International Relations: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The 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	TQCC
1	World Politics	9
2	Contemporary Security Policy	8
-	International Security	8
4	European Security	7
-	New Political Economy	7
-	Review of International Organizations	7
7	European Journal of International Relations	6
-	Journal of International Relations and Development	6
-	Journal of the Japanese and International Economies	6
-	Review of International Political Economy	6
-	Security Dialogue	6
-	Global Environmental Politics	6
-	International Studies Review	6
-	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	6
15	British Journal of Politics & International Relations	5
-	Cooperation and Conflict	5
-	International Organization	5
-	International Political Sociology	5
-	International Studies Quarterly	5
-	International Theory	5
-	Journal of European Integration	5
-	Journal of Peace Research	5
-	Pacific Review	5
-	Emerging Markets Finance and Trade	5
-	Journal of Conflict Resolution	5
-	Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding	5
27	Chinese Journal of International Politics	4
-	Politics	4
-	Space Policy	4
-	World Economy	4
-	Australian Journal of International Affairs	4
-	Conflict Management and Peace Science	4
-	Globalizations	4
-	International Interactions	4
35	Asia Europe Journal	3
-	Communist and Post-Communist Studies	3
-	Foreign Policy Analysis	3
-	Global Policy	3
-	International Relations	3
-	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	3
-	Millennium-Journal of International Studies	3
-	Review of World Economics	3
-	International Studies Perspectives	3
-	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	3
-	Journal of Human Rights	3
-	Peacebuilding	3
-	Review of International Studies	3
-	Security Studies	3
-	Studies in Comparative International Development	3
-	Washington Quarterly	3

51	Ocean Development and International Law	2
-	Studies in Conflict & Terrorism	2
-	Terrorism and Political Violence	2
-	World Trade Review	2
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	2
-	International Journal of Transitional Justice	2
-	International Politics	2
-	International Relations of the Asia-Pacific	2
-	Journal of Strategic Studies	2
-	Latin American Politics and Society	2
-	Uluslararasi Iliskiler-International Relations	2
-	Human Geography	2
63	Cambridge Review of International Affairs	1
-	Ethics & International Affairs	1
-	Global Governance	1
-	Intelligence and National Security	1
-	International Affairs	1
-	Korea Observer	1
-	Mediterranean Politics	1
-	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	1
-	Current History	1
-	Human Rights Law Review	1
-	International Peacekeeping	1
-	Journal of World Trade	1
-	Middle East Policy	1
-	Pacific Focus	1
-	Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional	1
-	Survival	1
79	Diplomacy & Statecraft	0
-	International Journal	0
-	Journal of Cold War Studies	0
-	War in History	0
-	American Journal of International Law	0
-	Chinese Journal of International Law	0
-	Common Market Law Review	0
-	European Journal of International Law	0
-	Internasjonal Politikk	0