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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	China Quarterly	16
-	Latin American Research Review	16
3	Journal of Chinese Political Science	15
4	Journal of Contemporary China	14
-	Post-Soviet Affairs	14
-	European Security	14
7	Journal of Asian and African Studies	13
8	Economic Development and Cultural Change	12
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	12
10	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	11
-	Pacific Review	11
-	Turkish Studies	11
-	East European Politics	11
-	Journal of Contemporary Asia	11
15	Central Asian Survey	10
-	African Affairs	10
-	Eurasian Geography and Economics	10
-	Latin American Politics and Society	10
19	Review of African Political Economy	9
-	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	9
-	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	9
-	China Journal	9
-	Critical Asian Studies	9
-	Europe-Asia Studies	9
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	9
-	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	9
-	Journal of Asian Public Policy	9
-	Journal of Modern African Studies	9
-	Middle East Critique	9
30	Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies	8
-	China Perspectives	8
32	African Studies Review	7
-	Asian Studies Review	7
-	Contemporary South Asia	7
-	Latin American Perspectives	7
-	Mediterranean Politics	7
-	Middle East Policy	7
-	Africa Spectrum	7
-	Asian Survey	7
-	East European Politics and Societies	7
41	Pacific Affairs	6
-	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	6
-	Africa	6
-	European Review	6
-	Journal of Southern African Studies	6
-	Modern China	6
-	Social Science Japan Journal	6
-	Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies	6
-	Bulletin of Latin American Research	6
-	China Information	6

-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	6
-	International Journal of Middle East Studies	6
-	Journal of Baltic Studies	6
-	Journal of Eastern African Studies	6
55	Iranian Studies	5
-	Journal of Asian Studies	5
-	Journal of Latin American Studies	5
-	Journal of Palestine Studies	5
-	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	5
-	East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal	5
-	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	5
-	Israel Affairs	5
-	Modern Asian Studies	5
64	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	4
-	African and Asian Studies	4
-	Bilig	4
-	India Review	4
-	Modern Italy	4
-	Pacific Focus	4
-	Slavic Review	4
-	African Studies	4
-	Journal of Australian Studies	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
-	London Journal	2