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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01)

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

-	Middle East Policy	6
-	Pacific Affairs	6
-	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	6
-	East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal	6
-	International Journal of Middle East Studies	6
-	Israel Affairs	6
-	Slavic Review	6
58	Bilig	5
-	India Review	5
-	Modern China	5
-	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	5
-	Contemporary Southeast Asia	5
-	Modern Asian Studies	5
-	Social Science Japan Journal	5
65	Middle Eastern Studies	4
-	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	4
-	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	4
-	Journal of Australian Studies	4
-	Journal of Baltic Studies	4
-	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	4
-	Modern Italy	4
72	Iranian Studies	3
-	African and Asian Studies	3
-	Asian Journal of Social Science	3
-	Pacific Focus	3
76	Contemporary Pacific	2
-	Korea Observer	2
-	London Journal	2
-	Middle East Journal	2
80	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	1