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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Journal of Financial Economics	38
2	Quarterly Journal of Economics	36
3	American Economic Review	34
4	Educational Psychologist	30
-	Nature Sustainability	30
6	Tourism Management	29
7	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	28
8	Technology in Society	26
-	Computers & Education	26
10	Sustainable Production and Consumption	25
11	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	24
12	Review of Financial Studies	23
-	Journal of Finance	23
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	23
15	Annual Review of Economics	22
-	Business Strategy and the Environment	22
-	Energy Economics	22
18	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	21
-	International Journal of Hospitality Management	21
20	npj Digital Medicine	20
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	20
-	Energy Policy	20
23	Sports Medicine	19
-	Journal of Economic Perspectives	19
-	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	19
26	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	18
-	Oeconomia Copernicana	18
28	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	17
-	Energy Research & Social Science	17
-	Transport Reviews	17
-	Resources Policy	17
-	Annals of Tourism Research	17
-	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	17
-	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	17
-	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	17
-	European Transport Research Review	17
-	Ecosystem Services	17
38	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	16
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	16
-	Review of Educational Research	16
-	Journal of Sport and Health Science	16
-	One Earth	16
-	Land Use Policy	16
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	16
-	World Politics	16
-	Econometrica	16
47	Review of Economic Studies	15
-	American Sociological Review	15
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	15
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	15

-	Journal of Travel Research	15
-	Transport Policy	15
53	Computer Assisted Language Learning	14
-	Sports Medicine-Open	14
-	International Journal of Nursing Studies	14
-	Journal of Medical Systems	14
-	Annual Review of Sociology	14
-	Journal of Rural Studies	14
-	World Development	14
-	European Research on Management and Business Economics	14
-	Food Policy	14
62	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	13
-	British Journal of Educational Technology	13
-	Pragmatics	13
-	Health Policy and Planning	13
-	Financial Innovation	13
-	Progress in Human Geography	13
-	Review of Finance	13
-	Recall	13
-	Journal of Political Economy	13
-	International Journal of Health Services	13
-	International Journal of Stem Education	13
-	Journal of Social Issues	13
-	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	13
-	Journal of Transport Geography	13
-	Ecological Economics	13
-	Tourism Management Perspectives	13
78	Annual Review of Resource Economics	12
-	British Journal of Sports Medicine	12
-	Journal of Accounting & Economics	12
-	Telecommunications Policy	12
-	Cities	12
-	Journal of Educational Computing Research	12
-	Journal of Monetary Economics	12
-	Journal of Advertising	12
-	Digital Journalism	12
-	Economic Analysis and Policy	12
-	Economic Geography	12
89	Climate Policy	11
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	11
-	JMIR Serious Games	11
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	11
-	International Journal of Advertising	11
-	Journal of Urban Economics	11
-	Small Business Economics	11
-	Tourism Review	11
-	Transportation Science	11
-	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	11
-	Travel Behaviour and Society	11
-	Borsa Istanbul Review	11
-	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	11
-	Annual Review of Criminology	11
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	11
-	Hematology-American Society of Hematology Education Program	11
-	International Organization	11
-	Habitat International	11
107	Public Relations Review	10
-	Research in Transportation Economics	10
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	10
-	Big Data & Society	10
-	Journal of Nursing Management	10
-	Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	10
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	10
-	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	10
-	Nurse Education Today	10
-	Journal of Development Economics	10
-	Human Relations	10
-	International Journal of Drug Policy	10
-	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	10
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	10
-	American Political Science Review	10
-	Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews	10
-	Substance Abuse	10
-	Health Affairs	10
-	Journal of Business Ethics	10
-	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	10
-	Learning and Instruction	10
-	Journal of Research on Technology in Education	10
-	International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning	10
-	International Journal of Forecasting	10
-	Emerging Markets Review	10
132	Public Management Review	9
-	Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education	9
-	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	9
-	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	9
-	Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition	9
-	Addictive Behaviors	9
-	Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research	9
-	Palliative Medicine	9
-	Human Resource Management Journal	9
-	Journal of Safety Research	9
-	Marine Policy	9
-	Maritime Economics & Logistics	9
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	9
-	Environment and Behavior	9
-	Early Childhood Research Quarterly	9
-	Thinking Skills and Creativity	9
-	Social Science & Medicine	9
-	Utilities Policy	9
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	9
-	Applied Geography	9
-	China Economic Review	9
-	Climate Risk Management	9
-	Journal of Archaeological Research	9
-	Journal of Air Transport Management	9
-	Journal of Financial Stability	9
-	Journal of Computing in Higher Education	9
-	CBE-Life Sciences Education	9
-	International Journal of Sustainable Transportation	9
-	Human Resources for Health	9
-	Journal of the European Economic Association	9
-	International Journal of Manpower	9
-	New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development	9
-	North American Journal of Economics and Finance	9
-	Studies in Educational Evaluation	9
-	Sustainable Development	9
-	Teaching and Teacher Education	9
-	Economic Modelling	9
-	Trauma Violence & Abuse	9
-	Educational Researcher	9
171	Reading Research Quarterly	8
-	Resource and Energy Economics	8
-	Political Analysis	8
-	Comparative Political Studies	8
-	Forensic Science International-Genetics	8

-	ACM Transactions on Computing Education	8
-	Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education	8
-	Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems	8
-	Journal of Labor Economics	8
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	8
-	American Educational Research Journal	8
-	BMJ Quality & Safety	8
-	Journal of Health Economics	8
-	Journal of Public Economics	8
-	Journal of the Learning Sciences	8
-	International Journal of Management Education	8
-	System	8
-	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	8
-	Technological and Economic Development of Economy	8
-	Social Media + Society	8
-	European Journal of Ageing	8
-	European Sport Management Quarterly	8
-	Economy and Society	8
-	West European Politics	8
-	Public Administration	8
-	Science Communication	8
-	Criminology	8
-	Current Addiction Reports	8
-	Regional Studies	8
-	Personnel Review	8

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