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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	111
2	Sustainability	109
3	Energy Economics	99
4	Journal of Medical Internet Research	90
5	Nature Climate Change	88
-	Resources Policy	88
7	Nature Sustainability	83
8	Business Strategy and the Environment	79
9	Energy Policy	77
10	Sustainable Production and Consumption	76
11	Technology in Society	73
12	Journal of Financial Economics	70
-	International Journal of Hospitality Management	70
14	Land Use Policy	69
15	Energy Research & Social Science	67
16	npj Digital Medicine	66
17	American Economic Review	62
18	Computers & Education	61
19	Tourism Management	60
20	Social Science & Medicine	58
-	Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review	58
22	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	57
23	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	56
-	World Development	56
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	56
26	Cities	55
27	One Earth	54
-	British Journal of Sports Medicine	54
29	Education and Information Technologies	53
30	Transport Policy	52
-	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	52
-	Economic Analysis and Policy	52
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	52
34	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	51
-	International Review of Economics & Finance	51
-	Sustainable Development	51
-	Healthcare	51
38	Annals of Tourism Research	50
-	Review of Financial Studies	50
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	50
-	Land	50
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	50
43	Journal of Finance	49
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	49
-	BMC Medical Education	49
-	Ecological Economics	49
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	49
48	Health Affairs	48
-	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	48
-	Journal of Personalized Medicine	48

51	International Journal of Nursing Studies	47
-	Sports Medicine	47
53	Journal of Political Economy	46
-	Journal of General Internal Medicine	46
55	Current Issues in Tourism	45
-	Quarterly Journal of Economics	45
-	Economic Modelling	45
-	BMC Geriatrics	45
59	Drug and Alcohol Dependence	44
60	Journal of Rural Studies	43
-	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society	43
-	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	43
-	Nurse Education Today	43
64	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	42
-	Pragmatics	42
-	Addictive Behaviors	42
-	BMC Health Services Research	42
68	Journal of Environmental Psychology	41
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	41
-	Journal of Healthcare Engineering	41
-	Journal of Public Economics	41
-	International Journal of Medical Informatics	41
73	Journal of Monetary Economics	40
-	Journal of Transport Geography	40
-	Addiction	40
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	40
77	Ecosystem Services	39
-	BMC Medical Research Methodology	39
-	Children and Youth Services Review	39
-	Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja	39
-	Food Policy	39
-	Journal of Nursing Management	39
-	Journal of Sport and Health Science	39
84	Marine Policy	38
-	Academic Medicine	38
-	Journal of Clinical Nursing	38
-	Journal of Business Ethics	38
-	Habitat International	38
-	International Journal of Drug Policy	38
-	Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization	38
-	Journal of Air Transport Management	38
-	Telemedicine and E-Health	38
93	Child Abuse & Neglect	37
-	British Journal of Educational Technology	37
-	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	37
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	37
-	Econometrica	37
-	System	37
99	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	36
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	36
-	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	36
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	36
-	Review of Economic Studies	36
-	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	36
-	International Journal of Forecasting	36
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	36
107	Teaching and Teacher Education	35
-	Telecommunications Policy	35
-	Interactive Learning Environments	35
-	Journal of Travel Research	35
-	Patient Education and Counseling	35
-	Financial Innovation	35
-	Journal of Banking & Finance	35
114	Economics Letters	34
-	Implementation Science	34
-	Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	34
-	Journal of Econometrics	34
-	North American Journal of Economics and Finance	34
-	China Economic Review	34
-	Travel Behaviour and Society	34
-	Psychiatric Services	34
-	Journal of Advanced Nursing	34
-	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	34
-	Journal of Development Economics	34
-	Risk Management and Healthcare Policy	34
-	Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance	34
127	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	33
-	Small Business Economics	33
-	Supportive Care in Cancer	33
-	Climate Policy	33
-	New Media & Society	33
-	Borsa Istanbul Review	33
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	33
-	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	33
-	Tobacco Control	33
-	Value in Health	33
137	Journal of Financial Stability	32
-	Thinking Skills and Creativity	32
-	Geoforum	32
-	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	32
-	Educational Research Review	32
-	Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	32
-	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	32
-	American Political Science Review	32
-	Tourism Review	32
-	SAGE Open	32
-	Journal of Economic Literature	32
-	Journal of Economic Perspectives	32
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	32
150	Learning and Instruction	31
-	Tourism Management Perspectives	31
-	Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour	31
-	Gerontologist	31
-	Health Communication	31
-	Public Administration Review	31
-	Journal of Applied Physiology	31
157	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	30
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	30
-	Journals of Gerontology Series A-Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences	30
-	Applied Geography	30
-	International Journal of Management Education	30
-	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction	30
-	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	30
-	Journal of the Knowledge Economy	30
-	AIDS and Behavior	30
-	Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy	30
-	Social Media + Society	30
-	Review of Finance	30
-	American Journal of Bioethics	30
-	International Journal of Mental Health Nursing	30
-	Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research	30
-	Journal of Surgical Education	30
173	Journal of Transport & Health	29
-	Women and Birth	29
-	Applied Economics	29

-	Research in Transportation Economics	29
-	Gender Work and Organization	29
-	Health Policy and Technology	29
-	Forest Policy and Economics	29
-	International Journal of Stem Education	29
-	Nurse Education in Practice	29
-	Nursing Open	29
-	Palliative Medicine	29
-	Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare	29
-	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management	29
-	Journal of Womens Health	29
-	Journal of Safety Research	29
-	American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry	29
-	Regional Studies	29
-	International Journal of Qualitative Methods	29
-	Computer Assisted Language Learning	29
-	ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development	29
-	Health Policy	29
-	Emerging Markets Review	29
-	Journal of Chemical Education	29
196	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	28
-	Technological and Economic Development of Economy	28
-	Disability and Health Journal	28
-	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	28
-	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade	28

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