Area Studies

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Latin American Research Review	6.171
2	European Security	5.963
3	Journal of Chinese Political Science	5.681
4	Post-Soviet Affairs	5.144
5	East European Politics	3.791
6	Journal of Contemporary China	3.632
7	Economic Development and Cultural Change	3.373
8	Pacific Review	3.166
9	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	2.938
10	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	2.883
11	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	2.458
12	African Affairs	2.396
13	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	2.245
14	Journal of Asian Public Policy	2.232
15	Journal of Contemporary Asia	2.205
16	Journal of Eastern African Studies	2.064
17	Central Asian Survey	2.059
18	Turkish Studies	2.045
19	Asian Survey	1.885
20	Eurasian Geography and Economics	1.881
21	Critical Asian Studies	1.879
22	Africa Spectrum	1.871
23	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	1.867
24	Pacific Affairs	1.818
25	Review of African Political Economy	1.731
26	Journal of Asian and African Studies	1.700
27	Middle East Critique	1.637
28	China Quarterly	1.610
29	Modern China	1.474
30	Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies	1.437
31	Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies	1.413
32	Latin American Politics and Society	1.368
33	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.354
34	East European Politics and Societies	1.307
35	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1.261
36	Mediterranean Politics	1.225
37	China Information	1.200
38	Journal of Modern African Studies	1.184
39	African Studies	1.120
40	Europe-Asia Studies	0.988
41	India Review	0.971
42	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	0.910
43	Middle East Policy	0.907
44	China Perspectives	0.884
45	Journal of Southern African Studies	0.854
46	Social Science Japan Journal	0.841
47	Bilig	0.828
48	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	0.757
49	Contemporary South Asia	0.748
50	Asian Studies Review	0.723

51	Latin American Perspectives	0.714
52	Journal of Palestine Studies	0.703
53	Pacific Focus	0.701
54	European Review	0.677
55	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	0.675
56	Modern Asian Studies	0.651
57	Korea Observer	0.635
58	Journal of Baltic Studies	0.634
59	East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal	0.603
60	Israel Affairs	0.594
61	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	0.576
62	China Journal	0.507
63	Africa	0.469
64	Bulletin of Latin American Research	0.424
65	Journal of Latin American Studies	0.383
66	African Studies Review	0.375
67	International Journal of Middle East Studies	0.368
68	Middle Eastern Studies	0.346
69	Journal of Australian Studies	0.327
70	Contemporary Pacific	0.316
71	Iranian Studies	0.314
72	Modern Italy	0.284
73	African and Asian Studies	0.250
74	Middle East Journal	0.221
75	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	0.140
76	Journal of Asian Studies	0.097
77	London Journal	0.072
78	Slavic Review	0.070
79	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	0.022