factor: 0.776 details
180. Discourse & Communication impact factor: 0.771 details
181. Communication Monographs impact factor: 0.768 details
182. Information Technology and People impact factor: 0.767 details
183. Journal of Urban Technology impact factor: 0.767 details
184. Terrorism and Political Violence impact factor: 0.766 details
185. Policy & Politics impact factor: 0.758 details
186. Comparative Politics impact factor: 0.750 details
187. Tech Commun Stc impact factor: 0.750 details
188. Public Relations Review impact factor: 0.749 details
189. Geopolitics impact factor: 0.744 details
190. The Library Quarterly impact factor: 0.743 details
191. Scandinavian Political Studies impact factor: 0.743 details
192. Citizenship Studies impact factor: 0.738 details
193. State Politics & Policy Quarterly impact factor: 0.732 details
194. British Journal of Politics & International Relations impact factor: 0.725 details
195. Journal of Housing Economics impact factor: 0.723 details
196. Mediterranean Politics impact factor: 0.722 details
197. Studies in Comparative International Development impact factor: 0.722 details
198. Polit Ekon impact factor: 0.722 details
199. Argumentation impact factor: 0.717 details
200. Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media impact factor: 0.714 details
201. Survival impact factor: 0.712 details
202. Human Rights Quarterly impact factor: 0.710 details
203. Housing Policy Debate impact factor: 0.706 details
204. Political Theory: An International Journal of Political Philosophy impact factor: 0.703 details
205. Information Communication & Society impact factor: 0.700 details
206. Child Abuse Review impact factor: 0.698 details
207. Journal of Family Therapy impact factor: 0.698 details
208. Urban Policy and Research impact factor: 0.694 details
209. Local Government Studies impact factor: 0.690 details
210. British Politics impact factor: 0.689 details
211. Child & Family Behavior Therapy impact factor: 0.688 details
212. Journal of Applied Communication Research impact factor: 0.681 details
213. The Electronic Library impact factor: 0.667 details
214. American Politics Research impact factor: 0.667 details
215. Translator impact factor: 0.667 details
216. Health Information & Libraries Journal impact factor: 0.662 details
217. Environmental Communication A Journal of Nature and Culture impact factor: 0.645 details
218. Contemporary Politics impact factor: 0.635 details
219. Int J Commun Us impact factor: 0.635 details
220. Cooperation and Conflict impact factor: 0.627 details
221. Mon Rev impact factor: 0.625 details
222. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics impact factor: 0.621 details
223. Library Hi Tech / Library Hi-Tech impact factor: 0.621 details
224. Economic Development Quarterly: The Journal of American Economic Revitalization impact factor: 0.618 details
225. The Political Quarterly impact factor: 0.605 details
226. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse impact factor: 0.605 details
227. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy impact factor: 0.604 details
228. Politics impact factor: 0.604 details
229. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media impact factor: 0.603 details
230. Democratization impact factor: 0.598 details
231. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment impact factor: 0.596 details
232. Information Technology and Libraries impact factor: 0.595 details
233. Economics and Politics impact factor: 0.583 details
234. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism impact factor: 0.577 details
235. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication impact factor: 0.574 details
236. Rhetoric Society Quarterly impact factor: 0.568 details
237. Nations and Nationalism impact factor: 0.566 details
238. European Planning Studies impact factor: 0.562 details
239. Studies in American Political Development impact factor: 0.562 details
240. European Journal of Communication impact factor: 0.556 details
241. Journal of Policy History impact factor: 0.553 details
242. Journal of International Relations and Development impact factor: 0.553 details
243. Journal of Theoretical Politics impact factor: 0.548 details
244. Comparative European Politics impact factor: 0.547 details
245. EURE (Santiago) impact factor: 0.541 details
