Social Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Quarterly Journal of Economics	38
2	Nature Sustainability	37
3	Journal of Financial Economics	34
4	American Economic Review	33
5	Computers & Education	28
-	Tourism Management	28
7	International Journal of Hospitality Management	27
-	Review of Financial Studies	27
-	Journal of Finance	27
-	Annual Review of Sociology	27
11	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	26
12	Nature Climate Change	25
-	Business Strategy and the Environment	25
-	Educational Psychologist	25
-	npj Digital Medicine	25
-	Sustainable Production and Consumption	25
17	Journal of Economic Perspectives	24
-	Annual Review of Political Science	24
-	Technology in Society	24
20	Annual Review of Economics	23
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	23
22	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	22
-	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	22
24	Energy Economics	21
25	Annals of Tourism Research	20
-	Review of Educational Research	20
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	20
-	Energy Policy	20
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	20
30	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	19
-	Ecosystem Services	19
-	Educational Research Review	19
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	19
34	Energy Research & Social Science	18
-	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	18
-	Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review	18
-	Transport Reviews	18
-	One Earth	18
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	18
-	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	18
-	Sports Medicine	18
42	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	17
-	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	17
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	17
-	Journal of Medical Internet Research	17
-	Internet and Higher Education	17
-	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	17
-	Journal of Medical Systems	17
49	American Sociological Review	16
-	British Journal of Educational Technology	16

-	Policy and Society	16
-	Journal of Travel Research	16
-	Land Use Policy	16
-	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	16
-	Resources Policy	16
-	European Research on Management and Business Economics	16
-	Journal of Sport and Health Science	16
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	16
-	Tourism Management Perspectives	16
60	Accident Analysis and Prevention	15
-	World Development	15
-	Oeconomia Copernicana	15
-	Journal of Political Economy	15
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	15
-	European Transport Research Review	15
-	Food Policy	15
-	Review of Economic Studies	15
-	Transport Policy	15
69	Cities	14
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	14
-	Information Technology & Tourism	14
-	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	14
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	14
-	Journal of Transport Geography	14
-	Climate Policy	14
-	Ecological Economics	14
-	Review of Finance	14
-	Implementation Science	14
-	International Journal of Nursing Studies	14
-	International Journal of Stem Education	14
81	Comunicar	13
-	Journal of Social Issues	13
-	Progress in Human Geography	13
-	Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews	13
-	International Organization	13
-	Travel Behaviour and Society	13
-	Journal of Monetary Economics	13
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	13
-	Computer Assisted Language Learning	13
-	American Review of Public Administration	13
-	Econometrica	13
-	Journal of Rural Studies	13
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	13
-	British Journal of Sports Medicine	13
-	Journal of Accounting & Economics	13
-	Journal of Advertising	13
97	Pragmatics	12
-	Recall	12
-	International Journal of Forecasting	12
-	Science Communication	12
-	Journal of Educational Computing Research	12
-	Journal of Air Transport Management	12
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	12
-	Health Affairs	12
-	World Politics	12
-	Tourism Review	12
-	China Economic Review	12
-	Digital Journalism	12
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	12
-	Environment and Behavior	12
-	Economic Geography	12
-	Sports Medicine-Open	12
-	Health Policy and Planning	12
-	International Journal of Health Services	12
-	Telecommunications Policy	12
-	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	12
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	12
118	Learning and Instruction	11
-	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	11
-	Big Data & Society	11
-	Distance Education	11
-	Journal of Research on Technology in Education	11
-	Educational Researcher	11
-	European Societies	11
-	Habitat International	11
-	Sport Management Review	11
-	American Political Science Review	11
-	International Journal of Advertising	11
-	Financial Innovation	11
-	Economic Analysis and Policy	11
-	JMIR Serious Games	11
-	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	11
133	Marine Policy	10
-	Journal of Urban Economics	10
-	New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development	10
-	China Agricultural Economic Review	10
-	Current Issues in Tourism	10
-	Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education	10
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	10
-	Annual Review of Criminology	10
-	Journal of Public Economics	10
-	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	10
-	International Journal of Drug Policy	10
-	Public Relations Review	10
-	Forest Policy and Economics	10
-	Palliative Medicine	10
-	Drug and Alcohol Dependence	10
-	Education for Chemical Engineers	10
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	10
-	Journal of Competitiveness	10
-	International Journal of Medical Informatics	10
-	Journal of Development Economics	10
-	Sustainable Development	10
-	Transportation Science	10
-	Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research	10
-	Journal of Financial Stability	10
-	Borsa Istanbul Review	10
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	10
-	Journal of Responsible Innovation	10
-	International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning	10
-	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	10
-	Human Resource Management Journal	10
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	10
-	Journal of Nursing Management	10
-	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	10
-	Addictive Behaviors	10
-	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	10
-	Journal of Business Ethics	10
-	Health Technology Assessment	10
-	Journal of Communication	10
-	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	10
-	Small Business Economics	10
-	Technological and Economic Development of Economy	10
-	Tourism Geographies	10
-	Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour	10

176	Journal of Vacation Marketing	9
-	Journals of Gerontology Series A-Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences	9
-	North American Journal of Economics and Finance	9
-	Climate Risk Management	9
-	Comparative Political Studies	9
-	Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education	9
-	Journal of Human Evolution	9
-	Applied Geography	9
-	Journal of International Economics	9
-	Emerging Markets Review	9
-	Public Management Review	9
-	Science and Engineering Ethics	9
-	International Journal of Press-Politics	9
-	ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development	9
-	Economic Journal	9
-	Political Communication	9
-	Research in Transportation Economics	9
-	Population and Environment	9
-	Review of International Political Economy	9
-	Substance Abuse	9
-	Forensic Science International-Genetics	9
-	International Journal of Tourism Research	9
-	West European Politics	9
-	Studies in Educational Evaluation	9
-	Social Media + Society	9

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