International Relations: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade	28
2	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	25
3	International Affairs	24
4	World Economy	23
5	Review of International Political Economy	22
6	New Political Economy	20
-	Journal of European Integration	20
-	Global Policy	20
9	Journal of Peace Research	18
10	Review of International Organizations	17
-	European Security	17
-	Globalizations	17
-	International Studies Quarterly	17
-	Contemporary Security Policy	17
-	European Journal of International Relations	17
16	International Studies Review	16
-	Review of International Studies	16
18	Journal of Conflict Resolution	15
19	Australian Journal of International Affairs	14
-	Global Environmental Politics	14
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	14
-	Journal of International Relations and Development	14
-	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	14
24	Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding	13
-	Journal of the Japanese and International Economies	13
-	Space Policy	13
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	13
28	International Organization	12
-	International Political Sociology	12
-	Pacific Review	12
-	Politics	12
-	Security Dialogue	12
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	12
-	Cooperation and Conflict	12
35	International Politics	11
-	Latin American Politics and Society	11
-	Survival	11
-	International Security	11
39	Journal of Strategic Studies	10
-	Washington Quarterly	10
-	World Trade Review	10
-	American Journal of International Law	10
-	International Relations	10
-	International Theory	10
-	Chinese Journal of International Politics	10
46	International Journal of Transitional Justice	9
-	International Peacekeeping	9
-	International Studies Perspectives	9
-	Security Studies	9
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	9

-	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	9
-	Common Market Law Review	9
-	Conflict Management and Peace Science	9
-	Millennium-Journal of International Studies	9
-	Review of World Economics	9
-	Human Geography	9
-	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	9
58	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	8
-	Journal of Human Rights	8
-	Peacebuilding	8
-	Current History	8
-	International Interactions	8
-	Mediterranean Politics	8
-	Ocean Development and International Law	8
-	Asia Europe Journal	8
-	Foreign Policy Analysis	8
-	Intelligence and National Security	8
68	Journal of World Trade	7
-	Middle East Policy	7
-	European Journal of International Law	7
-	Human Rights Law Review	7
-	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	7
-	Ethics & International Affairs	7
74	Uluslararasi Iliskiler-International Relations	6
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	6
-	Global Governance	6
-	International Journal	6
78	International Relations of the Asia-Pacific	5
-	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	5
80	Pacific Focus	4
-	Chinese Journal of International Law	4
-	Korea Observer	4
83	Journal of Cold War Studies	3
-	Diplomacy & Statecraft	3
85	Internasjonal Politikk	2
-	War in History	2