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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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Journal of Financial Economics47.588
2 International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education35.417
3 Quarterly Journal of Economics33.960
4 Nature Sustainability30.876
5 Technological Forecasting and Social Change29.448
6 American Economic Review28.958
7 Technology in Society26.749
8 Tourism Management25.907
9 Annual Review of Economics25.640
10 Educational Psychologist25.617
11 Journal of Finance25.033
12 Review of Finance23.427
13 Energy Economics22.435
14 Computers & Education21.978
15 Nature Climate Change21.442
16 Journal of Econometrics21.109
17 Review of Financial Studies21.047
18 International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management20.908
19 Sustainable Production and Consumption20.878
20 Business Strategy and the Environment20.616
21 Implementation Science20.289
22 Resources Policy20.177
23 Energy Policy20.175
24 Educational Research Review20.113
25 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions19.760
26 Journal of Economic Perspectives19.374
27 Landscape and Urban Planning19.167
28 Journal of Medical Systems18.170
29 npj Digital Medicine17.877
30 Journal of Sport and Health Science17.616
31 Environmental Impact Assessment Review17.238
32 Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management17.217
33 Oeconomia Copernicana16.135
34 Sports Medicine-Open15.586
35 Computers Environment and Urban Systems15.205
36 Review of Economic Studies15.201
37 European Transport Research Review15.181
38 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management15.094
39 International Journal of Stem Education15.083
40 Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review14.791
41 One Earth14.727
42 International Journal of Forecasting14.712
43 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change14.605
44 British Journal of Educational Technology14.591
45 European Research on Management and Business Economics14.466
46 Annual Review of Resource Economics14.458
47 Transport Reviews14.456
48 Sports Medicine14.417
49 Ecosystem Services14.357
50 International Journal of Hospitality Management14.307
51 Land Use Policy14.198
52 Journal of Advertising13.903
53 Energy Research & Social Science13.894
54 Econometrica13.706
55 Tourism Review13.587
56 Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing13.441
57 Journal of Economic Literature13.263
58 Review of Educational Research13.020
59 Annals of Tourism Research12.933
60 Journal of Political Economy12.841
61 Borsa Istanbul Review12.818
62 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions12.768
63 Economic Analysis and Policy12.721
64 Annual Review of Political Science12.686
65 JMIR mHealth and uHealth12.622
66 International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology12.609
67 Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment12.551
68 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management12.550
69 Journal of the Knowledge Economy12.374
70 International Journal of Nursing Studies12.335
71 Accident Analysis and Prevention12.255
72 Telecommunications Policy12.059
73 Tourism Management Perspectives12.057
74 Ecological Economics12.049
75 Urban Forestry & Urban Greening11.926
76 Journal of Sustainable Tourism11.820
77 Structural Change and Economic Dynamics11.772
78 Financial Innovation11.771
79 Transport Policy11.698
80 British Journal of Sports Medicine11.656
81 Pragmatics11.561
82 Policy and Society11.557
83 International Journal of Advertising11.516
84 Journal of Destination Marketing & Management11.506
85 Journal of Rural Studies11.487
86 Transportation Research Part B-Methodological11.483
87 Journal of Accounting & Economics11.438
88 Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics11.409
89 Information Technology & Tourism11.388
90 Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment11.287
91 Habitat International11.267
92 Progress in Human Geography11.240
93 Journal of Environmental Psychology11.228
94 Cities11.133
95 Journal of Travel Research11.129
96 Internet and Higher Education11.125
97 Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication11.072
98 Socio-Economic Planning Sciences11.006
99 Journal of Urban Economics10.946
100 Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money10.898
101 Health Technology Assessment10.849
102 Journal of Medical Internet Research10.751
103 Food Policy10.716
104 Organization & Environment10.649
105 Economic Geography10.578
106 Computer Assisted Language Learning10.574
107 Sustainable Development10.565
108 Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal10.454
109 Education and Information Technologies10.447
110 Digital Journalism10.426
111 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology10.152
112 Comunicar10.136
113 Internet Interventions-The Application of Information Technology in Mental and Behavioural Health10.084
114 Annual Review of Sociology10.073
115 Adolescent Research Review10.059
116 American Sociological Review10.055
117 Journal of Business Ethics10.019
118 World Development10.015
119 Health Affairs9.807
120 Review of Economics and Statistics9.803
121 China Economic Review9.715
122 Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja9.702
123 International Journal of Management Education9.669
124 Journal of Development Economics9.664
125 Journal of Educational Computing Research9.612
126 Journal of Transport Geography9.604
127 Journal of Banking & Finance9.569
128 Review of Environmental Economics and Policy9.542
129 International Review of Economics & Finance9.530
130 International Journal of Health Services9.500
131 Science and Engineering Ethics9.479
132 Econometrics Journal9.425
133 Annual Review of Criminology9.386
134 Journal of Monetary Economics9.370
135 Journal of Computer Assisted Learning9.352
136 Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance9.316
137 Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory9.250
138 Transportation Science9.227
139 Economic Modelling9.207
140 Communication Methods and Measures9.169
141 Small Business Economics9.118
142 Journal of Environmental Economics and Management9.073
143 Recall9.000
144 Climate Policy8.944
145 Educational Researcher8.934
146 Trauma Violence & Abuse8.915
147 Political Analysis8.873
148 World Politics8.844
149 Ethics and Information Technology8.842
150 Journal of Health and Social Behavior8.823
151 Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy8.809
152 IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies8.803
153 Applied Geography8.770
154 JMIR Serious Games8.753
155 Journal of Social Issues8.716
156 American Political Science Review8.699
157 Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society8.682
158 Social Science & Medicine8.642
159 Maritime Economics & Logistics8.633
160 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology8.623
161 Journal of International Economics8.608
162 Human Resources for Health8.587
163 International Journal of Manpower8.562
164 Utilities Policy8.550
- Journal of the European Economic Association8.550
166 Journal of Financial Stability8.539
167 Learning and Instruction8.538
168 Public Relations Review8.456
169 Travel Behaviour and Society8.427
170 International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning8.378
171 Assessing Writing8.367
172 Nurse Education Today8.340
173 System8.336
174 Thinking Skills and Creativity8.324
175 Human Resource Management Journal8.321
176 Teaching and Teacher Education8.305
177 RELC Journal8.293
178 Big Data & Society8.279
179 International Journal of Medical Informatics8.267
180 Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice8.254
181 Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education8.217
182 Journal of Labor Economics8.189
183 Substance Abuse8.155
184 Communication Theory8.096
185 Emerging Markets Review8.094
- Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-Research Planning and Management8.094
187 Marine Policy8.089
188 Human Relations8.086
- Sociological Methods & Research8.086
190 Journal of Nursing Management8.079
191 International Journal of Drug Policy8.062
192 ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development8.032
193 Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour7.991
194 American Economic Review-Insights7.966
195 Personnel Review7.929
196 Journal of Safety Research7.923
197 Public Management Review7.894
198 Journal of Science Education and Technology7.886
199 Studies in Educational Evaluation7.877
200 Addictive Behaviors7.830
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