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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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Journal of Financial Economics47.540
2 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education39.303
3 Quarterly Journal of Economics33.478
4 Nature Sustainability32.711
5 Technological Forecasting and Social Change30.603
6 American Economic Review30.332
7 Educational Psychologist28.550
8 Technology in Society26.867
9 Annual Review of Economics26.483
10 Journal of Finance26.334
11 Tourism Management25.751
12 Review of Finance25.594
13 Computers & Education23.376
14 Energy Economics22.663
15 Educational Research Review22.487
16 Implementation Science22.469
17 Journal of Econometrics22.459
18 Sustainable Production and Consumption22.047
19 Nature Climate Change21.582
20 Review of Financial Studies21.223
21 International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management20.608
22 Resources Policy20.580
23 Journal of Medical Systems20.543
24 Business Strategy and the Environment20.428
25 Landscape and Urban Planning20.384
26 Energy Policy20.378
27 Journal of Economic Perspectives19.325
28 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions19.098
29 Environmental Impact Assessment Review18.980
30 npj Digital Medicine18.743
31 Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management18.224
32 Journal of Sport and Health Science18.141
33 Sports Medicine-Open17.557
34 Oeconomia Copernicana17.027
35 International Journal of Stem Education16.574
36 Review of Economic Studies16.101
37 European Transport Research Review16.083
38 Annual Review of Resource Economics15.724
39 International Journal of Forecasting15.556
40 British Journal of Educational Technology15.463
41 Journal of Advertising15.459
42 Computers Environment and Urban Systems15.375
43 Econometrica14.885
44 One Earth14.813
45 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management14.784
46 Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review14.567
47 Annual Review of Political Science14.257
48 Land Use Policy14.247
49 Tourism Review14.078
- Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing14.078
51 Ecosystem Services14.022
52 European Research on Management and Business Economics13.967
53 Sports Medicine13.918
54 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change13.660
55 Energy Research & Social Science13.566
56 Transport Reviews13.533
57 International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology13.517
58 International Journal of Hospitality Management13.508
59 Journal of the Knowledge Economy13.447
60 Borsa Istanbul Review13.048
61 Journal of Economic Literature12.911
62 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics12.788
63 Journal of Political Economy12.726
64 JMIR mHealth and uHealth12.693
65 Annals of Tourism Research12.631
66 Financial Innovation12.626
67 Ecological Economics12.563
68 Tourism Management Perspectives12.505
69 British Journal of Sports Medicine12.479
70 Economic Analysis and Policy12.474
71 Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment12.470
72 Journal of Sustainable Tourism12.377
73 Information Technology & Tourism12.374
74 Progress in Human Geography12.246
75 Organization & Environment12.145
76 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management12.139
77 Policy and Society11.987
78 Journal of Accounting & Economics11.796
79 Annual Review of Sociology11.773
80 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions11.760
81 Review of Educational Research11.737
82 Habitat International11.716
83 Pragmatics11.601
84 Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment11.567
85 International Journal of Nursing Studies11.547
86 Accident Analysis and Prevention11.530
87 Journal of Environmental Psychology11.489
88 Cities11.441
89 Telecommunications Policy11.373
90 International Journal of Advertising11.313
91 Structural Change and Economic Dynamics11.308
92 Education and Information Technologies11.286
93 Journal of Travel Research11.258
94 Computer Assisted Language Learning11.089
95 Internet and Higher Education11.086
96 Urban Forestry & Urban Greening11.073
- Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money11.073
98 Journal of Rural Studies11.056
99 Adolescent Research Review11.020
100 Transportation Research Part B-Methodological11.007
101 Comunicar10.982
102 Journal of Medical Internet Research10.968
103 Economic Geography10.886
104 International Journal of Management Education10.878
105 Food Policy10.872
106 Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal10.767
107 Review of Economics and Statistics10.739
108 Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication10.605
109 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology10.603
110 Journal of Business Ethics10.572
111 Journal of Educational Computing Research10.555
112 Sustainable Development10.466
113 World Development10.460
114 Econometrics Journal10.281
115 Journal of Destination Marketing & Management10.234
116 Digital Journalism10.177
117 Transport Policy10.175
118 Review of Environmental Economics and Policy10.163
119 Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory10.111
120 International Journal of Health Services10.061
121 Journal of Banking & Finance10.032
122 Health Affairs10.009
123 Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja10.000
124 IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies9.928
125 Journal of Transport Geography9.917
126 Journal of Monetary Economics9.850
127 Health Technology Assessment9.705
128 China Economic Review9.579
129 American Sociological Review9.563
130 Ethics and Information Technology9.462
131 Maritime Economics & Logistics9.442
132 RELC Journal9.303
133 Applied Geography9.302
134 Recall9.300
135 International Review of Economics & Finance9.289
136 Socio-Economic Planning Sciences9.188
137 Transportation Science9.157
138 Journal of Urban Economics9.127
139 Annual Review of Criminology9.083
140 Small Business Economics9.072
141 Economic Modelling9.043
142 Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy9.036
143 Science and Engineering Ethics9.016
144 Journal of Financial Stability8.997
145 JMIR Serious Games8.993
146 Journal of Development Economics8.992
147 Trauma Violence & Abuse8.986
- Climate Policy8.986
149 Journal of Social Issues8.983
150 Big Data & Society8.976
151 Assessing Writing8.953
152 Journal of Labor Economics8.938
153 Journal of Computer Assisted Learning8.936
154 System8.925
155 Public Relations Review8.918
156 Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health8.863
157 Educational Researcher8.857
158 Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance8.822
159 Journal of the European Economic Association8.795
160 Substance Abuse8.783
161 Human Resource Management Journal8.765
162 Learning and Instruction8.754
163 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association8.699
164 International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning8.619
165 Human Relations8.613
166 Travel Behaviour and Society8.595
167 Utilities Policy8.539
168 Journal of Environmental Economics and Management8.494
169 Sociological Methods & Research8.484
170 ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development8.463
171 Nurse Education Today8.453
172 Human Resources for Health8.448
173 Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education8.384
174 American Political Science Review8.300
175 Social Science & Medicine8.297
176 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology8.288
177 Journal of Science Education and Technology8.283
178 International Journal of Medical Informatics8.249
179 Marine Policy8.228
180 Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education8.207
181 Biology of Sport8.162
182 Personnel Review8.141
183 Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research8.099
184 Journal of International Economics8.095
185 Teaching and Teacher Education8.081
186 Communication Methods and Measures8.076
187 Journal of Vacation Marketing8.062
188 Journal of Computing in Higher Education8.058
189 Sustainability8.040
190 Journal of Economic Surveys8.024
191 Interactive Learning Environments8.015
192 Thinking Skills and Creativity8.005
193 ACM Transactions on Computing Education8.004
194 Public Administration7.994
195 Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space7.986
196 Public Management Review7.979
- Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching7.979
198 Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice7.950
199 Addictive Behaviors7.942
200 Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour7.939
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