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Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Journal of Financial Economics48.591
2 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education39.412
3 Quarterly Journal of Economics34.147
4 Nature Sustainability32.275
5 Technological Forecasting and Social Change31.366
6 American Economic Review30.936
7 Annual Review of Economics28.319
8 Technology in Society28.198
9 Review of Finance26.689
10 Journal of Finance26.309
11 Tourism Management25.098
12 Journal of Medical Systems24.393
13 Computers & Education23.903
14 Implementation Science23.569
15 Journal of Econometrics23.223
16 Educational Psychologist23.127
17 Energy Economics22.990
18 Educational Research Review22.000
19 Nature Climate Change21.736
20 Review of Financial Studies21.217
21 International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management20.770
22 Sustainable Production and Consumption20.698
23 Resources Policy20.683
24 Journal of Economic Perspectives20.584
25 Business Strategy and the Environment20.359
26 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions20.193
27 Environmental Impact Assessment Review20.049
28 Energy Policy19.969
29 Landscape and Urban Planning19.555
30 npj Digital Medicine19.282
31 Journal of Sport and Health Science18.814
32 Sports Medicine-Open18.756
33 Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management18.432
34 Oeconomia Copernicana17.038
35 International Journal of Stem Education16.985
36 Review of Economic Studies16.753
37 European Transport Research Review16.559
38 British Journal of Educational Technology16.495
39 Computers Environment and Urban Systems16.414
40 Econometrica15.762
41 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management15.570
42 Annual Review of Political Science15.371
43 One Earth14.919
44 Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing14.711
45 European Research on Management and Business Economics14.686
46 Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review14.562
47 Tourism Review14.537
48 Ecosystem Services14.508
49 Journal of the Knowledge Economy14.188
50 Annual Review of Resource Economics14.173
51 Sports Medicine14.171
52 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change13.789
53 Journal of Economic Literature13.779
54 International Journal of Hospitality Management13.776
55 Journal of Advertising13.640
56 Land Use Policy13.356
57 Transport Reviews13.339
58 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics13.306
59 International Journal of Forecasting13.301
60 Energy Research & Social Science13.269
61 Information Technology & Tourism13.252
62 International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology13.222
63 Economic Analysis and Policy13.198
64 Financial Innovation12.982
65 Organization & Environment12.899
66 Borsa Istanbul Review12.888
67 JMIR mHealth and uHealth12.880
68 Ecological Economics12.774
69 Journal of Political Economy12.687
70 Annual Review of Sociology12.682
71 Annals of Tourism Research12.640
72 Progress in Human Geography12.618
73 Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment12.573
74 British Journal of Sports Medicine12.549
75 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management12.531
76 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions12.440
77 Journal of Accounting & Economics12.325
78 Policy and Society12.227
79 Journal of Sustainable Tourism11.938
80 Habitat International11.935
81 Structural Change and Economic Dynamics11.891
82 Accident Analysis and Prevention11.772
83 Adolescent Research Review11.750
84 Education and Information Technologies11.722
85 Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment11.711
86 Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money11.665
87 Cities11.549
88 Journal of Rural Studies11.481
89 International Journal of Nursing Studies11.455
90 International Journal of Management Education11.393
91 Comunicar11.380
92 Journal of Medical Internet Research11.295
93 Tourism Management Perspectives11.273
94 Journal of Educational Computing Research11.268
95 Journal of Environmental Psychology11.241
- Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication11.241
97 Telecommunications Policy11.208
98 Economic Geography11.110
99 Transportation Research Part B-Methodological11.049
100 Computer Assisted Language Learning11.037
- Journal of Travel Research11.037
102 Journal of Destination Marketing & Management11.032
103 International Journal of Health Services11.000
104 Socio-Economic Planning Sciences10.979
105 Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal10.951
106 Urban Forestry & Urban Greening10.931
107 Review of Economics and Statistics10.918
108 Journal of Business Ethics10.791
109 Review of Educational Research10.789
110 Econometrics Journal10.768
111 Pragmatics10.764
112 Food Policy10.600
113 Review of Environmental Economics and Policy10.592
114 Internet and Higher Education10.504
115 Journal of Banking & Finance10.403
116 IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies10.360
117 Transport Policy10.316
118 Sustainable Development10.279
119 International Journal of Advertising10.211
120 Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory10.180
121 Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja10.178
122 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology10.136
123 American Sociological Review10.056
124 International Review of Economics & Finance9.998
125 Health Affairs9.953
126 Journal of Transport Geography9.873
127 Recall9.862
128 Journal of Monetary Economics9.839
129 Digital Journalism9.702
130 Maritime Economics & Logistics9.685
131 Science and Engineering Ethics9.643
132 Transportation Science9.633
133 Annual Review of Criminology9.535
134 Journal of Development Economics9.532
135 World Development9.487
136 Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health9.483
137 Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance9.461
138 Ethics and Information Technology9.398
139 Applied Geography9.376
140 RELC Journal9.365
141 China Economic Review9.342
142 Big Data & Society9.329
143 Journal of Urban Economics9.282
144 Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy9.212
145 Journal of Computer Assisted Learning9.190
146 Trauma Violence & Abuse9.179
147 Small Business Economics9.156
148 Assessing Writing9.114
149 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association9.111
150 Health Technology Assessment9.091
151 Journal of International Economics9.057
152 International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning9.051
153 JMIR Serious Games9.041
154 Climate Policy9.039
155 Human Resource Management Journal9.009
156 Human Relations8.983
157 Public Relations Review8.969
158 Educational Researcher8.937
159 Economic Modelling8.901
160 Substance Abuse8.887
161 Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education8.825
162 Human Resources for Health8.802
163 Learning and Instruction8.714
164 Sociological Methods & Research8.713
165 Journal of Science Education and Technology8.708
166 System8.707
167 Biology of Sport8.696
168 American Political Science Review8.688
169 Journal of Financial Stability8.669
170 Travel Behaviour and Society8.662
171 Journal of Social Issues8.649
172 Nurse Education Today8.604
173 Thinking Skills and Creativity8.600
174 ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development8.554
175 Utilities Policy8.484
176 Hematology-American Society of Hematology Education Program8.461
177 International Journal of Medical Informatics8.457
178 Public Management Review8.361
179 Climate Risk Management8.356
180 Teaching and Teacher Education8.343
181 Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching8.331
182 Communication Methods and Measures8.324
183 Public Administration8.309
184 Social Science & Medicine8.305
185 Sustainability8.293
186 Personnel Review8.285
187 Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research8.268
188 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology8.263
189 Journal of Labor Economics8.239
190 Interactive Learning Environments8.202
191 Journal of Safety Research8.189
192 Journal of Vacation Marketing8.142
193 Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management8.138
194 Journal of Computing in Higher Education8.133
195 Australasian Journal of Educational Technology8.129
196 Journal of Economic Surveys8.125
197 Palliative Medicine8.121
198 Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society8.101
199 Marine Policy8.084
200 Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice8.072
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