Social Sciences: 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	Nature Climate Change	ca. 27.1
-	Nature Sustainability	ca. 27.1
3	American Journal of Bioethics	ca. 20.8
4	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	ca. 16.7
5	British Journal of Sports Medicine	ca. 16.2
6	npj Digital Medicine	ca. 15.1
7	Energy Economics	ca. 14.2
8	Implementation Science	ca. 13.4
9	Business Strategy and the Environment	ca. 13.3
-	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	ca. 13.3
11	Quarterly Journal of Economics	ca. 12.7
12	Technology in Society	ca. 12.5
13	Tourism Management	ca. 12.4
14	Journal of Financial Economics	ca. 12
15	American Economic Review	ca. 11.6
16	Annual Review of Economics	ca. 11.4
-	Educational Psychologist	ca. 11.4
18	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	ca. 11.2
19	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	ca. 11
20	Oeconomia Copernicana	ca. 10.8
21	NBER Macroeconomics Annual	ca. 10.7
22	Educational Research Review	ca. 10.6
-	Journal of Economic Literature	ca. 10.6
24	Computers & Education	ca. 10.5
25	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	ca. 10.3
-	Journal of Sport and Health Science	ca. 10.3
27	Transport Reviews	ca. 9.9
28	Dialogues in Human Geography	ca. 9.6
-	Sustainable Production and Consumption	ca. 9.6
30	Journal of Finance	ca. 9.5
-	Annual Review of Political Science	ca. 9.5
32	Sports Medicine	ca. 9.4
33	Energy Policy	ca. 9.2
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	ca. 9.2
35	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	ca. 9.1
-	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	ca. 9.1
37	Annual Review of Sociology	ca. 9
-	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	ca. 9
-	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	ca. 9
40	Economic Geography	ca. 8.9
41	Journal of Economic Perspectives	ca. 8.8
-	Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review	ca. 8.8
43	Economic Analysis and Policy	ca. 8.7
44	Annual Review of Resource Economics	ca. 8.4
-	Review of Finance	ca. 8.4
46	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	ca. 8.3
-	International Journal of Hospitality Management	ca. 8.3
48	Sustainable Development	ca. 8.2
49	Adolescent Research Review	ca. 8.1
-	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	ca. 8.1

