Area Studies: 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 are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor
1	Journal of Chinese Political Science	ca. 4.4
2	China Journal	ca. 4.3
3	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	ca. 4.1
4	Eurasian Geography and Economics	ca. 3.8
5	East European Politics	ca. 3.2
6	African Affairs	ca. 2.8
7	Critical Asian Studies	ca. 2.6
-	Journal of Contemporary China	ca. 2.6
9	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	ca. 2.5
-	China Quarterly	ca. 2.5
11	Journal of Contemporary Asia	ca. 2.2
-	Post-Soviet Affairs	ca. 2.2
13	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	ca. 2.1
-	Pacific Review	ca. 2.1
-	China Information	ca. 2.1
-	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	ca. 2.1
17	Journal of Asian Public Policy	ca. 2
-	Economic Development and Cultural Change	ca. 2
-	Africa Spectrum	ca. 2
20	Journal of Asian Studies	ca. 1.9
-	Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies	ca. 1.9
-	Latin American Politics and Society	ca. 1.9
23	Mediterranean Politics	ca. 1.7
24	Middle East Critique	ca. 1.6
-	China Perspectives	ca. 1.6
-	African Studies Review	ca. 1.6
-	Pacific Affairs	ca. 1.6
-	European Security	ca. 1.6
29	Contemporary South Asia	ca. 1.4
-	Europe-Asia Studies	ca. 1.4
-	Journal of Eastern African Studies	ca. 1.4
32	Review of African Political Economy	ca. 1.3
-	Turkish Studies	ca. 1.3
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	ca. 1.3
35	Africa	ca. 1.2
-	Asian Studies Review	ca. 1.2
-	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	ca. 1.2
-	Central Asian Survey	ca. 1.2
39	Social Science Japan Journal	ca. 1.1
-	Journal of Latin American Studies	ca. 1.1
41	Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies	ca. 1
-	International Journal of Middle East Studies	ca. 1
-	Journal of Asian and African Studies	ca. 1
-	Modern China	ca. 1
45	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	ca. 0.9
-	Modern Asian Studies	ca. 0.9
-	African Studies	ca. 0.9
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	ca. 0.9
-	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	ca. 0.9
-	Slavic Review	ca. 0.9

-	Asian Survey	ca. 0.9
-	Bulletin of Latin American Research	ca. 0.9
53	Latin American Research Review	ca. 0.8
-	Journal of Palestine Studies	ca. 0.8
-	East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal	ca. 0.8
-	Journal of Modern African Studies	ca. 0.8
-	India Review	ca. 0.8
58	East European Politics and Societies	ca. 0.7
-	Latin American Perspectives	ca. 0.7
-	Middle East Journal	ca. 0.7
-	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	ca. 0.7
62	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	ca. 0.6
-	Contemporary Pacific	ca. 0.6
-	Pacific Focus	ca. 0.6
-	Asian Journal of Social Science	ca. 0.6
66	Modern Italy	ca. 0.5
-	London Journal	ca. 0.5
-	China-An International Journal	ca. 0.5
-	Middle Eastern Studies	ca. 0.5
-	Korea Observer	ca. 0.5
-	Journal of Australian Studies	ca. 0.5
-	Journal of Southern African Studies	ca. 0.5
-	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	ca. 0.5
-	Middle East Policy	ca. 0.5
75	European Review	ca. 0.4
-	African and Asian Studies	ca. 0.4
-	Journal of Baltic Studies	ca. 0.4
-	Israel Affairs	ca. 0.4
79	Iranian Studies	ca. 0.3
80	German Studies Review	ca. 0.2
81	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	ca. 0.1
-	Bilig	ca. 0.1