Area Studies

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	European Security	5.755
2	Latin American Research Review	5.543
3	Journal of Chinese Political Science	5.105
4	Post-Soviet Affairs	4.774
5	Journal of Contemporary China	3.659
6	Economic Development and Cultural Change	3.149
7	Pacific Review	2.805
8	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	2.782
9	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	2.473
10	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	2.319
11	African Affairs	2.237
12	Pacific Affairs	2.101
13	Journal of Eastern African Studies	2.094
14	Central Asian Survey	2.086
15	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	2.041
16	Journal of Asian Public Policy	2.032
17	Africa Spectrum	2.020
18	Journal of Contemporary Asia	2.017
19	Turkish Studies	1.918
20	Critical Asian Studies	1.791
21	Asian Survey	1.714
22	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	1.696
23	Journal of Asian and African Studies	1.674
24	Eurasian Geography and Economics	1.562
25	China Quarterly	1.538
26	Review of African Political Economy	1.516
27	Latin American Politics and Society	1.396
28	Middle East Critique	1.356
29	African Studies	1.310
30	Modern China	1.271
31	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.263
32	Journal of Modern African Studies	1.254
33	China Information	1.248
34	Mediterranean Politics	1.149
35	East European Politics and Societies	1.137
36	Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies	1.127
37	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	0.974
38	Contemporary Southeast Asia	0.940
39	Europe-Asia Studies	0.937
40	Journal of Southern African Studies	0.930
41	India Review	0.864
42	Middle East Policy	0.786
43	Social Science Japan Journal	0.781
44	Asian Studies Review	0.760
45	Bilig	0.727
46	Journal of Baltic Studies	0.702
47	Latin American Perspectives	0.677
48	East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal	0.665
49	Modern Asian Studies	0.650
50	Journal of Palestine Studies	0.619

51	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	0.615
52	Contemporary South Asia	0.607
53	European Review	0.603
54	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	0.595
55	Pacific Focus	0.594
56	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	0.574
57	Israel Affairs	0.566
58	China Journal	0.550
59	Africa	0.539
60	Bulletin of Latin American Research	0.502
61	International Journal of Middle East Studies	0.400
62	Journal of Australian Studies	0.374
63	Journal of Latin American Studies	0.371
64	African Studies Review	0.365
65	Korea Observer	0.356
66	Middle Eastern Studies	0.353
67	Iranian Studies	0.288
68	Contemporary Pacific	0.268
69	Modern Italy	0.246
70	Middle East Journal	0.229
71	African and Asian Studies	0.216
72	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	0.132
73	Journal of Asian Studies	0.096
74	Slavic Review	0.069
75	London Journal	0.062
76	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	0.022