Area Studies

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Latin American Research Review	6.071
2	European Security	5.792
3	Journal of Chinese Political Science	5.314
4	Post-Soviet Affairs	4.992
5	Journal of Contemporary China	3.852
6	East European Politics	3.602
7	Economic Development and Cultural Change	3.225
8	Pacific Review	3.065
9	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	2.955
10	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	2.755
11	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	2.433
12	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	2.247
13	African Affairs	2.234
14	Central Asian Survey	2.175
15	Journal of Contemporary Asia	2.126
16	Journal of Asian Public Policy	2.118
17	Turkish Studies	2.000
18	Journal of Eastern African Studies	1.982
19	Critical Asian Studies	1.943
20	Africa Spectrum	1.881
21	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	1.877
22	Eurasian Geography and Economics	1.803
23	Journal of Asian and African Studies	1.781
24	Asian Survey	1.766
25	Pacific Affairs	1.697
26	Review of African Political Economy	1.675
27	China Quarterly	1.658
28	Latin American Politics and Society	1.580
29	Middle East Critique	1.461
30	Modern China	1.432
31	Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies	1.389
32	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.363
33	Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies	1.358
34	Journal of Modern African Studies	1.303
35	China Information	1.221
-	East European Politics and Societies	1.221
37	Mediterranean Politics	1.174
38	Contemporary Southeast Asia	1.163
39	African Studies	1.150
40	India Review	0.972
41	Europe-Asia Studies	0.970
42	Journal of Southern African Studies	0.933
43	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	0.889
44	Middle East Policy	0.880
45	China Perspectives	0.843
46	Bilig	0.829
47	Social Science Japan Journal	0.826
48	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	0.716
49	Contemporary South Asia	0.714
50	Journal of Baltic Studies	0.703

51	Latin American Perspectives	0.700
52	Asian Studies Review	0.684
53	Pacific Focus	0.658
54	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	0.651
55	Journal of Palestine Studies	0.650
56	European Review	0.639
57	Modern Asian Studies	0.637
58	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	0.630
59	Israel Affairs	0.610
60	East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal	0.593
61	Africa	0.582
62	Korea Observer	0.510
63	China Journal	0.486
64	International Journal of Middle East Studies	0.417
65	Bulletin of Latin American Research	0.414
66	Journal of Latin American Studies	0.378
67	African Studies Review	0.374
68	Middle Eastern Studies	0.346
69	Journal of Australian Studies	0.306
70	Iranian Studies	0.305
71	Contemporary Pacific	0.298
72	Modern Italy	0.284
73	African and Asian Studies	0.245
74	Middle East Journal	0.204
75	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	0.131
76	Journal of Asian Studies	0.098
77	London Journal	0.073
78	Slavic Review	0.065
79	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	0.018