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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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Technological Forecasting and Social Change121
2 American Economic Review59
3 Journal of Finance52
4 Accident Analysis and Prevention48
5 International Journal of Nursing Studies45
6 Journal of Political Economy44
7 Socio-Economic Planning Sciences43
8 British Journal of Educational Technology40
- Quarterly Journal of Economics40
10 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society38
11 Review of Economic Studies37
12 Review of Economics and Statistics36
13 Econometrica34
14 Journal of Economic Literature33
- American Political Science Review33
16 Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation32
17 Public Administration Review31
18 Journal of Chemical Education30
19 Applied Economics29
- Regional Studies29
- Journal of Safety Research29
22 European Economic Review28
- Geoforum28
- Higher Education28
25 Journal of International Economics27
26 Journal of Politics26
- Futures26
- Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis26
- Urban Studies26
30 Transportation Science25
31 Archives of Sexual Behavior24
- Economic Journal24
- Educational Researcher24
- Nursing Outlook24
- Gerontologist24
36 Medical Care23
- JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies23
- Review of Educational Research23
39 American Sociological Review22
- Journal of Research in Science Teaching22
41 Comparative Political Studies21
- Human Relations21
- Journal of Communication21
- Health Services Research21
- Public Administration21
- Science Education21
- Journal of Health and Social Behavior21
48 Economic Geography20
- International Nursing Review20
- RELC Journal20
- Journal of Social Issues20
- International Affairs20
53 American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education19
- Educational Studies in Mathematics19
- Educational Review19
- Education and Training19
57 IEEE Transactions on Education18
- Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science18
- American Journal of Agricultural Economics18
- Journal of Consumer Affairs18
- Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers18
62 British Journal of Criminology17
- Reading Research Quarterly17
- British Journal of Social Work17
- Journal of School Health17
- Growth and Change17
- Social Science Quarterly17
- Journal of Marriage and Family17
- Journal of Sex Research17
- TESOL Quarterly17
71 British Journal of Political Science16
- Educational Philosophy and Theory16
- Perspectives in Psychiatric Care16
- American Educational Research Journal16
- Psychometrika16
- OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying16
- Criminology16
- Public Opinion Quarterly16
- Journal of Regional Science16
- Sociology-The Journal of the British Sociological Association16
- Modern Language Journal16
- Policy Sciences16
- International Studies Quarterly16
84 Current Sociology15
- Journal of Nursing Administration15
- Government and Opposition15
- American Anthropologist15
- Social Problems15
- American Journal of Nursing15
- Journal of Agricultural Economics15
- Journal of Money Credit and Banking15
- Political Studies15
- International Review of Administrative Sciences15
94 American Journal of Sociology14
- Community Mental Health Journal14
- Crime & Delinquency14
- Current Anthropology14
- Journal of Forensic Sciences14
- Journal of Peace Research14
- Latin American Research Review14
- Environment and Behavior14
- American Behavioral Scientist14
- Journal of Communication Disorders14
- Journal of Development Studies14
- Journal of Economic Theory14
- Journal of Industrial Relations14
- Social Forces14
- Sociologia Ruralis14
- Journal of Teacher Education14
- Language Learning14
111 British Journal of Sociology13
- Daedalus13
- International Journal of Health Services13
- Foreign Language Annals13
- Journal of Asian and African Studies13
- Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research13
- Journal of Higher Education13
- Sociological Review13
- Area13
- Antiquity13
- Economic Development and Cultural Change13
- Nursing Clinics of North America13
- Nursing Research13
- Geographical Journal13
- ILR Review13
- Journal of Learning Disabilities13
- Multivariate Behavioral Research13
128 International Labour Review12
- Economica12
- Geographical Analysis12
- Instructional Science12
- IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching12
- Journal of Conflict Resolution12
- Review of Income and Wealth12
- Political Quarterly12
- International Organization12
- International Economic Review12
- Exceptional Children12
- Health Education Journal12
- American Journal of Orthopsychiatry12
- Professional Geographer12
- Social Work12
- Journal of Risk and Insurance12
- Studies in Family Planning12
- Youth & Society12
- International Migration12
147 Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics-Revue Canadienne d'Agroeconomie11
- Lingua11
- Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness11
- Industrial Relations11
- Journal of Curriculum Studies11
- Journal of Economic History11
- Urban Education11
- World Politics11
- Minerva11
- Politische Vierteljahresschrift11
- British Journal of Educational Studies11
- Educational Administration Quarterly11
- Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research11
- Population Studies-A Journal of Demography11
- Rural Sociology11
- Journal of Human Resources11
- Survival11
- Theory Into Practice11
165 American Antiquity10
- Education and Urban Society10
- Explorations in Economic History10
- Journal of Industrial Economics10
- Journal of Law & Economics10
- Journal of Leisure Research10
- Journal of Mathematical Psychology10
- Sociology of Education10
- Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency10
- American Journal of Physical Anthropology10
- National Tax Journal10
- Phi Delta Kappan10
- International Social Work10
- Canadian Geographer-Geographe Canadien10
- Canadian Journal of Economics-Revue Canadienne d'Economique10
- Comparative Politics10
- American Journal of Physics10
- Economic History Review10
- Journal of Biological Education10
- Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing10
- Gifted Child Quarterly10
- Inquiry-An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy10
- Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion10
- Southern Economic Journal10
- Law & Society Review10
190 Archaeometry9
- Business History9
- Linguistics9
- Eastern European Economics9
- Methods of Information in Medicine9
- Harvard Educational Review9
- Journal for Research in Mathematics Education9
- Journal of Advertising Research9
- Journal of Drug Issues9
- Social Compass9
- Studies in Comparative International Development9
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