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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	25
2	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade	24
3	International Affairs	23
4	World Economy	21
5	Review of International Political Economy	20
6	Journal of European Integration	18
-	Global Policy	18
8	International Studies Quarterly	17
9	Review of International Studies	16
-	International Studies Review	16
-	New Political Economy	16
-	European Security	16
13	Journal of Peace Research	15
14	International Organization	14
-	Review of International Organizations	14
-	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	14
-	Contemporary Security Policy	14
-	Politics	14
-	Globalizations	14
20	Journal of the Japanese and International Economies	13
-	Global Environmental Politics	13
22	International Political Sociology	12
-	International Security	12
-	European Journal of International Relations	12
-	Journal of Conflict Resolution	12
-	Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding	12
-	Review of World Economics	12
-	Security Dialogue	12
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	12
30	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	11
-	Journal of International Relations and Development	11
-	Survival	11
-	World Politics	11
-	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	11
-	Australian Journal of International Affairs	11
36	Security Studies	10
-	Cooperation and Conflict	10
-	International Politics	10
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	10
40	Pacific Review	9
-	Human Geography	9
-	Chinese Journal of International Politics	9
-	International Interactions	9
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	9
-	Journal of Human Rights	9
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	9
-	Latin American Politics and Society	9
-	Space Policy	9
-	World Trade Review	9
-	American Journal of International Law	9

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