Social Sciences: Journal Rankings

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 are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor
1	Nature Climate Change	ca. 30.7
2	Nature Sustainability	ca. 27.6
3	Dialogues in Human Geography	ca. 27.5
4	British Journal of Sports Medicine	ca. 18.4
5	One Earth	ca. 16.2
6	npj Digital Medicine	ca. 15.2
7	Quarterly Journal of Economics	ca. 13.7
8	Business Strategy and the Environment	ca. 13.4
-	American Journal of Bioethics	ca. 13.4
10	Annals of Tourism Research	ca. 13.2
11	Energy Economics	ca. 12.8
12	Tourism Management	ca. 12.7
13	Journal of Economic Literature	ca. 12.6
14	Sustainable Development	ca. 12.5
-	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	ca. 12.5
16	Sustainable Production and Consumption	ca. 12.1
17	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	ca. 12
-	Computers & Education	ca. 12
19	Educational Research Review	ca. 11.7
-	Journal of Sport and Health Science	ca. 11.7
-	International Journal of Hospitality Management	ca. 11.7
22	Communication Methods and Measures	ca. 11.4
23	Review of Educational Research	ca. 11.2
24	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	ca. 11.1
25	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	ca. 10.9
26	Ethics	ca. 10.8
-	Annual Review of Political Science	ca. 10.8
28	American Economic Review	ca. 10.7
29	Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review	ca. 10.6
30	Annual Review of Sociology	ca. 10.5
31	Resources Policy	ca. 10.2
32	Tourism Geographies	ca. 9.8
-	Journal of Public Economics	ca. 9.8
-	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	ca. 9.8
-	Sports Medicine	ca. 9.8
-	Transport Reviews	ca. 9.8
37	Health Affairs	ca. 9.7
-	Asian Economic Papers	ca. 9.7
39	Policy and Society	ca. 9.3
-	Information Technology & Tourism	ca. 9.3
41	Technology in Society	ca. 9.2
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	ca. 9.2
43	Landscape and Urban Planning	ca. 9.1
-	American Sociological Review	ca. 9.1
45	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	ca. 9
-	Energy Policy	ca. 9
-	Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics-Revue Canadienne d'Agroeconomie	ca. 9
-	Science Communication	ca. 9
49	Journal of Travel Research	ca. 8.9
-	Journal of Financial Economics	ca. 8.9

