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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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)
Rank Journal TQCC
1 Journal of Financial Economics41
2 Quarterly Journal of Economics39
3 Nature Sustainability36
4 Technological Forecasting and Social Change35
5 Educational Psychologist34
- International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education34
7 Tourism Management32
- American Economic Review32
9 Annual Review of Economics31
10 Technology in Society29
- Computers & Education29
12 Sustainable Production and Consumption27
13 Landscape and Urban Planning26
14 Journal of Finance25
- International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management25
- Energy Economics25
17 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions24
- Energy Policy24
- Sports Medicine-Open24
- Resources Policy24
21 Business Strategy and the Environment23
- Review of Financial Studies23
23 Environmental Impact Assessment Review22
- Journal of Sport and Health Science22
25 Educational Research Review21
- Nature Climate Change21
- Oeconomia Copernicana21
- Journal of Economic Perspectives21
- Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management21
30 Computers Environment and Urban Systems20
- European Transport Research Review20
32 Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management19
- International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology19
- Annual Review of Sociology19
- Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing19
- Sports Medicine19
- Econometrica19
38 Annual Review of Resource Economics18
- Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review18
- Transport Reviews18
- Ecosystem Services18
- Land Use Policy18
- npj Digital Medicine18
- International Journal of Stem Education18
- Review of Economic Studies18
46 British Journal of Educational Technology17
- Accident Analysis and Prevention17
- Annual Review of Political Science17
- Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment17
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change17
- International Journal of Hospitality Management17
- Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions17
53 Tourism Review16
- Urban Forestry & Urban Greening16
- Review of Educational Research16
- Internet and Higher Education16
- One Earth16
- Tourism Management Perspectives16
- Review of Finance16
- European Research on Management and Business Economics16
- Energy Research & Social Science16
- Organization & Environment16
63 Annals of Tourism Research15
- Journal of Travel Research15
- Transportation Research Part B-Methodological15
- Journal of Rural Studies15
- JMIR mHealth and uHealth15
- Financial Innovation15
- Transport Policy15
- Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment15
- Journal of Medical Systems15
- Implementation Science15
- Journal of Accounting & Economics15
- Journal of Advertising15
75 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology14
- Transportation Science14
- Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money14
- Journal of Sustainable Tourism14
- Journal of Transport Geography14
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management14
- Progress in Human Geography14
- Journal of Educational Computing Research14
- Economic Geography14
- Socio-Economic Planning Sciences14
- Journal of the Knowledge Economy14
- Digital Journalism14
- Ecological Economics14
- Comunicar14
- Economic Analysis and Policy14
- International Journal of Nursing Studies14
- Habitat International14
- Journal of Destination Marketing & Management14
93 American Sociological Review13
- Journal of Political Economy13
- Cities13
- Computer Assisted Language Learning13
- Pragmatics13
- Policy and Society13
- Borsa Istanbul Review13
- International Journal of Health Services13
- Information Technology & Tourism13
- Journal of Environmental Psychology13
103 Annual Review of Criminology12
- Applied Geography12
- World Development12
- Journal of Medical Internet Research12
- IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies12
- International Journal of Advertising12
- Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication12
- Food Policy12
- American Political Science Review12
- Telecommunications Policy12
- Journal of Social Issues12
- Structural Change and Economic Dynamics12
- Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal12
- Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health12
- China Economic Review12
- International Journal of Forecasting12
- Review of Economics and Statistics12
- Personnel Review12
121 Big Data & Society11
- Journal of Monetary Economics11
- Trauma Violence & Abuse11
- Travel Behaviour and Society11
- Sustainable Development11
- Substance Abuse11
- Health Affairs11
- Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research11
- Public Relations Review11
- International Journal of Management Education11
- International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management11
- International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning11
- Education and Information Technologies11
- Journal of Environmental Economics and Management11
- Marine Policy11
- Maritime Economics & Logistics11
- Recall11
- Journal of Urban Economics11
- Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory11
- Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour11
- Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research11
- Teaching and Teacher Education11
- Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy11
- Nurse Education Today11
- Climate Policy11
- Health Technology Assessment11
- JMIR Serious Games11
- British Journal of Sports Medicine11
- Science and Engineering Ethics11
- Small Business Economics11
- Review of Environmental Economics and Policy11
- Journal of Computer Assisted Learning11
- Journal of Business Ethics11
154 Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management10
- System10
- World Politics10
- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association10
- Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews10
- American Journal of Sports Medicine10
- International Journal of Medical Informatics10
- Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society10
- Public Management Review10
- Human Relations10
- Research in Transportation Economics10
- Journal of Development Economics10
- Learning and Instruction10
- Ethics and Information Technology10
- Journal of Banking & Finance10
- Journal of European Public Policy10
- Economic Modelling10
- Journal of Archaeological Research10
- Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education10
- Adolescent Research Review10
- Thinking Skills and Creativity10
- Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice10
- Journal of Safety Research10
- Utilities Policy10
- Journal of the European Economic Association10
- Journal of Nursing Management10
- ACM Transactions on Computing Education10
- Hematology-American Society of Hematology Education Program10
- CBE-Life Sciences Education10
- Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics10
- International Journal of Drug Policy10
- Public Administration10
- International Journal of Manpower10
- Journal of Computing in Higher Education10
- International Review of Economics & Finance10
- Annual Review of Linguistics10
- Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space10
- Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja10
192 Assessing Writing9
- Journal of Financial Stability9
- Studies in Educational Evaluation9
- Sustainability9
- Palliative Medicine9
- Journal of Engineering Education9
- Contemporary Security Policy9
- Biology of Sport9
- Current Issues in Tourism9
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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