Area Studies

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Latin American Research Review	5.000
2	European Security	4.929
3	Journal of Chinese Political Science	4.103
4	Post-Soviet Affairs	3.983
5	Journal of Contemporary China	2.962
6	Economic Development and Cultural Change	2.927
7	East European Politics	2.904
8	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	2.813
9	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	2.346
10	Pacific Review	2.287
11	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	2.137
12	African Affairs	1.978
13	Journal of Contemporary Asia	1.969
14	Africa Spectrum	1.824
15	Central Asian Survey	1.784
16	Journal of Eastern African Studies	1.783
17	Pacific Affairs	1.688
18	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	1.684
19	Journal of Asian Public Policy	1.682
20	Critical Asian Studies	1.583
-	Turkish Studies	1.583
22	Asian Survey	1.480
23	Journal of Asian and African Studies	1.475
24	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	1.459
25	African Studies	1.423
26	Eurasian Geography and Economics	1.417
27	China Information	1.372
28	Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies	1.269
29	China Quarterly	1.266
30	Review of African Political Economy	1.196
31	East European Politics and Societies	1.121
32	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.103
33	Modern China	1.094
34	Mediterranean Politics	1.085
35	Latin American Politics and Society	1.025
36	Middle East Critique	0.994
37	Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies	0.924
38	Journal of Modern African Studies	0.918
39	Europe-Asia Studies	0.890
40	Latin American Perspectives	0.850
41	Asian Studies Review	0.792
42	China Perspectives	0.759
43	Journal of Southern African Studies	0.733
44	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	0.723
45	East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal	0.671
46	Africa	0.660
-	Social Science Japan Journal	0.660
48	Bilig	0.643
49	India Review	0.625
50	Contemporary Southeast Asia	0.602

51	Journal of Baltic Studies	0.593
52	Middle East Policy	0.589
53	Pacific Focus	0.586
54	Journal of Palestine Studies	0.541
55	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	0.538
56	Modern Asian Studies	0.528
57	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	0.491
58	European Review	0.480
59	Contemporary South Asia	0.478
60	Bulletin of Latin American Research	0.460
61	China Journal	0.436
-	Israel Affairs	0.436
63	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	0.431
64	International Journal of Middle East Studies	0.358
65	Middle Eastern Studies	0.355
66	Journal of Latin American Studies	0.313
67	Journal of Australian Studies	0.297
68	African Studies Review	0.294
69	Contemporary Pacific	0.275
70	Korea Observer	0.240
71	Modern Italy	0.230
72	Iranian Studies	0.226
73	Middle East Journal	0.211
74	African and Asian Studies	0.190
75	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	0.101
76	London Journal	0.095
77	Journal of Asian Studies	0.087
78	Slavic Review	0.053
79	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	0.022