738 Political Science and International Relations journals (Social Sciences) in ORBIT Tier 3 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 3: third 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juridical scientific and electronic journal | 2524-0374 | 1,497 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Science Education and Innovations in the Context of Modern Problems | 2790-0169 | 1,273 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Economic & Political Weekly | 0012-9976 | 847 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| Law and Society | 2078-3736 | 760 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Physical Education Health and Social Sciences | 2958-5988 | 656 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | |
| Istoriya | 2079-8784 | 466 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| International Journal of Political Science and Governance | 2664-6021 | 452 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Bangladesh |
| Vestnik of the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University | 1694-500X | 349 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Kyrgyzstan |
| Physics World | 0953-8585 | 340 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Social Science Research (IJSSR) | 3048-9490 | 300 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Qalaai Zanist Scientific Journal | 2518-6558 | 226 | 3 | ≈ ₹9,633 to publish | Yes | Yes | Iraq |
| Jurnal Ilmiah Muqoddimah Jurnal Ilmu Sosial Politik dan Hummaniora | 2548-5067 | 225 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Slavic Review | 0037-6779 | 225 | 3 | ≈ ₹3,41,966 to publish | No | No | United States |
| Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences | 1019-3316 | 221 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Naukovyy Visnyk Dnipropetrovs kogo Derzhavnogo Universytety Vnutrishnikh Sprav | 2078-3566 | 217 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Legal Novels | 2663-5623 | 210 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Bylye Gody | 2073-9745 | 204 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Zeszyty Naukowe. | 0860-9608 | 203 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Poland |
| Administrative law and procedure | 2071-1166 | 202 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| International Affairs | 0130-9641 | 199 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Politicus | 2414-9616 | 199 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Юридичний вісник | 1561-4999 | 198 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Scientific notes of Taurida National V I Vernadsky University Series Juridical Sciences | 2707-0581 | 188 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Metafizika Journal | 2616-6879 | 181 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Azerbaijan |
| Juris Europensis Scientia | 2709-6815 | 179 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Регион и мир / Region and the World | 1829-2437 | 174 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Russian investigator | 1812-3783 | 167 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| State and Regions Series Law | 1813-338X | 165 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Przegląd Prawa i Administracji | 2957-2304 | 163 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Poland |
| Actual problems of native jurisprudence | 2408-9257 | 157 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Ukraine |
| Przegląd Prawa Konstytucyjnego | 2082-1212 | 152 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Russian judge | 1812-3791 | 150 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| VPT Magazin | 2364-2904 | 150 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| Index on Censorship | 0306-4220 | 149 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Wah Academia Journal of Social Sciences | 2958-8723 | 148 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Pakistan |
| Bulletin of the Karaganda university History Philosophy series | 2518-7236 | 146 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Kazakhstan |
| Social Science Journal for Advanced Research | 2583-0074 | 145 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| International Journal Of Law And Criminology | 2771-2214 | 138 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Legal position | 2521-6473 | 138 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| The Russian Review | 0036-0341 | 138 | 3 | ≈ ₹2,79,353 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Союз криминалистов и криминологов | 2310-8681 | 136 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| HISTORY OF STATE AND LAW | 1812-3805 | 133 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Rossijskoe pravosudie | 2072-909X | 133 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Applied police briefings : | 2818-5692 | 132 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | ONC |
| Journal of Social Sciences Research & Policy | 3006-6549 | 131 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | |
| “International Humanitarian University Herald Jurisprudence” | 2307-1745 | 129 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| The American Journal of Political Science Law and Criminology | 2693-0803 | 129 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Kavkazologiya | 2542-212X | 127 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Bulletin of Institute of Legislation and Legal Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan | 1994-408X | 122 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Kazakhstan |
| Politique étrangère | 0032-342X | 122 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| Ķazaķstan šyġystanuy. | 3007-0325 | 120 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Kazakhstan |
