Rankings of Political Science Departments

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Rankings of Political Science Departments

Posted on April 9th, 2009 by NBS

Rankings of Ph.D.- granting political science departments, based on per-faculty publications in five leading political science journals, 1994-1998.

Rank	University
1	Carnegie-Mellon University
2	California Institute of Technology
3	SUNY - Stony Brook
4	University of Houston
5	University of California - Riverside
6	University of California - Davis
7	Indiana University
8	Texas A&M University
9	University of North Texas
10	Louisiana State University
11	Yale University
12	Florida State University
13	University of Iowa
14	University of Pittsburgh
15	University of Colorado
16	Washington University at St. Louis
17	University of California - Los Angeles
18	Emory University
19	University of Rochester
20	Michigan State University

Source: McCormick and Rice (2001)

Rankings are based on the number of publications per department faculty member (weighted by co-authorship) in the American Political Science Review,American Journal of Political Science,Journal of Politics,Political Research Quarterly, and Polity.

Note that the table from which these rankings are drawn in the original article was incorrect;the corrected table was obtained directly from senior author.

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