International Relations: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor
1	International Organization	ca. 7.8
2	Foreign Affairs	ca. 7.5
3	Contemporary Security Policy	ca. 5.9
4	International Security	ca. 5
-	World Politics	ca. 5
6	Global Environmental Politics	ca. 4.8
7	International Affairs	ca. 4.5
8	Review of International Political Economy	ca. 4.3
-	American Journal of International Law	ca. 4.3
10	New Political Economy	ca. 4.2
11	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade	ca. 4
12	Review of International Organizations	ca. 3.9
13	Journal of Peace Research	ca. 3.6
14	European Journal of International Relations	ca. 3.4
15	International Studies Review	ca. 3.3
-	International Theory	ca. 3.3
17	Security Dialogue	ca. 3.2
18	Journal of Conflict Resolution	ca. 3.1
19	Review of International Studies	ca. 3
20	Journal of the Japanese and International Economies	ca. 2.9
-	Journal of European Integration	ca. 2.9
22	Studies in Comparative International Development	ca. 2.7
23	International Studies Quarterly	ca. 2.6
24	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	ca. 2.5
-	Millennium-Journal of International Studies	ca. 2.5
-	World Economy	ca. 2.5
-	Globalizations	ca. 2.5
28	Terrorism and Political Violence	ca. 2.4
-	International Studies Perspectives	ca. 2.4
-	International Political Sociology	ca. 2.4
31	Common Market Law Review	ca. 2.3
-	International Peacekeeping	ca. 2.3
33	Foreign Policy Analysis	ca. 2.2
-	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	ca. 2.2
-	International Journal	ca. 2.2
36	Conflict Management and Peace Science	ca. 2.1
-	Pacific Review	ca. 2.1
38	Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding	ca. 2
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	ca. 2
-	Chinese Journal of International Politics	ca. 2
-	Cooperation and Conflict	ca. 2
42	Latin American Politics and Society	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	ca. 1.9
-	Global Policy	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Human Rights	ca. 1.9
46	Security Studies	ca. 1.8
-	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	ca. 1.8
-	Politics	ca. 1.8
49	Review of World Economics	ca. 1.7
-	Journal of International Relations and Development	ca. 1.7

-	Mediterranean Politics	ca. 1.7
-	Washington Quarterly	ca. 1.7
53	European Security	ca. 1.6
-	Asia Europe Journal	ca. 1.6
-	International Journal of Transitional Justice	ca. 1.6
-	International Relations	ca. 1.6
57	Human Rights Law Review	ca. 1.5
-	Australian Journal of International Affairs	ca. 1.5
59	International Relations of the Asia-Pacific	ca. 1.4
-	International Politics	ca. 1.4
-	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	ca. 1.4
62	Ethics & International Affairs	ca. 1.3
-	International Interactions	ca. 1.3
-	Current History	ca. 1.3
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	ca. 1.3
-	World Trade Review	ca. 1.3
-	Peacebuilding	ca. 1.3
-	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	ca. 1.3
69	Ocean Development and International Law	ca. 1.2
-	Global Governance	ca. 1.2
-	Intelligence and National Security	ca. 1.2
-	European Journal of International Law	ca. 1.2
-	Survival	ca. 1.2
-	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	ca. 1.2
75	Space Policy	ca. 1.1
76	Uluslararasi Iliskiler-International Relations	ca. 1
-	Chinese Journal of International Law	ca. 1
78	Contemporary Southeast Asia	ca. 0.9
-	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	ca. 0.9
80	Journal of World Trade	ca. 0.8
-	Journal of Cold War Studies	ca. 0.8
82	Pacific Focus	ca. 0.6
83	Middle East Policy	ca. 0.5
-	Korea Observer	ca. 0.5
85	Diplomacy & Statecraft	ca. 0.4
86	War in History	ca. 0.3
87	Internasjonal Politikk	ca. 0.2