Area Studies

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	European Security	6.000
2	Latin American Research Review	5.976
3	Journal of Chinese Political Science	5.153
4	Post-Soviet Affairs	5.016
5	Journal of Contemporary China	3.745
6	Economic Development and Cultural Change	3.310
7	Pacific Review	3.000
8	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	2.865
9	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	2.634
10	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	2.463
11	African Affairs	2.328
12	Central Asian Survey	2.184
13	Journal of Eastern African Studies	2.179
14	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	2.147
15	Journal of Asian Public Policy	2.138
16	Journal of Contemporary Asia	2.074
17	Critical Asian Studies	1.940
18	Turkish Studies	1.927
19	Africa Spectrum	1.848
20	Asian Survey	1.771
21	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	1.757
22	Eurasian Geography and Economics	1.736
23	Journal of Asian and African Studies	1.715
24	Pacific Affairs	1.696
25	China Quarterly	1.588
26	Review of African Political Economy	1.574
27	Latin American Politics and Society	1.476
28	China Information	1.390
29	Middle East Critique	1.370
30	African Studies	1.352
31	Modern China	1.344
32	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.311
33	East European Politics and Societies	1.266
34	Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies	1.257
35	Journal of Modern African Studies	1.218
36	Mediterranean Politics	1.204
37	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1.108
38	Europe-Asia Studies	0.975
39	Journal of Southern African Studies	0.915
40	India Review	0.913
41	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	0.858
42	Middle East Policy	0.851
43	Bilig	0.820
44	Social Science Japan Journal	0.814
45	Asian Studies Review	0.750
46	Journal of Baltic Studies	0.680
47	Latin American Perspectives	0.670
48	East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal	0.665
49	Contemporary South Asia	0.662
50	Journal of Palestine Studies	0.660

51	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	0.655
52	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	0.650
53	Modern Asian Studies	0.631
54	Pacific Focus	0.624
55	European Review	0.617
56	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	0.613
57	Israel Affairs	0.599
58	China Journal	0.585
59	Africa	0.548
60	Bulletin of Latin American Research	0.495
61	Korea Observer	0.433
62	International Journal of Middle East Studies	0.394
63	Journal of Australian Studies	0.374
64	Journal of Latin American Studies	0.371
65	African Studies Review	0.367
66	Middle Eastern Studies	0.350
67	Iranian Studies	0.308
68	Contemporary Pacific	0.304
69	Modern Italy	0.266
70	African and Asian Studies	0.253
71	Middle East Journal	0.238
72	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	0.127
73	Journal of Asian Studies	0.103
74	Slavic Review	0.065
75	London Journal	0.063
76	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	0.022