Area Studies

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Latin American Research Review	6.792
2	European Security	6.537
3	Journal of Chinese Political Science	5.842
4	Post-Soviet Affairs	5.417
5	Journal of Contemporary China	3.874
6	East European Politics	3.863
7	Pacific Review	3.368
8	Economic Development and Cultural Change	3.124
9	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	2.977
10	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	2.720
11	Journal of Asian Public Policy	2.434
12	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	2.429
13	African Affairs	2.414
14	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	2.413
15	Journal of Contemporary Asia	2.298
16	Turkish Studies	2.188
17	Critical Asian Studies	2.104
18	Journal of Eastern African Studies	2.048
19	Asian Survey	1.989
20	Central Asian Survey	1.986
21	Middle East Critique	1.962
22	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	1.944
23	Review of African Political Economy	1.844
24	Pacific Affairs	1.838
25	Eurasian Geography and Economics	1.825
26	Africa Spectrum	1.771
27	Journal of Asian and African Studies	1.726
28	China Quarterly	1.677
29	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1.641
30	Latin American Politics and Society	1.556
31	Modern China	1.554
32	Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies	1.529
33	Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies	1.385
34	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.379
35	East European Politics and Societies	1.342
36	Mediterranean Politics	1.287
37	Journal of Modern African Studies	1.241
38	China Information	1.215
39	African Studies	1.091
40	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	1.027
41	India Review	1.000
42	Social Science Japan Journal	0.944
43	Middle East Policy	0.924
44	China Perspectives	0.922
45	Europe-Asia Studies	0.864
46	Journal of Southern African Studies	0.860
47	Bilig	0.848
48	Contemporary South Asia	0.839
49	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	0.838
50	Journal of Palestine Studies	0.777

51	Korea Observer	0.760
52	European Review	0.759
53	Latin American Perspectives	0.755
54	Modern Asian Studies	0.746
55	Pacific Focus	0.745
56	Asian Studies Review	0.733
57	Israel Affairs	0.663
58	East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal	0.652
59	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	0.647
60	Journal of Baltic Studies	0.643
61	China Journal	0.575
62	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	0.541
63	Africa	0.540
64	Bulletin of Latin American Research	0.477
65	International Journal of Middle East Studies	0.430
66	Journal of Latin American Studies	0.425
67	Middle Eastern Studies	0.361
68	African Studies Review	0.350
69	Journal of Australian Studies	0.344
70	Iranian Studies	0.332
71	Modern Italy	0.307
72	Contemporary Pacific	0.295
73	African and Asian Studies	0.275
74	Middle East Journal	0.238
75	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	0.186
76	Journal of Asian Studies	0.106
77	London Journal	0.089
78	Slavic Review	0.076
79	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	0.056