246. Z Familienforsch impact factor: 0.531 details
247. Serials Review impact factor: 0.524 details
248. Inform Res impact factor: 0.520 details
249. Australian Academic & Research Libraries impact factor: 0.512 details
250. Int J Confl Violence impact factor: 0.512 details
251. International Journal of Conflict Management impact factor: 0.512 details
252. International Political Science Review impact factor: 0.474 details
253. Latin American Perspectives: A Journal on Capitalism and Socialism impact factor: 0.474 details
254. Political Science Quarterly impact factor: 0.465 details
255. Europe Asia Studies impact factor: 0.464 details
256. URBAN DESIGN International impact factor: 0.455 details
257. Nation impact factor: 0.454 details
258. Revista española de Documentación Científica impact factor: 0.453 details
259. Journal of Global Information Management impact factor: 0.452 details
260. Families in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services impact factor: 0.442 details
261. El Profesional de la Informacion impact factor: 0.439 details
262. Osterr Z Politwiss impact factor: 0.438 details
263. Aslib Proceedings impact factor: 0.432 details
264. Armed Forces & Society impact factor: 0.426 details
265. Swiss Political Science Review impact factor: 0.425 details
266. Malays J Libr Inf Sc impact factor: 0.423 details
267. Polity impact factor: 0.422 details
268. Dissent impact factor: 0.421 details
269. Rev Cienc Polit Sant impact factor: 0.413 details
270. Politische Vierteljahresschrift impact factor: 0.412 details
271. J Aust Polit Econ impact factor: 0.412 details
272. Knowl Organ impact factor: 0.407 details
273. South European Society & Politics impact factor: 0.406 details
274. Canadian Journal of Political Science impact factor: 0.405 details
275. Lex localis - Journal of Local Self Government impact factor: 0.400 details
276. Portal Libr Acad impact factor: 0.400 details
277. East European Politics and Societies impact factor: 0.400 details
278. Political Science impact factor: 0.400 details
279. Libr J impact factor: 0.397 details
280. Text & Talk - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Language Discourse Communication Studies impact factor: 0.397 details
281. Ethics & Global Politics impact factor: 0.391 details
282. Australian Journal of Political Science impact factor: 0.388 details
283. Scientist impact factor: 0.387 details
284. PS Political Science & Politics impact factor: 0.379 details
285. Information Technology for Development impact factor: 0.378 details
286. Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional impact factor: 0.377 details
287. Program electronic library and information systems impact factor: 0.377 details
288. Restaurator impact factor: 0.375 details
289. Information Development impact factor: 0.375 details
290. European Political Science impact factor: 0.373 details
291. Education and Urban Society impact factor: 0.373 details
292. Urban Education impact factor: 0.372 details
293. Communist and Post-Communist Studies / Communist and Post Communist Studies impact factor: 0.369 details
294. Libri impact factor: 0.368 details
295. Scottish Journal of Political Economy impact factor: 0.367 details
296. Journal of Human Rights impact factor: 0.365 details
297. Critical Studies in Media Communication impact factor: 0.365 details
298. International Feminist Journal of Politics impact factor: 0.364 details
299. Acta Politica impact factor: 0.361 details
300. Quarterly Journal of Speech impact factor: 0.357 details
301. Urban Lawyer impact factor: 0.356 details
302. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly impact factor: 0.354 details
303. Chinese Journal of Communication impact factor: 0.354 details
304. Journal of Business and Technical Communication impact factor: 0.353 details
305. American Journal of Family Therapy impact factor: 0.353 details
306. Problems of Post-Communism impact factor: 0.353 details
307. Politikon South African Journal of Political Studies impact factor: 0.351 details
308. Politics, Philosophy & Economics impact factor: 0.351 details
309. Comunicar impact factor: 0.350 details
310. Visual Communication impact factor: 0.347 details
311. ACM SIGMIS Database / database for advances in information systems impact factor: 0.341 details
312. Online impact factor: 0.341 details
313. Latin American Politics and Society impact factor: 0.327 details
