International Relations: 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	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade	28
2	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	26
3	International Affairs	24
-	World Economy	24
5	Review of International Political Economy	22
6	Journal of European Integration	20
7	New Political Economy	19
-	Global Policy	19
9	International Studies Quarterly	18
-	Journal of Peace Research	18
11	European Security	17
-	Globalizations	17
-	Contemporary Security Policy	17
14	International Studies Review	16
-	Review of International Organizations	16
-	European Journal of International Relations	16
17	Journal of Conflict Resolution	15
-	Review of International Studies	15
19	Global Environmental Politics	14
-	Australian Journal of International Affairs	14
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	14
-	Journal of International Relations and Development	14
-	Space Policy	14
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	14
-	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	14
26	Journal of Human Rights	12
-	Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding	12
-	Survival	12
-	Cooperation and Conflict	12
-	International Organization	12
-	International Political Sociology	12
-	Journal of the Japanese and International Economies	12
-	Pacific Review	12
-	Politics	12
-	Security Dialogue	12
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	12
37	World Trade Review	11
38	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	10
-	International Politics	10
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	10
-	Latin American Politics and Society	10
-	American Journal of International Law	10
-	Chinese Journal of International Politics	10
-	International Relations	10
-	International Security	10
-	International Theory	10
-	Review of World Economics	10
-	Human Geography	10
49	European Journal of International Law	9
-	International Studies Perspectives	9

-	Security Studies	9
-	Washington Quarterly	9
-	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	9
-	Foreign Policy Analysis	9
-	Millennium-Journal of International Studies	9
56	Common Market Law Review	8
-	Conflict Management and Peace Science	8
-	Current History	8
-	International Interactions	8
-	International Journal of Transitional Justice	8
-	International Peacekeeping	8
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	8
-	Peacebuilding	8
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	8
-	Intelligence and National Security	8
-	Mediterranean Politics	8
-	Ocean Development and International Law	8
68	Journal of World Trade	7
-	Middle East Policy	7
-	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	7
-	Ethics & International Affairs	7
-	Asia Europe Journal	7
73	Contemporary Southeast Asia	6
-	Human Rights Law Review	6
-	Uluslararasi Iliskiler-International Relations	6
-	International Journal	6
77	International Relations of the Asia-Pacific	5
-	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	5
-	Global Governance	5
80	Chinese Journal of International Law	4
-	Pacific Focus	4
-	Korea Observer	4
83	Diplomacy & Statecraft	3
-	Journal of Cold War Studies	3
85	Internasjonal Politikk	2
-	War in History	2