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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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Journal of Financial Economics47.459
2 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education37.350
3 Quarterly Journal of Economics33.599
4 Nature Sustainability31.753
5 Technological Forecasting and Social Change30.137
6 American Economic Review29.813
7 Educational Psychologist26.778
8 Technology in Society25.476
9 Journal of Finance25.467
10 Tourism Management25.314
11 Annual Review of Economics24.793
12 Review of Finance24.182
13 Energy Economics22.736
14 Computers & Education22.672
15 Journal of Econometrics21.337
16 Sustainable Production and Consumption21.290
17 Review of Financial Studies21.282
18 Implementation Science21.162
19 Nature Climate Change21.106
20 Business Strategy and the Environment20.625
21 Educational Research Review20.590
22 Energy Policy20.507
23 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions20.420
24 International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management20.288
25 Resources Policy20.015
26 Landscape and Urban Planning19.584
27 Journal of Sport and Health Science18.370
28 Environmental Impact Assessment Review18.275
29 Journal of Economic Perspectives18.020
30 npj Digital Medicine17.947
31 Journal of Medical Systems17.860
32 Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management17.386
33 Sports Medicine-Open16.519
34 Oeconomia Copernicana15.949
35 Review of Economic Studies15.937
36 International Journal of Stem Education15.642
37 Computers Environment and Urban Systems15.584
38 European Transport Research Review15.493
39 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management15.473
40 International Journal of Forecasting15.115
41 One Earth14.967
42 Annual Review of Resource Economics14.789
43 British Journal of Educational Technology14.656
44 Econometrica14.586
45 Land Use Policy14.455
46 Journal of Advertising14.400
47 Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review14.344
48 Sports Medicine14.140
49 Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing13.956
50 European Research on Management and Business Economics13.930
51 Ecosystem Services13.768
52 International Journal of Hospitality Management13.717
53 Review of Educational Research13.618
54 Transport Reviews13.527
55 Annual Review of Political Science13.495
56 Energy Research & Social Science13.369
57 Tourism Review13.346
58 Journal of Economic Literature13.146
59 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change13.138
60 International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology13.068
61 Borsa Istanbul Review12.903
62 Annals of Tourism Research12.895
63 Journal of the Knowledge Economy12.831
64 JMIR mHealth and uHealth12.585
65 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions12.486
66 Journal of Political Economy12.412
67 Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment12.252
68 Ecological Economics12.227
69 Internet and Higher Education12.174
70 International Journal of Nursing Studies12.169
71 Urban Forestry & Urban Greening12.167
72 Financial Innovation12.149
73 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management12.144
74 Accident Analysis and Prevention12.143
75 Economic Analysis and Policy12.103
76 British Journal of Sports Medicine12.098
77 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics12.050
78 Journal of Sustainable Tourism11.984
79 Telecommunications Policy11.759
80 Tourism Management Perspectives11.736
81 Health Technology Assessment11.712
82 Information Technology & Tourism11.618
83 Pragmatics11.588
84 Progress in Human Geography11.573
85 Journal of Rural Studies11.386
86 Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment11.384
87 Policy and Society11.369
88 Journal of Travel Research11.339
89 Habitat International11.328
90 Cities11.319
91 Journal of Destination Marketing & Management11.305
92 Organization & Environment11.299
93 Socio-Economic Planning Sciences11.241
94 Journal of Accounting & Economics11.127
95 Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money11.107
96 Structural Change and Economic Dynamics11.037
97 Transport Policy11.004
98 Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication10.980
99 Economic Geography10.922
100 Transportation Research Part B-Methodological10.921
101 Annual Review of Sociology10.882
102 Journal of Medical Internet Research10.849
103 Education and Information Technologies10.803
104 International Journal of Advertising10.789
105 Journal of Environmental Psychology10.731
106 Journal of Urban Economics10.679
107 Food Policy10.549
108 Sustainable Development10.526
109 Comunicar10.518
110 Review of Economics and Statistics10.434
111 Computer Assisted Language Learning10.433
- Digital Journalism10.433
113 Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal10.356
114 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology10.293
115 Journal of Business Ethics10.243
116 International Journal of Management Education10.224
117 World Development10.181
118 Adolescent Research Review10.171
119 Journal of Transport Geography10.078
120 Health Affairs10.001
121 Econometrics Journal9.894
122 Journal of Educational Computing Research9.858
123 Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health9.781
124 Review of Environmental Economics and Policy9.776
125 Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja9.768
126 International Journal of Health Services9.758
127 Annual Review of Criminology9.714
128 Journal of Monetary Economics9.706
129 American Sociological Review9.693
130 Journal of Development Economics9.660
131 Journal of Banking & Finance9.631
132 Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory9.626
133 International Review of Economics & Finance9.576
134 China Economic Review9.571
135 Recall9.548
136 Economic Modelling9.479
137 Transportation Science9.394
- Journal of Computer Assisted Learning9.394
139 Small Business Economics9.330
140 Ethics and Information Technology9.183
141 Communication Methods and Measures9.156
142 IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies9.129
143 Educational Researcher9.114
144 Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance9.075
145 Climate Policy9.053
146 Science and Engineering Ethics9.023
147 Political Analysis9.006
148 Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy8.989
149 Applied Geography8.968
150 Assessing Writing8.893
151 Utilities Policy8.868
152 Travel Behaviour and Society8.826
153 Journal of Social Issues8.815
154 Journal of Environmental Economics and Management8.814
155 JMIR Serious Games8.808
156 Maritime Economics & Logistics8.806
157 System8.805
158 RELC Journal8.796
159 Learning and Instruction8.778
160 Teaching and Teacher Education8.650
161 Trauma Violence & Abuse8.640
162 Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society8.573
163 Journal of the European Economic Association8.561
164 Social Science & Medicine8.547
165 Human Resource Management Journal8.543
166 Journal of Financial Stability8.505
167 Public Relations Review8.504
168 Big Data & Society8.488
169 Journal of International Economics8.452
- American Political Science Review8.452
171 Nurse Education Today8.448
172 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology8.405
173 Substance Abuse8.391
174 International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning8.388
175 International Journal of Manpower8.375
176 Journal of Labor Economics8.371
177 Sociological Methods & Research8.300
178 Human Resources for Health8.286
179 Human Relations8.260
180 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association8.214
181 Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education8.198
182 International Journal of Medical Informatics8.195
183 Marine Policy8.170
184 Personnel Review8.155
185 Thinking Skills and Creativity8.146
186 Emerging Markets Review8.065
187 ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development8.040
188 Research in Transportation Economics7.988
189 ACM Transactions on Computing Education7.941
190 Journal of Economic Surveys7.936
191 Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education7.923
192 Journal of Science Education and Technology7.920
193 Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice7.908
194 Interactive Learning Environments7.899
195 Journal of Safety Research7.885
196 Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour7.866
197 Sustainability7.862
198 Public Management Review7.847
199 American Economic Review-Insights7.834
200 Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management7.802
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