314. Historical Materialism impact factor: 0.321 details
315. Fam Law Quart impact factor: 0.311 details
316. German Politics impact factor: 0.306 details
317. Narrative Inquiry impact factor: 0.295 details
318. Communications impact factor: 0.293 details
319. Cambridge Review of International Affairs impact factor: 0.288 details
320. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science impact factor: 0.286 details
321. Rom J Polit Sci impact factor: 0.286 details
322. J Comp Fam Stud impact factor: 0.284 details
323. Television & New Media impact factor: 0.280 details
324. International Politics impact factor: 0.278 details
325. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies / Communication and Critical / Cultural Studies impact factor: 0.277 details
326. Libr Trends impact factor: 0.273 details
327. Indep Rev impact factor: 0.273 details
328. Journal of Family History: Studies in Family, Kinship, Gender, and Demography impact factor: 0.267 details
329. Japanese Journal of Political Science impact factor: 0.263 details
330. The Forum impact factor: 0.259 details
331. The History of the Family / The History of the Family An International Quarterly impact factor: 0.258 details
332. Journal of Scholarly Publishing impact factor: 0.250 details
333. Journal of Organizational and End User Computing impact factor: 0.243 details
334. Journal of Media Economics / The Journal of Media Economics impact factor: 0.240 details
335. The Australian Library Journal impact factor: 0.239 details
336. Politics and Religion impact factor: 0.238 details
337. Contemporary Political Theory impact factor: 0.237 details
338. Journal of Cold War Studies impact factor: 0.231 details
339. Interlending & Document Supply impact factor: 0.231 details
340. Journal of Women Politics & Policy / Journal of Women Politics and Policy impact factor: 0.214 details
341. Polit Gob impact factor: 0.211 details
342. Open House Int impact factor: 0.208 details
343. Philippine Political Science Journal impact factor: 0.200 details
344. Curr Hist impact factor: 0.189 details
345. Media Int Aust impact factor: 0.188 details
346. Library Collections Acquisitions and Technical Services impact factor: 0.185 details
347. Asian Journal of Communication impact factor: 0.177 details
348. Policy Rev impact factor: 0.175 details
349. Javnost Public impact factor: 0.173 details
350. Can J Inform Lib Sci impact factor: 0.171 details
351. Social Science Information: Information sur les Sciences Sociales impact factor: 0.167 details
352. Transinformação impact factor: 0.167 details
353. Journal of Mass Media Ethics impact factor: 0.161 details
354. Libraries & the Cultural Record impact factor: 0.158 details
355. Journal of Urban History impact factor: 0.158 details
356. Inform Soc Estud impact factor: 0.155 details
357. Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschappen impact factor: 0.152 details
358. Politix impact factor: 0.147 details
359. Hist Polit impact factor: 0.130 details
360. Continuum / Continuum Journal of Media and Cultural Studies impact factor: 0.129 details
361. Econtent impact factor: 0.127 details
362. Rev Clad Reforma Dem impact factor: 0.119 details
363. Afr J Libr Arch Info impact factor: 0.111 details
364. Comun Soc Navarra impact factor: 0.102 details
365. Perspectivas em Ciência da Informação impact factor: 0.101 details
366. Rev Estud Polit impact factor: 0.093 details
367. European History Quarterly impact factor: 0.093 details
368. Estudios constitucionales impact factor: 0.093 details
369. Journal of African Media Studies impact factor: 0.075 details
370. Commentary impact factor: 0.071 details
371. Ecquid Novi African Journalism Studies impact factor: 0.071 details
372. Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie impact factor: 0.070 details
373. Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico impact factor: 0.063 details
374. Investig Bibliotecol impact factor: 0.062 details
375. Rev Econ Polit impact factor: 0.057 details
376. Libr Inform Sc impact factor: 0.050 details
377. Russian Politics and Law impact factor: 0.044 details
378. Issues Stud impact factor: 0.043 details
379. Int Polit Oslo impact factor: 0.033 details
380. Telos impact factor: 0.029 details
381. Sws Rundsch impact factor: 0.025 details
382. Pensee impact factor: 0.018 details