International Relations: 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade	26
2	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	23
3	International Affairs	22
4	Review of International Political Economy	20
-	World Economy	20
6	International Studies Quarterly	18
-	Journal of European Integration	18
-	Global Policy	18
9	New Political Economy	17
10	Globalizations	16
11	International Studies Review	15
-	Review of International Organizations	15
-	Review of International Studies	15
-	European Security	15
-	Journal of Peace Research	15
16	International Organization	14
-	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	14
18	Journal of Conflict Resolution	13
-	Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding	13
-	Global Environmental Politics	13
-	Journal of the Japanese and International Economies	13
-	Politics	13
-	Contemporary Security Policy	13
24	Survival	11
-	World Politics	11
-	Australian Journal of International Affairs	11
-	International Political Sociology	11
-	International Security	11
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	11
-	Journal of International Relations and Development	11
-	Review of World Economics	11
-	Security Dialogue	11
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	11
-	European Journal of International Relations	11
35	International Politics	10
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	10
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	10
-	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	10
39	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	9
-	Journal of Human Rights	9
-	Latin American Politics and Society	9
-	Security Studies	9
-	Human Geography	9
-	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	9
-	Common Market Law Review	9
-	Human Rights Law Review	9
-	Pacific Review	9
-	Space Policy	9
-	Chinese Journal of International Politics	9
-	Cooperation and Conflict	9

51	International Interactions	8
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	8
-	American Journal of International Law	8
-	Current History	8
-	European Journal of International Law	8
-	International Theory	8
-	Millennium-Journal of International Studies	8
-	World Trade Review	8
-	Asia Europe Journal	8
-	Foreign Policy Analysis	8
61	International Journal of Transitional Justice	7
-	Washington Quarterly	7
-	Conflict Management and Peace Science	7
-	International Relations	7
-	Mediterranean Politics	7
-	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	7
67	International Peacekeeping	6
-	International Relations of the Asia-Pacific	6
-	International Studies Perspectives	6
-	Middle East Policy	6
-	Peacebuilding	6
-	Ocean Development and International Law	6
-	Ethics & International Affairs	6
-	Intelligence and National Security	6
75	Journal of World Trade	5
-	Uluslararasi Iliskiler-International Relations	5
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	5
-	International Journal	5
-	Global Governance	5
80	Pacific Focus	3
-	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	3
-	Chinese Journal of International Law	3
-	Internasjonal Politikk	3
-	Journal of Cold War Studies	3
85	Korea Observer	2
-	War in History	2
-	Diplomacy & Statecraft	2