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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	44
2	Annual Review of Economics	41
3	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	39
4	Nature Sustainability	38
5	Quarterly Journal of Economics	34
6	Tourism Management	33
7	Sports Medicine-Open	31
8	Landscape and Urban Planning	30
-	Computers & Education	30
10	American Economic Review	29
11	Oeconomia Copernicana	28
-	Journal of Financial Economics	28
13	Energy Economics	27
-	Resources Policy	27
-	Technology in Society	27
16	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	26
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	26
-	Journal of Economic Perspectives	26
-	Sustainable Production and Consumption	26
20	Educational Research Review	25
21	Journal of Finance	24
-	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	24
-	British Journal of Educational Technology	24
-	Journal of Sport and Health Science	24
25	Educational Psychologist	23
-	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	23
-	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	23
28	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	22
-	Transport Reviews	22
-	Energy Policy	22
-	Nature Climate Change	22
32	Tourism Review	21
33	Review of Financial Studies	20
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	20
-	Journal of Accounting & Economics	20
-	One Earth	20
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	20
-	Sports Medicine	20
39	Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review	19
-	npj Digital Medicine	19
-	Internet and Higher Education	19
-	International Journal of Stem Education	19
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	19
44	Land Use Policy	18
-	Business Strategy and the Environment	18
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	18
-	Ecosystem Services	18
-	Annual Review of Criminology	18
-	Tourism Management Perspectives	18
50	Journal of the Knowledge Economy	17

-	Journal of Travel Research	17
-	Adolescent Research Review	17
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	17
-	Journal of Advertising	17
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	17
-	Education and Information Technologies	17
-	International Journal of Hospitality Management	17
-	European Research on Management and Business Economics	17
-	Energy Research & Social Science	17
-	Financial Innovation	17
61	Organization & Environment	16
-	Recall	16
-	Progress in Human Geography	16
-	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	16
-	Annual Review of Sociology	16
-	Habitat International	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies	16
-	Science and Engineering Ethics	16
-	Review of Economic Studies	16
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	16
-	Ecological Economics	16
-	Economic Analysis and Policy	16
-	Journal of Educational Computing Research	16
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	16
75	Annual Review of Political Science	15
-	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	15
-	Cities	15
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	15
-	Review of Finance	15
-	Journal of Political Economy	15
-	Journal of Medical Internet Research	15
-	Annals of Tourism Research	15
-	Applied Geography	15
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	15
-	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	15
-	Transport Policy	15
-	Food Policy	15
88	Review of Educational Research	14
-	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	14
-	Implementation Science	14
-	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	14
-	Transportation Science	14
-	Trauma Violence & Abuse	14
-	Ethics and Information Technology	14
-	American Sociological Review	14
-	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	14
-	Information Technology & Tourism	14
-	Econometrica	14
-	International Journal of Nursing Studies	14
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	14
101	Public Relations Review	13
-	Borsa Istanbul Review	13
-	Journal of Transport Geography	13
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	13
-	Journal of Business Ethics	13
-	Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research	13
-	Hematology-American Society of Hematology Education Program	13
-	Small Business Economics	13
-	Digital Journalism	13
-	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	13
-	Thinking Skills and Creativity	13
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	13
113	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	12
-	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	12
-	American Political Science Review	12
-	International Journal of Advertising	12
-	International Journal of Management Education	12
-	Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	12
-	International Review of Economics & Finance	12
-	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	12
-	Health Technology Assessment	12
-	System	12
-	Computer Assisted Language Learning	12
-	Learning and Instruction	12
-	Annual Review of Linguistics	12
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	12
-	Nurse Education Today	12
-	Journal of Rural Studies	12
-	Big Data & Society	12
-	Comunicar	12
-	International Journal of Forecasting	12
-	Journal of European Public Policy	12
-	Human Resources for Health	12
-	Journal of Chinese Political Science	12
-	Climate Policy	12
-	JMIR Serious Games	12
-	British Journal of Sports Medicine	12
-	Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour	12
-	World Development	12
-	Teaching and Teacher Education	12
-	Telecommunications Policy	12
142	Policy Sciences	11
-	Public Management Review	11
-	Social Media + Society	11
-	Journal of Research in Science Teaching	11
-	Journal of Safety Research	11
-	Journal of Social Issues	11
-	Communication Methods and Measures	11
-	Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society	11
-	Human Relations	11
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	11
-	International Journal of Medical Informatics	11
-	Sustainability	11
-	Sustainable Development	11
-	Futures	11
-	Marine Policy	11
-	Metacognition and Learning	11
-	Political Communication	11
-	Public Administration	11
-	Journal of Monetary Economics	11
-	Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management	11
-	Communication Theory	11
-	Journal of Air Transport Management	11
-	China Economic Review	11
-	Health Affairs	11
-	ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development	11
167	Journal of Archaeological Research	10
-	Political Geography	10
-	Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research	10
-	American Economic Journal-Applied Economics	10
-	Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness	10
-	Palliative Medicine	10
-	Psychology of Sport and Exercise	10
-	Journal of Teacher Education	10
-	Journal of the European Economic Association	10

-	Communication Research	10
-	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	10
-	Journal of Financial Stability	10
-	Journal of Communication	10
-	Climate Risk Management	10
-	Journal of Computing in Higher Education	10
-	International Nursing Review	10
-	Biology of Sport	10
-	Chemistry Education Research and Practice	10
-	Travel Behaviour and Society	10
-	Economic Modelling	10
-	Energy & Environment	10
-	Forest Policy and Economics	10
-	Maritime Economics & Logistics	10
-	Policy and Society	10
-	Medical Education Online	10
-	Regional Studies	10
-	Journal of Engineering Education	10
-	Australasian Journal of Educational Technology	10
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	10
-	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	10
-	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	10
-	Journal of Development Economics	10
-	Economic Change and Restructuring	10
-	Current Addiction Reports	10

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