Area Studies

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
1 China Journal ca. 4.7
2 Journal of Chinese Political Science ca. 4.6
3 European Security ca. 2.7
4 Post-Soviet Affairs ca. 2.5
5 Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs ca. 2.4
- Journal of Contemporary China ca. 2.4
7 Pacific Review ca. 2.3
- China Information ca. 2.3
9 Journal of Contemporary Asia ca. 2
- Economic Development and Cultural Change ca. 2
- Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies ca. 2
- East European Politics ca. 2
13 African Affairs ca. 1.9
- Africa Spectrum ca. 1.9
15 Asia Pacific Viewpoint ca. 1.8
16 Eurasian Geography and Economics ca. 1.7
- Latin American Politics and Society ca. 1.7
- Critical Asian Studies ca. 1.7
19 Journal of Asian Public Policy ca. 1.5
20 Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies ca. 1.4
- Pacific Affairs ca. 1.4
- China Perspectives ca. 1.4
- Review of African Political Economy ca. 1.4
24 Journal of Asian Studies ca. 1.3
- Slavic Review ca. 1.3
- Mediterranean Politics ca. 1.3
- International Journal of Middle East Studies ca. 1.3
- Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity ca. 1.3
- Journal of Modern African Studies ca. 1.3
- Asian Survey ca. 1.3
31 Africa ca. 1.2
- Turkish Studies ca. 1.2
- Social Science Japan Journal ca. 1.2
- Europe-Asia Studies ca. 1.2
- Asian Studies Review ca. 1.2
- Journal of Palestine Studies ca. 1.2
- Journal of Contemporary European Studies ca. 1.2
38 Journal of Asian and African Studies ca. 1.1
- Central Asian Survey ca. 1.1
- Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies ca. 1.1
41 Modern Asian Studies ca. 1
- Modern China ca. 1
- IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies ca. 1
- African Studies ca. 1
- Contemporary Southeast Asia ca. 1
46 Latin American Perspectives ca. 0.9
- Journal of Eastern African Studies ca. 0.9
48 African Studies Review ca. 0.8
- Bulletin of Latin American Research ca. 0.8
- Middle East Critique ca. 0.8
- Southeast European and Black Sea Studies ca. 0.8
- European Review ca. 0.8
53 Iranian Studies ca. 0.7
- Pacific Focus ca. 0.7
- Journal of Latin American Studies ca. 0.7
- Journal of Baltic Studies ca. 0.7
- Journal of Southern African Studies ca. 0.7
- East European Politics and Societies ca. 0.7
- East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal ca. 0.7
60 Middle East Journal ca. 0.6
- British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies ca. 0.6
- Middle East Policy ca. 0.6
63 South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies ca. 0.5
- India Review ca. 0.5
- Israel Affairs ca. 0.5
- Middle Eastern Studies ca. 0.5
- Contemporary South Asia ca. 0.5
- Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies ca. 0.5
- China-An International Journal ca. 0.5
70 Journal of Southeast Asian Studies ca. 0.4
- Modern Italy ca. 0.4
- Journal of Australian Studies ca. 0.4
73 NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids ca. 0.3
- Korea Observer ca. 0.3
75 London Journal ca. 0.2
- African and Asian Studies ca. 0.2
- German Studies Review ca. 0.2
- Bilig ca. 0.2
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