American Journal of Political Science

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{{Infobox journal

| title = American Journal of Political Science

| cover = File:AJPcover.jpg

| discipline = Political science

| abbreviation = Am. J. Political Sci.

| nlm = Am J Pol Sci

| caption =

| formernames = Midwest Journal of Political Science

| publisher = Wiley-Blackwell for the Midwest Political Science Association

| country = United States

| language =

| editor = Kathleen Dolan, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

Jennifer L. Lawless, University of Virginia

| frequency = Quarterly

| openaccess =

| license =

| history = 1957{{cite book |editor1=Madeleine Grawitz |editor-link=:fr:Madeleine Grawitz |editor2=Jean Leca |editor-link2=:fr:Jean Leca |author=Elisabeth Gayon |author-link=Elisabeth Gayon |date=1985 |title=Traité de science politique |chapter=Guide documentaire de l'étudiant et du chercheur en science politique |page=305 |language=fr |publisher=Presses Universitaires de France |isbn=2-13-038858-2}}–present

| website = http://www.ajps.org/

| link1 = http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291540-5907

| link1-name = Online access

| link2 = http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291540-5907/issues

| link2-name = Online archive

| impact =

| impact-year =

| ISSN = 0092-5853

| eISSN = 1540-5907

| CODEN =

| JSTOR = 00925853

| OCLC = 884770809

| LCCN = 73647828

}}

The American Journal of Political Science is an academic journal published by the Midwest Political Science Association.{{cite web |title=American Journal of Political Science – Journal Information |url=http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0092-5853 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822120238/http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0092-5853 |archive-date=August 22, 2009 |access-date=29 August 2009 |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell}} It was formerly known as the Midwest Journal of Political Science. According to the Journal Citation Reports, it has a 2016 impact factor of 5.044, ranking it 1st out of 165 journals in the category "Political Science".{{cite book |year=2017 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Political Science |title=2016 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Social Sciences |series=Web of Science|title-link=Journal Citation Reports }} According to SCImago Journal & Country Rank, it ranks 3rd best in the field of Political Science and Sociology.[http://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php?category=3312 SCImago Journal & Country Rank] Also by other authors[http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FPSC%2FPSC40_04%2FS1049096507071181a.pdf&code=a98b44b428a2d944d563057d88374391 Cambridge Journals] it is ranked among 5 best journals in political science.