Area Studies

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	5.061
2	Journal of Chinese Political Science	4.605
3	East European Politics	4.464
4	European Security	4.427
5	Latin American Research Review	3.805
6	Post-Soviet Affairs	3.803
7	Journal of Asian Public Policy	3.772
8	Eurasian Geography and Economics	3.703
9	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	3.657
10	Journal of Contemporary China	3.348
11	Economic Development and Cultural Change	3.232
12	Africa Spectrum	3.000
13	Critical Asian Studies	2.639
14	Pacific Review	2.554
15	African Affairs	2.483
16	Journal of Eastern African Studies	2.328
17	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	2.313
18	Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies	2.194
19	Review of African Political Economy	1.965
20	Mediterranean Politics	1.947
21	African Studies	1.908
22	Journal of Contemporary Asia	1.789
23	Turkish Studies	1.780
24	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	1.736
25	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.712
26	Asian Survey	1.685
27	Central Asian Survey	1.667
28	Pacific Affairs	1.637
29	Middle East Critique	1.611
30	Journal of Asian and African Studies	1.528
31	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	1.519
32	Latin American Politics and Society	1.507
33	East European Politics and Societies	1.466
34	Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies	1.377
35	Modern China	1.215
36	European Review	1.172
37	China Information	1.166
38	East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal	1.103
39	China Quarterly	1.086
40	Europe-Asia Studies	1.073
41	Latin American Perspectives	1.040
42	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1.032
43	Africa	1.021
44	Contemporary South Asia	1.003
45	Asian Studies Review	0.977
46	Journal of Modern African Studies	0.961
47	China Perspectives	0.924
48	Journal of Southern African Studies	0.921
49	Pacific Focus	0.877
50	India Review	0.865

51	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	0.853
52	Bilig	0.804
53	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	0.802
54	Social Science Japan Journal	0.783
55	Bulletin of Latin American Research	0.719
56	Modern Asian Studies	0.711
57	Journal of Palestine Studies	0.703
58	Asian Journal of Social Science	0.700
59	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	0.600
60	Journal of Baltic Studies	0.593
61	China Journal	0.576
62	Israel Affairs	0.574
63	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	0.561
64	African Studies Review	0.555
65	Middle East Policy	0.551
66	Journal of Australian Studies	0.506
67	International Journal of Middle East Studies	0.466
68	Middle Eastern Studies	0.457
69	Journal of Latin American Studies	0.406
70	Contemporary Pacific	0.312
71	Modern Italy	0.289
72	Journal of Asian Studies	0.280
73	Korea Observer	0.246
-	African and Asian Studies	0.246
75	Iranian Studies	0.241
76	Middle East Journal	0.211
77	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	0.192
78	Slavic Review	0.181
79	London Journal	0.150
80	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	0.027