Area Studies

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Journal of Chinese Political Science	8.128
2	Post-Soviet Affairs	6.144
3	European Security	4.860
4	Journal of Contemporary China	4.697
5	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	3.772
6	Pacific Review	3.762
7	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	3.347
8	Economic Development and Cultural Change	3.335
9	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	3.143
10	East European Politics	3.138
11	Middle East Critique	2.823
12	Journal of Contemporary Asia	2.798
13	Eurasian Geography and Economics	2.770
14	Asian Survey	2.747
15	Critical Asian Studies	2.722
16	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	2.678
17	Journal of Asian Public Policy	2.635
18	Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies	2.342
19	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	2.246
20	Latin American Politics and Society	2.223
21	African Affairs	2.185
22	Turkish Studies	2.100
23	Journal of Eastern African Studies	2.062
24	Journal of Asian and African Studies	1.994
25	Africa Spectrum	1.961
26	Mediterranean Politics	1.863
27	China Quarterly	1.855
28	Review of African Political Economy	1.842
29	East European Politics and Societies	1.749
30	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1.724
31	Modern China	1.714
32	Central Asian Survey	1.700
33	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	1.661
34	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.623
35	Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies	1.520
36	Journal of Palestine Studies	1.422
37	Journal of Modern African Studies	1.366
38	China Information	1.313
39	African Studies	1.238
40	India Review	1.230
41	Middle East Policy	1.228
42	European Review	1.175
43	Korea Observer	1.139
44	Journal of Southern African Studies	1.116
45	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	0.993
46	Bilig	0.992
47	Latin American Perspectives	0.964
48	Asian Studies Review	0.957
49	Contemporary South Asia	0.950
50	Social Science Japan Journal	0.935

51	Modern Asian Studies	0.934
52	Europe-Asia Studies	0.931
53	Pacific Focus	0.889
54	Israel Affairs	0.856
55	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	0.849
56	East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal	0.832
57	Journal of Baltic Studies	0.780
58	China Perspectives	0.779
59	Africa	0.768
60	Journal of Latin American Studies	0.686
61	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	0.599
62	China Journal	0.504
63	Middle Eastern Studies	0.480
64	International Journal of Middle East Studies	0.455
65	African and Asian Studies	0.429
66	Bulletin of Latin American Research	0.404
67	Modern Italy	0.391
-	Journal of Australian Studies	0.391
69	Iranian Studies	0.346
70	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	0.324
71	Pacific Affairs	0.292
72	African Studies Review	0.291
73	Middle East Journal	0.244
74	Contemporary Pacific	0.143
75	London Journal	0.109
76	Journal of Asian Studies	0.104
77	Slavic Review	0.077
78	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	0.076