-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	ca. 8.9
52	Educational Psychologist	ca. 8.8
53	Tourism Management Perspectives	ca. 8.7
54	Internet and Higher Education	ca. 8.6
-	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	ca. 8.6
56	American Economic Review-Insights	ca. 8.5
-	Big Data & Society	ca. 8.5
-	Oeconomia Copernicana	ca. 8.5
59	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	ca. 8.4
-	Financial Innovation	ca. 8.4
-	Journal of Economic Perspectives	ca. 8.4
62	Public Administration Review	ca. 8.3
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	ca. 8.3
64	Educational Researcher	ca. 8.2
-	Review of Financial Studies	ca. 8.2
-	Journal of Political Economy	ca. 8.2
67	International Journal of Nursing Studies	ca. 8.1
-	European Societies	ca. 8.1
69	Current Issues in Tourism	ca. 8
-	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction	ca. 8
-	Journal of Finance	ca. 8
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	ca. 8
73	Journal of Communication	ca. 7.9
-	International Journal of Forecasting	ca. 7.9
-	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	ca. 7.9
76	International Organization	ca. 7.8
-	Tourism Review	ca. 7.8
78	NBER Macroeconomics Annual	ca. 7.7
79	Ecosystem Services	ca. 7.6
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	ca. 7.6
81	Foreign Affairs	ca. 7.5
-	Political Communication	ca. 7.5
83	Academic Medicine	ca. 7.4
-	Journal of Medical Internet Research	ca. 7.4
85	Anatomical Sciences Education	ca. 7.3
-	Fiscal Studies	ca. 7.3
-	Distance Education	ca. 7.3
-	Journal of Competitiveness	ca. 7.3
89	Implementation Science	ca. 7.2
-	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	ca. 7.2
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	ca. 7.2
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	ca. 7.2
-	American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry	ca. 7.2
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	ca. 7.2
95	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	ca. 7.1
-	Progress in Human Geography	ca. 7.1
-	Land Use Policy	ca. 7.1
-	Climate Policy	ca. 7.1
99	Ecological Economics	ca. 7
-	International Psychogeriatrics	ca. 7
-	Economic Geography	ca. 7
-	Computer Assisted Language Learning	ca. 7
-	Innovation in Aging	ca. 7
104	World Development	ca. 6.9
-	Annual Review of Criminology	ca. 6.9
-	Learning Media and Technology	ca. 6.9
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	ca. 6.9
108	Habitat International	ca. 6.8
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	ca. 6.8
-	Transport Policy	ca. 6.8
-	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	ca. 6.8
-	American Political Science Review	ca. 6.8
-	Oxford Review of Economic Policy	ca. 6.8
-	China Economic Review	ca. 6.8
115	International Journal of Stem Education	ca. 6.7
-	Cities	ca. 6.7
-	International Journal of Advertising	ca. 6.7
-	Energy Research & Social Science	ca. 6.7
119	British Journal of Educational Technology	ca. 6.6
-	Milbank Quarterly	ca. 6.6
-	Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance	ca. 6.6
122	Food Policy	ca. 6.5
-	Economic Analysis and Policy	ca. 6.5
124	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	ca. 6.4
-	Trauma Violence & Abuse	ca. 6.4
-	Yale Law Journal	ca. 6.4
-	Small Business Economics	ca. 6.4
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	ca. 6.4
-	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	ca. 6.4
130	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society	ca. 6.3
-	Sociological Methods & Research	ca. 6.3
-	Journal of Urban Economics	ca. 6.3
-	Journal of Econometrics	ca. 6.3
134	Learning and Instruction	ca. 6.2
-	Journals of Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences	ca. 6.2
-	Communication Research	ca. 6.2
-	American Economic Journal-Applied Economics	ca. 6.2
138	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	ca. 6.1
-	Econometrica	ca. 6.1
-	Journal of Transport Geography	ca. 6.1
-	European Journal of Teacher Education	ca. 6.1
-	Journal of Population Economics	ca. 6.1
-	Journal of Second Language Writing	ca. 6.1
-	Journal of Business Ethics	ca. 6.1
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	ca. 6.1
-	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	ca. 6.1
147	System	ca. 6
-	Health Policy and Technology	ca. 6
-	Addiction	ca. 6
-	Journal of Air Transport Management	ca. 6
-	American Economic Journal-Macroeconomics	ca. 6
-	Medical Education	ca. 6
-	Structural Equation Modeling-A Multidisciplinary Journal	ca. 6
-	Journal of Marriage and Family	ca. 6
155	Contemporary Security Policy	ca. 5.9
-	Journal of Accounting & Economics	ca. 5.9
-	Environmental & Resource Economics	ca. 5.9
-	Journal of Community Health	ca. 5.9
-	Journal of Management Analytics	ca. 5.9
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	ca. 5.9
-	Technological and Economic Development of Economy	ca. 5.9
162	Gender Work and Organization	ca. 5.8
-	Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health	ca. 5.8
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	ca. 5.8
-	European Research on Management and Business Economics	ca. 5.8
-	Criminology	ca. 5.8
-	Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy	ca. 5.8
-	Review of Economic Studies	ca. 5.8
169	Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews	ca. 5.7
-	Gerontologist	ca. 5.7
-	Journal of General Internal Medicine	ca. 5.7
-	Environment and Behavior	ca. 5.7
-	Human Relations	ca. 5.7
-	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	ca. 5.7
-	Journal of Advertising	ca. 5.7

176	Journal of Computing in Higher Education	ca. 5.6
-	International Journal of Mental Health Nursing	ca. 5.6
-	American Journal of Criminal Justice	ca. 5.6
-	Comunicar	ca. 5.6
-	Biology of Sport	ca. 5.6
-	Annual Review of Economics	ca. 5.6
-	Journal of the American Planning Association	ca. 5.6
-	Telecommunications Policy	ca. 5.6
184	Journal of Nursing Management	ca. 5.5
-	Education and Information Technologies	ca. 5.5
-	Journal of Criminal Justice	ca. 5.5
-	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	ca. 5.5
-	Human Resource Management Journal	ca. 5.5
-	Gender & Society	ca. 5.5
-	Journal of Addiction Medicine	ca. 5.5
-	Environmental Politics	ca. 5.5
192	Social Science & Medicine	ca. 5.4
-	Digital Journalism	ca. 5.4
-	Journal of Financial Stability	ca. 5.4
-	Political Analysis	ca. 5.4
-	BMJ Quality & Safety	ca. 5.4
-	International Journal of Qualitative Methods	ca. 5.4
-	Feminism & Psychology	ca. 5.4
-	Interactive Learning Environments	ca. 5.4
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	ca. 5.4

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