740 Political Science and International Relations journals (Social Sciences) in ORBIT Tier 2 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 2: second quarter of Social Sciences by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government | 1581-5374 | 1,809 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Slovenia |
| Uzhhorod National University Herald Series Law | 2307-3322 | 1,771 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Analytical and Comparative Jurisprudence | 2788-6018 | 1,319 | 2 | UAH 600 to publish | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Social science review archives. | 3006-4694 | 951 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Pakistan |
| RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary | 2455-3085 | 510 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| Journal of Political Stability Archive | 3006-5860 | 397 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Pakistan |
| AUC IURIDICA | 0323-0619 | 354 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Czechia |
| Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science | 2321-9467 | 317 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| Jurnal ISO Jurnal Ilmu Sosial Politik dan Humaniora | 2798-8260 | 317 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Journal Publicuho | 2621-1351 | 276 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Courier of Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL) | 2311-5998 | 257 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Общество политика экономика право | 2071-9701 | 251 | 2 | RUB 43,750 to publish | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Journal of Development and Social Sciences | 2709-6254 | 245 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Pakistan |
| Pakistan Social Sciences Review | 2664-0422 | 235 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Pakistan |
| Annals of Human and Social Sciences | 2790-6795 | 214 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Pakistan |
| Social Sciences Spectrum | 3006-0419 | 207 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Pakistan |
| South India Journal of Social Sciences | 0972-8945 | 199 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| Visnik Nacional’nogo universitetu «Lvivska politehnika» Seria Uridicni nauki | 2415-3818 | 192 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Ukraine |
| Turkish Studies - Economics Finance Politics | 2667-5625 | 191 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| PAKISTAN LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES REVIEW | 2708-6453 | 178 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Pakistan |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES | 2582-6220 | 174 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| Sociopolitical sciences | 2223-0092 | 157 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| CUADERNOS DE DERECHO TRANSNACIONAL | 1989-4570 | 149 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Spain |
| Actual Problems of Russian Law | 1994-1471 | 148 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Bulletin of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs | 1999-5717 | 144 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Scientific Notes Series Law | 2522-9230 | 143 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Studia Prawnoustrojowe | 1644-0412 | 142 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Poland |
| Современная Европа / Contemporary Europe | 3034-5995 | 132 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Palestra. | 0031-0344 | 130 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Poland |
| Proceedings of the Southwest State University Series History and Law | 2223-1501 | 128 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| JANUS NET e-journal of International Relation | 1647-7251 | 123 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Portugal |
| The regional tribune. | 3006-8428 | 123 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Pakistan |
| OOO Zhurnal Voprosy Istorii | 0042-8779 | 120 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Res Historica | 2082-6060 | 120 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Politeja | 1733-6716 | 115 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Ukraïnsʹkij ìstoričnij žurnal | 0130-5247 | 114 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Ukraine |
| Regional lens. | 3007-1038 | 110 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Pakistan |
| Gaps in Russian legislation | 2072-3164 | 109 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Genocidas ir rezistencija | 1392-3463 | 109 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Lithuania |
| Aktual’ni problemi pravoznavstva | 2524-0129 | 108 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Ukraine |
| The Review of Politics | 0034-6705 | 107 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,41,966 to publish | No | No | United States |
| Global Social Sciences Review | 2520-0348 | 104 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Pakistan |
| Socio-political Communication and Policy Review | 3046-5141 | 98 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Indonesia |
| Horyzonty Polityki | 2082-5897 | 97 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Zeszyty Naukowe SGSP | 0239-5223 | 97 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| INFORMATION AND LAW | 2616-6798 | 94 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Przegląd Politologiczny | 1426-8876 | 93 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Contemporary Voice of Dalit | 2455-328X | 92 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | No | No | India |
| Ural Historical Journal | 1728-9718 | 92 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Visegrad Journal on Human Rights | 1339-7915 | 91 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Iranian Studies | 0021-0862 | 90 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,41,966 to publish | No | No | United States |
| Latinskaia Amerika | 0044-748X | 90 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Quaestio Rossica | 2310-757X | 90 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| PERSPEKTIF | 2085-0328 | 89 | 2 | ≈ ₹8,052 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Sosial Simbiosis | 3046-7950 | 89 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | British Indian Ocean Territory |
| Ruch Prawniczy Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny | 0035-9629 | 88 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Teka Komisji Prawniczej PAN Oddział w Lublinie | 1899-7694 | 88 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Poland |
| Global Intellectual History | 2380-1883 | 87 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Andamios | 1870-0063 | 86 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Mexico |
| Constitutional State | 2411-2054 | 86 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Gumilyov Journal of History | 3080-129X | 83 | 2 | KZT 60,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Kazakhstan |
| The Polish Review | 0032-2970 | 83 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Araucaria | 1575-6823 | 82 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Krytyka Prawa | 2080-1084 | 82 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| German Studies Review | 0149-7952 | 81 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| History and modern perspectives | 2658-4654 | 81 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Novaia i noveishaia istoriia | 0130-3864 | 81 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Vestnik Akademii nauk Čečenskoj Respubliki. | 2076-2348 | 80 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov Series VII Social Sciences • Law | 2066-7701 | 79 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Romania |
| The Journal of V N Karazin Kharkiv National University Series Law | 2075-1834 | 79 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Jurnal Administrasi Pemerintahan Desa | 2721-3749 | 76 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Law and History Review | 0738-2480 | 76 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,41,966 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| PRZEGLĄD POLICYJNY | 0867-5708 | 76 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Poland |
| International Journal Middle East Studies | 0020-7438 | 75 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,41,966 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Australian Journal of Politics & History | 0004-9522 | 74 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,79,353 to publish | No | No | Australia |
| Journal of Foreign Legislation and Comparative Law | 1991-3222 | 74 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Studia Politologiczne | 1640-8888 | 74 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Poland |
| Journal of Social and Political Sciences | 2615-3718 | 73 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Indonesia |
| Legal Concept | 2587-8115 | 73 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Penal law | 2072-2427 | 73 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Scientific and Analytical Herald of IE RAS | 2618-7914 | 73 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Springer Studies in American Politics. | 3005-0634 | 73 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Eswatini |
| African and Asian Studies | 1569-2094 | 71 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies | 0041-977X | 71 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,41,966 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF LEGAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE | 1993-0909 | 71 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Ukraine |
| Middle Eastern Studies | 0026-3206 | 71 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Studia Iuridica Lublinensia | 1731-6375 | 71 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| BULLETIN of L N Gumilyov Eurasian National University Law Series | 2616-6844 | 70 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Kazakhstan |
| Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society | 1356-1863 | 70 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,41,966 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Revista de Trabajo y Seguridad Social CEF | 2792-8314 | 70 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Spain |
| Bulletin of the Moscow State Regional University | 2224-0209 | 69 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Omsk Scientific Bulletin Series Society History Modernity | 2541-7983 | 69 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen | 0340-1758 | 69 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| Athenaeum Polskie Studia Politologiczne | 1505-2192 | 68 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Poland |
| Global Political Review | 2521-2982 | 68 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Pakistan |
| Bulletin of the Karaganda University “Law Series” | 2518-7945 | 67 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Kazakhstan |
| Jurnal Niara | 1693-3516 | 67 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Journal of Governance | 2528-276X | 66 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg Journal of International Law | 0044-2348 | 66 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| Agora International Journal of Juridical Sciences | 1843-570X | 65 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Romania |
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