International Relations: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2025
1	International Security	ca. 6.5
2	Global Environmental Politics	ca. 5.2
3	International Affairs	ca. 5
-	Review of International Political Economy	ca. 5
5	International Organization	ca. 4.8
6	Foreign Affairs	ca. 4.7
7	Contemporary Security Policy	ca. 4.5
8	Chinese Journal of International Politics	ca. 4.1
9	International Studies Review	ca. 4
-	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	ca. 4
11	Review of International Organizations	ca. 3.7
-	European Journal of International Relations	ca. 3.7
13	World Politics	ca. 3.6
-	Security Studies	ca. 3.6
15	Current History	ca. 3.5
-	Journal of Peace Research	ca. 3.5
17	Journal of International Relations and Development	ca. 3.4
18	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade	ca. 3.3
-	European Security	ca. 3.3
-	International Studies Quarterly	ca. 3.3
-	Journal of European Integration	ca. 3.3
22	Australian Journal of International Affairs	ca. 3.2
-	International Political Sociology	ca. 3.2
24	Review of International Studies	ca. 3.1
-	World Trade Review	ca. 3.1
26	European Journal of International Law	ca. 3
-	World Economy	ca. 3
-	Cooperation and Conflict	ca. 3
-	International Theory	ca. 3
-	Politics	ca. 3
31	New Political Economy	ca. 2.8
-	International Journal	ca. 2.8
33	Globalizations	ca. 2.7
-	Space Policy	ca. 2.7
35	Journal of the Japanese and International Economies	ca. 2.6
36	Journal of Conflict Resolution	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	ca. 2.5
38	Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding	ca. 2.4
-	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	ca. 2.4
-	Pacific Review	ca. 2.4
-	Security Dialogue	ca. 2.4
42	American Journal of International Law	ca. 2.3
-	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	ca. 2.3
-	International Studies Perspectives	ca. 2.3
-	Latin American Politics and Society	ca. 2.3
46	Common Market Law Review	ca. 2.2
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	ca. 2.2
-	Global Policy	ca. 2.2
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	ca. 2.2
-	Millennium-Journal of International Studies	ca. 2.2

51	International Relations	ca. 2.1
52	Foreign Policy Analysis	ca. 2
53	Chinese Journal of International Law	ca. 1.9
-	International Relations of the Asia-Pacific	ca. 1.9
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	ca. 1.9
-	Ocean Development and International Law	ca. 1.9
-	Review of World Economics	ca. 1.9
58	Washington Quarterly	ca. 1.8
-	International Journal of Transitional Justice	ca. 1.8
-	Asia Europe Journal	ca. 1.8
-	Ethics & International Affairs	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	ca. 1.8
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	ca. 1.8
64	International Peacekeeping	ca. 1.7
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	ca. 1.7
66	Conflict Management and Peace Science	ca. 1.5
-	Middle East Policy	ca. 1.5
-	Human Rights Law Review	ca. 1.5
69	International Interactions	ca. 1.4
-	Peacebuilding	ca. 1.4
-	Survival	ca. 1.4
-	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	ca. 1.4
-	Korea Observer	ca. 1.4
74	Journal of Human Rights	ca. 1.3
-	Journal of World Trade	ca. 1.3
76	Global Governance	ca. 1.2
-	International Politics	ca. 1.2
-	Mediterranean Politics	ca. 1.2
79	Pacific Focus	ca. 1.1
80	Intelligence and National Security	ca. 1
-	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	ca. 1
82	Uluslararasi Iliskiler-International Relations	ca. 0.9
-	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	ca. 0.9
84	Journal of Cold War Studies	ca. 0.6
85	Diplomacy & Statecraft	ca. 0.4
86	War in History	ca. 0.2