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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	121
2	Energy Economics	110
3	Sustainability	105
4	Resources Policy	93
5	Nature Climate Change	85
6	Sustainable Production and Consumption	84
7	Business Strategy and the Environment	82
8	Nature Sustainability	80
9	Energy Policy	78
-	Technology in Society	78
11	Journal of Medical Internet Research	76
12	npj Digital Medicine	69
-	Journal of Financial Economics	69
14	Education and Information Technologies	63
15	Tourism Management	62
-	International Journal of Hospitality Management	62
17	Land Use Policy	61
18	Computers & Education	60
19	American Economic Review	59
20	Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review	58
-	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	58
22	Energy Research & Social Science	56
-	Healthcare	56
-	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	56
25	Cities	55
26	Economic Analysis and Policy	54
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	54
-	One Earth	54
-	International Review of Economics & Finance	54
30	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	53
31	Journal of Finance	52
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	52
33	Social Science & Medicine	51
-	Journal of Personalized Medicine	51
-	Land	51
-	British Journal of Sports Medicine	51
37	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	50
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	50
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	50
-	Sustainable Development	50
-	Sports Medicine	50
42	Review of Financial Studies	48
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	48
-	Ecological Economics	48
45	Transport Policy	47
-	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	47
47	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	46
48	World Development	45
-	International Journal of Nursing Studies	45
-	BMC Health Services Research	45

51	Journal of Political Economy	44
-	Annals of Tourism Research	44
-	Journal of Business Ethics	44
54	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	43
-	Journal of Rural Studies	43
-	BMC Medical Education	43
57	Health Affairs	42
-	Pragmatics	42
-	Journal of General Internal Medicine	42
-	Journal of Healthcare Engineering	42
-	BMC Geriatrics	42
62	Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja	41
-	Nurse Education Today	41
-	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	41
65	Quarterly Journal of Economics	40
-	British Journal of Educational Technology	40
67	System	39
-	Journal of Sport and Health Science	39
-	Journal of Transport Geography	39
-	Drug and Alcohol Dependence	39
-	Economic Modelling	39
-	Marine Policy	39
-	Telecommunications Policy	39
-	BMC Medical Research Methodology	39
-	International Journal of Medical Informatics	39
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	39
77	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	38
-	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society	38
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	38
-	Journal of Banking & Finance	38
-	Food Policy	38
82	Habitat International	37
-	International Journal of Forecasting	37
-	Addiction	37
-	Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization	37
-	Teaching and Teacher Education	37
-	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	37
-	Review of Economic Studies	37
-	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	37
90	Child Abuse & Neglect	36
-	Current Issues in Tourism	36
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	36
-	International Journal of Drug Policy	36
-	Financial Innovation	36
-	Interactive Learning Environments	36
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	36
-	Academic Medicine	36
98	North American Journal of Economics and Finance	35
-	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	35
-	Journal of Financial Stability	35
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	35
-	Ecosystem Services	35
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	35
-	Journal of Clinical Nursing	35
-	SAGE Open	35
-	Addictive Behaviors	35
107	Travel Behaviour and Society	34
-	Journal of Development Economics	34
-	Econometrica	34
-	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	34
111	New Media & Society	33
-	Patient Education and Counseling	33
-	Journal of Nursing Management	33
-	Journal of Travel Research	33
-	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	33
-	Journal of Applied Physiology	33
-	Journal of Economic Literature	33
-	Journal of Economic Perspectives	33
-	China Economic Review	33
-	Energy & Environment	33
-	Tourism Management Perspectives	33
-	Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour	33
-	Small Business Economics	33
-	Journal of Advanced Nursing	33
-	Journal of Econometrics	33
-	American Political Science Review	33
-	Borsa Istanbul Review	33
128	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	32
-	Implementation Science	32
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	32
-	Educational Research Review	32
-	Supportive Care in Cancer	32
-	Journal of the Knowledge Economy	32
-	Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	32
135	Tobacco Control	31
-	Value in Health	31
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	31
-	Tourism Review	31
-	BMC Nursing	31
-	Climate Policy	31
-	Computer Assisted Language Learning	31
-	Learning and Instruction	31
-	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	31
-	Public Administration Review	31
-	Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	31
146	Journals of Gerontology Series A-Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences	30
-	Transport Reviews	30
-	Journal of Chemical Education	30
-	Systems	30
-	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	30
-	Journal of Monetary Economics	30
-	Journal of Air Transport Management	30
-	Applied Geography	30
-	Economics Letters	30
-	Utilities Policy	30
-	Nurse Education in Practice	30
-	Social Media + Society	30
-	Thinking Skills and Creativity	30
-	Review of Finance	30
-	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	30
-	Journal of Environmental Planning and Management	30
-	Annual Review of Economics	30
163	Telemedicine and E-Health	29
-	Trauma Violence & Abuse	29
-	Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance	29
-	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	29
-	Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance	29
-	Journal of European Public Policy	29
-	Applied Economics	29
-	Digital Journalism	29
-	Nursing Open	29
-	International Journal of Management Education	29
-	Journal of Safety Research	29
-	Regional Studies	29
-	AIDS and Behavior	29

176	ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development	28
-	European Economic Review	28
-	Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise	28
-	Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine	28
-	Risk Management and Healthcare Policy	28
-	Research in Transportation Economics	28
-	JMIR Serious Games	28
-	Health Policy	28
-	International Journal of Stem Education	28
-	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade	28
-	Geoforum	28
-	Women and Birth	28
-	Palliative Medicine	28
-	International Journal of Emerging Markets	28
-	Higher Education	28
-	Psychiatric Services	28
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	28
193	Emerging Markets Review	27
-	Forest Policy and Economics	27
-	Political Geography	27
-	Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology	27
-	Sports Medicine-Open	27
-	Journal of Surgical Education	27
-	Harm Reduction Journal	27
-	International Journal of Manpower	27

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