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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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Technological Forecasting and Social Change126
2 Sustainability120
3 Energy Economics112
4 Resources Policy90
5 Business Strategy and the Environment86
6 Nature Sustainability85
7 Journal of Medical Internet Research81
8 Technology in Society80
- Nature Climate Change80
10 Energy Policy77
- npj Digital Medicine77
12 Sustainable Production and Consumption76
13 Education and Information Technologies72
- Journal of Financial Economics72
15 Environmental Impact Assessment Review71
16 Healthcare65
17 International Review of Economics & Finance62
18 Cities61
- Tourism Management61
- Computers & Education61
- Economic Analysis and Policy61
- Energy Research & Social Science61
23 Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review60
- American Economic Review60
25 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management59
26 Landscape and Urban Planning58
- Land Use Policy58
- International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management58
29 International Journal of Hospitality Management56
- One Earth56
- Sustainable Development56
32 Journal of Finance55
- British Journal of Sports Medicine55
- Journal of Personalized Medicine55
35 Land53
36 Journal of Business Ethics52
- Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment52
- BMC Medical Education52
39 Social Science & Medicine51
- International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education51
- BMC Health Services Research51
42 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions49
- Sports Medicine49
44 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management48
- BMC Geriatrics48
- Urban Forestry & Urban Greening48
- Ecological Economics48
48 Journal of Rural Studies46
- Transport Policy46
- Accident Analysis and Prevention46
- Review of Financial Studies46
52 Socio-Economic Planning Sciences45
- Economic Modelling45
- Econometrica45
55 Journal of Environmental Psychology44
- International Journal of Nursing Studies44
57 British Journal of Educational Technology43
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology43
- Quarterly Journal of Economics43
- Pragmatics43
- System43
- JMIR mHealth and uHealth43
- Health Affairs43
- Habitat International43
65 Annals of Tourism Research42
- World Development42
- Systems42
- Marine Policy42
- International Journal of Medical Informatics42
- Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy42
71 Journal of Political Economy41
- American Journal of Sports Medicine41
- Nurse Education Today41
- Journal of General Internal Medicine41
75 SAGE Open40
- Review of Economic Studies40
- International Journal of Forecasting40
- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association40
- Journal of Transport Geography40
- BMC Nursing40
- Journal of Sport and Health Science40
- Journal of Healthcare Engineering40
83 Review of Economics and Statistics39
- Telecommunications Policy39
- BMC Medical Research Methodology39
- Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery39
- Educational Research Review39
- Financial Innovation39
- Transportation Research Part B-Methodological39
- Digital Health39
91 Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money38
- Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice38
- Computers Environment and Urban Systems38
- Teaching and Teacher Education38
- Journal of Banking & Finance38
- China Economic Review38
- Borsa Istanbul Review38
- Interactive Learning Environments38
- Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja38
100 Child Abuse & Neglect37
- Thinking Skills and Creativity37
- Journal of the Knowledge Economy37
- Tourism Review37
104 Journal of Computer Assisted Learning36
- Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour36
- Applied Geography36
- Structural Change and Economic Dynamics36
- Patient Education and Counseling36
- Addictive Behaviors36
- Energy & Environment36
- Food Policy36
- Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization36
- Journal of Economic Perspectives36
- Journal of Advanced Nursing36
115 Journal of Sustainable Tourism35
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society35
- Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics35
- Implementation Science35
- International Journal of Drug Policy35
- Ecosystem Services35
- Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific35
- Journal of Development Economics35
- Journal of Economic Literature35
- Travel Behaviour and Society35
125 Journal of Econometrics34
- Current Issues in Tourism34
- New Media & Society34
- North American Journal of Economics and Finance34
- Academic Medicine34
- International Journal of Stem Education34
- Journal of Travel Research34
- Annual Review of Economics34
- Addiction34
- International Journal of Qualitative Methods34
- Value in Health34
136 Small Business Economics33
- Utilities Policy33
- Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery33
- Journal of Chemical Education33
- Trauma Violence & Abuse33
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence33
- International Journal of Management Education33
143 Tourism Management Perspectives32
- Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation32
- Nurse Education in Practice32
- American Political Science Review32
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change32
- IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies32
- Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions32
- Journal of Nursing Management32
- Sports Medicine-Open32
- Journal of Clinical Nursing32
153 Journal of Monetary Economics31
- Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing31
- Regional Studies31
- Journal of Accounting & Economics31
- Economics Letters31
- Higher Education31
- Climate Policy31
- ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development31
161 JMIR Serious Games30
- Medical Teacher30
- Journal of European Public Policy30
- Journal of Politics30
- Journal of Safety Research30
- Studies in Higher Education30
- Learning and Instruction30
- Computer Assisted Language Learning30
- Health Expectations30
- Health Policy30
- International Journal of Geographical Information Science30
- Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology30
- Tobacco Control30
174 Psychiatric Services29
- Review of Finance29
- Political Geography29
- Big Data & Society29
- Applied Economics29
- Journal of Applied Physiology29
- Supportive Care in Cancer29
- Journal of Environmental Economics and Management29
- Digital Journalism29
- Social Media + Society29
- Forest Policy and Economics29
- International Journal of Advertising29
- Journal of Pain and Symptom Management29
187 Journal of Environmental Planning and Management28
- Public Administration Review28
- Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology28
- Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management28
- Journal of Destination Marketing & Management28
- Journal of Cultural Heritage28
- Journals of Gerontology Series A-Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences28
- Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development28
- Personnel Review28
- Nursing Open28
- Progress in Human Geography28
- Journal of Air Transport Management28
- Journal of Public Economics28
- Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance28
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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