New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Social Sciences

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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)
Rank Journal TQCC
1 Journal of Financial Economics41
2 Quarterly Journal of Economics36
3 Technological Forecasting and Social Change33
4 Annual Review of Economics32
5 American Economic Review31
- Tourism Management31
7 Technology in Society29
8 Computers & Education28
- Educational Psychologist28
10 Journal of Finance25
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions25
- Review of Financial Studies25
13 Landscape and Urban Planning24
- Energy Economics24
- International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management24
16 Environmental Impact Assessment Review23
- Business Strategy and the Environment23
- Energy Policy23
- Annual Review of Sociology23
20 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management22
- Educational Research Review22
- Resources Policy22
23 Nature Climate Change20
- Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management20
- Journal of Economic Perspectives20
26 Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing19
- International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology19
- Sports Medicine19
- Computers Environment and Urban Systems19
- Transport Reviews19
- European Transport Research Review19
32 Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review18
- International Journal of Hospitality Management18
- Review of Economic Studies18
35 Econometrica17
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change17
- Annual Review of Resource Economics17
- Accident Analysis and Prevention17
- Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment17
40 Land Use Policy16
- Urban Forestry & Urban Greening16
- Internet and Higher Education16
- Review of Educational Research16
- Transportation Research Part B-Methodological16
45 Journal of Medical Systems15
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management15
- Journal of Accounting & Economics15
- Review of Finance15
- Tourism Review15
- Journal of Travel Research15
- British Journal of Educational Technology15
- Annals of Tourism Research15
- Transport Policy15
54 Ecological Economics14
- Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment14
- Journal of Sustainable Tourism14
- Computer Assisted Language Learning14
- Journal of Advertising14
- Progress in Human Geography14
- Organization & Environment14
- Implementation Science14
- Socio-Economic Planning Sciences14
- Journal of Environmental Psychology14
- Journal of Rural Studies14
65 Economic Analysis and Policy13
- Journal of Transport Geography13
- Food Policy13
- Habitat International13
- International Journal of Nursing Studies13
- Cities13
- American Sociological Review13
- Transportation Science13
- Journal of Medical Internet Research13
- Economic Geography13
- Pragmatics13
- Information Technology & Tourism13
- Annual Review of Political Science13
- Journal of Political Economy13
- Telecommunications Policy13
- Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology13
- Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money13
- Journal of Educational Computing Research13
83 Comunicar12
- Journal of Social Issues12
- Journal of Urban Economics12
- International Journal of Advertising12
- World Development12
- World Politics12
- Journal of the Knowledge Economy12
- Review of Environmental Economics and Policy12
- American Political Science Review12
- Small Business Economics12
- Structural Change and Economic Dynamics12
94 Journal of Nursing Management11
- Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja11
- Marine Policy11
- International Journal of Forecasting11
- International Journal of Management Education11
- Health Technology Assessment11
- Policy and Society11
- Sustainable Development11
- Science and Engineering Ethics11
- Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy11
- Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory11
- Trauma Violence & Abuse11
- Journal of Business Ethics11
- International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning11
- Health Affairs11
- Personnel Review11
- International Journal of Health Services11
- Review of Economics and Statistics11
- China Economic Review11
- Climate Policy11
- Applied Geography11
- Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal11
- Journal of Computer Assisted Learning11
- Journal of Environmental Economics and Management11
118 Nurse Education Today10
- Educational Researcher10
- Journal of Safety Research10
- Maritime Economics & Logistics10
- Human Relations10
- Public Management Review10
- Public Relations Review10
- International Journal of Medical Informatics10
- Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society10
- Journal of Financial Stability10
- Thinking Skills and Creativity10
- Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication10
- Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research10
- Journal of Economic Surveys10
- Journal of Monetary Economics10
- Substance Abuse10
- Education and Information Technologies10
- Economic Modelling10
- Learning and Instruction10
- Journal of the European Economic Association10
- Utilities Policy10
- IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies10
- Forest Policy and Economics10
- Ethics and Information Technology10
- International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management10
- International Journal of Drug Policy10
- International Journal of Manpower10
- Public Administration10
- American Journal of Sports Medicine10
- Research in Transportation Economics10
- British Journal of Sports Medicine10
- CBE-Life Sciences Education10
- Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education10
- Journal of European Public Policy10
- System10
- Teaching and Teacher Education10
- Journal of Computing in Higher Education10
- Journal of Development Economics10
- Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice10
- Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour10
158 Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare9
- Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy9
- Education and Training9
- Emerging Markets Review9
- Learning Media and Technology9
- Journal of the Learning Sciences9
- Industry and Innovation9
- Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space9
- ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development9
- European Sport Management Quarterly9
- ACM Transactions on Computing Education9
- Health and Quality of Life Outcomes9
- Quantitative Economics9
- Addictive Behaviors9
- Hematology-American Society of Hematology Education Program9
- Resource and Energy Economics9
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology9
- Journal of Health and Social Behavior9
- Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education9
- Journal of International Economics9
- Studies in Educational Evaluation9
- Palliative Medicine9
- Current Issues in Tourism9
- Contemporary Security Policy9
- Criminology9
- Journal of Research on Technology in Education9
- West European Politics9
- Journal of Banking & Finance9
- Human Resources for Health9
- International Review of Economics & Finance9
- Environment and Behavior9
- Eurasian Business Review9
- European Journal of Ageing9
- Journal of Air Transport Management9
- New Media & Society9
- Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews9
- Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research9
- Regional Environmental Change9
- Regional Studies9
- Journal of Engineering Education9
- Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis9
- Journal of Communication9
- Social Science & Medicine9
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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