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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 Sustainability129
2 Technological Forecasting and Social Change116
3 Energy Economics108
4 Resources Policy94
5 Nature Sustainability90
6 npj Digital Medicine87
- Journal of Medical Internet Research87
8 Nature Climate Change83
9 Business Strategy and the Environment81
10 Technology in Society78
11 Education and Information Technologies75
12 Energy Policy72
13 Environmental Impact Assessment Review71
14 Sustainable Production and Consumption70
15 Healthcare69
16 Economic Analysis and Policy67
17 Cities65
- International Review of Economics & Finance65
- Energy Research & Social Science65
- Journal of Financial Economics65
21 Tourism Management64
22 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management62
- Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review62
24 Landscape and Urban Planning61
- Sustainable Development61
26 Computers & Education60
27 American Economic Review58
28 One Earth57
29 International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management56
- British Journal of Sports Medicine56
31 International Journal of Hospitality Management55
- Journal of Finance55
- BMC Medical Education55
34 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education54
- Journal of Personalized Medicine54
- Land54
- Land Use Policy54
38 BMC Health Services Research53
- Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment53
40 Sports Medicine52
41 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management51
42 Ecological Economics49
- Accident Analysis and Prevention49
- BMC Geriatrics49
- Urban Forestry & Urban Greening49
46 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association48
47 International Journal of Nursing Studies47
- BMC Nursing47
- Journal of Rural Studies47
- Economic Modelling47
- Systems47
52 Journal of Business Ethics46
- Transport Policy46
- Socio-Economic Planning Sciences46
- System46
56 British Journal of Educational Technology45
57 Review of Financial Studies44
- Nurse Education Today44
- Habitat International44
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology44
- International Journal of Medical Informatics44
- Social Science & Medicine44
63 Quarterly Journal of Economics43
- Journal of Environmental Psychology43
- Pragmatics43
66 Journal of Transport Geography42
- Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy42
- Thinking Skills and Creativity42
- World Development42
- Journal of Political Economy42
- Review of Economic Studies42
- Applied Geography42
73 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions41
- Review of Economics and Statistics41
75 Computers Environment and Urban Systems40
- Marine Policy40
- American Journal of Sports Medicine40
- Teaching and Teacher Education40
- BMC Medical Research Methodology40
80 Journal of Sport and Health Science39
- Digital Health39
- Health Affairs39
- Structural Change and Economic Dynamics39
- China Economic Review39
- SAGE Open39
- Tourism Review39
- Educational Research Review39
- Financial Innovation39
89 Child Abuse & Neglect38
- Journal of Travel Research38
- Telecommunications Policy38
- Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice38
- Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money38
- Interactive Learning Environments38
- Annals of Tourism Research38
96 International Journal of Forecasting37
- Journal of Computer Assisted Learning37
- Annual Review of Economics37
- New Media & Society37
- International Journal of Management Education37
- Patient Education and Counseling37
- Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific37
- Journal of Advanced Nursing37
- Journal of Economic Literature37
- Addictive Behaviors37
- Trauma Violence & Abuse37
107 Journal of General Internal Medicine36
- International Journal of Stem Education36
- Journal of Econometrics36
- Small Business Economics36
- Nurse Education in Practice36
- Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery36
- JMIR mHealth and uHealth36
- Journal of Banking & Finance36
- Transportation Research Part B-Methodological36
- Travel Behaviour and Society36
- Food Policy36
118 Current Issues in Tourism35
- Addiction35
- Tourism Management Perspectives35
- Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour35
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society35
- IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies35
- Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization35
- Borsa Istanbul Review35
- Ecosystem Services35
- Studies in Higher Education35
128 Social Media + Society34
- Value in Health34
- Journal of Clinical Nursing34
- Econometrica34
- Journal of Sustainable Tourism34
- North American Journal of Economics and Finance34
- Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery34
- Journal of European Public Policy34
- Journal of Development Economics34
- Implementation Science34
- Energy & Environment34
139 International Journal of Drug Policy33
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence33
- Journal of Accounting & Economics33
- European Journal of Education33
- Utilities Policy33
- Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions33
- Medical Teacher33
- Journal of Chemical Education33
- Journal of Economic Perspectives33
148 Journal of Safety Research32
- Journals of Gerontology Series A-Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences32
- Learning and Instruction32
- Journal of Nursing Management32
- Big Data & Society32
- American Political Science Review32
- Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja32
- Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing32
- Academic Medicine32
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change32
158 Journal of International Economics31
- Journal of the Knowledge Economy31
- Oeconomia Copernicana31
- Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology31
- ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development31
- Public Administration Review31
- International Journal of Qualitative Methods31
- Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation31
- Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics31
- Economics Letters31
168 Higher Education30
- Journal of Applied Physiology30
- Journal of Destination Marketing & Management30
- Emerging Markets Review30
- Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management30
- Journal of Monetary Economics30
- Political Geography30
- Regional Studies30
- Review of Finance30
- Nursing Open30
- Journal of Air Transport Management30
- Applied Economics30
180 Pharmacoeconomics29
- JMIR Serious Games29
- Health Expectations29
- Annual Review of Sociology29
- Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education29
- Forest Policy and Economics29
- Economic Change and Restructuring29
- International Journal of Geographical Information Science29
- Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare29
- Journal of Educational Computing Research29
190 Journal of Public Economics28
- Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance28
- Public Management Review28
- Journal of Financial Stability28
- Journal of Economic Surveys28
- Health Policy28
- American Journal of Bioethics28
- Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development28
- Climate Policy28
- International Journal of Emerging Markets28
- Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis28
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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