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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	111
2	Sustainability	103
3	Energy Economics	99
4	Resources Policy	88
5	Nature Climate Change	85
6	Nature Sustainability	76
-	Energy Policy	76
-	Business Strategy and the Environment	76
-	Sustainable Production and Consumption	76
10	Technology in Society	74
11	Journal of Financial Economics	69
12	Land Use Policy	66
13	npj Digital Medicine	64
14	International Journal of Hospitality Management	62
15	Energy Research & Social Science	59
-	Computers & Education	59
17	Tourism Management	58
18	American Economic Review	56
19	World Development	55
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	55
-	Social Science & Medicine	55
-	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	55
23	Cities	53
24	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	52
-	Economic Analysis and Policy	52
26	One Earth	51
-	Healthcare	51
28	International Review of Economics & Finance	50
-	Transport Policy	50
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	50
-	British Journal of Sports Medicine	50
32	Journal of Finance	49
-	Land	49
-	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	49
35	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	48
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	48
-	Review of Financial Studies	48
38	Sustainable Development	47
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	47
-	Journal of Personalized Medicine	47
-	Ecological Economics	47
42	Annals of Tourism Research	46
-	International Journal of Nursing Studies	46
-	Sports Medicine	46
-	Health Affairs	46
46	Journal of Political Economy	45
-	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	45
48	Economic Modelling	44
-	BMC Medical Education	44
-	Journal of General Internal Medicine	44

51	Drug and Alcohol Dependence	43
-	Journal of Rural Studies	43
53	BMC Geriatrics	42
-	Nurse Education Today	42
-	Pragmatics	42
56	Addictive Behaviors	41
-	Journal of Healthcare Engineering	41
-	Quarterly Journal of Economics	41
59	BMC Health Services Research	40
-	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	40
61	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	39
-	Addiction	39
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	39
-	Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja	39
65	Journal of Environmental Psychology	38
-	Food Policy	38
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	38
-	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society	38
-	Journal of Business Ethics	38
-	Journal of Monetary Economics	38
-	Journal of Public Economics	38
-	Econometrica	38
73	Marine Policy	37
-	Journal of Transport Geography	37
-	International Journal of Drug Policy	37
-	System	37
-	Journal of Sport and Health Science	37
78	Children and Youth Services Review	36
-	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	36
-	Academic Medicine	36
-	Journal of Clinical Nursing	36
-	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	36
-	Review of Economic Studies	36
-	British Journal of Educational Technology	36
-	Journal of Nursing Management	36
-	BMC Medical Research Methodology	36
87	Child Abuse & Neglect	35
-	Financial Innovation	35
-	Habitat International	35
-	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	35
-	Journal of Travel Research	35
-	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	35
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	35
-	Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization	35
-	Telemedicine and E-Health	35
-	Educational Research Review	35
-	International Journal of Forecasting	35
98	Telecommunications Policy	34
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	34
-	Journal of Econometrics	34
-	North American Journal of Economics and Finance	34
-	Interactive Learning Environments	34
-	Journal of Banking & Finance	34
-	Teaching and Teacher Education	34
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	34
-	Journal of Advanced Nursing	34
-	Ecosystem Services	34
108	Borsa Istanbul Review	33
-	Journal of Economic Perspectives	33
-	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	33
-	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	33
-	Patient Education and Counseling	33
-	Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	33
-	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	33
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	33
-	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	33
-	Risk Management and Healthcare Policy	33
-	Implementation Science	33
119	Journal of Financial Stability	32
-	Supportive Care in Cancer	32
-	Economics Letters	32
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	32
-	Psychiatric Services	32
-	Small Business Economics	32
-	Journal of Development Economics	32
126	China Economic Review	31
-	Tourism Review	31
-	Learning and Instruction	31
-	Climate Policy	31
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	31
-	Tourism Management Perspectives	31
-	Journal of Economic Literature	31
-	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	31
-	Value in Health	31
-	Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	31
136	American Political Science Review	30
-	Thinking Skills and Creativity	30
-	Travel Behaviour and Society	30
-	Journal of Applied Physiology	30
-	International Journal of Management Education	30
-	Review of Finance	30
-	Applied Geography	30
-	Geoforum	30
-	Health Communication	30
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	30
-	Tobacco Control	30
-	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	30
-	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction	30
-	Journal of Air Transport Management	30
-	International Journal of Qualitative Methods	30
-	SAGE Open	30
152	Applied Economics	29
-	Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare	29
-	Journal of the Knowledge Economy	29
-	Nurse Education in Practice	29
-	Journal of Chemical Education	29
-	Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance	29
-	Health Policy and Technology	29
-	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	29
-	Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research	29
-	Journal of Surgical Education	29
-	Journals of Gerontology Series A-Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences	29
-	Computer Assisted Language Learning	29
-	Health Policy	29
-	American Journal of Bioethics	29
-	Public Administration Review	29
-	Research in Transportation Economics	29
168	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management	28
-	Journal of Safety Research	28
-	Trauma Violence & Abuse	28
-	Utilities Policy	28
-	Women and Birth	28
-	Nursing Open	28
-	Palliative Medicine	28
-	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade	28

-	Digital Journalism	28
-	International Journal of Stem Education	28
-	Regional Studies	28
-	Big Data & Society	28
-	Social Media + Society	28
-	Journal of Womens Health	28
-	AIDS and Behavior	28
-	Emerging Markets Review	28
-	Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance	28
185	Technological and Economic Development of Economy	27
-	Gerontologist	27
-	Transport Reviews	27
-	Harm Reduction Journal	27
-	Energy & Environment	27
-	BMC Nursing	27
-	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	27
-	ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development	27
-	Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine	27
194	American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry	26
-	Social Indicators Research	26
-	Transportation Science	26
-	European Economic Review	26
-	Higher Education	26
-	Quality of Life Research	26
-	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	26

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