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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Journal of Financial Economics	41
2	Quarterly Journal of Economics	36
3	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	33
4	Annual Review of Economics	32
5	Tourism Management	31
-	American Economic Review	31
7	Technology in Society	29
8	Educational Psychologist	28
-	Computers & Education	28
10	Journal of Finance	25
-	Review of Financial Studies	25
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	25
13	Energy Economics	24
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	24
-	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	24
16	Business Strategy and the Environment	23
-	Energy Policy	23
-	Annual Review of Sociology	23
-	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	23
20	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	22
-	Educational Research Review	22
-	Resources Policy	22
23	Nature Climate Change	20
-	Journal of Economic Perspectives	20
-	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	20
26	Sports Medicine	19
-	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	19
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	19
-	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	19
-	Transport Reviews	19
-	European Transport Research Review	19
32	Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review	18
-	Review of Economic Studies	18
-	International Journal of Hospitality Management	18
35	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	17
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	17
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	17
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	17
-	Econometrica	17
40	Review of Educational Research	16
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	16
-	Internet and Higher Education	16
-	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	16
-	Land Use Policy	16
45	Transport Policy	15
-	Journal of Travel Research	15
-	Review of Finance	15
-	Journal of Accounting & Economics	15
-	Tourism Review	15
-	Journal of Medical Systems	15

-	British Journal of Educational Technology	15
-	Annals of Tourism Research	15
-	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	15
54	Journal of Environmental Psychology	14
-	Organization & Environment	14
-	Journal of Rural Studies	14
-	Progress in Human Geography	14
-	Journal of Advertising	14
-	Computer Assisted Language Learning	14
-	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	14
-	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	14
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	14
-	Implementation Science	14
-	Ecological Economics	14
65	Journal of Medical Internet Research	13
-	Telecommunications Policy	13
-	American Sociological Review	13
-	Cities	13
-	Habitat International	13
-	Food Policy	13
-	Economic Geography	13
-	Journal of Educational Computing Research	13
-	Journal of Political Economy	13
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	13
-	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	13
-	Transportation Science	13
-	Journal of Transport Geography	13
-	Annual Review of Political Science	13
-	International Journal of Nursing Studies	13
-	Information Technology & Tourism	13
-	Pragmatics	13
-	Economic Analysis and Policy	13
83	Journal of the Knowledge Economy	12
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	12
-	Small Business Economics	12
-	International Journal of Advertising	12
-	Journal of Social Issues	12
-	Journal of Urban Economics	12
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	12
-	World Development	12
-	World Politics	12
-	American Political Science Review	12
-	Comunicar	12
94	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	11
-	Policy and Society	11
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	11
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	11
-	Health Affairs	11
-	International Journal of Health Services	11
-	International Journal of Forecasting	11
-	International Journal of Management Education	11
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	11
-	Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	11
-	Marine Policy	11
-	Personnel Review	11
-	Journal of Nursing Management	11
-	Science and Engineering Ethics	11
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	11
-	Sustainable Development	11
-	Trauma Violence & Abuse	11
-	Health Technology Assessment	11
-	Applied Geography	11
-	China Economic Review	11
-	Climate Policy	11
-	International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning	11
-	Journal of Business Ethics	11
-	Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja	11
118	Journal of Economic Surveys	10
-	Journal of Monetary Economics	10
-	Journal of Financial Stability	10
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	10
-	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	10
-	Learning and Instruction	10
-	Public Relations Review	10
-	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	10
-	Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour	10
-	Journal of the European Economic Association	10
-	Substance Abuse	10
-	System	10
-	Teaching and Teacher Education	10
-	Public Management Review	10
-	Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society	10
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	10
-	British Journal of Sports Medicine	10
-	CBE-Life Sciences Education	10
-	Human Relations	10
-	Economic Modelling	10
-	Education and Information Technologies	10
-	Journal of European Public Policy	10
-	Journal of Computing in Higher Education	10
-	Journal of Development Economics	10
-	Journal of Safety Research	10
-	Maritime Economics & Logistics	10
-	Research in Transportation Economics	10
-	Public Administration	10
-	Thinking Skills and Creativity	10
-	Nurse Education Today	10
-	Utilities Policy	10
-	International Journal of Medical Informatics	10
-	Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education	10
-	Ethics and Information Technology	10
-	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	10
-	International Journal of Drug Policy	10
-	International Journal of Manpower	10
-	IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies	10
-	Forest Policy and Economics	10
-	Educational Researcher	10
158	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	9
-	Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education	9
-	Journal of International Economics	9
-	Journal of Research on Technology in Education	9
-	Social Science & Medicine	9
-	Palliative Medicine	9
-	Quantitative Economics	9
-	Resource and Energy Economics	9
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	9
-	Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews	9
-	Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research	9
-	Journal of Engineering Education	9
-	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	9
-	ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development	9
-	European Sport Management Quarterly	9
-	Industry and Innovation	9
-	Current Issues in Tourism	9
-	Contemporary Security Policy	9

-	Criminology	9
-	Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis	9
-	Journal of Communication	9
-	Learning Media and Technology	9
-	Regional Environmental Change	9
-	Regional Studies	9
-	Journal of the Learning Sciences	9
-	Studies in Educational Evaluation	9
-	Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare	9
-	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	9
-	New Media & Society	9
-	West European Politics	9
-	ACM Transactions on Computing Education	9
-	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	9
-	Addictive Behaviors	9
-	Hematology-American Society of Hematology Education Program	9
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	9
-	Environment and Behavior	9
-	Eurasian Business Review	9
-	European Journal of Ageing	9
-	Journal of Air Transport Management	9
-	Journal of Banking & Finance	9
-	Human Resources for Health	9
-	International Review of Economics & Finance	9
-	Emerging Markets Review	9

(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)