New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Social sciences

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The 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 TQCC
1 Journal of Financial Economics41
2 Quarterly Journal of Economics39
3 Nature Sustainability36
4 Technological Forecasting and Social Change35
5 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education34
- Educational Psychologist34
7 Tourism Management32
- American Economic Review32
9 Annual Review of Economics31
10 Computers & Education29
- Technology in Society29
12 Sustainable Production and Consumption27
13 Landscape and Urban Planning26
14 Energy Economics25
- Journal of Finance25
- International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management25
17 Resources Policy24
- Sports Medicine-Open24
- Energy Policy24
- Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions24
21 Business Strategy and the Environment23
- Review of Financial Studies23
23 Journal of Sport and Health Science22
- Environmental Impact Assessment Review22
25 Journal of Economic Perspectives21
- Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management21
- Educational Research Review21
- Oeconomia Copernicana21
- Nature Climate Change21
30 Computers Environment and Urban Systems20
- European Transport Research Review20
32 International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology19
- Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing19
- Econometrica19
- Sports Medicine19
- Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management19
- Annual Review of Sociology19
38 Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review18
- Transport Reviews18
- Annual Review of Resource Economics18
- npj Digital Medicine18
- Review of Economic Studies18
- Ecosystem Services18
- International Journal of Stem Education18
- Land Use Policy18
46 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions17
- British Journal of Educational Technology17
- Accident Analysis and Prevention17
- International Journal of Hospitality Management17
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change17
- Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment17
- Annual Review of Political Science17
53 Internet and Higher Education16
- Review of Educational Research16
- European Research on Management and Business Economics16
- Energy Research & Social Science16
- Urban Forestry & Urban Greening16
- Tourism Review16
- Organization & Environment16
- Review of Finance16
- Tourism Management Perspectives16
- One Earth16
63 JMIR mHealth and uHealth15
- Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment15
- Transportation Research Part B-Methodological15
- Annals of Tourism Research15
- Journal of Accounting & Economics15
- Journal of Advertising15
- Journal of Medical Systems15
- Financial Innovation15
- Journal of Rural Studies15
- Journal of Travel Research15
- Implementation Science15
- Transport Policy15
75 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management14
- Journal of Educational Computing Research14
- Progress in Human Geography14
- Journal of the Knowledge Economy14
- Transportation Science14
- Habitat International14
- Digital Journalism14
- Ecological Economics14
- Comunicar14
- Economic Analysis and Policy14
- Journal of Destination Marketing & Management14
- Economic Geography14
- Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology14
- International Journal of Nursing Studies14
- Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money14
- Journal of Sustainable Tourism14
- Journal of Transport Geography14
- Socio-Economic Planning Sciences14
93 Cities13
- American Sociological Review13
- Information Technology & Tourism13
- Computer Assisted Language Learning13
- Pragmatics13
- Journal of Environmental Psychology13
- Journal of Political Economy13
- International Journal of Health Services13
- Borsa Istanbul Review13
- Policy and Society13
103 World Development12
- Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication12
- Journal of Medical Internet Research12
- Journal of Social Issues12
- Annual Review of Criminology12
- Applied Geography12
- International Journal of Forecasting12
- Personnel Review12
- China Economic Review12
- Review of Economics and Statistics12
- Food Policy12
- Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health12
- Structural Change and Economic Dynamics12
- Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal12
- American Political Science Review12
- Telecommunications Policy12
- International Journal of Advertising12
- IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies12
121 Journal of Environmental Economics and Management11
- Public Relations Review11
- Substance Abuse11
- Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research11
- Journal of Urban Economics11
- Health Affairs11
- Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research11
- Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory11
- Trauma Violence & Abuse11
- Travel Behaviour and Society11
- Sustainable Development11
- Big Data & Society11
- Climate Policy11
- Recall11
- Journal of Business Ethics11
- Journal of Computer Assisted Learning11
- Nurse Education Today11
- Science and Engineering Ethics11
- Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy11
- Small Business Economics11
- Review of Environmental Economics and Policy11
- Education and Information Technologies11
- JMIR Serious Games11
- British Journal of Sports Medicine11
- Journal of Monetary Economics11
- Health Technology Assessment11
- Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour11
- Teaching and Teacher Education11
- International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management11
- International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning11
- International Journal of Management Education11
- Marine Policy11
- Maritime Economics & Logistics11
154 World Politics10
- Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society10
- Journal of Development Economics10
- Journal of Banking & Finance10
- Journal of European Public Policy10
- Annual Review of Linguistics10
- Public Management Review10
- Research in Transportation Economics10
- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association10
- Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space10
- Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja10
- International Journal of Medical Informatics10
- Journal of Safety Research10
- Journal of the European Economic Association10
- Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews10
- American Journal of Sports Medicine10
- System10
- International Journal of Drug Policy10
- International Journal of Manpower10
- Journal of Archaeological Research10
- Journal of Computing in Higher Education10
- International Review of Economics & Finance10
- Public Administration10
- Journal of Nursing Management10
- Ethics and Information Technology10
- Economic Modelling10
- CBE-Life Sciences Education10
- Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics10
- Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management10
- ACM Transactions on Computing Education10
- Hematology-American Society of Hematology Education Program10
- Adolescent Research Review10
- Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice10
- Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education10
- Utilities Policy10
- Thinking Skills and Creativity10
- Human Relations10
- Learning and Instruction10
192 Current Issues in Tourism9
- Contemporary Security Policy9
- Journal of Air Transport Management9
- Journal of Chinese Political Science9
- Journal of Engineering Education9
- Palliative Medicine9
- Quantitative Economics9
- Resource and Energy Economics9
- Economy and Society9
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