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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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Sustainability126
2 Technological Forecasting and Social Change118
3 Energy Economics110
4 Resources Policy94
5 Nature Sustainability91
6 npj Digital Medicine86
7 Journal of Medical Internet Research84
8 Business Strategy and the Environment83
9 Nature Climate Change82
10 Technology in Society77
11 Education and Information Technologies75
12 Energy Policy73
- Environmental Impact Assessment Review73
- Sustainable Production and Consumption73
15 Journal of Financial Economics68
- Healthcare68
17 Economic Analysis and Policy66
18 Cities65
19 Energy Research & Social Science64
20 Tourism Management63
- International Review of Economics & Finance63
22 Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review62
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management62
24 Computers & Education60
- Sustainable Development60
- Landscape and Urban Planning60
27 American Economic Review58
28 One Earth57
29 British Journal of Sports Medicine56
- International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management56
31 International Journal of Hospitality Management55
- BMC Medical Education55
- Journal of Finance55
34 Land Use Policy54
- Journal of Personalized Medicine54
36 Land53
- BMC Health Services Research53
- Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment53
- Sports Medicine53
40 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education52
41 Ecological Economics51
- Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management51
43 Urban Forestry & Urban Greening49
- BMC Geriatrics49
- International Journal of Nursing Studies49
46 Accident Analysis and Prevention48
47 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association47
- Systems47
- Economic Modelling47
- Journal of Rural Studies47
51 Social Science & Medicine46
- Socio-Economic Planning Sciences46
- Journal of Business Ethics46
54 British Journal of Educational Technology45
- Habitat International45
- BMC Nursing45
- Transport Policy45
58 Review of Financial Studies44
- System44
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology44
61 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions43
- International Journal of Medical Informatics43
- Pragmatics43
- Nurse Education Today43
65 Quarterly Journal of Economics42
- Journal of Environmental Psychology42
- Review of Economic Studies42
- Journal of Political Economy42
- World Development42
- Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy42
71 Applied Geography41
- Review of Economics and Statistics41
- Thinking Skills and Creativity41
74 Marine Policy40
- Journal of Transport Geography40
- Financial Innovation40
- Annals of Tourism Research40
- American Journal of Sports Medicine40
- Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice40
- Journal of Sport and Health Science40
81 BMC Medical Research Methodology39
- Tourism Review39
- Health Affairs39
- Computers Environment and Urban Systems39
- Structural Change and Economic Dynamics39
- Teaching and Teacher Education39
- Telecommunications Policy39
- Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money39
89 JMIR mHealth and uHealth38
- China Economic Review38
- Interactive Learning Environments38
- Digital Health38
- Child Abuse & Neglect38
94 International Journal of Forecasting37
- Addictive Behaviors37
- Journal of Banking & Finance37
- Transportation Research Part B-Methodological37
- Trauma Violence & Abuse37
- Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific37
- Educational Research Review37
- Borsa Istanbul Review37
- New Media & Society37
- Journal of Advanced Nursing37
- Journal of Computer Assisted Learning37
- SAGE Open37
- Journal of General Internal Medicine37
107 Annual Review of Economics36
- Journal of Economic Literature36
- Journal of Economic Perspectives36
- Journal of Development Economics36
- Journal of Travel Research36
- Food Policy36
- International Journal of Management Education36
- Patient Education and Counseling36
- Current Issues in Tourism36
116 Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery35
- Travel Behaviour and Society35
- Nurse Education in Practice35
- IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies35
- Addiction35
- International Journal of Stem Education35
- Journal of Econometrics35
- Small Business Economics35
- Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour35
125 Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja34
- Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization34
- Academic Medicine34
- Energy & Environment34
- Ecosystem Services34
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society34
- Tourism Management Perspectives34
132 International Journal of Drug Policy33
- Implementation Science33
- Journal of European Public Policy33
- Econometrica33
- Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery33
- Studies in Higher Education33
- Medical Teacher33
- Journal of Chemical Education33
- North American Journal of Economics and Finance33
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence33
- Journal of Sustainable Tourism33
- Utilities Policy33
- Value in Health33
145 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions32
- European Journal of Education32
- American Political Science Review32
- Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation32
- Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance32
- Social Media + Society32
- Journal of International Economics32
- Economics Letters32
- Journal of Accounting & Economics32
- Health Policy32
- Journal of Nursing Management32
- Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing32
- Journal of Clinical Nursing32
158 ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development31
- Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education31
- Big Data & Society31
- Journals of Gerontology Series A-Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences31
- Learning and Instruction31
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change31
- Journal of Safety Research31
- Health Expectations31
- Regional Studies31
- Review of Finance31
168 Emerging Markets Review30
- Higher Education30
- Oeconomia Copernicana30
- Computer Assisted Language Learning30
- Journal of Cultural Heritage30
- Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics30
- Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare30
- Journal of the Knowledge Economy30
- Political Geography30
- Applied Economics30
- JMIR Serious Games30
- Public Administration Review30
- Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology30
- Journal of Monetary Economics30
- Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management30
183 Forest Policy and Economics29
- Annual Review of Sociology29
- Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development29
- Journal of Educational Computing Research29
- Journal of Air Transport Management29
- Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis29
- Journal of Applied Physiology29
- Climate Policy29
- Economic Change and Restructuring29
- Transportation Science29
- Transport Reviews29
- Nursing Open29
- International Journal of Qualitative Methods29
- Pharmacoeconomics29
197 Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space28
- European Journal of Political Research28
- Journal of Environmental Economics and Management28
- International Nursing Review28
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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