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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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education54.973
2 Journal of Financial Economics37.393
3 Quarterly Journal of Economics35.783
4 Review of Finance35.764
5 Annual Review of Economics34.592
6 Nature Sustainability31.651
7 Technological Forecasting and Social Change31.438
8 Journal of Finance27.947
9 American Economic Review26.275
10 Educational Psychologist25.469
11 Implementation Science25.130
12 Tourism Management24.725
13 Computers & Education24.265
14 Energy Economics23.944
15 Technology in Society23.488
16 Sustainable Production and Consumption22.929
17 Journal of Economic Perspectives22.367
18 Resources Policy21.717
19 Sports Medicine-Open21.677
20 Review of Financial Studies21.391
21 International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management21.248
22 Nature Climate Change20.689
23 British Journal of Educational Technology20.572
24 Environmental Impact Assessment Review20.533
25 Landscape and Urban Planning20.499
26 Educational Research Review19.951
27 Oeconomia Copernicana19.911
28 npj Digital Medicine19.758
29 Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management19.335
30 International Journal of Stem Education19.297
31 Annual Review of Resource Economics18.906
32 Energy Policy18.855
33 Review of Economic Studies18.761
34 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions18.653
35 Computers Environment and Urban Systems18.521
36 Journal of Sport and Health Science17.466
37 Annual Review of Political Science17.240
38 Journal of Advertising17.100
39 Business Strategy and the Environment17.082
40 One Earth16.482
41 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management16.302
42 European Transport Research Review16.182
43 Journal of the Knowledge Economy15.931
44 Tourism Review15.812
45 Journal of Economic Literature15.715
46 Annual Review of Sociology15.706
47 European Research on Management and Business Economics15.438
48 Sports Medicine15.430
49 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics15.333
50 Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing15.326
51 Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication15.116
52 Education and Information Technologies14.938
53 Transport Reviews14.905
54 Organization & Environment14.821
55 Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review14.416
56 Economic Analysis and Policy14.208
57 Journal of Accounting & Economics14.052
58 Journal of Political Economy13.927
59 Energy Research & Social Science13.861
60 Ecosystem Services13.678
61 Tourism Management Perspectives13.629
62 British Journal of Sports Medicine13.499
63 International Journal of Forecasting13.487
64 IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies13.466
65 International Journal of Hospitality Management13.318
66 Journal of Travel Research13.124
67 Land Use Policy13.055
68 Internet and Higher Education13.030
69 Borsa Istanbul Review12.980
70 Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment12.867
71 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management12.834
72 Accident Analysis and Prevention12.751
73 Journal of Medical Internet Research12.750
74 Information Technology & Tourism12.745
75 Telecommunications Policy12.717
76 Adolescent Research Review12.557
77 Progress in Human Geography12.438
78 Journal of Sustainable Tourism12.403
79 Journal of Destination Marketing & Management12.391
80 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change12.314
81 Ecological Economics12.281
82 Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money12.258
83 Socio-Economic Planning Sciences12.247
84 International Journal of Nursing Studies12.225
85 Financial Innovation12.192
86 Habitat International12.129
87 Science and Engineering Ethics12.108
88 Comunicar12.088
89 International Journal of Management Education12.067
90 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association11.914
91 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions11.897
92 Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment11.896
93 International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology11.893
94 Health Technology Assessment11.884
95 Journal of Educational Computing Research11.871
96 Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal11.819
97 Cities11.812
98 Econometrica11.759
99 Annals of Tourism Research11.741
100 Recall11.552
101 Structural Change and Economic Dynamics11.541
102 Review of Economics and Statistics11.506
103 Review of Educational Research11.373
104 Transportation Research Part B-Methodological11.219
105 Journal of Environmental Psychology11.108
106 Pragmatics11.047
107 JMIR mHealth and uHealth11.027
108 Urban Forestry & Urban Greening11.025
109 Computer Assisted Language Learning10.934
110 Economic Geography10.802
111 Transport Policy10.760
112 Food Policy10.698
113 Journal of Rural Studies10.621
114 ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development10.543
115 Transportation Science10.500
116 Big Data & Society10.497
117 Digital Journalism10.366
118 International Journal of Advertising10.315
119 Applied Geography10.310
120 Journal of Business Ethics10.295
121 World Development10.277
122 Trauma Violence & Abuse10.260
123 RELC Journal10.252
124 International Review of Economics & Finance10.231
125 Political Analysis10.224
126 Ethics and Information Technology10.223
127 Assessing Writing10.162
128 Sustainable Development10.093
129 Australasian Journal of Educational Technology10.055
130 System10.030
131 Journal of Transport Geography9.982
132 Journal of Mixed Methods Research9.979
133 American Sociological Review9.961
134 Review of Environmental Economics and Policy9.929
135 Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education9.818
136 Journal of Science Education and Technology9.774
137 Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research9.738
138 Journal of Computer Assisted Learning9.728
139 Small Business Economics9.710
140 Journal of Banking & Finance9.706
- Sociological Methods & Research9.706
142 Journal of International Economics9.687
143 Journal of European Public Policy9.627
144 Journal of Econometrics9.622
145 Thinking Skills and Creativity9.620
146 Human Resources for Health9.604
147 Human Resource Management Journal9.583
148 Metacognition and Learning9.560
149 Learning and Instruction9.509
150 American Political Science Review9.501
151 Nurse Education Today9.484
152 Communication Theory9.433
153 Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja9.426
154 Economic Modelling9.423
155 Econometrics Journal9.402
156 Journal of Financial Stability9.394
157 Journal of Computing in Higher Education9.384
158 Communication Methods and Measures9.357
159 Journal of Development Economics9.279
160 International Journal of Medical Informatics9.262
161 Interactive Learning Environments9.159
162 Teaching and Teacher Education9.142
163 China Economic Review9.109
164 Journal of Social Issues9.102
165 Climate Policy9.064
166 Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching9.043
167 Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory9.037
168 JMIR Serious Games9.022
169 Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society8.990
170 International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning8.962
171 CBE-Life Sciences Education8.930
172 Journal of Economic Surveys8.921
173 Sustainability8.894
174 Annual Review of Criminology8.826
175 Social Media + Society8.800
176 Energy & Environment8.782
177 Policy and Society8.771
- Travel Behaviour and Society8.771
179 Journal of Safety Research8.755
180 Contemporary Security Policy8.716
181 Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy8.682
182 Utilities Policy8.673
183 Journal of Communication8.649
184 Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research8.617
185 Medical Education Online8.611
186 Political Communication8.608
187 Health Affairs8.597
188 Journal of Air Transport Management8.580
189 Educational Researcher8.516
190 Journal of Monetary Economics8.423
191 Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour8.414
192 Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space8.382
193 Political Geography8.376
194 Emerging Markets Review8.372
195 Journal of Vacation Marketing8.358
196 Journal of Research on Technology in Education8.345
197 Journal of Peasant Studies8.319
198 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology8.307
199 Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education8.280
200 Palliative Medicine8.279
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