Social Sciences: 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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	38
2	American Economic Review	30
3	Landscape and Urban Planning	29
4	Energy Economics	28
5	Technology in Society	27
6	Educational Psychologist	25
7	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	24
8	Journal of Finance	23
-	British Journal of Educational Technology	23
10	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	22
11	Transport Reviews	21
12	Journal of Accounting & Economics	19
-	Sports Medicine	19
14	Accident Analysis and Prevention	18
15	Journal of Travel Research	17
16	Habitat International	16
-	Review of Economic Studies	16
18	Transportation Science	15
-	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	15
-	Journal of Advertising	15
-	Journal of Political Economy	15
-	American Sociological Review	15
-	Annals of Tourism Research	15
-	Applied Geography	15
25	Econometrica	14
-	International Journal of Nursing Studies	14
-	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	14
28	International Journal of Forecasting	13
-	Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research	13
30	Journal of Business Ethics	12
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	12
-	American Political Science Review	12
-	Human Relations	12
34	Journal of Research in Science Teaching	11
-	Journal of Social Issues	11
36	Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis	10
-	Journal of International Economics	10
-	Futures	10
-	Economic Geography	10
-	Personnel Review	10
-	Policy Sciences	10
-	Journal of Safety Research	10
-	Journal of Teacher Education	10
-	Journal of Communication	10
-	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	10
46	West European Politics	9
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	9
-	Higher Education	9
-	TESOL Quarterly	9
-	Journal of Urban Economics	9

-	Sociological Methodology	9
-	Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews	9
-	International Nursing Review	9
-	Annual Review of Anthropology	9
-	Geoforum	9
-	Communication Research	9
-	Economic Journal	9
-	Educational Researcher	9
-	Journal of Public Economics	9
-	Public Personnel Management	9
-	Sociological Methods & Research	9
62	Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers	8
-	Information Society	8
-	Journal of Economic Literature	8
-	Public Administration Review	8
-	Sociologia Ruralis	8
-	Studies in Educational Evaluation	8
-	Journal of Health Economics	8
-	American Journal of Political Science	8
-	Journal of Agricultural Economics	8
-	Journal of Comparative Economics	8
-	Employee Relations	8
-	Journal of Peace Research	8
-	Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency	8
-	Journal of Sex Research	8
-	RELC Journal	8
-	Sociology of Education	8
-	Natural Resources Forum	8
-	Asia-Pacific Education Researcher	8
-	American Journal of Agricultural Economics	8
81	Urban Studies	7
-	European Review of Agricultural Economics	7
-	Journal of Human Evolution	7
-	Journal of Leisure Research	7
-	Gifted Child Quarterly	7
-	Comparative Political Studies	7
-	Demography	7
-	Oxford Economic Papers-New Series	7
-	Health Policy	7
-	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	7
-	European Economic Review	7
-	European Journal of Political Economy	7
-	International Journal of Manpower	7
-	International Organization	7
-	Educational Administration Quarterly	7
-	Journal of Consumer Affairs	7
-	Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization	7
-	Politics & Society	7
-	Regional Science and Urban Economics	7
-	Managerial and Decision Economics	7
-	Media Culture & Society	7
-	Sociological Review	7
-	Agricultural Economics	7
104	Exceptional Children	6
-	Journal of Learning Disabilities	6
-	International Security	6
-	Distance Education	6
-	Journal of Advertising Research	6
-	Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis	6
-	Educational Research	6
-	Journal of Conflict Resolution	6
-	Education and Training	6
-	Journal of Curriculum Studies	6
-	Environment and Behavior	6
-	Policy Studies Journal	6
-	Journal of Marriage and Family	6
-	Population and Environment	6
-	Journal of Policy Modeling	6
-	Journal of Politics	6
-	Research in Science Education	6
-	Language Learning	6
-	American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse	6
-	Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development	6
-	Applied Linguistics	6
-	Archives of Sexual Behavior	6
-	Journal of Environmental Education	6
-	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	6
-	Gerontologist	6
-	Government and Opposition	6
-	Information Economics and Policy	6
-	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	6
-	Criminology	6
-	JCMS-Journal of Common Market Studies	6
-	Energy Journal	6
-	Journal of Economic Psychology	6
-	Open House International	6
-	Policy Studies	6
-	Theory Into Practice	6
-	Reading Research Quarterly	6
-	Science Education	6
-	Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools	6
-	Modern Language Journal	6
-	Sociology-The Journal of the British Sociological Association	6
-	British Journal of Political Science	6
-	IEEE Transactions on Education	6
-	Journal of Chemical Education	6
-	Antipode	6
148	Journal of Higher Education	5
-	Geographical Journal	5
-	Instructional Science	5
-	Children and Youth Services Review	5
-	Cooperation and Conflict	5
-	International Labour Review	5
-	International Relations	5
-	Journal for Research in Mathematics Education	5
-	Journal of Communication Disorders	5
-	Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control	5
-	Theory and Research in Social Education	5
-	Political Psychology	5
-	Political Studies	5
-	Population Studies-A Journal of Demography	5
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	5
-	Journal of Social Policy	5
-	British Educational Research Journal	5
-	Geriatric Nursing	5
-	Human Movement Science	5
-	Medical Teacher	5
-	Methods of Information in Medicine	5
-	Journal of Phonetics	5
-	Administration & Society	5
-	American Journal of Community Psychology	5
-	Transportation	5
-	Evaluation and Program Planning	5
-	Journal of Law & Economics	5
-	Comparative Politics	5

-	International Regional Science Review	5
-	IRAL-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching	5
-	Journal of Community Health	5
-	Educational Psychology	5
-	Educational Studies in Mathematics	5
-	Journal of Criminal Justice	5
-	Political Behavior	5
-	Journal of Macroeconomics	5
-	Population Research and Policy Review	5
-	Psychometrika	5
-	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society	5
-	Social Science Research	5
-	Minerva	5
-	Cancer Nursing	5
-	Brain and Language	5
-	British Journal of Criminology	5
-	Applied Psycholinguistics	5
193	Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie	4
-	Transportation Journal	4
-	Journal of Experimental Education	4
-	European Journal of Education	4
-	Family Relations	4
-	British Journal of Social Work	4
-	British Journal of Sociology of Education	4
-	Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics-Revue Canadienne d'Agroeconomie	4

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