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	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	2.346
8	Pacific Review	2.287
9	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	2.137
10	African Affairs	1.978
11	Journal of Contemporary Asia	1.969
12	Africa Spectrum	1.824
13	Central Asian Survey	1.784
14	Pacific Affairs	1.688
15	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	1.684
16	Critical Asian Studies	1.583
-	Turkish Studies	1.583
18	Asian Survey	1.480
19	Journal of Asian and African Studies	1.475
20	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	1.459
21	African Studies	1.423
22	Eurasian Geography and Economics	1.417
23	China Information	1.372
24	China Quarterly	1.266
25	Review of African Political Economy	1.196
26	East European Politics and Societies	1.121
27	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.103
28	Modern China	1.094
29	Mediterranean Politics	1.085
30	Latin American Politics and Society	1.025
31	Journal of Modern African Studies	0.918
32	Europe-Asia Studies	0.890
33	Latin American Perspectives	0.850
34	Asian Studies Review	0.792
35	Journal of Southern African Studies	0.733
36	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	0.723
37	Social Science Japan Journal	0.660
-	Africa	0.660
39	Bilig	0.643
40	India Review	0.625
41	Contemporary Southeast Asia	0.602
42	Journal of Baltic Studies	0.593
43	Middle East Policy	0.589
44	Pacific Focus	0.586
45	Journal of Palestine Studies	0.541
46	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	0.538
47	Modern Asian Studies	0.528
48	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	0.491
49	European Review	0.480
50	Contemporary South Asia	0.478

51	Bulletin of Latin American Research	0.460
52	China Journal	0.436
-	Israel Affairs	0.436
54	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	0.431
55	International Journal of Middle East Studies	0.358
56	Middle Eastern Studies	0.355
57	Journal of Latin American Studies	0.313
58	Journal of Australian Studies	0.297
59	African Studies Review	0.294
60	Contemporary Pacific	0.275
61	Korea Observer	0.240
62	Modern Italy	0.230
63	Iranian Studies	0.226
64	Middle East Journal	0.211
65	African and Asian Studies	0.190
66	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	0.101
67	London Journal	0.095
68	Journal of Asian Studies	0.087
69	Slavic Review	0.053
70	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	0.022