Area Studies: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation 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	H4-Index
1	Latin American Research Review	17
2	China Quarterly	15
3	Economic Development and Cultural Change	14
-	Journal of Chinese Political Science	14
-	Journal of Contemporary China	14
-	European Security	14
7	Journal of Asian and African Studies	13
-	Post-Soviet Affairs	13
9	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	11
-	Pacific Review	11
-	Journal of Contemporary Asia	11
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	11
13	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	10
-	Central Asian Survey	10
-	East European Politics	10
-	Europe-Asia Studies	10
-	Turkish Studies	10
-	Eurasian Geography and Economics	10
-	African Affairs	10
20	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	9
-	China Journal	9
-	Critical Asian Studies	9
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	9
-	Review of African Political Economy	9
-	Journal of Asian Public Policy	9
-	Journal of Modern African Studies	9
-	Latin American Politics and Society	9
-	Middle East Critique	9
-	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	9
30	Asian Studies Review	8
-	Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies	8
-	Africa Spectrum	8
33	Contemporary South Asia	7
-	Latin American Perspectives	7
-	Middle East Policy	7
-	Asian Survey	7
-	China Perspectives	7
-	East European Politics and Societies	7
39	African Studies Review	6
-	European Review	6
-	Journal of Palestine Studies	6
-	Journal of Southern African Studies	6
-	Mediterranean Politics	6
-	Modern China	6
-	Pacific Affairs	6
-	Africa	6
-	Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies	6
-	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	6
-	Bulletin of Latin American Research	6
-	China Information	6

-	International Journal of Middle East Studies	6
-	Journal of Baltic Studies	6
-	Journal of Eastern African Studies	6
-	Social Science Japan Journal	6
55	India Review	5
-	Journal of Latin American Studies	5
-	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	5
-	African Studies	5
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	5
-	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	5
-	Israel Affairs	5
-	Modern Asian Studies	5
63	African and Asian Studies	4
-	Bilig	4
-	Iranian Studies	4
-	Journal of Asian Studies	4
-	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	4
-	East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal	4
-	Journal of Australian Studies	4
-	Modern Italy	4
-	Pacific Focus	4
-	Slavic Review	4
73	Middle Eastern Studies	3
-	Contemporary Pacific	3
-	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	3
-	Korea Observer	3
-	Middle East Journal	3
78	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	2
79	London Journal	1