{{Short description|Peer-reviewed academic journal}} {{Infobox Journal | title = | cover = | discipline = [[Political science]] | caption = | former_name = | abbreviation = J. Politics | nlm = J Polit | publisher = [[University of Chicago Press]] on behalf of the Southern Political Science Association | country = [[United States]] | language = | editor = [[Vera Troeger]] | frequency = Quarterly | history = 1939–present | license = | impact = | impact-year = | openaccess = | website = http://www.thejournalofpolitics.org/ | link1 = http://journals.uchicago.edu/jop | link1-name = Online access | link2 = http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/loi/jop | link2-name = Online archive | ISSN = 0022-3816 | eISSN = 1468-2508 | OCLC = 38309773 | CODEN = | JSTOR = 00223816 | LCCN = 41016606 }} '''''The Journal of Politics''''' is a [[Peer review|peer-reviewed]] [[academic journal]] of [[political science]] established in 1939 and published quarterly (February, May, August and November) by [[University of Chicago Press]] on behalf of the [[Southern Political Science Association]]. It is widely considered one of the top 3 journals in political science.<ref name="UFUF-guides">University of Florida Libraries. "Political Science Journals." UF Libraries Guides. Retrieved July 14, 2025, from https://guides.uflib.ufl.edu/politicalscience/journals</ref><ref name="DuckMinerva-tyranny">Saideman, Stephen. "The Tyranny of the Big 3? Which Journals Count Most May Be Increasingly Problematic." Duck of Minerva, April 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2025, from https://www.duckofminerva.com/2018/04/the-tyranny-of-the-big-3-which-journals-count-most-may-be-increasingly-problematic.html</ref>

According to the ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'', the journal has a 2024 [[impact factor]] of 3.8.<ref name="The Journal of Politics">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/jop/about |website=University of Chicago Press Journals |publisher=University of Chicago Press |language=en |access-date=11 October 2025}}</ref>

== See also == * [[List of political science journals]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jop/current/}} * [http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/jop Online Access]

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