New: Think Tank Rankings 2026
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Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation 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 Average citations
1 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education60.376
2 Annual Review of Economics35.169
3 Journal of Financial Economics33.174
4 Nature Sustainability31.825
5 Technological Forecasting and Social Change31.610
6 Journal of Finance28.270
7 Implementation Science27.350
8 American Economic Review25.389
9 Tourism Management25.273
10 Computers & Education24.889
11 Educational Psychologist24.250
12 Technology in Society23.420
13 Energy Economics23.402
14 Journal of Economic Perspectives22.678
15 British Journal of Educational Technology22.546
16 Sustainable Production and Consumption22.267
17 Resources Policy21.660
18 Oeconomia Copernicana21.520
19 International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management21.446
20 Sports Medicine-Open21.200
21 Landscape and Urban Planning21.079
22 Review of Financial Studies20.961
23 Review of Finance20.681
24 Nature Climate Change20.481
25 Review of Economic Studies20.016
26 Environmental Impact Assessment Review19.899
27 npj Digital Medicine19.881
28 International Journal of Stem Education19.814
29 Annual Review of Resource Economics19.759
30 Educational Research Review19.109
31 Journal of Sport and Health Science19.047
32 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions18.556
33 Computers Environment and Urban Systems18.318
34 Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management17.944
35 European Transport Research Review17.739
36 Journal of Advertising17.738
37 Journal of the Knowledge Economy17.408
38 Energy Policy17.405
39 Annual Review of Sociology17.145
40 Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication16.706
41 Tourism Review16.616
42 Journal of Economic Literature16.307
43 One Earth16.283
44 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics16.161
45 Education and Information Technologies16.133
46 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management16.013
47 Business Strategy and the Environment15.370
48 Transport Reviews15.299
49 Sports Medicine15.277
50 Organization & Environment15.247
51 Journal of Accounting & Economics15.185
52 Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing14.975
53 Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review14.562
54 Tourism Management Perspectives14.479
55 IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies14.442
56 International Journal of Forecasting14.234
57 International Journal of Hospitality Management14.171
58 British Journal of Sports Medicine13.889
59 Energy Research & Social Science13.779
60 Journal of Medical Internet Research13.531
61 Journal of Political Economy13.393
62 Ecosystem Services13.364
63 Internet and Higher Education13.336
64 European Research on Management and Business Economics13.301
65 Accident Analysis and Prevention13.259
66 Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment13.248
67 Land Use Policy13.236
68 International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology13.175
69 Adolescent Research Review13.113
70 Science and Engineering Ethics13.058
71 Journal of Travel Research13.051
72 Economic Analysis and Policy12.960
73 Recall12.854
74 Comunicar12.838
75 Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment12.818
76 Journal of Sustainable Tourism12.626
77 Econometrica12.613
78 Journal of Destination Marketing & Management12.574
79 Habitat International12.485
80 Financial Innovation12.454
81 Borsa Istanbul Review12.410
82 Journal of Educational Computing Research12.277
83 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association12.270
84 Ecological Economics12.258
85 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management12.238
86 Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money12.205
87 Progress in Human Geography12.013
88 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change12.004
89 Cities11.980
90 Telecommunications Policy11.979
91 Socio-Economic Planning Sciences11.914
92 Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal11.910
93 International Journal of Management Education11.854
94 Annals of Tourism Research11.766
95 Information Technology & Tourism11.571
96 Review of Economics and Statistics11.526
97 Health Technology Assessment11.516
98 Political Analysis11.459
99 Urban Forestry & Urban Greening11.436
100 Food Policy11.335
101 Transportation Research Part B-Methodological11.293
102 Ethics and Information Technology11.261
103 Journal of Rural Studies11.256
104 Economic Geography11.198
105 Pragmatics11.099
106 Big Data & Society11.091
107 Australasian Journal of Educational Technology11.078
108 Structural Change and Economic Dynamics11.042
109 RELC Journal10.914
110 Applied Geography10.823
111 JMIR mHealth and uHealth10.816
112 Journal of Environmental Psychology10.715
113 Communication Methods and Measures10.686
114 Human Resource Management Journal10.600
115 Transport Policy10.592
116 System10.580
117 World Development10.579
118 Trauma Violence & Abuse10.560
119 American Sociological Review10.549
120 Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research10.525
121 ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development10.524
122 Transportation Science10.439
123 International Journal of Advertising10.382
124 International Journal of Nursing Studies10.357
125 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions10.348
126 Computer Assisted Language Learning10.319
127 Assessing Writing10.317
128 Digital Journalism10.311
129 Journal of Science Education and Technology10.293
130 Annual Review of Political Science10.274
131 Journal of European Public Policy10.238
132 Small Business Economics10.189
133 Journal of Business Ethics10.186
134 Communication Theory10.184
135 Journal of International Economics10.112
136 Learning and Instruction10.086
137 Journal of Transport Geography10.054
138 Nurse Education Today10.016
139 Journal of Mixed Methods Research10.007
140 Sustainable Development9.994
141 Journal of Computer Assisted Learning9.982
142 Annual Review of Criminology9.872
143 Human Resources for Health9.817
144 Journal of Econometrics9.772
145 Social Media + Society9.719
146 Thinking Skills and Creativity9.694
147 Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education9.690
148 Economic Modelling9.682
149 Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory9.582
150 American Political Science Review9.549
151 International Journal of Medical Informatics9.516
152 Journal of Banking & Finance9.505
153 Interactive Learning Environments9.479
154 China Economic Review9.384
155 Climate Policy9.376
156 Utilities Policy9.340
157 Energy & Environment9.333
158 Journal of Air Transport Management9.298
159 Journal of Economic Surveys9.273
160 Political Communication9.257
161 Teaching and Teacher Education9.249
162 Journal of Computing in Higher Education9.237
163 Metacognition and Learning9.200
164 Policy and Society9.152
165 Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja9.121
166 Sustainability9.115
167 Medical Education Online9.100
168 Studies in Higher Education9.048
169 Travel Behaviour and Society9.042
170 JMIR Serious Games9.040
171 Journal of Financial Stability9.008
172 Journal of Research on Technology in Education8.996
173 Journal of Communication8.892
174 Innovations in Education and Teaching International8.822
175 Journal of Monetary Economics8.745
176 Journal of Teacher Education8.735
177 Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy8.719
178 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology8.704
179 Climate Risk Management8.686
180 Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society8.661
181 Health Affairs8.632
182 Biology of Sport8.630
183 American Journal of Political Science8.601
184 Public Relations Review8.587
185 Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour8.563
186 CBE-Life Sciences Education8.561
187 Hematology-American Society of Hematology Education Program8.532
188 Political Geography8.507
189 Palliative Medicine8.506
190 International Journal of Qualitative Methods8.493
191 Pharmacoeconomics8.386
192 Marine Policy8.371
193 Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research8.370
194 Journal of Development Economics8.336
195 International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning8.316
196 Maritime Economics & Logistics8.311
197 Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis8.296
198 Journal of Environmental Economics and Management8.275
199 Journal of Safety Research8.271
200 Journal of Chinese Political Science8.200
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