Social Sciences: Journal Rankings

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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Sustainability	108
2	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	104
3	Journal of Medical Internet Research	100
4	Energy Economics	90
5	Nature Climate Change	89
6	Nature Sustainability	88
7	Resources Policy	82
8	Energy Policy	76
9	Business Strategy and the Environment	73
10	International Journal of Hospitality Management	71
11	Sustainable Production and Consumption	70
12	Technology in Society	69
13	Journal of Financial Economics	68
14	Land Use Policy	66
15	npj Digital Medicine	65
16	Energy Research & Social Science	64
17	Tourism Management	63
18	Computers & Education	60
-	American Economic Review	60
20	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	57
21	Sustainable Development	56
-	One Earth	56
-	Cities	56
24	Social Science & Medicine	55
25	Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review	54
26	British Journal of Sports Medicine	53
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	53
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	53
-	World Development	53
30	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	52
31	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society	51
-	Annals of Tourism Research	51
-	Review of Financial Studies	51
34	Journal of General Internal Medicine	50
-	Journal of Finance	50
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	50
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	50
-	Health Affairs	50
39	Education and Information Technologies	49
40	Journal of Political Economy	48
-	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	48
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	48
43	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	47
-	Current Issues in Tourism	47
-	Transport Policy	47
-	Healthcare	47
47	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	46
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	46
-	Academic Medicine	46
-	Land	46

-	Ecological Economics	46
52	International Review of Economics & Finance	45
-	Economic Modelling	45
-	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction	45
-	International Journal of Nursing Studies	45
56	Economic Analysis and Policy	44
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	44
-	BMC Medical Education	44
-	Drug and Alcohol Dependence	44
60	Quarterly Journal of Economics	43
61	Journal of Rural Studies	42
-	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	42
-	Pragmatics	42
-	Sports Medicine	42
-	BMC Geriatrics	42
66	Journal of Clinical Nursing	41
-	Journal of Transport Geography	41
-	BMC Medical Research Methodology	41
-	Child Abuse & Neglect	41
-	Telemedicine and E-Health	41
-	International Journal of Medical Informatics	41
72	Public Administration Review	40
-	Ecosystem Services	40
-	British Journal of Educational Technology	40
-	Addictive Behaviors	40
-	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	40
-	Journal of Personalized Medicine	40
-	AIDS and Behavior	40
-	BMC Health Services Research	40
80	Journal of Healthcare Engineering	39
-	Food Policy	39
-	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	39
-	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	39
-	Marine Policy	39
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	39
-	Children and Youth Services Review	39
-	China Economic Review	39
88	Journal of Monetary Economics	38
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	38
-	Implementation Science	38
-	Journal of Air Transport Management	38
-	Journal of Sport and Health Science	38
-	Journal of Public Economics	38
-	Addiction	38
95	Journal of Nursing Management	37
-	Nurse Education Today	37
-	Tourism Management Perspectives	37
-	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	37
-	International Journal of Drug Policy	37
100	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	36
-	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade	36
-	Journal of Travel Research	36
-	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	36
-	Journal of Chemical Education	36
-	Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour	36
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	36
-	Habitat International	36
-	Journals of Gerontology Series A-Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences	36
109	Journal of Business Ethics	35
-	System	35
-	Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization	35
-	Journal of Economic Perspectives	35
-	American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry	35
-	American Political Science Review	35
-	New Media & Society	35
116	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	34
-	Review of Economic Studies	34
-	Travel Behaviour and Society	34
-	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	34
-	Journal of Banking & Finance	34
-	Risk Management and Healthcare Policy	34
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	34
-	Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja	34
-	International Journal of Forecasting	34
-	Patient Education and Counseling	34
126	Economics Letters	33
-	Social Media + Society	33
-	Gender Work and Organization	33
-	Gerontologist	33
-	Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	33
-	Journals of Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences	33
-	Journal of Development Economics	33
-	SAGE Open	33
-	Journal of Applied Physiology	33
-	Medical Education	33
-	Telecommunications Policy	33
137	Journal of Community Health	32
-	Supportive Care in Cancer	32
-	Medical Teacher	32
-	Educational Research Review	32
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	32
-	Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance	32
-	Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research	32
-	Journal of Surgical Education	32
-	Value in Health	32
-	Teaching and Teacher Education	32
-	Tourism Geographies	32
-	Journal of Advanced Nursing	32
-	North American Journal of Economics and Finance	32
-	Learning and Instruction	32
-	Climate Policy	32
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	32
153	Journal of Econometrics	31
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	31
-	Psychiatric Services	31
-	Financial Innovation	31
-	Big Data & Society	31
-	Tourism Review	31
-	Geoforum	31
-	Interactive Learning Environments	31
-	Journal of Medical Ethics	31
-	Journal of Medical Systems	31
-	Econometrica	31
164	Palliative Medicine	30
-	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	30
-	Environmental & Resource Economics	30
-	European Economic Review	30
-	Journal of Financial Stability	30
-	Health Communication	30
-	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	30
-	International Journal of Stem Education	30
-	Journal of Economic Literature	30
-	Tobacco Control	30
-	ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development	30
-	Small Business Economics	30

-	Health Policy	30
-	Digital Journalism	30
178	Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	29
-	Trauma Violence & Abuse	29
-	Applied Geography	29
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	29
-	Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology	29
-	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	29
-	American Journal of Bioethics	29
-	Dialogues in Human Geography	29
186	Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare	28
-	Regional Studies	28
-	Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport	28
-	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	28
-	Urban Studies	28
-	American Sociological Review	28
-	Women and Birth	28
-	Health Policy and Technology	28
-	Health Research Policy and Systems	28
-	Higher Education	28
-	Anatomical Sciences Education	28
-	Journal of Womens Health	28
-	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	28
-	Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance	28
-	Research in Transportation Economics	28

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