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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	44
2	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	38
-	Annual Review of Economics	38
4	Quarterly Journal of Economics	35
-	Nature Sustainability	35
6	Sports Medicine-Open	34
7	Educational Psychologist	32
-	Tourism Management	32
9	Computers & Education	29
-	American Economic Review	29
-	Journal of Financial Economics	29
12	Landscape and Urban Planning	28
13	Educational Research Review	27
-	Resources Policy	27
-	Sustainable Production and Consumption	27
16	Energy Economics	26
-	Oeconomia Copernicana	26
-	Technology in Society	26
-	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	26
20	Journal of Finance	25
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	25
22	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	24
23	Journal of Sport and Health Science	23
-	Annual Review of Sociology	23
-	Nature Climate Change	23
-	European Transport Research Review	23
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	23
-	Journal of Economic Perspectives	23
29	Energy Policy	22
-	British Journal of Educational Technology	22
31	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	21
-	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	21
33	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	20
-	Tourism Review	20
-	One Earth	20
-	Review of Financial Studies	20
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	20
-	International Journal of Stem Education	20
39	Transport Reviews	19
-	Journal of Accounting & Economics	19
-	Sports Medicine	19
-	npj Digital Medicine	19
-	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	19
-	Internet and Higher Education	19
45	Ecosystem Services	18
-	Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review	18
-	Tourism Management Perspectives	18
-	Business Strategy and the Environment	18
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	18
-	Organization & Environment	18

51	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	17
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	17
-	Journal of Advertising	17
-	Review of Finance	17
-	International Journal of Hospitality Management	17
-	Energy Research & Social Science	17
-	Land Use Policy	17
58	Education and Information Technologies	16
-	Financial Innovation	16
-	Journal of the Knowledge Economy	16
-	Journal of Travel Research	16
-	Economic Analysis and Policy	16
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	16
-	Review of Economic Studies	16
-	Implementation Science	16
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	16
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	16
-	Annals of Tourism Research	16
-	Annual Review of Criminology	16
-	Habitat International	16
-	IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies	16
72	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	15
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	15
-	Ecological Economics	15
-	Science and Engineering Ethics	15
-	European Research on Management and Business Economics	15
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	15
-	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	15
-	Journal of Political Economy	15
-	Journal of Educational Computing Research	15
-	Progress in Human Geography	15
-	Recall	15
-	Applied Geography	15
84	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	14
-	Transportation Science	14
-	Econometrica	14
-	Adolescent Research Review	14
-	Journal of Medical Internet Research	14
-	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	14
-	Transport Policy	14
-	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	14
-	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	14
-	Cities	14
-	Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association	14
-	American Sociological Review	14
-	International Journal of Management Education	14
97	Journal of Social Issues	13
-	Trauma Violence & Abuse	13
-	Food Policy	13
-	Comunicar	13
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	13
-	Digital Journalism	13
-	Small Business Economics	13
-	Big Data & Society	13
-	Annual Review of Political Science	13
-	International Journal of Forecasting	13
-	Health Technology Assessment	13
-	Information Technology & Tourism	13
-	Telecommunications Policy	13
-	Journal of Rural Studies	13
-	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	13
-	Review of Educational Research	13
-	Borsa Istanbul Review	13
-	International Journal of Nursing Studies	13
115	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	12
-	Journal of Transport Geography	12
-	Ethics and Information Technology	12
-	Journal of Business Ethics	12
-	Review of Economics and Statistics	12
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	12
-	American Political Science Review	12
-	Nurse Education Today	12
-	British Journal of Sports Medicine	12
-	Human Resources for Health	12
-	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	12
-	World Development	12
-	Teaching and Teacher Education	12
-	Journal of European Public Policy	12
-	Journal of Chinese Political Science	12
-	Public Relations Review	12
-	Pragmatics	12
-	Journal of Archaeological Research	12
-	Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research	12
134	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	11
-	Journal of Research in Science Teaching	11
-	Journal of Safety Research	11
-	Travel Behaviour and Society	11
-	Sustainability	11
-	Sustainable Development	11
-	System	11
-	Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	11
-	International Review of Economics & Finance	11
-	China Economic Review	11
-	Climate Policy	11
-	Computer Assisted Language Learning	11
-	Annual Review of Linguistics	11
-	American Economic Journal-Applied Economics	11
-	Metacognition and Learning	11
-	Political Communication	11
-	Hematology-American Society of Hematology Education Program	11
-	International Journal of Medical Informatics	11
-	Learning and Instruction	11
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	11
-	Thinking Skills and Creativity	11
-	Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour	11
-	Journal of Monetary Economics	11
-	ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development	11
-	Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja	11
-	Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society	11
-	Journal of Air Transport Management	11
-	Social Media + Society	11
-	Public Management Review	11
-	Palliative Medicine	11
-	International Journal of Advertising	11
-	Human Relations	11
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	11
-	JMIR Serious Games	11
168	Journal of International Economics	10
-	Energy & Environment	10
-	Journal of Teacher Education	10
-	Journal of the European Economic Association	10
-	Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching	10
-	Economic Modelling	10
-	Journal of Communication	10
-	Current Addiction Reports	10

-	Journal of Financial Stability	10
-	Public Administration	10
-	Regional Studies	10
-	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	10
-	Journal of Engineering Education	10
-	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	10
-	CBE-Life Sciences Education	10
-	Marine Policy	10
-	Maritime Economics & Logistics	10
-	Policy and Society	10
-	Medical Education Online	10
-	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	10
-	Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space	10
-	Utilities Policy	10
-	Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management	10
-	West European Politics	10
-	Communication Methods and Measures	10
-	Journal of Development Economics	10
-	Journal of Banking & Finance	10
-	Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis	10
-	Public Personnel Management	10
-	Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness	10
-	Psychology of Sport and Exercise	10
-	Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research	10
-	Personnel Review	10

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