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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	124
2	Sustainability	114
3	Energy Economics	110
4	Resources Policy	98
5	Nature Sustainability	87
6	Business Strategy and the Environment	84
7	Technology in Society	82
-	Nature Climate Change	82
9	Journal of Medical Internet Research	77
-	Sustainable Production and Consumption	77
-	Energy Policy	77
12	Journal of Financial Economics	76
13	npj Digital Medicine	72
14	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	67
15	Education and Information Technologies	66
16	American Economic Review	61
-	International Review of Economics & Finance	61
-	Computers & Education	61
19	Energy Research & Social Science	60
-	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	60
-	Land Use Policy	60
22	Cities	59
-	Tourism Management	59
-	Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review	59
-	Healthcare	59
26	One Earth	57
-	Economic Analysis and Policy	57
28	Journal of Finance	56
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	56
30	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	55
31	Sustainable Development	54
32	British Journal of Sports Medicine	53
33	Journal of Personalized Medicine	52
-	International Journal of Hospitality Management	52
35	Social Science & Medicine	51
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	51
-	Land	51
38	Journal of Business Ethics	49
-	Sports Medicine	49
-	Ecological Economics	49
-	BMC Health Services Research	49
42	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	48
-	BMC Medical Education	48
-	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	48
45	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	47
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	47
47	BMC Geriatrics	46
-	Review of Financial Studies	46
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	46
50	Journal of Rural Studies	45

-	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	45
52	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	44
-	Economic Modelling	44
-	Journal of Political Economy	44
-	Habitat International	44
56	Journal of Healthcare Engineering	43
-	Transport Policy	43
-	World Development	43
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	43
-	System	43
-	Marine Policy	43
-	Pragmatics	43
-	Health Affairs	43
64	Quarterly Journal of Economics	42
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	42
-	International Journal of Nursing Studies	42
67	Journal of Transport Geography	41
-	Annals of Tourism Research	41
-	Nurse Education Today	41
-	Journal of Banking & Finance	41
-	Econometrica	41
72	Journal of General Internal Medicine	40
-	Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja	40
-	BMC Medical Research Methodology	40
-	Review of Economic Studies	40
-	SAGE Open	40
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	40
78	Telecommunications Policy	39
-	Journal of Sport and Health Science	39
-	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	39
-	British Journal of Educational Technology	39
-	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	39
83	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	38
-	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	38
-	Systems	38
-	International Journal of Forecasting	38
-	Addiction	38
-	International Journal of Medical Informatics	38
89	Borsa Istanbul Review	37
-	Teaching and Teacher Education	37
-	Interactive Learning Environments	37
-	Addictive Behaviors	37
-	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	37
-	Child Abuse & Neglect	37
-	Educational Research Review	37
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	37
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	37
-	Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization	37
-	International Journal of Drug Policy	37
-	Drug and Alcohol Dependence	37
101	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	36
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	36
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	36
-	Financial Innovation	36
-	Ecosystem Services	36
-	China Economic Review	36
-	BMC Nursing	36
-	Digital Health	36
109	Journal of the Knowledge Economy	35
-	Thinking Skills and Creativity	35
-	Academic Medicine	35
-	Food Policy	35
-	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society	35
-	Journal of Economic Perspectives	35
-	Journal of Advanced Nursing	35
116	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	34
-	Journal of Travel Research	34
-	Tourism Management Perspectives	34
-	Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour	34
-	Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	34
-	North American Journal of Economics and Finance	34
-	Current Issues in Tourism	34
-	Energy & Environment	34
-	Value in Health	34
-	Applied Geography	34
-	Tourism Review	34
-	Travel Behaviour and Society	34
-	Journal of Economic Literature	34
-	Journal of Development Economics	34
130	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	33
-	Journal of Econometrics	33
-	Patient Education and Counseling	33
-	New Media & Society	33
-	International Journal of Management Education	33
-	Implementation Science	33
-	Journal of Monetary Economics	33
137	American Political Science Review	32
-	Utilities Policy	32
-	Review of Finance	32
140	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	31
-	Nurse Education in Practice	31
-	Annual Review of Economics	31
-	ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development	31
-	Journal of Safety Research	31
-	Journal of International Economics	31
-	Journal of Politics	31
-	International Journal of Stem Education	31
-	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	31
-	Journal of Chemical Education	31
-	Economics Letters	31
-	Journal of Nursing Management	31
-	Small Business Economics	31
-	Trauma Violence & Abuse	31
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	31
-	International Journal of Qualitative Methods	31
-	Climate Policy	31
157	Supportive Care in Cancer	30
-	Medical Teacher	30
-	Journal of Clinical Nursing	30
-	Journal of Accounting & Economics	30
-	International Journal of Emerging Markets	30
-	Higher Education	30
-	Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	30
-	Sports Medicine-Open	30
-	Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology	30
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	30
-	Digital Journalism	30
168	Forest Policy and Economics	29
-	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	29
-	Journals of Gerontology Series A-Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences	29
-	International Journal of Advertising	29
-	IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies	29
-	JMIR Serious Games	29
-	Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine	29
-	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	29

-	Regional Studies	29
-	Learning and Instruction	29
-	Health Expectations	29
179	Futures	28
-	Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare	28
-	Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance	28
-	Political Geography	28
-	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management	28
-	Health Research Policy and Systems	28
-	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	28
-	Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development	28
-	Journal of Applied Physiology	28
-	Tobacco Control	28
-	Geoforum	28
-	Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise	28
-	Applied Economics	28
-	Psychiatric Services	28
-	Public Administration Review	28
-	Journal of Financial Stability	28
-	Social Media + Society	28
-	Journal of Air Transport Management	28
-	Journal of European Public Policy	28
-	Computer Assisted Language Learning	28
-	Harm Reduction Journal	28
-	Health Policy	28

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