Social Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Quarterly Journal of Economics	38
2	Journal of Financial Economics	37
3	American Economic Review	36
4	Nature Sustainability	33
5	Computers & Education	30
6	Tourism Management	29
7	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	27
-	Journal of Finance	27
-	Review of Financial Studies	27
-	Educational Psychologist	27
11	Sustainable Production and Consumption	26
-	Technology in Society	26
-	Journal of Economic Perspectives	26
-	Annual Review of Economics	26
-	International Journal of Hospitality Management	26
16	Business Strategy and the Environment	25
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	25
-	Annual Review of Sociology	25
19	Nature Climate Change	24
20	Energy Economics	23
-	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	23
22	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	22
-	npj Digital Medicine	22
24	Annals of Tourism Research	20
-	Educational Research Review	20
-	Energy Policy	20
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	20
28	Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review	19
-	Energy Research & Social Science	19
-	Sports Medicine	19
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	19
32	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	18
-	Transport Reviews	18
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	18
-	One Earth	18
-	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	18
-	Journal of Sport and Health Science	18
-	Review of Educational Research	18
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	18
-	Ecosystem Services	18
-	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	18
42	Econometrica	17
-	Resources Policy	17
-	Review of Finance	17
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	17
-	Oeconomia Copernicana	17
-	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	17
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	17
-	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	17
50	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	16

-	Journal of Medical Internet Research	16
-	Review of Economic Studies	16
-	European Transport Research Review	16
-	Food Policy	16
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	16
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	16
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	16
-	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	16
-	Tourism Management Perspectives	16
-	Internet and Higher Education	16
-	Annual Review of Political Science	16
-	Land Use Policy	16
63	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	15
-	American Sociological Review	15
-	British Journal of Educational Technology	15
-	Implementation Science	15
-	International Journal of Nursing Studies	15
-	Journal of Political Economy	15
-	Journal of Medical Systems	15
-	Transport Policy	15
-	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	15
-	World Development	15
-	World Politics	15
-	Journal of Travel Research	15
75	Ecological Economics	14
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	14
-	Computer Assisted Language Learning	14
-	Journal of Advertising	14
-	International Journal of Stem Education	14
-	Journal of Rural Studies	14
-	Sports Medicine-Open	14
-	International Organization	14
83	Climate Policy	13
-	Travel Behaviour and Society	13
-	European Research on Management and Business Economics	13
-	Journal of Accounting & Economics	13
-	Health Policy and Planning	13
-	Policy and Society	13
-	Journal of Monetary Economics	13
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	13
-	Cities	13
-	Progress in Human Geography	13
-	Environment and Behavior	13
-	Telecommunications Policy	13
-	Journal of Educational Computing Research	13
-	Information Technology & Tourism	13
-	American Review of Public Administration	13
-	Habitat International	13
-	Journal of Transport Geography	13
-	Journal of Social Issues	13
101	Digital Journalism	12
-	China Economic Review	12
-	Financial Innovation	12
-	Tourism Review	12
-	Big Data & Society	12
-	International Journal of Health Services	12
-	JMIR Serious Games	12
-	British Journal of Sports Medicine	12
-	Economic Analysis and Policy	12
-	Economic Geography	12
-	European Societies	12
-	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	12
-	Pragmatics	12
-	Recall	12
-	Journal of Air Transport Management	12
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	12
-	International Journal of Forecasting	12
-	New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development	12
-	Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews	12
-	Health Affairs	12
-	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	12
-	Journal of Research on Technology in Education	12
123	Science Communication	11
-	Transportation Science	11
-	Sport Management Review	11
-	Journal of Business Ethics	11
-	International Journal of Advertising	11
-	International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning	11
-	Human Relations	11
-	Learning and Instruction	11
-	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	11
-	Journal of Urban Economics	11
-	Comunicar	11
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	11
-	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	11
-	Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour	11
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	11
-	Small Business Economics	11
-	Journal of Development Economics	11
-	American Political Science Review	11
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	11
-	Drug and Alcohol Dependence	11
-	Education for Chemical Engineers	11
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	11
145	Palliative Medicine	10
-	Science and Engineering Ethics	10
-	Substance Abuse	10
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	10
-	Sustainable Development	10
-	Educational Researcher	10
-	Emerging Markets Review	10
-	Journal of Archaeological Research	10
-	Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	10
-	Annual Review of Criminology	10
-	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	10
-	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	10
-	Human Resource Management Journal	10
-	Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education	10
-	Addictive Behaviors	10
-	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	10
-	Hematology-American Society of Hematology Education Program	10
-	Marine Policy	10
-	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	10
-	Journal of Financial Stability	10
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	10
-	Journal of Responsible Innovation	10
-	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	10
-	Current Issues in Tourism	10
-	Journal of Nursing Management	10
-	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	10
-	Public Relations Review	10
-	Ethics and Information Technology	10
-	Economic Modelling	10
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	10
-	Social Science & Medicine	10

-	Forest Policy and Economics	10
-	International Journal of Tourism Research	10
-	Journal of Competitiveness	10
-	Borsa Istanbul Review	10
-	International Journal of Drug Policy	10
-	International Journal of Medical Informatics	10
-	Journal of Public Economics	10
-	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	10
184	Criminology	9
-	Current Addiction Reports	9
-	Public Administration	9
-	Reading Research Quarterly	9
-	Trauma Violence & Abuse	9
-	ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development	9
-	Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja	9
-	Studies in Educational Evaluation	9
-	Social Media + Society	9
-	Education and Training	9
-	Environmental Politics	9
-	Journal of Economic Surveys	9
-	International Journal of Sustainable Transportation	9
-	Journal of Computing in Higher Education	9
-	Geoforum	9
-	Applied Geography	9
-	American Journal of Physical Anthropology	9

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