International Relations: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade	36
2	International Organization	24
3	World Economy	22
4	Review of International Political Economy	21
5	Globalizations	20
6	International Affairs	19
-	Journal of Peace Research	19
-	New Political Economy	19
9	International Studies Quarterly	18
-	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	18
11	Global Policy	17
-	Journal of European Integration	17
13	European Journal of International Relations	16
-	Global Environmental Politics	16
15	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	15
-	Journal of the Japanese and International Economies	15
-	World Politics	15
-	International Studies Review	15
-	Journal of Conflict Resolution	15
20	Contemporary Security Policy	14
21	International Theory	13
-	European Security	13
-	Review of International Organizations	13
-	Review of International Studies	13
25	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	12
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	12
-	Politics	12
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	12
-	Survival	12
-	Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding	12
31	International Political Sociology	11
-	International Security	11
-	Security Dialogue	11
-	International Politics	11
35	Terrorism and Political Violence	10
-	Review of World Economics	10
-	Washington Quarterly	10
-	Human Geography	10
-	Journal of Human Rights	10
40	World Trade Review	9
-	Foreign Policy Analysis	9
-	Global Governance	9
-	Intelligence and National Security	9
-	Journal of International Relations and Development	9
-	Mediterranean Politics	9
-	Pacific Review	9
-	American Journal of International Law	9
-	Australian Journal of International Affairs	9
-	International Interactions	9
-	International Peacekeeping	9

-	Journal of Strategic Studies	9
52	Space Policy	8
-	Asia Europe Journal	8
-	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	8
-	Chinese Journal of International Politics	8
-	Cooperation and Conflict	8
-	International Relations	8
-	Security Studies	8
-	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	8
-	Common Market Law Review	8
-	Conflict Management and Peace Science	8
-	Current History	8
-	Human Rights Law Review	8
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	8
65	European Journal of International Law	7
-	International Journal of Transitional Justice	7
-	International Studies Perspectives	7
-	Journal of World Trade	7
-	Latin American Politics and Society	7
70	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	6
-	International Journal	6
-	Millennium-Journal of International Studies	6
-	International Relations of the Asia-Pacific	6
74	Ethics & International Affairs	5
-	Ocean Development and International Law	5
-	Uluslararasi Iliskiler-International Relations	5
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	5
-	Middle East Policy	5
-	Pacific Focus	5
-	Peacebuilding	5
81	Journal of Cold War Studies	4
-	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	4
83	War in History	3
-	Diplomacy & Statecraft	3
-	Chinese Journal of International Law	3
-	Internasjonal Politikk	3
87	Korea Observer	2