Social Sciences: Journal Rankings

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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	122
2	Sustainability	111
3	Energy Economics	108
4	Resources Policy	97
5	Nature Climate Change	83
6	Business Strategy and the Environment	82
-	Nature Sustainability	82
8	Technology in Society	80
9	Energy Policy	79
10	Journal of Medical Internet Research	76
11	Journal of Financial Economics	73
-	Sustainable Production and Consumption	73
13	npj Digital Medicine	71
14	Education and Information Technologies	65
15	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	64
16	Land Use Policy	61
-	American Economic Review	61
18	Tourism Management	60
-	Computers & Education	60
20	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	59
-	Energy Research & Social Science	59
22	Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review	58
-	Healthcare	58
24	International Review of Economics & Finance	57
25	Landscape and Urban Planning	56
-	Cities	56
-	Economic Analysis and Policy	56
28	One Earth	54
-	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	54
-	International Journal of Hospitality Management	54
31	Journal of Finance	53
-	Journal of Personalized Medicine	53
-	Sustainable Development	53
34	Sports Medicine	51
-	Land	51
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	51
-	British Journal of Sports Medicine	51
38	Social Science & Medicine	50
39	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	49
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	49
41	BMC Health Services Research	48
-	Transport Policy	48
43	Accident Analysis and Prevention	47
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	47
-	Ecological Economics	47
-	BMC Medical Education	47
47	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	46
48	Journal of Business Ethics	45
-	Journal of Rural Studies	45
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	45

-	Review of Financial Studies	45
-	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	45
53	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	44
-	International Journal of Nursing Studies	44
55	Journal of Political Economy	43
-	Pragmatics	43
-	Journal of Healthcare Engineering	43
-	BMC Geriatrics	43
59	World Development	42
-	Economic Modelling	42
-	Health Affairs	42
-	Annals of Tourism Research	42
-	Quarterly Journal of Economics	42
64	Journal of Environmental Psychology	41
-	Nurse Education Today	41
-	Marine Policy	41
-	Habitat International	41
68	Journal of Sport and Health Science	40
-	System	40
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	40
-	British Journal of Educational Technology	40
-	Journal of Banking & Finance	40
-	Journal of General Internal Medicine	40
-	Telecommunications Policy	40
-	Econometrica	40
76	Journal of Transport Geography	39
-	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	39
-	Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja	39
-	BMC Medical Research Methodology	39
-	Review of Economic Studies	39
81	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	38
-	Drug and Alcohol Dependence	38
-	Teaching and Teacher Education	38
-	Addictive Behaviors	38
-	International Journal of Medical Informatics	38
86	Addiction	37
-	Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization	37
-	International Journal of Drug Policy	37
-	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	37
-	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	37
-	Borsa Istanbul Review	37
92	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	36
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	36
-	Ecosystem Services	36
-	International Journal of Forecasting	36
96	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	35
-	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society	35
-	Interactive Learning Environments	35
-	Systems	35
-	Child Abuse & Neglect	35
-	Educational Research Review	35
-	Financial Innovation	35
-	Journal of Economic Literature	35
-	Thinking Skills and Creativity	35
-	China Economic Review	35
-	Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour	35
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	35
-	Journal of Advanced Nursing	35
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	35
-	SAGE Open	35
111	Value in Health	34
-	Current Issues in Tourism	34
-	Food Policy	34
-	BMC Nursing	34
-	Applied Geography	34
-	Journal of the Knowledge Economy	34
-	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	34
-	New Media & Society	34
-	Academic Medicine	34
120	Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	33
-	Journal of Econometrics	33
-	Journal of Travel Research	33
-	Journal of Nursing Management	33
-	Tourism Review	33
-	Energy & Environment	33
-	Implementation Science	33
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	33
-	Journal of Development Economics	33
-	Journal of Economic Perspectives	33
-	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	33
-	North American Journal of Economics and Finance	33
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	33
-	Annual Review of Economics	33
134	Journal of Monetary Economics	32
-	International Journal of Management Education	32
-	Travel Behaviour and Society	32
-	Digital Health	32
-	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	32
-	Supportive Care in Cancer	32
-	Journals of Gerontology Series A-Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences	32
-	Patient Education and Counseling	32
-	Tourism Management Perspectives	32
-	Climate Policy	32
-	Utilities Policy	32
-	American Political Science Review	32
-	Review of Finance	32
147	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	31
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	31
-	Economics Letters	31
-	Applied Economics	31
-	Journal of Safety Research	31
-	Journal of Clinical Nursing	31
-	Nurse Education in Practice	31
154	Journal of Chemical Education	30
-	Trauma Violence & Abuse	30
-	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	30
-	Journal of Applied Physiology	30
-	Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance	30
-	Journal of Politics	30
-	Journal of International Economics	30
-	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	30
-	ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development	30
-	Digital Journalism	30
-	Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	30
-	Regional Studies	30
-	Small Business Economics	30
167	Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise	29
-	Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine	29
-	International Journal of Advertising	29
-	Higher Education	29
-	Tobacco Control	29
-	Learning and Instruction	29
-	Transport Reviews	29
-	Geoforum	29
-	Health Policy	29

-	International Journal of Stem Education	29
-	JMIR Serious Games	29
-	Forest Policy and Economics	29
-	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	29
-	Public Administration Review	29
181	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management	28
-	Journal of Accounting & Economics	28
-	Journal of Financial Stability	28
-	Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology	28
-	Sports Medicine-Open	28
-	International Journal of Emerging Markets	28
-	Health Expectations	28
-	Journal of Air Transport Management	28
-	Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance	28
-	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	28
-	Medical Teacher	28
-	International Journal of Qualitative Methods	28
-	Harm Reduction Journal	28
194	Journal of Cultural Heritage	27
-	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	27
-	Medical Education	27
-	IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies	27
-	Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports	27
-	Health Research Policy and Systems	27
-	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	27

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