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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Journal of Financial Economics	38
2	Quarterly Journal of Economics	35
3	Nature Sustainability	32
4	American Economic Review	31
-	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	31
6	Annual Review of Economics	30
-	Tourism Management	30
8	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	29
-	Sustainable Production and Consumption	29
10	Technology in Society	28
11	Educational Psychologist	27
12	Computers & Education	26
13	Journal of Finance	25
14	Review of Financial Studies	24
-	Energy Economics	24
16	Business Strategy and the Environment	23
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	23
18	Landscape and Urban Planning	22
-	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	22
-	Annual Review of Political Science	22
21	International Journal of Hospitality Management	21
-	Educational Research Review	21
-	Energy Policy	21
24	Resources Policy	20
-	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	20
-	Annual Review of Sociology	20
27	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	19
-	Nature Climate Change	19
-	Sports Medicine	19
-	npj Digital Medicine	19
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	19
-	Ecosystem Services	19
-	Journal of Economic Perspectives	19
34	Sports Medicine-Open	18
-	Oeconomia Copernicana	18
-	Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review	18
-	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	18
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	18
39	European Transport Research Review	17
-	Journal of Sport and Health Science	17
-	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	17
-	Transport Reviews	17
-	Internet and Higher Education	17
44	Energy Research & Social Science	16
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	16
-	Land Use Policy	16
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	16
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	16
-	Review of Economic Studies	16
-	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	16

-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	16
52	Review of Educational Research	15
-	European Research on Management and Business Economics	15
-	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	15
-	Annals of Tourism Research	15
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	15
-	One Earth	15
-	International Journal of Stem Education	15
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	15
60	Journal of Travel Research	14
-	Journal of Medical Systems	14
-	British Journal of Educational Technology	14
-	Tourism Management Perspectives	14
-	Transport Policy	14
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	14
-	Journal of Accounting & Economics	14
-	Review of Finance	14
-	Food Policy	14
-	Implementation Science	14
70	Journal of Rural Studies	13
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	13
-	Progress in Human Geography	13
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	13
-	Journal of Advertising	13
-	Ecological Economics	13
-	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	13
-	Economic Geography	13
-	Computer Assisted Language Learning	13
-	International Journal of Nursing Studies	13
-	Tourism Review	13
-	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	13
82	Journal of Transport Geography	12
-	Journal of Political Economy	12
-	Information Technology & Tourism	12
-	Policy and Society	12
-	American Sociological Review	12
-	Digital Journalism	12
-	Econometrica	12
-	Economic Analysis and Policy	12
-	World Development	12
-	Small Business Economics	12
-	Financial Innovation	12
-	Pragmatics	12
-	Journal of Medical Internet Research	12
-	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	12
-	Transportation Science	12
-	Cities	12
98	Journal of Financial Stability	11
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	11
-	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	11
-	Habitat International	11
-	Journal of Business Ethics	11
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	11
-	Telecommunications Policy	11
-	Comunicar	11
-	World Politics	11
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	11
-	Recall	11
-	Borsa Istanbul Review	11
-	Substance Abuse	11
-	Organization & Environment	11
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	11
-	Journal of Educational Computing Research	11
114	Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja	10
-	International Journal of Forecasting	10
-	Educational Researcher	10
-	Research in Transportation Economics	10
-	Journal of Nursing Management	10
-	British Journal of Sports Medicine	10
-	Big Data & Society	10
-	Applied Geography	10
-	Marine Policy	10
-	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	10
-	Journal of Computing in Higher Education	10
-	Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour	10
-	Climate Policy	10
-	China Economic Review	10
-	Journal of Urban Economics	10
-	Journal of Social Issues	10
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	10
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	10
-	International Journal of Advertising	10
-	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	10
-	JMIR Serious Games	10
-	American Political Science Review	10
-	Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews	10
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	10
-	International Journal of Health Services	10
-	Trauma Violence & Abuse	10
-	Travel Behaviour and Society	10
-	Journal of Development Economics	10
142	Forest Policy and Economics	9
-	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	9
-	Public Management Review	9
-	International Journal of Drug Policy	9
-	Public Relations Review	9
-	International Journal of Manpower	9
-	Human Resources for Health	9
-	Annual Review of Criminology	9
-	ACM Transactions on Computing Education	9
-	Learning and Instruction	9
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	9
-	Nurse Education Today	9
-	Thinking Skills and Creativity	9
-	Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	9
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	9
-	Social Media + Society	9
-	Journal of the Knowledge Economy	9
-	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	9
-	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	9
-	Environment and Behavior	9
-	Economic Modelling	9
-	European Journal of Ageing	9
-	International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning	9
-	Science and Engineering Ethics	9
-	Education and Information Technologies	9
-	International Journal of Management Education	9
-	Human Relations	9
-	IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies	9
-	Palliative Medicine	9
-	Journal of Vacation Marketing	9
-	Health Affairs	9
-	Health Technology Assessment	9
-	Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research	9
-	Personnel Review	9

-	Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education	9
-	Social Science & Medicine	9
-	Journal of European Public Policy	9
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	9
-	Sustainable Development	9
-	Journal of Air Transport Management	9
182	Journal of the Learning Sciences	8
-	Journal of Monetary Economics	8
-	Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management	8
-	Futures	8
-	ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development	8
-	Harm Reduction Journal	8
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	8
-	Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance	8
-	Human Communication Research	8
-	Emerging Markets Review	8
-	Resource and Energy Economics	8
-	Journal of Health Economics	8
-	Pharmacoeconomics	8
-	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	8
-	CBE-Life Sciences Education	8
-	Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare	8
-	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	8
-	Addictive Behaviors	8
-	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	8

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