| Review Journal of Social Psychology & Social Works | 3006-4716 | 120 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Vilnius University Open Series | 2669-0535 | 120 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Lithuania |
| Financial law | 1813-1220 | 111 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Scientific works of Kyiv Aviation Institute Series Law Journal "Air and Space Law" | 2307-9061 | 111 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Ukrainian polyceistics theory legislation practice | 2709-9261 | 111 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Ukraine |
| Roczniki Administracji i Prawa | 1644-9126 | 110 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Poland |
| Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental | 2014-038X | 108 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| First World War Studies | 1947-5020 | 107 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Istoriya | 1998-8613 | 107 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Вестник Института права Башкирского государственного университета | 2619-0915 | 105 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| South Ukrainian Law Journal | 2312-928X | 104 | 3 | UAH 1,400 to publish | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Przegląd Ustawodawstwa Gospodarczego | 0137-5490 | 102 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Poland |
| Revista de Jurisprudencia Laboral | 2659-787X | 101 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Spain |
| BULLETIN of the L N GUMILYOV EURASIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY POLITICAL SCIENCE REGIONAL STUDIES ORIENTAL STUDIES TURKOLOGY Series | 2616-6887 | 100 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Kazakhstan |
| legal education and science | 1813-1190 | 100 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Revista de derecho (Coquimbo) | 0717-5345 | 100 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| Revue critique de droit international privé | 0035-0958 | 99 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| США & Канада экономика – политика – культура / USA & Canada Economics – Politics – Culture | 3034-6045 | 98 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| VESTNIK ADVANCED TRAINING INSTITUTE OF THE MIA OF RUSSIA | 2312-7937 | 97 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| European History Quarterly | 0014-3111 | 96 | 3 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Moderat Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Pemerintahan | 2442-3777 | 96 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | |
| Journal of Church and State | 0021-969X | 94 | 3 | ≈ ₹3,76,934 to publish | No | No | United States |
| Ab imperio | 2164-9731 | 92 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Research Review Journal of Social Science | 2583-2867 | 92 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| GOVERNANCE Jurnal Ilmiah Kajian Politik Lokal dan Pembangunan | 2406-8721 | 91 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Perspektywy Kultury | 2081-1446 | 91 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Justice of the peace | 2072-4152 | 90 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Gândirea militară românească | 1454-0460 | 89 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Law Journal of Donbass | 2523-4269 | 88 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Vestnik of Polotsk State University Part D Economic and legal sciences | 2070-1632 | 88 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Belarus |
| The New Past | 2500-3224 | 86 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| The Slavonic and East European Review | 0037-6795 | 86 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Universum Social science | 2311-5327 | 86 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Zeszyty Naukowe Instytutu Administracji Akademii im Jana Długosza w Częstochowie Gubernaculum et Administratio | 1730-2889 | 86 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Poland |
| Расследование преступлений проблемы и пути их решения | 2411-1627 | 86 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| SOCIOLOGY OF LAW | 2413-6433 | 85 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Вестник Московской академии Следственного комитета Российской Федерации | 2588-0136 | 85 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Učënye zapiski Kazanskogo universiteta. Seriâ Gumanitarnye nauki/Učenye zapiski Kazanskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Seriâ Gumanitarnye nauki/Učenye zapiski Kazanskogo universiteta. Seriâ Gumanitarnye nauki | 1815-6126 | 82 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Revue internationale et stratégique | 1287-1672 | 81 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review | 0165-0505 | 80 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Izvestiya of Altai State University | 1561-9443 | 80 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Kajian Administrasi Publik dan ilmu Komunikasi | 3063-8488 | 80 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Indonesia |
| Siberian Law Herald | 2071-8136 | 80 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| The Herald of Economic Justice | 2500-2643 | 80 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Czasopismo Prawno-Historyczne | 0070-2471 | 79 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Series Political Sciences History International Relations | 2073-6339 | 79 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Central European History | 0008-9389 | 78 | 3 | ≈ ₹3,41,966 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Herald of an Archivist | 2073-0101 | 78 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Iskusstvo Evrazii [The Art of Eurasia] | 2518-7767 | 78 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
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