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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Sustainability130
2 Technological Forecasting and Social Change116
3 Energy Economics99
4 Resources Policy93
5 Nature Sustainability92
6 npj Digital Medicine91
7 Journal of Medical Internet Research89
8 Nature Climate Change81
- Business Strategy and the Environment81
10 Technology in Society79
11 Education and Information Technologies78
12 Environmental Impact Assessment Review73
13 Sustainable Production and Consumption71
- Healthcare71
15 Energy Policy68
16 Cities66
17 Energy Research & Social Science65
18 Journal of Financial Economics64
19 Tourism Management63
- Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review63
- Economic Analysis and Policy63
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management63
- Sustainable Development63
24 Landscape and Urban Planning62
25 Computers & Education58
26 American Economic Review57
- One Earth57
- BMC Medical Education57
29 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education56
- International Journal of Hospitality Management56
- Journal of Personalized Medicine56
- British Journal of Sports Medicine56
33 International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management55
34 BMC Health Services Research54
35 Journal of Finance53
- Land53
- Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment53
38 Land Use Policy52
39 Sports Medicine51
40 BMC Nursing50
- Urban Forestry & Urban Greening50
- Ecological Economics50
- BMC Geriatrics50
44 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management49
- Journal of Rural Studies49
- Systems49
47 British Journal of Educational Technology48
- Economic Modelling48
49 Accident Analysis and Prevention46
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology46
- System46
52 Journal of Business Ethics45
- International Journal of Nursing Studies45
- Nurse Education Today45
- Social Science & Medicine45
- Socio-Economic Planning Sciences45
- International Journal of Medical Informatics45
- Transport Policy45
59 Habitat International44
60 Applied Geography43
- Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy43
- Pragmatics43
- Review of Financial Studies43
- World Development43
- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association43
66 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions42
- Journal of Political Economy42
- SAGE Open42
- Journal of Transport Geography42
70 Journal of Environmental Psychology41
- Journal of Sport and Health Science41
72 American Journal of Sports Medicine40
- Digital Health40
- Teaching and Teacher Education40
- Marine Policy40
- Computers Environment and Urban Systems40
- Financial Innovation40
- Health Affairs40
- BMC Medical Research Methodology40
- Thinking Skills and Creativity40
81 China Economic Review39
- Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money39
- Tourism Review39
- Review of Economic Studies39
- Structural Change and Economic Dynamics39
- International Journal of Management Education39
87 Journal of Computer Assisted Learning38
- Annals of Tourism Research38
- International Journal of Forecasting38
- Review of Economics and Statistics38
- Journal of Travel Research38
- Annual Review of Economics38
- IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies38
- New Media & Society38
95 Small Business Economics37
- Trauma Violence & Abuse37
- Transportation Research Part B-Methodological37
- Educational Research Review37
- Food Policy37
- Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery37
- Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice37
- Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour37
- Interactive Learning Environments37
- Nurse Education in Practice37
105 Current Issues in Tourism36
- Journal of Economic Literature36
- Journal of Banking & Finance36
- Social Media + Society36
- Addiction36
- Travel Behaviour and Society36
- Journal of Econometrics36
- JMIR mHealth and uHealth36
- Journal of Advanced Nursing36
- Telecommunications Policy36
- Borsa Istanbul Review36
- Patient Education and Counseling36
- Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific36
- Journal of General Internal Medicine36
119 Journal of Economic Perspectives35
- Journal of Accounting & Economics35
- European Journal of Education35
- Journal of Sustainable Tourism35
- International Journal of Stem Education35
- Econometrica35
- Journal of European Public Policy35
- Ecosystem Services35
- Energy & Environment35
- Implementation Science35
- Studies in Higher Education35
- Tourism Management Perspectives35
- Value in Health35
132 Journal of Development Economics34
- Journal of Chemical Education34
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence34
- International Journal of Drug Policy34
- Addictive Behaviors34
- North American Journal of Economics and Finance34
- Journal of Clinical Nursing34
139 Learning and Instruction33
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society33
- Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing33
- Big Data & Society33
- Academic Medicine33
- Utilities Policy33
- Medical Teacher33
146 Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja32
- Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization32
- Journal of Monetary Economics32
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change32
- Oeconomia Copernicana32
- Economics Letters32
- Journal of Air Transport Management32
- Journal of the Knowledge Economy32
- Journals of Gerontology Series A-Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences32
- Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics32
- International Journal of Qualitative Methods32
157 Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management31
- Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions31
- JMIR Serious Games31
- Applied Economics31
- Higher Education31
- Journal of Nursing Management31
- Journal of International Economics31
- Nursing Open31
165 Climate Policy30
- ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development30
- Forest Policy and Economics30
- Journal of Safety Research30
- Transport Reviews30
- Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology30
- Pharmacoeconomics30
- Annual Review of Sociology30
- American Political Science Review30
- Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare30
175 Journal of Cultural Heritage29
- Journal of Educational Computing Research29
- Review of Finance29
- Futures29
- Transportation Science29
- Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education29
- Economic Change and Restructuring29
- Journal of Destination Marketing & Management29
- Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis29
- Health Policy29
- Journal of Public Economics29
- International Journal of Geographical Information Science29
187 American Journal of Bioethics28
- Urban Studies28
- Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal28
- Public Administration Review28
- Quality of Life Research28
- Journal of Pain and Symptom Management28
- Medical Education Online28
- Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine28
- Journal of Economic Surveys28
- Journal of Environmental Economics and Management28
- Emerging Markets Finance and Trade28
- Geriatric Nursing28
- Health Expectations28
- Intensive and Critical Care Nursing28
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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