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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01)

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

-	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	6
-	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	6
-	Social Science Japan Journal	6
54	European Review	5
-	India Review	5
-	Journal of Latin American Studies	5
-	Journal of Palestine Studies	5
-	Modern China	5
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	5
-	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	5
-	International Journal of Middle East Studies	5
-	Israel Affairs	5
-	Journal of Baltic Studies	5
-	Modern Asian Studies	5
65	Bilig	4
-	Middle Eastern Studies	4
-	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	4
-	Journal of Australian Studies	4
-	Middle East Critique	4
70	Iranian Studies	3
-	African and Asian Studies	3
-	Contemporary Pacific	3
-	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	3
-	Middle East Journal	3
-	Modern Italy	3
-	Pacific Focus	3
77	Asian Journal of Social Science	2
-	Korea Observer	2
-	London Journal	2
80	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	1