New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Social Sciences

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)
Rank Journal Impact Factor 2024
1 Nature Sustainability ca. 27.1
- Nature Climate Change ca. 27.1
3 American Journal of Bioethics ca. 20.8
4 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education ca. 16.7
5 British Journal of Sports Medicine ca. 16.2
6 npj Digital Medicine ca. 15.1
7 Energy Economics ca. 14.2
8 Implementation Science ca. 13.4
9 Business Strategy and the Environment ca. 13.3
- Technological Forecasting and Social Change ca. 13.3
11 Quarterly Journal of Economics ca. 12.7
12 Technology in Society ca. 12.5
13 Tourism Management ca. 12.4
14 Journal of Financial Economics ca. 12
15 American Economic Review ca. 11.6
16 Educational Psychologist ca. 11.4
- Annual Review of Economics ca. 11.4
18 Environmental Impact Assessment Review ca. 11.2
19 Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management ca. 11
20 Oeconomia Copernicana ca. 10.8
21 NBER Macroeconomics Annual ca. 10.7
22 Journal of Economic Literature ca. 10.6
- Educational Research Review ca. 10.6
24 Computers & Education ca. 10.5
25 Journal of Sport and Health Science ca. 10.3
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change ca. 10.3
27 Transport Reviews ca. 9.9
28 Sustainable Production and Consumption ca. 9.6
- Dialogues in Human Geography ca. 9.6
30 Journal of Finance ca. 9.5
- Annual Review of Political Science ca. 9.5
32 Sports Medicine ca. 9.4
33 Landscape and Urban Planning ca. 9.2
- Energy Policy ca. 9.2
35 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management ca. 9.1
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions ca. 9.1
37 International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management ca. 9
- Annual Review of Sociology ca. 9
- Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing ca. 9
40 Economic Geography ca. 8.9
41 Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review ca. 8.8
- Journal of Economic Perspectives ca. 8.8
43 Economic Analysis and Policy ca. 8.7
44 Review of Finance ca. 8.4
- Annual Review of Resource Economics ca. 8.4
46 International Journal of Hospitality Management ca. 8.3
- Computers Environment and Urban Systems ca. 8.3
48 Sustainable Development ca. 8.2
49 Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific ca. 8.1
- British Journal of Educational Technology ca. 8.1
- Adolescent Research Review ca. 8.1
- Health Affairs ca. 8.1
53 International Journal of Stem Education ca. 8
54 Tourism Review ca. 7.9
55 Annals of Tourism Research ca. 7.8
- Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management ca. 7.8
- Journal of Sustainable Tourism ca. 7.8
- Journal of Mixed Methods Research ca. 7.8
59 Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment ca. 7.7
60 Journal of Destination Marketing & Management ca. 7.4
- Energy Research & Social Science ca. 7.4
- Review of Educational Research ca. 7.4
- International Journal of Management Education ca. 7.4
64 Organization & Environment ca. 7.3
65 Financial Innovation ca. 7.2
- Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal ca. 7.2
67 Borsa Istanbul Review ca. 7.1
- Econometrica ca. 7.1
- International Journal of Forecasting ca. 7.1
70 Information Technology & Tourism ca. 7
- Journal of Environmental Psychology ca. 7
- Econometrics Journal ca. 7
- Habitat International ca. 7
- Journal of Travel Research ca. 7
- Journal of Advertising ca. 7
- Asian Economic Policy Review ca. 7
77 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology ca. 6.9
- Tourism Management Perspectives ca. 6.9
- Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics ca. 6.9
80 Journal of Accounting & Economics ca. 6.8
- Review of Economics and Statistics ca. 6.8
- Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice ca. 6.8
- Internet and Higher Education ca. 6.8
84 American Economic Review-Insights ca. 6.7
- International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology ca. 6.7
- Journal of Business Ethics ca. 6.7
- Urban Forestry & Urban Greening ca. 6.7
88 Computer Assisted Language Learning ca. 6.6
- Cities ca. 6.6
- Review of Environmental Economics and Policy ca. 6.6
- Ecosystem Services ca. 6.6
92 BMJ Quality & Safety ca. 6.5
- Sociological Methods & Research ca. 6.5
94 European Research on Management and Business Economics ca. 6.4
- Telecommunications Policy ca. 6.4
