Area Studies

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Latin American Research Review	5.399
2	European Security	5.277
3	Journal of Chinese Political Science	4.638
4	Post-Soviet Affairs	4.339
5	Journal of Contemporary China	3.399
6	East European Politics	3.176
7	Economic Development and Cultural Change	2.922
8	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	2.596
9	Pacific Review	2.519
10	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	2.374
11	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	2.356
12	African Affairs	2.044
13	Pacific Affairs	1.949
14	Journal of Eastern African Studies	1.922
15	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	1.912
16	Africa Spectrum	1.888
-	Journal of Contemporary Asia	1.888
18	Central Asian Survey	1.880
19	Journal of Asian Public Policy	1.809
20	Turkish Studies	1.786
21	Critical Asian Studies	1.644
22	Journal of Asian and African Studies	1.606
23	Asian Survey	1.597
24	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	1.507
25	China Information	1.430
26	Eurasian Geography and Economics	1.405
27	China Quarterly	1.389
28	Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies	1.336
29	Review of African Political Economy	1.323
30	Latin American Politics and Society	1.272
31	Middle East Critique	1.242
32	African Studies	1.183
33	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.159
34	Modern China	1.146
35	East European Politics and Societies	1.130
36	Mediterranean Politics	1.096
37	Journal of Modern African Studies	1.059
38	Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies	0.956
39	Europe-Asia Studies	0.915
40	Journal of Southern African Studies	0.850
41	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	0.808
-	China Perspectives	0.808
43	Contemporary Southeast Asia	0.771
44	Asian Studies Review	0.755
45	India Review	0.740
46	Social Science Japan Journal	0.727
47	Middle East Policy	0.696
48	Latin American Perspectives	0.672
49	Bilig	0.639
50	Journal of Baltic Studies	0.631

51	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	0.615
52	European Review	0.614
53	East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal	0.613
54	Modern Asian Studies	0.574
55	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	0.560
56	Contemporary South Asia	0.550
57	Journal of Palestine Studies	0.538
58	Africa	0.525
59	Bulletin of Latin American Research	0.499
60	China Journal	0.497
61	Pacific Focus	0.491
62	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	0.472
63	Israel Affairs	0.454
64	International Journal of Middle East Studies	0.397
65	Middle Eastern Studies	0.339
66	Journal of Latin American Studies	0.332
67	African Studies Review	0.328
68	Journal of Australian Studies	0.315
69	Modern Italy	0.271
70	Iranian Studies	0.260
-	Korea Observer	0.260
72	Contemporary Pacific	0.232
73	Middle East Journal	0.225
74	African and Asian Studies	0.197
75	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	0.122
76	London Journal	0.095
77	Journal of Asian Studies	0.083
78	Slavic Review	0.059
79	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	0.022