-	British Journal of Educational Technology	ca. 8.1
-	Health Affairs	ca. 8.1
53	International Journal of Stem Education	ca. 8
54	Tourism Review	ca. 7.9
55	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	ca. 7.8
-	Journal of Mixed Methods Research	ca. 7.8
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	ca. 7.8
-	Annals of Tourism Research	ca. 7.8
59	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	ca. 7.7
60	Review of Educational Research	ca. 7.4
-	Energy Research & Social Science	ca. 7.4
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	ca. 7.4
-	International Journal of Management Education	ca. 7.4
64	Organization & Environment	ca. 7.3
65	Financial Innovation	ca. 7.2
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	ca. 7.2
67	International Journal of Forecasting	ca. 7.1
-	Borsa Istanbul Review	ca. 7.1
-	Econometrica	ca. 7.1
70	Asian Economic Policy Review	ca. 7
-	Journal of Travel Research	ca. 7
-	Econometrics Journal	ca. 7
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	ca. 7
-	Habitat International	ca. 7
-	Information Technology & Tourism	ca. 7
-	Journal of Advertising	ca. 7
77	Tourism Management Perspectives	ca. 6.9
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	ca. 6.9
-	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	ca. 6.9
80	Internet and Higher Education	ca. 6.8
-	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	ca. 6.8
-	Journal of Accounting & Economics	ca. 6.8
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	ca. 6.8
84	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	ca. 6.7
-	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	ca. 6.7
-	American Economic Review-Insights	ca. 6.7
-	Journal of Business Ethics	ca. 6.7
88	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	ca. 6.6
-	Ecosystem Services	ca. 6.6
-	Cities	ca. 6.6
-	Computer Assisted Language Learning	ca. 6.6
92	Sociological Methods & Research	ca. 6.5
-	BMJ Quality & Safety	ca. 6.5
94	Telecommunications Policy	ca. 6.4
-	European Research on Management and Business Economics	ca. 6.4
-	Review of Economic Studies	ca. 6.4
-	Economic Policy	ca. 6.4
98	Journal of Political Economy	ca. 6.3
-	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	ca. 6.3
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	ca. 6.3
-	Ecological Economics	ca. 6.3
-	Journal of Transport Geography	ca. 6.3
103	Accident Analysis and Prevention	ca. 6.2
-	Human Resource Management Journal	ca. 6.2
-	RELC Journal	ca. 6.2
-	American Sociological Review	ca. 6.2
-	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	ca. 6.2
-	Annual Review of Criminology	ca. 6.2
-	American Economic Journal-Applied Economics	ca. 6.2
-	Communication Theory	ca. 6.2
111	International Security	ca. 6.1
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	ca. 6.1
-	Progress in Human Geography	ca. 6.1
-	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	ca. 6.1
-	Policy and Society	ca. 6.1
116	Journal of Medical Internet Research	ca. 6
-	Journal of Human Resources	ca. 6
-	Value in Health	ca. 6
-	Food Policy	ca. 6
120	Big Data & Society	ca. 5.9
-	Environmental Politics	ca. 5.9
-	International Journal of Advertising	ca. 5.9
-	Sports Medicine-Open	ca. 5.9
-	Land Use Policy	ca. 5.9
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	ca. 5.9
126	American Political Science Review	ca. 5.8
-	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	ca. 5.8
128	Recall	ca. 5.7
-	Journal of Rural Studies	ca. 5.7
-	American Economic Journal-Macroeconomics	ca. 5.7
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	ca. 5.7
-	International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning	ca. 5.7
-	Journal of Medical Systems	ca. 5.7
-	International Journal of Tourism Research	ca. 5.7
-	Travel Behaviour and Society	ca. 5.7
136	System	ca. 5.6
-	International Review of Economics & Finance	ca. 5.6
-	American Journal of Political Science	ca. 5.6
139	Journal of Science Education and Technology	ca. 5.5
-	China Economic Review	ca. 5.5
-	Assessing Writing	ca. 5.5
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	ca. 5.5
-	Journal of Communication	ca. 5.5
144	Trauma Violence & Abuse	ca. 5.4
-	Human Relations	ca. 5.4
-	Digital Journalism	ca. 5.4
-	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	ca. 5.4
-	Political Analysis	ca. 5.4
-	Education and Information Technologies	ca. 5.4
-	Applied Geography	ca. 5.4
-	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	ca. 5.4
-	Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching	ca. 5.4
-	Review of Financial Studies	ca. 5.4
154	Interactive Learning Environments	ca. 5.3
-	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	ca. 5.3
-	Transport Policy	ca. 5.3
-	Addiction	ca. 5.3
158	Academy of Management Learning & Education	ca. 5.2
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	ca. 5.2
-	Climate Policy	ca. 5.2
-	Yale Law Journal	ca. 5.2
-	Journal of Planning Literature	ca. 5.2
-	Academic Medicine	ca. 5.2
-	Medical Education	ca. 5.2
-	Criminology	ca. 5.2
166	Language Teaching	ca. 5.1
-	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	ca. 5.1
-	International Journal of Health Policy and Management	ca. 5.1
-	Political Communication	ca. 5.1
-	Public Administration	ca. 5.1
171	Biology of Sport	ca. 5
-	Social Science & Medicine	ca. 5
-	Contemporary Security Policy	ca. 5
-	Journal of Labor Economics	ca. 5
-	Journal of Vacation Marketing	ca. 5

-	Journal of Research on Technology in Education	ca. 5
-	Climate Risk Management	ca. 5
-	Journal of Economic Surveys	ca. 5
-	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	ca. 5
180	Innovations in Education and Teaching International	ca. 4.9
-	Educational Researcher	ca. 4.9
-	Learning and Instruction	ca. 4.9
-	Political Geography	ca. 4.9
-	Policy Studies Journal	ca. 4.9
-	Studies in Second Language Acquisition	ca. 4.9
-	Social Media + Society	ca. 4.9
-	Public Administration Review	ca. 4.9
-	Journal of Computing in Higher Education	ca. 4.9
-	Journal of Educational Computing Research	ca. 4.9
-	IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies	ca. 4.9
-	Public Management Review	ca. 4.9
192	Population and Development Review	ca. 4.8
-	Energy & Environment	ca. 4.8
-	Journal of Peasant Studies	ca. 4.8
-	Transportation Science	ca. 4.8
-	Maritime Economics & Logistics	ca. 4.8
-	Metacognition and Learning	ca. 4.8
-	World Development	ca. 4.8
-	Journal of Urban Economics	ca. 4.8
-	Small Business Economics	ca. 4.8

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