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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade	27
2	International Affairs	24
3	World Economy	23
-	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	23
5	Journal of European Integration	20
6	Review of International Political Economy	19
7	Global Policy	18
-	New Political Economy	18
9	International Studies Quarterly	17
10	Contemporary Security Policy	16
-	Journal of Peace Research	16
-	Global Environmental Politics	16
-	Globalizations	16
-	International Studies Review	16
15	European Security	15
-	Journal of Conflict Resolution	15
-	Review of International Studies	15
18	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	14
-	European Journal of International Relations	14
-	International Organization	14
-	International Security	14
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	14
-	Australian Journal of International Affairs	14
-	Review of International Organizations	14
25	International Political Sociology	12
-	Journal of International Relations and Development	12
-	Journal of the Japanese and International Economies	12
-	Pacific Review	12
-	Security Dialogue	12
-	Space Policy	12
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	12
-	Journal of Human Rights	12
-	Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding	12
-	Survival	12
35	Cooperation and Conflict	11
-	Politics	11
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	11
-	International Politics	11
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	11
40	World Trade Review	10
-	Chinese Journal of International Politics	10
-	Review of World Economics	10
-	American Journal of International Law	10
-	Latin American Politics and Society	10
-	Security Studies	10
46	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	9
-	Foreign Policy Analysis	9
-	Millennium-Journal of International Studies	9
-	Washington Quarterly	9
-	Human Geography	9

-	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	9
-	Common Market Law Review	9
-	International Interactions	9
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	9
55	Ethics & International Affairs	8
-	International Relations	8
-	International Theory	8
-	World Politics	8
-	Conflict Management and Peace Science	8
-	Current History	8
-	European Journal of International Law	8
-	Human Rights Law Review	8
-	International Journal of Transitional Justice	8
-	International Studies Perspectives	8
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	8
66	Asia Europe Journal	7
-	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	7
-	Intelligence and National Security	7
-	Mediterranean Politics	7
-	Ocean Development and International Law	7
-	International Peacekeeping	7
-	Middle East Policy	7
-	Peacebuilding	7
74	Contemporary Southeast Asia	6
-	Journal of World Trade	6
76	International Journal	5
-	International Relations of the Asia-Pacific	5
-	Uluslararasi Iliskiler-International Relations	5
79	Global Governance	4
-	Journal of Cold War Studies	4
-	Chinese Journal of International Law	4
-	Pacific Focus	4
-	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	4
84	Diplomacy & Statecraft	3
-	Korea Observer	3
-	Internasjonal Politikk	3
87	War in History	2