Social sciences: Journal Rankings

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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Quarterly Journal of Economics	39
2	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	37
-	Journal of Financial Economics	37
4	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	36
5	Nature Sustainability	35
6	Annual Review of Economics	34
7	Tourism Management	32
8	American Economic Review	31
9	Computers & Education	29
10	Technology in Society	28
-	Sports Medicine-Open	28
12	Journal of Finance	26
-	Energy Economics	26
-	Sustainable Production and Consumption	26
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	26
16	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	25
-	Resources Policy	25
-	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	25
19	Journal of Economic Perspectives	24
-	Oeconomia Copernicana	24
21	Energy Policy	23
-	Educational Psychologist	23
-	Educational Research Review	23
-	Annual Review of Sociology	23
25	European Transport Research Review	22
-	Business Strategy and the Environment	22
-	Review of Financial Studies	22
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	22
29	Annual Review of Political Science	21
-	Nature Climate Change	21
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	21
32	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	20
-	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	20
-	Sports Medicine	20
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	20
-	International Journal of Stem Education	20
37	Ecosystem Services	19
-	Econometrica	19
-	Journal of Sport and Health Science	19
-	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	19
41	British Journal of Educational Technology	18
-	Review of Economic Studies	18
-	npj Digital Medicine	18
-	Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review	18
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	18
46	Financial Innovation	17
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	17
-	Journal of Accounting & Economics	17
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	17
-	International Journal of Hospitality Management	17

-	Review of Finance	17
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	17
-	Land Use Policy	17
-	One Earth	17
-	European Research on Management and Business Economics	17
-	Tourism Review	17
-	Transport Reviews	17
58	Annals of Tourism Research	16
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	16
-	Journal of Advertising	16
-	Organization & Environment	16
-	Tourism Management Perspectives	16
-	Energy Research & Social Science	16
-	Journal of Educational Computing Research	16
-	Implementation Science	16
-	Journal of the Knowledge Economy	16
67	Annual Review of Resource Economics	15
-	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	15
-	Ecological Economics	15
-	Economic Analysis and Policy	15
-	Journal of Political Economy	15
-	Habitat International	15
-	Computer Assisted Language Learning	15
-	Policy and Society	15
-	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	15
-	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	15
-	Review of Educational Research	15
-	Progress in Human Geography	15
-	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	15
-	Journal of Travel Research	15
81	American Sociological Review	14
-	Annual Review of Criminology	14
-	Applied Geography	14
-	Economic Geography	14
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	14
-	Transport Policy	14
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	14
-	Journal of Rural Studies	14
-	Information Technology & Tourism	14
-	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	14
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	14
-	Science and Engineering Ethics	14
-	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	14
-	Adolescent Research Review	14
-	Internet and Higher Education	14
-	Cities	14
-	Transportation Science	14
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	14
-	International Journal of Nursing Studies	14
-	Journal of Transport Geography	14
101	Substance Abuse	13
-	Education and Information Technologies	13
-	Food Policy	13
-	Digital Journalism	13
-	Comunicar	13
-	International Journal of Forecasting	13
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	13
-	Journal of Medical Internet Research	13
-	Borsa Istanbul Review	13
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	13
-	Maritime Economics & Logistics	13
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	13
-	IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies	13
-	Journal of Social Issues	13
-	Health Technology Assessment	13
116	Big Data & Society	12
-	Personnel Review	12
-	Telecommunications Policy	12
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	12
-	Small Business Economics	12
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	12
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	12
-	World Development	12
-	Nurse Education Today	12
-	Pragmatics	12
-	American Political Science Review	12
-	Trauma Violence & Abuse	12
-	Sustainable Development	12
-	Hematology-American Society of Hematology Education Program	12
-	International Journal of Advertising	12
-	JMIR Serious Games	12
-	British Journal of Sports Medicine	12
133	Palliative Medicine	11
-	Annual Review of Linguistics	11
-	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	11
-	Journal of Business Ethics	11
-	Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	11
-	Ethics and Information Technology	11
-	China Economic Review	11
-	Thinking Skills and Creativity	11
-	Climate Policy	11
-	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	11
-	Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour	11
-	Teaching and Teacher Education	11
-	Human Resources for Health	11
-	Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews	11
-	Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research	11
-	Biology of Sport	11
-	Journal of Monetary Economics	11
-	Journal of Urban Economics	11
-	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	11
-	Journal of Development Economics	11
-	Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja	11
-	Journal of Banking & Finance	11
-	Marine Policy	11
-	Travel Behaviour and Society	11
-	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	11
-	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	11
-	Journal of Safety Research	11
-	Public Relations Review	11
-	International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning	11
162	Journal of Health Economics	10
-	International Review of Economics & Finance	10
-	Eurasian Business Review	10
-	Economic Modelling	10
-	West European Politics	10
-	Regional Environmental Change	10
-	Health Affairs	10
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	10
-	International Journal of Medical Informatics	10
-	Public Administration	10
-	Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management	10
-	Journal of Vacation Marketing	10
-	World Politics	10
-	American Economic Journal-Applied Economics	10

-	Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education	10
-	American Educational Research Journal	10
-	Journal of Engineering Education	10
-	Recall	10
-	Journal of Nursing Management	10
-	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	10
-	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	10
-	Emerging Markets Review	10
-	Futures	10
-	Learning and Instruction	10
-	Journal of Air Transport Management	10
-	Economy and Society	10
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	10
-	Journal of European Public Policy	10
-	Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society	10
-	Sustainability	10
-	System	10
-	CBE-Life Sciences Education	10
-	International Journal of Management Education	10
-	Human Relations	10
-	Journal of Research in Science Teaching	10
-	Addictive Behaviors	10
-	International Journal of Health Services	10
-	Journal of the European Economic Association	10
-	Public Management Review	10

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