New: Think Tank Rankings 2026
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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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Sustainability132
2 Technological Forecasting and Social Change116
3 Energy Economics108
4 Nature Sustainability93
- Resources Policy93
- npj Digital Medicine93
7 Journal of Medical Internet Research90
8 Nature Climate Change84
9 Technology in Society81
10 Education and Information Technologies79
- Business Strategy and the Environment79
12 Healthcare73
13 Environmental Impact Assessment Review72
14 Energy Policy68
15 International Review of Economics & Finance67
16 Cities66
17 Sustainable Development64
- Tourism Management64
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management64
- Sustainable Production and Consumption64
- Economic Analysis and Policy64
22 Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review63
- Landscape and Urban Planning63
- Energy Research & Social Science63
25 Journal of Financial Economics62
26 BMC Medical Education58
- International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education58
- One Earth58
- Computers & Education58
30 American Economic Review57
31 British Journal of Sports Medicine56
- International Journal of Hospitality Management56
- Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment56
34 Land55
- Land Use Policy55
- BMC Health Services Research55
- International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management55
38 Journal of Finance54
39 Journal of Personalized Medicine53
- Sports Medicine53
41 Urban Forestry & Urban Greening51
- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association51
- Accident Analysis and Prevention51
- Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management51
- BMC Nursing51
46 BMC Geriatrics50
- British Journal of Educational Technology50
48 Economic Modelling49
- Systems49
- Ecological Economics49
51 International Journal of Nursing Studies48
52 Socio-Economic Planning Sciences47
53 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology46
- International Journal of Medical Informatics46
- Social Science & Medicine46
- Nurse Education Today46
57 Journal of Rural Studies45
- System45
- Transport Policy45
- Habitat International45
61 World Development44
- Applied Geography44
- Journal of Business Ethics44
64 SAGE Open43
- Review of Financial Studies43
- Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy43
- Quarterly Journal of Economics43
68 Journal of Political Economy42
- Review of Economics and Statistics42
- Journal of Transport Geography42
- Digital Health42
- Thinking Skills and Creativity42
- Marine Policy42
- Journal of Environmental Psychology42
75 Health Affairs41
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions41
- Review of Economic Studies41
- Financial Innovation41
- American Journal of Sports Medicine41
80 Child Abuse & Neglect40
- Structural Change and Economic Dynamics40
- Teaching and Teacher Education40
- Interactive Learning Environments40
- China Economic Review40
85 BMC Medical Research Methodology39
- Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money39
- Annual Review of Economics39
- Tourism Review39
- Computers Environment and Urban Systems39
- Journal of Computer Assisted Learning39
- Journal of Sport and Health Science39
92 Educational Research Review38
- Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery38
- Transportation Research Part B-Methodological38
- Trauma Violence & Abuse38
- New Media & Society38
- Journal of Travel Research38
- IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies38
99 Journal of Sustainable Tourism37
- Nurse Education in Practice37
- European Journal of Education37
- JMIR mHealth and uHealth37
- Journal of Advanced Nursing37
- Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice37
- Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour37
106 Energy & Environment36
- Ecosystem Services36
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society36
- International Journal of Stem Education36
- Current Issues in Tourism36
- Journal of Economic Literature36
- Journal of Economic Perspectives36
- Small Business Economics36
- Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific36
- Food Policy36
- Addiction36
- Telecommunications Policy36
- Annals of Tourism Research36
- International Journal of Management Education36
- Econometrica36
- Journal of Accounting & Economics36
- Journal of General Internal Medicine36
123 Studies in Higher Education35
- Borsa Istanbul Review35
- International Journal of Forecasting35
- Journal of Banking & Finance35
- Journal of Chemical Education35
- Journal of Econometrics35
- Social Media + Society35
130 Academic Medicine34
- Addictive Behaviors34
- North American Journal of Economics and Finance34
- Journal of European Public Policy34
- Journal of Development Economics34
- Medical Teacher34
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence34
- Learning and Instruction34
- Value in Health34
139 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics33
- International Journal of Drug Policy33
- Journals of Gerontology Series A-Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences33
- Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery33
- Implementation Science33
- Utilities Policy33
- Tourism Management Perspectives33
- International Journal of Qualitative Methods33
- Journal of Clinical Nursing33
148 Economics Letters32
- Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing32
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change32
- American Political Science Review32
- Travel Behaviour and Society32
- Higher Education32
- Patient Education and Counseling32
- Journal of Air Transport Management32
- Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization32
- Regional Studies32
- Nursing Open32
- Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions32
- Journal of the Knowledge Economy32
- Oeconomia Copernicana32
162 Journal of Monetary Economics31
- Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation31
- Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management31
- Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare31
- Public Administration Review31
- ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development31
- Journal of Safety Research31
- Big Data & Society31
- Journal of Nursing Management31
171 Forest Policy and Economics30
- Futures30
- Health Policy30
- JMIR Serious Games30
- Transport Reviews30
- Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis30
- Journal of International Economics30
- Applied Economics30
- International Journal of Geographical Information Science30
- Climate Policy30
- Journal of Destination Marketing & Management30
- Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology30
183 Geriatric Nursing29
- Health Expectations29
- Journal of Applied Physiology29
- Political Geography29
- Journal of Educational Computing Research29
- Review of Finance29
- International Nursing Review29
- Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education29
- Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal29
- Economic Change and Restructuring29
- Journal of Financial Stability29
- Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance29
- Pharmacoeconomics29
- Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine29
197 Urban Studies28
- Transportation Science28
- Journal of Cultural Heritage28
- Natural Resources Forum28
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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