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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Journal of Financial Economics	38
-	Quarterly Journal of Economics	38
3	Educational Psychologist	36
-	Nature Sustainability	36
-	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	36
6	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	34
7	Tourism Management	33
-	Annual Review of Economics	33
9	American Economic Review	32
10	Technology in Society	31
11	Computers & Education	30
12	Sustainable Production and Consumption	28
13	Landscape and Urban Planning	27
14	Energy Economics	26
-	Journal of Finance	26
16	Sports Medicine-Open	25
-	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	25
-	Resources Policy	25
19	Educational Research Review	23
-	Energy Policy	23
-	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	23
-	Business Strategy and the Environment	23
-	Review of Financial Studies	23
-	Journal of Economic Perspectives	23
-	Oeconomia Copernicana	23
26	Nature Climate Change	22
27	Journal of Sport and Health Science	21
-	European Transport Research Review	21
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	21
30	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	20
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	20
-	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	20
-	Annual Review of Sociology	20
34	Sports Medicine	19
-	Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review	19
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	19
-	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	19
-	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	19
-	Annual Review of Political Science	19
-	Econometrica	19
41	Ecosystem Services	18
-	npj Digital Medicine	18
-	International Journal of Stem Education	18
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	18
-	Land Use Policy	18
46	Journal of Accounting & Economics	17
-	British Journal of Educational Technology	17
-	Organization & Environment	17
-	Tourism Review	17
-	Transport Reviews	17

-	Energy Research & Social Science	17
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	17
-	Tourism Management Perspectives	17
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	17
-	Review of Economic Studies	17
56	Journal of Travel Research	16
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	16
-	International Journal of Hospitality Management	16
-	Review of Educational Research	16
-	European Research on Management and Business Economics	16
-	One Earth	16
-	Review of Finance	16
63	Financial Innovation	15
-	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	15
-	Journal of the Knowledge Economy	15
-	Journal of Advertising	15
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	15
-	Annals of Tourism Research	15
-	Journal of Medical Systems	15
-	Implementation Science	15
-	Progress in Human Geography	15
-	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	15
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	15
-	Journal of Educational Computing Research	15
-	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	15
-	Ecological Economics	15
-	Comunicar	15
78	Economic Geography	14
-	Journal of Transport Geography	14
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	14
-	International Journal of Health Services	14
-	International Journal of Nursing Studies	14
-	Habitat International	14
-	Cities	14
-	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	14
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	14
-	Computer Assisted Language Learning	14
-	Journal of Political Economy	14
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	14
-	Journal of Rural Studies	14
-	Internet and Higher Education	14
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	14
-	Transport Policy	14
-	Economic Analysis and Policy	14
-	Policy and Society	14
96	Food Policy	13
-	Journal of Social Issues	13
-	American Sociological Review	13
-	Annual Review of Criminology	13
-	Applied Geography	13
-	World Development	13
-	Information Technology & Tourism	13
-	Transportation Science	13
-	Pragmatics	13
-	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	13
-	Borsa Istanbul Review	13
-	Digital Journalism	13
108	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	12
-	JMIR Serious Games	12
-	British Journal of Sports Medicine	12
-	Health Technology Assessment	12
-	International Journal of Forecasting	12
-	Sustainable Development	12
-	Public Relations Review	12
-	Personnel Review	12
-	Trauma Violence & Abuse	12
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	12
-	Substance Abuse	12
-	Journal of Medical Internet Research	12
-	International Journal of Advertising	12
-	International Journal of Management Education	12
-	IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies	12
-	China Economic Review	12
-	Telecommunications Policy	12
-	Science and Engineering Ethics	12
-	Small Business Economics	12
-	Maritime Economics & Logistics	12
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	12
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	12
130	Education and Information Technologies	11
-	Annual Review of Linguistics	11
-	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	11
-	Journal of Business Ethics	11
-	Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	11
-	Big Data & Society	11
-	Nurse Education Today	11
-	Hematology-American Society of Hematology Education Program	11
-	Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja	11
-	Journal of Monetary Economics	11
-	Journal of Development Economics	11
-	American Political Science Review	11
-	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management	11
-	International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning	11
-	Public Administration	11
-	Climate Policy	11
-	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	11
-	Marine Policy	11
-	Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour	11
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	11
150	Ethics and Information Technology	10
-	Economic Modelling	10
-	Journal of the European Economic Association	10
-	Journal of Research in Science Teaching	10
-	Journal of Computing in Higher Education	10
-	International Review of Economics & Finance	10
-	Journal of Nursing Management	10
-	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	10
-	Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health	10
-	CBE-Life Sciences Education	10
-	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	10
-	Addictive Behaviors	10
-	International Journal of Drug Policy	10
-	Human Resources for Health	10
-	Journal of Vacation Marketing	10
-	Sustainability	10
-	System	10
-	Public Management Review	10
-	Quantitative Economics	10
-	Travel Behaviour and Society	10
-	Recall	10
-	Educational Researcher	10
-	Journal of Archaeological Research	10
-	Forest Policy and Economics	10
-	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	10
-	Economy and Society	10

-	Journal of Urban Economics	10
-	Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management	10
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	10
-	Journal of Banking & Finance	10
-	Journal of European Public Policy	10
-	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	10
-	Adolescent Research Review	10
-	Palliative Medicine	10
-	Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education	10
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	10
-	International Journal of Medical Informatics	10
-	Biology of Sport	10
-	Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews	10
-	Health Affairs	10
-	Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research	10
-	Human Relations	10
-	Teaching and Teacher Education	10
-	Thinking Skills and Creativity	10
-	Learning and Instruction	10
-	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	10
196	Educational Administration Quarterly	9
-	European Sport Management Quarterly	9
-	Energy & Environment	9
-	Geoforum	9
-	Eurasian Business Review	9

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