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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Journal of Financial Economics	41
2	Quarterly Journal of Economics	36
3	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	34
4	Tourism Management	32
5	Educational Psychologist	31
-	American Economic Review	31
7	Technology in Society	30
8	Annual Review of Economics	29
9	Computers & Education	28
10	Energy Economics	26
11	Journal of Finance	25
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	25
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	25
14	Annual Review of Sociology	24
-	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	24
-	Review of Financial Studies	24
17	Business Strategy and the Environment	23
-	Energy Policy	23
-	Resources Policy	23
20	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	22
21	Educational Research Review	21
-	Journal of Economic Perspectives	21
23	Nature Climate Change	20
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	20
-	Transport Reviews	20
-	Sports Medicine	20
-	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	20
28	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	19
-	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	19
-	European Transport Research Review	19
31	Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review	18
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	18
-	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	18
-	International Journal of Hospitality Management	18
35	Annual Review of Resource Economics	17
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	17
-	Land Use Policy	17
-	Econometrica	17
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	17
-	Review of Economic Studies	17
41	Journal of Accounting & Economics	16
-	Tourism Review	16
-	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	16
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	16
-	British Journal of Educational Technology	16
-	Annals of Tourism Research	16
-	Annual Review of Political Science	16
48	Journal of Travel Research	15
-	Journal of Rural Studies	15
-	Journal of Advertising	15

-	Internet and Higher Education	15
-	Review of Educational Research	15
-	Review of Finance	15
-	Organization & Environment	15
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	15
-	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	15
-	Transport Policy	15
-	Journal of Medical Systems	15
59	American Sociological Review	14
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	14
-	Implementation Science	14
-	International Journal of Nursing Studies	14
-	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	14
-	Transportation Science	14
-	Food Policy	14
-	Progress in Human Geography	14
-	Ecological Economics	14
-	Economic Analysis and Policy	14
-	Comunicar	14
-	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	14
71	Journal of the Knowledge Economy	13
-	Cities	13
-	Economic Geography	13
-	Computer Assisted Language Learning	13
-	Journal of Political Economy	13
-	Policy and Society	13
-	Habitat International	13
-	Journal of Transport Geography	13
-	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	13
-	Journal of Educational Computing Research	13
-	Pragmatics	13
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	13
-	Telecommunications Policy	13
84	International Journal of Advertising	12
-	Trauma Violence & Abuse	12
-	Science and Engineering Ethics	12
-	Journal of Medical Internet Research	12
-	Applied Geography	12
-	Journal of Urban Economics	12
-	Climate Policy	12
-	Journal of Social Issues	12
-	American Political Science Review	12
-	Maritime Economics & Logistics	12
-	Information Technology & Tourism	12
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	12
-	Small Business Economics	12
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	12
-	World Development	12
-	Personnel Review	12
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	12
101	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	11
-	International Journal of Forecasting	11
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	11
-	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	11
-	Sustainable Development	11
-	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	11
-	Substance Abuse	11
-	Public Relations Review	11
-	China Economic Review	11
-	Marine Policy	11
-	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	11
-	International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning	11
-	Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja	11
-	Journal of Business Ethics	11
-	Health Affairs	11
-	International Journal of Health Services	11
-	Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	11
-	Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour	11
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	11
-	Journal of Nursing Management	11
-	IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies	11
-	Nurse Education Today	11
123	Journal of the European Economic Association	10
-	Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society	10
-	Learning and Instruction	10
-	International Journal of Management Education	10
-	Economic Modelling	10
-	Education and Information Technologies	10
-	Journal of International Economics	10
-	Journal of Health Economics	10
-	Health Technology Assessment	10
-	Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research	10
-	International Journal of Medical Informatics	10
-	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	10
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	10
-	Thinking Skills and Creativity	10
-	Human Relations	10
-	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	10
-	Public Management Review	10
-	Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education	10
-	International Journal of Drug Policy	10
-	Journal of Air Transport Management	10
-	International Journal of Manpower	10
-	Journal of Banking & Finance	10
-	Educational Researcher	10
-	CBE-Life Sciences Education	10
-	Journal of Monetary Economics	10
-	Recall	10
-	Journal of Computing in Higher Education	10
-	Journal of Development Economics	10
-	British Journal of Sports Medicine	10
-	Teaching and Teacher Education	10
-	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	10
-	System	10
-	World Politics	10
-	Utilities Policy	10
-	Research in Transportation Economics	10
-	Forest Policy and Economics	10
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	10
-	Ethics and Information Technology	10
-	Public Administration	10
162	New Media & Society	9
-	Assessing Writing	9
-	Journal of Research on Technology in Education	9
-	BMC Geriatrics	9
-	Contemporary Security Policy	9
-	Economy and Society	9
-	Criminology	9
-	Industry and Innovation	9
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	9
-	Journal of Economic Surveys	9
-	Health and Quality of Life Outcomes	9
-	Hematology-American Society of Hematology Education Program	9
-	Journal of Financial Stability	9
-	Studies in Educational Evaluation	9

-	Palliative Medicine	9
-	Quantitative Economics	9
-	European Sport Management Quarterly	9
-	Resource and Energy Economics	9
-	Futures	9
-	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	9
-	ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development	9
-	Journal of Vacation Marketing	9
-	Learning Media and Technology	9
-	Journal of Safety Research	9
-	International Journal of Emerging Markets	9
-	International Review of Economics & Finance	9
-	Education and Training	9
-	Emerging Markets Review	9
-	Current Issues in Tourism	9
-	Journal of Engineering Education	9
-	Education for Chemical Engineers	9
-	Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews	9
-	ACM Transactions on Computing Education	9
-	Journal of European Public Policy	9
-	Addictive Behaviors	9
-	Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis	9
-	Journal of Communication	9
-	Social Science & Medicine	9
-	Psychology of Sport and Exercise	9

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