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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	124
2	Sustainability	112
3	Energy Economics	108
4	Resources Policy	95
5	Nature Sustainability	84
6	Business Strategy and the Environment	83
7	Nature Climate Change	81
8	Energy Policy	80
9	Journal of Medical Internet Research	79
10	Technology in Society	78
11	Sustainable Production and Consumption	74
-	Journal of Financial Economics	74
13	npj Digital Medicine	71
14	Education and Information Technologies	66
-	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	66
16	American Economic Review	62
17	Land Use Policy	61
-	Computers & Education	61
19	Energy Research & Social Science	60
-	International Review of Economics & Finance	60
21	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	58
-	Healthcare	58
23	Tourism Management	57
-	Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review	57
-	Cities	57
26	One Earth	56
-	Economic Analysis and Policy	56
28	Landscape and Urban Planning	55
29	Journal of Finance	54
-	Sustainable Development	54
-	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	54
32	International Journal of Hospitality Management	53
33	British Journal of Sports Medicine	52
-	Journal of Personalized Medicine	52
35	Social Science & Medicine	51
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	51
-	Sports Medicine	51
38	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	50
-	Land	50
40	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	49
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	49
42	Ecological Economics	48
-	BMC Health Services Research	48
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	48
45	Transport Policy	47
-	Journal of Business Ethics	47
-	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	47
48	BMC Medical Education	46
-	Review of Financial Studies	46
-	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	46

51	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	44
-	BMC Geriatrics	44
-	Journal of Rural Studies	44
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	44
55	International Journal of Nursing Studies	43
-	World Development	43
-	Journal of Healthcare Engineering	43
-	Journal of Political Economy	43
-	Pragmatics	43
60	Marine Policy	42
-	Quarterly Journal of Economics	42
-	Economic Modelling	42
-	System	42
-	Habitat International	42
-	Health Affairs	42
-	Annals of Tourism Research	42
67	Econometrica	41
-	Journal of Sport and Health Science	41
-	Journal of Banking & Finance	41
70	Telecommunications Policy	40
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	40
-	Journal of Transport Geography	40
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	40
-	Nurse Education Today	40
-	British Journal of Educational Technology	40
-	Review of Economic Studies	40
77	Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja	39
-	Teaching and Teacher Education	39
-	BMC Medical Research Methodology	39
-	Journal of General Internal Medicine	39
-	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	39
-	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	39
83	International Journal of Forecasting	38
-	International Journal of Medical Informatics	38
85	Thinking Skills and Creativity	37
-	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	37
-	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	37
-	Borsa Istanbul Review	37
-	International Journal of Drug Policy	37
-	Drug and Alcohol Dependence	37
-	Addiction	37
-	Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization	37
-	Journal of Economic Literature	37
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	37
-	SAGE Open	37
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	37
97	Interactive Learning Environments	36
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	36
-	Addictive Behaviors	36
-	Systems	36
-	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	36
-	Child Abuse & Neglect	36
103	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	35
-	Journal of the Knowledge Economy	35
-	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	35
-	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	35
-	China Economic Review	35
-	Educational Research Review	35
-	Financial Innovation	35
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	35
-	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society	35
-	BMC Nursing	35
-	Journal of Advanced Nursing	35
-	Journal of Development Economics	35
115	Academic Medicine	34
-	Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	34
-	Energy & Environment	34
-	Food Policy	34
-	Ecosystem Services	34
-	Journal of Travel Research	34
-	Value in Health	34
-	New Media & Society	34
-	North American Journal of Economics and Finance	34
-	Applied Geography	34
-	Current Issues in Tourism	34
126	Tourism Management Perspectives	33
-	Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour	33
-	Journal of Econometrics	33
-	Tourism Review	33
-	Travel Behaviour and Society	33
-	Journal of Monetary Economics	33
-	Digital Health	33
-	Patient Education and Counseling	33
-	Journal of Economic Perspectives	33
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	33
136	International Journal of Management Education	32
-	Journal of Safety Research	32
-	Journal of International Economics	32
-	Implementation Science	32
-	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	32
-	American Political Science Review	32
-	Climate Policy	32
-	Review of Finance	32
144	Journal of Politics	31
-	Utilities Policy	31
-	Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	31
-	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	31
-	Supportive Care in Cancer	31
-	Annual Review of Economics	31
-	Journal of Chemical Education	31
-	Journals of Gerontology Series A-Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences	31
-	Journal of Nursing Management	31
-	Small Business Economics	31
154	ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development	30
-	International Journal of Emerging Markets	30
-	Higher Education	30
-	International Journal of Stem Education	30
-	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	30
-	Nurse Education in Practice	30
-	Economics Letters	30
-	Trauma Violence & Abuse	30
-	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	30
-	Regional Studies	30
164	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	29
-	International Journal of Advertising	29
-	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	29
-	JMIR Serious Games	29
-	Journal of Applied Physiology	29
-	Journal of Accounting & Economics	29
-	Journal of Clinical Nursing	29
-	Digital Journalism	29
-	International Journal of Qualitative Methods	29
-	Transport Reviews	29
-	Health Policy	29
-	Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology	29

-	Sports Medicine-Open	29
-	Tobacco Control	29
-	Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise	29
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	29
-	Applied Economics	29
181	Forest Policy and Economics	28
-	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	28
-	Journal of Urban Economics	28
-	Medical Teacher	28
-	Nursing Open	28
-	Learning and Instruction	28
-	Research in Transportation Economics	28
-	Health Expectations	28
-	Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance	28
-	Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine	28
-	Psychiatric Services	28
192	Emerging Markets Review	27
-	Futures	27
-	IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies	27
-	Health Research Policy and Systems	27
-	Journal of Transport & Health	27
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	27
-	Women and Birth	27
-	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management	27
-	Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare	27

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