- Review of Economic Studies ca. 6.4
- Economic Policy ca. 6.4
98 Ecological Economics ca. 6.3
- Journal of Political Economy ca. 6.3
- Transportation Research Part B-Methodological ca. 6.3
- Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory ca. 6.3
- Journal of Transport Geography ca. 6.3
103 Annual Review of Criminology ca. 6.2
- Accident Analysis and Prevention ca. 6.2
- Human Resource Management Journal ca. 6.2
- Communication Theory ca. 6.2
- RELC Journal ca. 6.2
- JMIR mHealth and uHealth ca. 6.2
- American Economic Journal-Applied Economics ca. 6.2
- American Sociological Review ca. 6.2
111 International Security ca. 6.1
- Policy and Society ca. 6.1
- Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions ca. 6.1
- Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money ca. 6.1
- Progress in Human Geography ca. 6.1
116 Journal of Medical Internet Research ca. 6
- Journal of Human Resources ca. 6
- Food Policy ca. 6
- Value in Health ca. 6
120 International Journal of Advertising ca. 5.9
- Land Use Policy ca. 5.9
- Big Data & Society ca. 5.9
- Journal of Environmental Economics and Management ca. 5.9
- Environmental Politics ca. 5.9
- Sports Medicine-Open ca. 5.9
126 Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy ca. 5.8
- American Political Science Review ca. 5.8
128 Travel Behaviour and Society ca. 5.7
- International Journal of Tourism Research ca. 5.7
- Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication ca. 5.7
- Journal of Rural Studies ca. 5.7
- International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning ca. 5.7
- American Economic Journal-Macroeconomics ca. 5.7
- Journal of Medical Systems ca. 5.7
- Recall ca. 5.7
136 International Review of Economics & Finance ca. 5.6
- American Journal of Political Science ca. 5.6
- System ca. 5.6
139 Assessing Writing ca. 5.5
- China Economic Review ca. 5.5
- Journal of Communication ca. 5.5
- Structural Change and Economic Dynamics ca. 5.5
- Journal of Science Education and Technology ca. 5.5
144 Digital Journalism ca. 5.4
- Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching ca. 5.4
- Education and Information Technologies ca. 5.4
- Review of Financial Studies ca. 5.4
- Political Analysis ca. 5.4
- Human Relations ca. 5.4
- Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery ca. 5.4
- Applied Geography ca. 5.4
- Trauma Violence & Abuse ca. 5.4
- Socio-Economic Planning Sciences ca. 5.4
154 Transport Policy ca. 5.3
- Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research ca. 5.3
- Addiction ca. 5.3
- Interactive Learning Environments ca. 5.3
158 Yale Law Journal ca. 5.2
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology ca. 5.2
- Criminology ca. 5.2
- Academic Medicine ca. 5.2
- Medical Education ca. 5.2
- Climate Policy ca. 5.2
- Academy of Management Learning & Education ca. 5.2
- Journal of Planning Literature ca. 5.2
166 Public Administration ca. 5.1
- Political Communication ca. 5.1
- International Journal of Health Policy and Management ca. 5.1
- International Journal of Geographical Information Science ca. 5.1
- Language Teaching ca. 5.1
171 Journal of Vacation Marketing ca. 5
- Climate Risk Management ca. 5
- Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy ca. 5
- Journal of Labor Economics ca. 5
- Journal of Research on Technology in Education ca. 5
- Social Science & Medicine ca. 5
- Biology of Sport ca. 5
- Contemporary Security Policy ca. 5
- Journal of Economic Surveys ca. 5
180 Social Media + Society ca. 4.9
- Public Management Review ca. 4.9
- Political Geography ca. 4.9
- IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies ca. 4.9
- Journal of Computing in Higher Education ca. 4.9
- Journal of Educational Computing Research ca. 4.9
- Policy Studies Journal ca. 4.9
- Studies in Second Language Acquisition ca. 4.9
- Innovations in Education and Teaching International ca. 4.9
- Educational Researcher ca. 4.9
- Learning and Instruction ca. 4.9
- Public Administration Review ca. 4.9
192 Journal of Peasant Studies ca. 4.8
- World Development ca. 4.8
- Metacognition and Learning ca. 4.8
- Maritime Economics & Logistics ca. 4.8
- Small Business Economics ca. 4.8
- Energy & Environment ca. 4.8
- Transportation Science ca. 4.8
- Population and Development Review ca. 4.8
- Journal of Urban Economics ca. 4.8
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