560 Political Science and International Relations journals (Social Sciences) in ORBIT Tier 4 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 4: bottom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advance Social Science Archive Journal | 3006-2500 | 878 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Pakistan |
| Current Digest of the Russian Press The | 2159-3612 | 786 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Das Historisch-Politische Buch | 0018-2605 | 595 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Raparin University | 2410-1036 | 393 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Iraq |
| Scientific Journal of Public and Private Law | 2618-1258 | 340 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Revue Défense Nationale | 0336-1489 | 315 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| Scientific and Practical Journal "Materials of Scientific Conferences of the Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University" | 3083-6409 | 310 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Ukraine |
| KELM (Knowledge Education Law Management) | 2353-8406 | 257 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Poland |
| International Journal of History | 2706-9109 | 215 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | South Africa |
| Journal of international women's studies | 1539-8706 | 203 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Zeszyty Prawnicze Biura Analiz Sejmowych | 2082-064X | 181 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Poland |
| Innovative Verwaltung/VOP. Verwaltung, Organisation, Personal | 0948-3616 | 173 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| Батыс Қазақстан инновациялық-технологиялық университетінің Хабаршысы | 2706-6266 | 156 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| International Journal Of History And Political Sciences | 2771-2222 | 151 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Books | 1967-7375 | 150 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| Twejer | 2617-0744 | 144 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Iraq |
| Enrollment Management Report | 1094-3757 | 142 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Proceeding International Collaborative Conference on Multidisciplinary Science | 3090-1804 | 141 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Indonesia |
| Актуальні проблеми держави і права | 2309-818X | 140 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Política Internacional | 2788-6921 | 133 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Cuba |
| Sozialwirtschaft aktuell | 1619-2427 | 131 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| Skript Historisch Tijdschrift | 0165-7518 | 118 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Studia nad Autorytaryzmem i Totalitaryzmem | 2300-7249 | 116 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Poland |
| „Law • Education • Security” | 2956-6630 | 112 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Imam Ja afar Al-Sadiq University Journal of Legal Studies | 3104-9419 | 111 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Questions internationales | 1761-7146 | 110 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Uchenyy Sovet (Academic Council) | 2074-9953 | 106 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Den Norske tannlegeforenings tidende | 0029-2303 | 104 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Norway |
| Études françaises de renseignement et de cyber | 3036-2342 | 104 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| djbZ - Zeitschrift des Deutschen Juristinnenbundes | 1866-377X | 103 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift | 0026-3826 | 98 | 4 | ≈ ₹2,61,243 to publish | Yes | No | Germany |
| The Social Contract | 2818-9523 | 97 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Canada |
| GEOpolitics | 2960-9445 | 96 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Comparative Studies in Jurisprudence Law and Politics | 3060-6314 | 91 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Civitas Europa | 1290-9653 | 90 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| Optime | 2220-461X | 90 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Albania |
| Revista de Derecho Administrativo Económico | 0717-4888 | 90 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Chile |
| Majallah al-dawlīyah lil-buḥūth wa-al-dirāsāt al-qānūnīyah = | 3050-0044 | 89 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Bulletin of the Buryat Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences | 2222-9175 | 88 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Ecclesiastical Law Journal | 0956-618X | 87 | 4 | ≈ ₹3,41,966 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Istoričeskij arhiv | 0869-6322 | 87 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Həbərlər. | 2218-4783 | 86 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| History of science | 2790-0029 | 86 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | AJ |
| Revista crítica de derecho inmobiliario/Revista crítica de derecho inmobiliario | 0210-0444 | 84 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| CRIMINAL LAW 21st CENTURY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES | 2949-138X | 82 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Revue trimestrielle des droits de l Homme | 0777-3579 | 81 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Belgium |
| Revista Jurídica | 3072-8169 | 80 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Argentina |
| Journal of the Institute of Oriental Studies RAS | 2618-7302 | 79 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Law Review of Kyiv University of Law | 2219-5521 | 78 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Journal of the Early Republic | 0275-1275 | 77 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Young Researcher | 2409-4838 | 76 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| L Année épigraphique | 0066-2348 | 76 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| Law Bulletin | 2414-4207 | 75 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Часопис цивілістики | 2522-4832 | 74 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Russian-Asian Legal Journal | 2687-010X | 73 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Central European Researchers Blog | 3057-837X | 71 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Revue québécoise de droit international | 0828-9999 | 70 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Canada |
| Mağallaẗ kulliyyaẗ al-Qalam al-ğāmiʿaẗ. | 2415-4814 | 69 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Iraq |
| Cahiers d'histoire russe, est-européenne, caucasienne et centrasiatique. | 3038-0979 | 67 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| Recht und Politik | 0344-7871 | 67 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Germany |
| Revista de Marina | 0719-4129 | 66 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Chile |
| The New England Quarterly | 0028-4866 | 66 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Петербургский исторический журнал | 2311-603X | 66 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Actual problems of improving of current legislation of Ukraine | 2709-4677 | 65 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Ukraine |
| Insaniyat / إنسانيات | 1111-2050 | 65 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Algeria |
| Scientific Papers of the Kamianets-Podilskyi National Ivan Ohiienko University History | 2309-2254 | 65 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Anales de la Facultad de Ciencias Juridicas y Sociales de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata | 0075-7411 | 64 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Cultural code | 2658-3852 | 63 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| International Labor Rights Case Law | 2405-688X | 63 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Social Sciences | 0134-5486 | 63 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| American Catholic Studies | 2161-8534 | 62 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Military juridical journal | 2070-2108 | 62 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Textus et Studia | 2300-3839 | 62 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Indian Journal of Legal Review | 2583-2344 | 61 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| State and Law | 1563-3349 | 61 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis | 0040-7518 | 61 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Xəbərlər məcmuəsi. | 3006-1342 | 61 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | AJ |
| Repertorio de la práctica seguida por el Consejo de Seguridad. | 3007-6080 | 60 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Aspects of Historical Musicology | 2519-4143 | 59 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Ethnography of Altai and Adjacent Territories | 2687-0592 | 59 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Pamir Academic & Research Journal | 3078-6592 | 59 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Afghanistan |
| Review of Law Sciences | 2181-919X | 59 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Sensus Historiae | 2082-0860 | 59 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Poland |
| Studia nad Totalitaryzmami i Wiekiem XX | 2545-241X | 59 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Acta Iuris Stetinensis | 2083-4373 | 58 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Евразийский журнал региональных и политических исследований | 2587-8077 | 58 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| ZANKO Journal of Law and Politics | 2079-3901 | 57 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| History Facts and Symbols | 2410-4205 | 56 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| The Faculty Journal of Arts Rajshahi University | 1813-0402 | 56 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Visnyk of the Lviv University Series Law | 0136-8168 | 56 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Ukraine |
| Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte Germanistische Abteilung | 0323-4045 | 56 | 4 | ≈ ₹2,61,243 to publish | No | No | Austria |
| Sovremennaâ Aziâ: politika, èkonomika, obŝestvo. | 2949-3366 | 55 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| DÍKÉ | 2631-1232 | 54 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Hungary |
| International Law Reports | 0309-0671 | 54 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Zeitschrift für öffentliches Recht | 0948-4396 | 54 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Austria |
| Al-Farabi | 1999-5911 | 53 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Kazakhstan |
| Répertoire de la pratique du Conseil de sécurité. | 3007-6064 | 53 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Revue internationale de droit comparé | 0035-3337 | 53 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| International Bulletin on Public Administration and Legal Affairs | 3041-2048 | 52 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| International Journal of Historical and Social Studies | 2707-8183 | 52 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No |
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