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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade	28
2	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	23
3	World Economy	20
-	International Affairs	20
5	Review of International Political Economy	19
6	Journal of European Integration	18
-	Global Policy	18
8	New Political Economy	17
9	International Studies Quarterly	16
10	International Studies Review	15
-	Review of International Studies	15
-	European Security	15
-	Global Environmental Politics	15
14	Globalizations	14
-	Journal of Peace Research	14
-	European Journal of International Relations	14
17	Review of International Organizations	13
-	Politics	13
-	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	13
-	Contemporary Security Policy	13
21	Journal of Conflict Resolution	12
-	Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding	12
-	International Organization	12
-	Journal of the Japanese and International Economies	12
25	Survival	11
-	World Politics	11
-	Review of World Economics	11
-	Security Dialogue	11
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	11
30	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	10
-	International Political Sociology	10
-	International Security	10
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	10
-	Journal of International Relations and Development	10
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	10
36	International Politics	9
-	Journal of Human Rights	9
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	9
-	Security Studies	9
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	9
-	Australian Journal of International Affairs	9
-	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	9
-	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	9
-	Chinese Journal of International Politics	9
-	Cooperation and Conflict	9
46	International Interactions	8
-	Latin American Politics and Society	8
-	Human Geography	8
-	American Journal of International Law	8
-	Current History	8

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