Area Studies: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Chinese Political Science	18
2	China Quarterly	17
-	European Security	17
4	Post-Soviet Affairs	15
5	Journal of Contemporary China	14
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	14
7	Journal of Asian and African Studies	13
-	Economic Development and Cultural Change	13
-	Journal of Contemporary Asia	13
-	Turkish Studies	13
11	Middle East Critique	12
-	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	12
-	Pacific Review	12
14	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	11
-	East European Politics	11
-	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	11
-	Eurasian Geography and Economics	11
18	Europe-Asia Studies	10
-	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	10
-	Central Asian Survey	10
-	Latin American Politics and Society	10
22	Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies	9
-	China Journal	9
-	Critical Asian Studies	9
-	Journal of Modern African Studies	9
-	African Affairs	9
27	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	8
-	Asian Studies Review	8
-	Contemporary South Asia	8
-	Journal of Asian Public Policy	8
-	Mediterranean Politics	8
-	Asian Survey	8
-	Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies	8
-	East European Politics and Societies	8
35	European Review	7
-	Journal of Latin American Studies	7
-	Journal of Southern African Studies	7
-	Latin American Perspectives	7
-	Modern Asian Studies	7
-	Africa	7
-	African Studies Review	7
-	Journal of Eastern African Studies	7
-	Middle East Policy	7
-	Pacific Affairs	7
-	Review of African Political Economy	7
-	Africa Spectrum	7
47	Journal of Palestine Studies	6
-	Social Science Japan Journal	6
-	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	6
-	International Journal of Middle East Studies	6

-	Israel Affairs	6
-	Journal of Baltic Studies	6
-	Modern China	6
-	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	6
-	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	6
-	China Information	6
-	China Perspectives	6
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	6
59	India Review	5
-	Modern Italy	5
-	African and Asian Studies	5
-	East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal	5
63	Journal of Asian Studies	4
-	Middle East Journal	4
-	Pacific Focus	4
-	Slavic Review	4
-	Bilig	4
-	Journal of Australian Studies	4
-	Korea Observer	4
-	Middle Eastern Studies	4
-	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	4
-	African Studies	4
-	Bulletin of Latin American Research	4
74	Iranian Studies	3
-	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	3
76	London Journal	2
-	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	2
-	Contemporary Pacific	2