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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	International Affairs	26
-	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade	26
3	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	25
4	World Economy	24
5	Review of International Political Economy	23
6	Journal of European Integration	22
7	Global Policy	21
8	Journal of Peace Research	19
-	New Political Economy	19
10	Review of International Studies	18
11	International Studies Quarterly	17
-	Globalizations	17
-	International Studies Review	17
14	European Journal of International Relations	16
-	Review of International Organizations	16
16	Contemporary Security Policy	15
-	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	15
-	Journal of Conflict Resolution	15
19	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	14
-	Journal of International Relations and Development	14
-	Space Policy	14
-	Global Environmental Politics	14
-	Australian Journal of International Affairs	14
24	International Organization	13
-	Pacific Review	13
-	Security Dialogue	13
-	European Security	13
-	Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding	13
29	Cooperation and Conflict	12
-	International Political Sociology	12
-	International Security	12
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	12
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	12
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	12
-	Latin American Politics and Society	12
36	International Relations	11
-	International Theory	11
-	Journal of the Japanese and International Economies	11
-	Politics	11
-	International Politics	11
-	Survival	11
-	World Trade Review	11
-	American Journal of International Law	11
44	Human Geography	10
-	Chinese Journal of International Politics	10
-	Security Studies	10
-	Washington Quarterly	10
-	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	10
49	Foreign Policy Analysis	9
-	Mediterranean Politics	9

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