Political Science Quarterly

{{short description|Double blind peer-reviewed academic journal}}

{{Distinguish|Quarterly Journal of Political Science}}

{{use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox journal

| title = Political Science Quarterly

| cover = PSQ cover.gif

| caption =

| former_name =

| abbreviation = Political Sci. Q.

| nlm = Polit Sci Q

| discipline = Political science

| language = English

| editor = Robert Y. Shapiro

| publisher = Academy of Political Science

| country = United States

| history = 1886–present

| frequency = Quarterly

| openaccess =

| license =

| impact = 2.675

| impact-year = 2020

| ISSN = 0032-3195

| eISSN = 1538-165X

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| JSTOR = 00323195

| LCCN = 07036315

| OCLC = 785797935

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

| link1 = http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291538-165X/issues

| link1-name = Online archive

| link2 = http://www.psqonline.org/Archives.cfm

| link2-name = Online archive (Academy of Political Science)

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Political Science Quarterly is an American double blind peer-reviewed academic journal covering government, politics, and policy, published since 1886{{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}} by the Academy of Political Science. Its editor-in-chief is Robert Y. Shapiro (Columbia University).{{Cite web|title=Political Science Quarterly|url=https://www.psqonline.org/editor.cfm|access-date=2022-01-23|website=psqonline.org}} Each issue consists of five or six articles as well as up to 40 book reviews.

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.675, ranking it 60th out of 183 journals in the category "Political Science."{{Cite web|title=Political Science Quarterly|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1538165x|access-date=2022-01-23|website=Wiley Online Library|language=en}} According to the SCImago Journal Rank, the PSQ has a score of 1.025, ranking it 159 out of 1316 journals in the category "Sociology and Political Science."{{Cite web|title=Journal Rankings on Sociology and Political Science|url=https://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php?category=3312&page=4&total_size=1316|access-date=2022-01-23|website=scimagojr.com}}

== History ==

Political Science Quarterly was established in 1886 by John W. Burgess (Columbia University), the Academy's first president, with the active involvement of New York publisher George A. Plimpton.

Demetrios James Caraley, political scientist at Columbia University, served as the editor of the journal for 43 years from 1973 to 2020.