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Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education43.622
2 Journal of Financial Economics37.572
3 Quarterly Journal of Economics36.214
4 Technological Forecasting and Social Change31.910
5 Annual Review of Economics31.466
6 American Economic Review30.625
7 Nature Sustainability30.158
8 Review of Finance28.910
9 Technology in Society27.004
10 Journal of Finance26.949
11 Tourism Management25.568
12 Implementation Science24.934
13 Energy Economics23.120
14 Computers & Education23.118
15 Educational Psychologist22.488
16 Sustainable Production and Consumption22.097
17 International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management21.087
18 Review of Financial Studies21.067
19 Nature Climate Change21.017
20 Sports Medicine-Open20.849
21 Educational Research Review20.653
22 Journal of Economic Perspectives20.360
23 Environmental Impact Assessment Review20.294
24 Resources Policy20.002
25 Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management19.685
26 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions19.661
27 Landscape and Urban Planning19.534
28 Energy Policy19.409
29 Business Strategy and the Environment19.380
30 npj Digital Medicine19.100
31 International Journal of Stem Education18.365
32 British Journal of Educational Technology18.294
33 Oeconomia Copernicana17.973
34 Review of Economic Studies17.527
35 Econometrica16.705
36 Annual Review of Political Science16.541
37 Computers Environment and Urban Systems16.268
38 European Transport Research Review16.140
39 Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing15.749
40 Annual Review of Resource Economics15.702
41 One Earth15.562
42 European Research on Management and Business Economics15.524
43 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management15.304
44 Journal of the Knowledge Economy15.301
45 Journal of Sport and Health Science15.199
46 Tourism Review15.155
47 Journal of Advertising14.895
48 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics14.785
49 International Journal of Hospitality Management14.695
50 Sports Medicine14.505
51 Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review14.417
52 Annual Review of Sociology14.236
53 Journal of Economic Literature14.168
54 International Journal of Forecasting13.992
55 Transport Reviews13.916
56 Financial Innovation13.883
57 International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology13.874
58 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change13.873
59 Ecosystem Services13.831
60 Land Use Policy13.718
61 Borsa Istanbul Review13.523
62 Organization & Environment13.259
63 Journal of Political Economy13.240
64 Journal of Accounting & Economics13.165
65 Policy and Society13.159
66 Education and Information Technologies13.077
67 Energy Research & Social Science13.024
68 Economic Analysis and Policy13.021
69 British Journal of Sports Medicine12.912
70 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management12.851
71 Adolescent Research Review12.822
- Progress in Human Geography12.822
73 Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment12.569
74 Ecological Economics12.473
75 Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication12.375
76 Comunicar12.370
77 JMIR mHealth and uHealth12.356
78 Journal of Sustainable Tourism12.328
79 Information Technology & Tourism12.316
80 Accident Analysis and Prevention12.232
81 Tourism Management Perspectives12.219
82 Annals of Tourism Research12.142
83 Econometrics Journal11.860
84 Economic Geography11.833
85 Journal of Destination Marketing & Management11.827
86 Journal of Medical Internet Research11.785
87 Journal of Educational Computing Research11.750
88 Socio-Economic Planning Sciences11.749
89 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions11.682
90 Computer Assisted Language Learning11.679
91 Cities11.621
92 Journal of Environmental Psychology11.594
93 Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money11.531
94 Journal of Travel Research11.483
95 Telecommunications Policy11.388
96 Habitat International11.364
97 Review of Environmental Economics and Policy11.357
98 International Journal of Nursing Studies11.331
99 Transportation Research Part B-Methodological11.299
100 Internet and Higher Education11.260
101 Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory11.218
102 IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies11.217
103 Journal of Business Ethics11.186
104 Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment11.180
105 Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal11.112
106 Journal of Rural Studies11.090
107 Structural Change and Economic Dynamics11.045
108 Review of Economics and Statistics10.894
109 Pragmatics10.875
110 Urban Forestry & Urban Greening10.829
111 Review of Educational Research10.806
112 Food Policy10.743
113 Transport Policy10.608
114 Annual Review of Criminology10.545
115 Health Affairs10.522
116 RELC Journal10.353
117 International Journal of Management Education10.352
118 Sustainable Development10.313
119 Digital Journalism10.299
120 Science and Engineering Ethics10.298
121 Health Technology Assessment10.272
122 American Sociological Review10.230
123 Maritime Economics & Logistics10.169
124 Recall10.131
125 International Journal of Health Services10.125
126 Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja10.105
127 Journal of Transport Geography10.008
128 Sociological Methods & Research9.974
- Big Data & Society9.974
130 World Development9.894
131 Transportation Science9.865
132 Journal of Urban Economics9.828
133 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association9.821
134 Ethics and Information Technology9.779
135 International Journal of Advertising9.770
136 International Review of Economics & Finance9.732
137 Assessing Writing9.696
138 Journal of Banking & Finance9.650
139 Human Resource Management Journal9.606
140 Trauma Violence & Abuse9.597
141 Applied Geography9.494
142 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology9.488
143 Journal of Development Economics9.481
144 Small Business Economics9.462
145 Journal of Monetary Economics9.409
146 Human Relations9.379
147 Substance Abuse9.324
148 ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development9.239
149 Economic Modelling9.227
150 Human Resources for Health9.199
151 Journal of Computer Assisted Learning9.169
152 Journal of Econometrics9.128
153 Journal of Science Education and Technology9.121
154 Climate Policy9.077
155 JMIR Serious Games9.070
156 International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning9.051
157 Learning and Instruction9.038
158 Nurse Education Today9.004
159 American Political Science Review8.983
160 Climate Risk Management8.938
161 Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research8.918
162 Travel Behaviour and Society8.891
163 China Economic Review8.845
164 System8.810
165 Political Analysis8.795
166 Journal of Labor Economics8.781
167 International Journal of Medical Informatics8.779
168 Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health8.714
169 Journal of Financial Stability8.712
170 Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education8.699
171 Australasian Journal of Educational Technology8.679
172 Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching8.667
173 Biology of Sport8.620
174 Personnel Review8.562
175 Sustainability8.556
176 Teaching and Teacher Education8.554
177 Thinking Skills and Creativity8.546
178 Social Science & Medicine8.458
179 Interactive Learning Environments8.446
180 Utilities Policy8.441
- Journal of International Economics8.441
182 Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy8.434
183 Social Media + Society8.412
184 Journal of Vacation Marketing8.409
185 Journal of Mixed Methods Research8.368
186 Educational Researcher8.349
187 Journal of Safety Research8.346
188 Energy & Environment8.343
189 Public Administration8.305
190 Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research8.293
191 Journal of Economic Surveys8.278
192 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology8.264
193 Palliative Medicine8.256
194 Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour8.236
195 Public Management Review8.225
196 Journal of European Public Policy8.216
197 Journal of Computing in Higher Education8.202
198 Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews8.175
199 Marine Policy8.168
200 Journal of Air Transport Management8.166
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