International Relations: 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	World Politics	10
2	Contemporary Security Policy	9
3	International Security	8
4	International Organization	7
-	Journal of International Relations and Development	7
-	New Political Economy	7
-	Global Environmental Politics	7
8	Review of International Organizations	6
-	European Journal of International Relations	6
-	Journal of European Integration	6
-	Journal of the Japanese and International Economies	6
-	Review of International Political Economy	6
-	Security Dialogue	6
-	European Security	6
15	Pacific Review	5
-	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	5
-	International Political Sociology	5
-	Journal of Peace Research	5
-	Politics	5
-	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade	5
-	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	5
-	Journal of Conflict Resolution	5
-	Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding	5
24	Review of International Studies	4
-	Chinese Journal of International Politics	4
-	Cooperation and Conflict	4
-	International Studies Quarterly	4
-	International Theory	4
-	Space Policy	4
-	World Economy	4
-	Globalizations	4
-	International Studies Review	4
33	Security Studies	3
-	Washington Quarterly	3
-	Foreign Policy Analysis	3
-	Global Policy	3
-	International Relations	3
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	3
-	Review of World Economics	3
-	Australian Journal of International Affairs	3
-	Conflict Management and Peace Science	3
-	International Interactions	3
-	International Studies Perspectives	3
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	3
-	Journal of Human Rights	3
46	Millennium-Journal of International Studies	2
-	Ocean Development and International Law	2
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	2
-	Human Geography	2
-	Asia Europe Journal	2

-	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	2
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	2
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	2
-	International Journal of Transitional Justice	2
-	International Politics	2
-	International Relations of the Asia-Pacific	2
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	2
-	Latin American Politics and Society	2
59	Mediterranean Politics	1
-	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	1
-	Survival	1
-	Uluslararasi Iliskiler-International Relations	1
-	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	1
-	Ethics & International Affairs	1
-	Global Governance	1
-	Intelligence and National Security	1
-	International Affairs	1
-	Korea Observer	1
-	Middle East Policy	1
-	Pacific Focus	1
-	World Trade Review	1
-	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	1
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1
-	Current History	1
-	European Journal of International Law	1
-	Human Rights Law Review	1
-	International Peacekeeping	1
-	Journal of World Trade	1
79	Diplomacy & Statecraft	0
-	International Journal	0
-	Journal of Cold War Studies	0
-	War in History	0
-	American Journal of International Law	0
-	Chinese Journal of International Law	0
-	Common Market Law Review	0
-	Internasjonal Politikk	0