Area Studies: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2025
1	Journal of Chinese Political Science	ca. 5.4
2	China Journal	ca. 4.2
3	Post-Soviet Affairs	ca. 3.9
4	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	ca. 3.4
5	European Security	ca. 3.3
6	Middle East Critique	ca. 3.2
7	Journal of Contemporary China	ca. 3.1
8	Journal of Asian Public Policy	ca. 2.9
9	Journal of Contemporary Asia	ca. 2.8
-	Eurasian Geography and Economics	ca. 2.8
11	Pacific Review	ca. 2.4
-	Review of African Political Economy	ca. 2.4
13	African Affairs	ca. 2.3
-	Latin American Politics and Society	ca. 2.3
15	Critical Asian Studies	ca. 2.2
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	ca. 2.2
-	Journal of Palestine Studies	ca. 2.2
18	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	ca. 2.1
19	Turkish Studies	ca. 2
20	Asian Survey	ca. 1.9
-	China Information	ca. 1.9
22	Africa Spectrum	ca. 1.8
-	East European Politics	ca. 1.8
-	Economic Development and Cultural Change	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	ca. 1.8
26	Journal of Modern African Studies	ca. 1.7
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	ca. 1.7
28	Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies	ca. 1.6
-	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	ca. 1.6
-	Central Asian Survey	ca. 1.6
31	Europe-Asia Studies	ca. 1.5
-	Middle East Policy	ca. 1.5
-	Journal of Latin American Studies	ca. 1.5
34	Korea Observer	ca. 1.4
-	Pacific Affairs	ca. 1.4
-	Social Science Japan Journal	ca. 1.4
-	China Perspectives	ca. 1.4
38	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	ca. 1.3
-	Journal of Eastern African Studies	ca. 1.3
-	Africa	ca. 1.3
-	East European Politics and Societies	ca. 1.3
42	Mediterranean Politics	ca. 1.2
-	African and Asian Studies	ca. 1.2
44	Modern China	ca. 1.1
-	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	ca. 1.1
-	Asian Studies Review	ca. 1.1
-	Pacific Focus	ca. 1.1
48	Contemporary South Asia	ca. 1
-	International Journal of Middle East Studies	ca. 1
-	Journal of Asian and African Studies	ca. 1

-	Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies	ca. 1
52	African Studies Review	ca. 0.9
-	East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal	ca. 0.9
-	Latin American Perspectives	ca. 0.9
55	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	ca. 0.8
-	Journal of Asian Studies	ca. 0.8
-	Journal of Southern African Studies	ca. 0.8
-	London Journal	ca. 0.8
-	Modern Asian Studies	ca. 0.8
60	African Studies	ca. 0.7
-	China-An International Journal	ca. 0.7
-	European Review	ca. 0.7
-	Israel Affairs	ca. 0.7
-	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	ca. 0.7
-	India Review	ca. 0.7
-	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	ca. 0.7
67	Bulletin of Latin American Research	ca. 0.6
-	Journal of Baltic Studies	ca. 0.6
-	Middle Eastern Studies	ca. 0.6
-	Iranian Studies	ca. 0.6
-	Modern Italy	ca. 0.6
72	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	ca. 0.5
-	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	ca. 0.5
-	Journal of Australian Studies	ca. 0.5
-	Middle East Journal	ca. 0.5
76	Bilig	ca. 0.4
77	German Studies Review	ca. 0.3
78	Slavic Review	ca. 0.2