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Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Technological Forecasting and Social Change122
2 Energy Economics109
3 Resources Policy96
4 Nature Climate Change81
5 Business Strategy and the Environment80
6 Energy Policy79
7 Journal of Medical Internet Research76
- Technology in Society76
9 Journal of Financial Economics72
10 Education and Information Technologies64
11 Environmental Impact Assessment Review63
12 Computers & Education61
- Land Use Policy61
14 American Economic Review60
- Tourism Management60
16 International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management59
17 Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review57
18 International Review of Economics & Finance56
- Economic Analysis and Policy56
- Cities56
21 Landscape and Urban Planning54
22 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management53
23 International Journal of Hospitality Management52
- Sustainable Development52
25 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions51
- Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment51
- Social Science & Medicine51
28 British Journal of Sports Medicine50
- Sports Medicine50
- Journal of Finance50
- Urban Forestry & Urban Greening50
32 Transport Policy49
33 Ecological Economics48
- Journal of Clinical Epidemiology48
- Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management48
36 BMC Health Services Research47
- Journal of Business Ethics47
- Accident Analysis and Prevention47
- Review of Financial Studies47
40 BMC Medical Education45
41 Socio-Economic Planning Sciences44
- International Journal of Nursing Studies44
43 Journal of Healthcare Engineering43
- Journal of Rural Studies43
- Annals of Tourism Research43
- Journal of Political Economy43
- Pragmatics43
- Nurse Education Today43
- BMC Geriatrics43
50 Health Affairs42
51 Journal of General Internal Medicine41
- World Development41
- BMC Medical Research Methodology41
- Economic Modelling41
- System41
- Marine Policy41
- Journal of Environmental Psychology41
58 American Journal of Sports Medicine40
- Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja40
- Transportation Research Part B-Methodological40
- Telecommunications Policy40
62 Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice39
- Quarterly Journal of Economics39
- Journal of Transport Geography39
- Habitat International39
66 Addiction38
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence38
- Journal of Banking & Finance38
- Review of Economic Studies38
- International Journal of Medical Informatics38
- Teaching and Teacher Education38
72 International Journal of Drug Policy37
- Econometrica37
- Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization37
- British Journal of Educational Technology37
- Addictive Behaviors37
- International Journal of Forecasting37
- Computers Environment and Urban Systems37
- Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy37
- Structural Change and Economic Dynamics37
- Child Abuse & Neglect37
82 Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery36
- Interactive Learning Environments36
- Review of Economics and Statistics36
- Journal of Sustainable Tourism36
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society36
87 New Media & Society35
- North American Journal of Economics and Finance35
- Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money35
- Academic Medicine35
- Educational Research Review35
92 Journal of Travel Research34
- Journal of Economic Literature34
- China Economic Review34
- Implementation Science34
- Journal of Advanced Nursing34
- Current Issues in Tourism34
- Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery34
- Transportation Research Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour34
- Food Policy34
- Journal of Financial Stability34
102 Journal of Clinical Nursing33
- Supportive Care in Cancer33
- Thinking Skills and Creativity33
- Journal of the Knowledge Economy33
- Applied Geography33
- Journal of Environmental Economics and Management33
- Journal of Development Economics33
- Energy & Environment33
- Journal of Nursing Management33
- Value in Health33
- Patient Education and Counseling33
113 Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation32
- Tourism Review32
- American Political Science Review32
- Annual Review of Economics32
- Climate Policy32
- Journal of Computer Assisted Learning32
- International Journal of Management Education32
- Economics Letters32
- Journal of Econometrics32
122 Journal of Air Transport Management31
- Nurse Education in Practice31
- Journal of Economic Perspectives31
- Utilities Policy31
- Journal of Chemical Education31
- Tobacco Control31
- Small Business Economics31
- Review of Finance31
- Journal of Safety Research31
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change31
132 Journal of Pain and Symptom Management30
- Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise30
- Regional Studies30
- Applied Economics30
- Journal of European Public Policy30
- Transport Reviews30
- Trauma Violence & Abuse30
- Journals of Gerontology Series A-Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences30
- Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment30
- Journal of Monetary Economics30
142 Computer Assisted Language Learning29
- International Journal of Emerging Markets29
- International Journal of Manpower29
- Emerging Markets Review29
- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association29
- Public Administration Review29
- Learning and Instruction29
- Geoforum29
- Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management29
- International Journal of Advertising29
- Telemedicine and E-Health29
- AIDS and Behavior29
- Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance29
- Journal of Environmental Planning and Management29
- ETR&D-Educational Technology Research and Development29
- Journal of International Economics29
158 Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare28
- Psychiatric Services28
- Research in Transportation Economics28
- Political Geography28
- Forest Policy and Economics28
- Health Policy28
- Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology28
- Higher Education28
- Journal of Politics28
- Urban Studies28
168 International Journal of Qualitative Methods27
- Quality of Life Research27
- Medical Education27
- Annual Review of Sociology27
- IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies27
- Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis27
- American Journal of Political Science27
- Health Expectations27
- Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports27
- Journal of Surgical Education27
- Medical Teacher27
- Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing27
- European Economic Review27
- Harm Reduction Journal27
182 American Journal of Bioethics26
- CBE-Life Sciences Education26
- International Journal of Geographical Information Science26
- Women and Birth26
- Midwifery26
- Transportation Science26
- Personnel Review26
- Social Indicators Research26
- Journal of Public Economics26
- Children and Youth Services Review26
- Gerontologist26
- Health Communication26
- Health Research Policy and Systems26
- Intensive and Critical Care Nursing26
- Gait & Posture26
- Journal of Accounting & Economics26
- Psychology of Sport and Exercise26
- Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport26
- Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research26
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