International Relations: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2024
1	International Security	ca. 6.1
2	Contemporary Security Policy	ca. 5
3	New Political Economy	ca. 4.6
4	International Organization	ca. 4.5
5	Current History	ca. 4.2
6	Global Environmental Politics	ca. 4
-	International Affairs	ca. 4
-	Review of International Organizations	ca. 4
9	Review of International Studies	ca. 3.7
10	European Security	ca. 3.6
11	Review of International Political Economy	ca. 3.5
12	International Studies Review	ca. 3.4
-	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	ca. 3.4
14	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	ca. 3.3
15	Journal of the Japanese and International Economies	ca. 3.1
-	Journal of Peace Research	ca. 3.1
-	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade	ca. 3.1
-	Journal of European Integration	ca. 3.1
19	Security Studies	ca. 3
20	Chinese Journal of International Politics	ca. 2.9
-	Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding	ca. 2.9
-	European Journal of International Relations	ca. 2.9
23	Australian Journal of International Affairs	ca. 2.7
24	International Political Sociology	ca. 2.6
25	World Politics	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of International Relations and Development	ca. 2.5
-	International Studies Quarterly	ca. 2.5
-	Security Dialogue	ca. 2.5
-	Politics	ca. 2.5
30	World Economy	ca. 2.4
-	European Journal of International Law	ca. 2.4
32	American Journal of International Law	ca. 2.3
-	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	ca. 2.3
-	World Trade Review	ca. 2.3
-	International Journal	ca. 2.3
36	Journal of Conflict Resolution	ca. 2.2
37	Common Market Law Review	ca. 2.1
-	Cooperation and Conflict	ca. 2.1
-	International Theory	ca. 2.1
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	ca. 2.1
41	Pacific Review	ca. 2
-	Globalizations	ca. 2
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	ca. 2
44	International Journal of Transitional Justice	ca. 1.9
-	Survival	ca. 1.9
-	Space Policy	ca. 1.9
47	Global Policy	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	ca. 1.8
-	Human Rights Law Review	ca. 1.8
-	Millennium-Journal of International Studies	ca. 1.8

51	Washington Quarterly	ca. 1.7
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	ca. 1.7
53	Journal of Human Rights	ca. 1.6
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	ca. 1.6
-	Mediterranean Politics	ca. 1.6
56	Foreign Policy Analysis	ca. 1.5
-	Latin American Politics and Society	ca. 1.5
-	International Studies Perspectives	ca. 1.5
59	Conflict Management and Peace Science	ca. 1.4
-	International Relations	ca. 1.4
-	Ocean Development and International Law	ca. 1.4
-	International Interactions	ca. 1.4
63	International Relations of the Asia-Pacific	ca. 1.3
-	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	ca. 1.3
-	International Peacekeeping	ca. 1.3
-	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	ca. 1.3
67	Journal of World Trade	ca. 1.2
-	Chinese Journal of International Law	ca. 1.2
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	ca. 1.2
-	Review of World Economics	ca. 1.2
71	Peacebuilding	ca. 1.1
-	Uluslararasi Iliskiler-International Relations	ca. 1.1
-	Middle East Policy	ca. 1.1
-	Ethics & International Affairs	ca. 1.1
75	Asia Europe Journal	ca. 1
76	Contemporary Southeast Asia	ca. 0.9
-	International Politics	ca. 0.9
78	Intelligence and National Security	ca. 0.8
79	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	ca. 0.7
-	Journal of Cold War Studies	ca. 0.7
81	Global Governance	ca. 0.6
82	Pacific Focus	ca. 0.5
83	Korea Observer	ca. 0.3
-	Diplomacy & Statecraft	ca. 0.3
85	War in History	ca. 0.2