Area Studies: 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	European Security	ca. 3.6
2	Journal of Chinese Political Science	ca. 3.5
3	China Journal	ca. 3.4
4	East European Politics	ca. 3.1
5	Post-Soviet Affairs	ca. 3
6	Journal of Contemporary China	ca. 2.4
7	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	ca. 2.3
8	Eurasian Geography and Economics	ca. 2.2
-	African Affairs	ca. 2.2
-	Africa Spectrum	ca. 2.2
11	Pacific Review	ca. 2
12	Central Asian Survey	ca. 1.8
-	Economic Development and Cultural Change	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Contemporary Asia	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	ca. 1.8
16	China Information	ca. 1.7
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	ca. 1.7
-	Turkish Studies	ca. 1.7
19	Mediterranean Politics	ca. 1.6
-	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	ca. 1.6
-	Review of African Political Economy	ca. 1.6
22	Middle East Critique	ca. 1.5
-	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	ca. 1.5
-	Latin American Politics and Society	ca. 1.5
25	Critical Asian Studies	ca. 1.4
-	International Journal of Middle East Studies	ca. 1.4
27	Journal of Palestine Studies	ca. 1.3
28	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	ca. 1.2
-	Pacific Affairs	ca. 1.2
-	Asian Survey	ca. 1.2
-	Europe-Asia Studies	ca. 1.2
32	Middle East Journal	ca. 1.1
-	Africa	ca. 1.1
-	Asian Studies Review	ca. 1.1
-	Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies	ca. 1.1
-	Journal of Modern African Studies	ca. 1.1
-	Middle East Policy	ca. 1.1
-	Journal of Asian Public Policy	ca. 1.1
39	East European Politics and Societies	ca. 1
40	Journal of Latin American Studies	ca. 0.9
-	Journal of Southern African Studies	ca. 0.9
-	China Perspectives	ca. 0.9
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	ca. 0.9
-	Iranian Studies	ca. 0.9
-	Journal of Asian and African Studies	ca. 0.9
-	Modern China	ca. 0.9
-	African Studies	ca. 0.9
48	Modern Asian Studies	ca. 0.8
-	Social Science Japan Journal	ca. 0.8
-	African Studies Review	ca. 0.8

-	Journal of Asian Studies	ca. 0.8
-	Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies	ca. 0.8
-	Contemporary South Asia	ca. 0.8
54	Latin American Perspectives	ca. 0.7
-	Slavic Review	ca. 0.7
-	China-An International Journal	ca. 0.7
57	Modern Italy	ca. 0.6
-	African and Asian Studies	ca. 0.6
-	East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal	ca. 0.6
-	India Review	ca. 0.6
-	Journal of Eastern African Studies	ca. 0.6
-	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	ca. 0.6
-	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	ca. 0.6
-	Bulletin of Latin American Research	ca. 0.6
-	European Review	ca. 0.6
-	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	ca. 0.6
-	Israel Affairs	ca. 0.6
68	Pacific Focus	ca. 0.5
-	Journal of Australian Studies	ca. 0.5
-	Journal of Baltic Studies	ca. 0.5
71	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	ca. 0.4
-	Bilig	ca. 0.4
-	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	ca. 0.4
-	Middle Eastern Studies	ca. 0.4
-	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	ca. 0.4
76	London Journal	ca. 0.3
-	German Studies Review	ca. 0.3
-	Korea Observer	ca. 0.3