Area Studies

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Journal of Chinese Political Science	7.853
2	European Security	7.779
3	Post-Soviet Affairs	6.282
4	Journal of Contemporary China	4.336
5	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	3.411
6	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	3.313
7	Pacific Review	3.285
8	East European Politics	3.209
9	Economic Development and Cultural Change	3.176
10	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	2.957
11	Journal of Contemporary Asia	2.641
12	Journal of Asian Public Policy	2.601
13	Middle East Critique	2.579
14	Critical Asian Studies	2.523
15	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	2.463
16	Turkish Studies	2.422
17	Eurasian Geography and Economics	2.417
18	Asian Survey	2.342
19	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	2.327
20	African Affairs	2.304
21	Journal of Eastern African Studies	1.992
22	Latin American Politics and Society	1.990
23	Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies	1.978
24	Central Asian Survey	1.960
25	Journal of Asian and African Studies	1.870
26	China Quarterly	1.840
27	Africa Spectrum	1.783
28	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.752
29	East European Politics and Societies	1.738
30	Pacific Affairs	1.667
31	Review of African Political Economy	1.616
32	Mediterranean Politics	1.585
33	Modern China	1.584
34	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	1.446
35	Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies	1.392
36	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1.337
37	Journal of Palestine Studies	1.249
38	China Information	1.217
39	Journal of Modern African Studies	1.213
40	Middle East Policy	1.119
41	Social Science Japan Journal	1.092
42	Journal of Southern African Studies	1.062
43	Bilig	1.044
44	India Review	1.010
45	African Studies	1.000
-	Korea Observer	1.000
-	European Review	1.000
48	Contemporary South Asia	0.966
49	Europe-Asia Studies	0.914
50	Asian Studies Review	0.901

51	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	0.899
52	Modern Asian Studies	0.870
53	Latin American Perspectives	0.830
54	Pacific Focus	0.796
55	Journal of Baltic Studies	0.790
56	East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal	0.770
57	Israel Affairs	0.758
58	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	0.744
59	China Perspectives	0.676
60	Africa	0.622
61	China Journal	0.613
62	Journal of Latin American Studies	0.608
63	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	0.520
64	Middle Eastern Studies	0.455
65	International Journal of Middle East Studies	0.452
66	Modern Italy	0.391
67	Journal of Australian Studies	0.379
68	African and Asian Studies	0.369
69	Bulletin of Latin American Research	0.346
70	African Studies Review	0.337
71	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	0.325
72	Iranian Studies	0.310
73	Middle East Journal	0.267
74	Contemporary Pacific	0.112
75	Journal of Asian Studies	0.106
76	London Journal	0.088
77	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	0.061
-	Slavic Review	0.061