Social Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2024
1	Nature Climate Change	ca. 27.1
-	Nature Sustainability	ca. 27.1
3	American Journal of Bioethics	ca. 20.8
4	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	ca. 16.7
5	British Journal of Sports Medicine	ca. 16.2
6	npj Digital Medicine	ca. 15.1
7	Energy Economics	ca. 14.2
8	Implementation Science	ca. 13.4
9	Technological Forecasting and Social Change	ca. 13.3
-	Business Strategy and the Environment	ca. 13.3
11	Quarterly Journal of Economics	ca. 12.7
12	Technology in Society	ca. 12.5
13	Tourism Management	ca. 12.4
14	Journal of Financial Economics	ca. 12
15	American Economic Review	ca. 11.6
16	Educational Psychologist	ca. 11.4
-	Annual Review of Economics	ca. 11.4
18	Environmental Impact Assessment Review	ca. 11.2
19	Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management	ca. 11
20	Oeconomia Copernicana	ca. 10.8
21	NBER Macroeconomics Annual	ca. 10.7
22	Journal of Economic Literature	ca. 10.6
-	Educational Research Review	ca. 10.6
24	Computers & Education	ca. 10.5
25	Journal of Sport and Health Science	ca. 10.3
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change	ca. 10.3
27	Transport Reviews	ca. 9.9
28	Dialogues in Human Geography	ca. 9.6
-	Sustainable Production and Consumption	ca. 9.6
30	Annual Review of Political Science	ca. 9.5
-	Journal of Finance	ca. 9.5
32	Sports Medicine	ca. 9.4
33	Landscape and Urban Planning	ca. 9.2
-	Energy Policy	ca. 9.2
35	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	ca. 9.1
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	ca. 9.1
37	Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing	ca. 9
-	International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management	ca. 9
-	Annual Review of Sociology	ca. 9
40	Economic Geography	ca. 8.9
41	Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review	ca. 8.8
-	Journal of Economic Perspectives	ca. 8.8
43	Economic Analysis and Policy	ca. 8.7
44	Annual Review of Resource Economics	ca. 8.4
-	Review of Finance	ca. 8.4
46	International Journal of Hospitality Management	ca. 8.3
-	Computers Environment and Urban Systems	ca. 8.3
48	Sustainable Development	ca. 8.2
49	Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific	ca. 8.1
-	British Journal of Educational Technology	ca. 8.1

-	Health Affairs	ca. 8.1
-	Adolescent Research Review	ca. 8.1
53	International Journal of Stem Education	ca. 8
54	Tourism Review	ca. 7.9
55	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management	ca. 7.8
-	Journal of Mixed Methods Research	ca. 7.8
-	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	ca. 7.8
-	Annals of Tourism Research	ca. 7.8
59	Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment	ca. 7.7
60	International Journal of Management Education	ca. 7.4
-	Review of Educational Research	ca. 7.4
-	Energy Research & Social Science	ca. 7.4
-	Journal of Destination Marketing & Management	ca. 7.4
64	Organization & Environment	ca. 7.3
65	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	ca. 7.2
-	Financial Innovation	ca. 7.2
67	Econometrica	ca. 7.1
-	International Journal of Forecasting	ca. 7.1
-	Borsa Istanbul Review	ca. 7.1
70	Econometrics Journal	ca. 7
-	Habitat International	ca. 7
-	Journal of Travel Research	ca. 7
-	Journal of Advertising	ca. 7
-	Asian Economic Policy Review	ca. 7
-	Journal of Environmental Psychology	ca. 7
-	Information Technology & Tourism	ca. 7
77	Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	ca. 6.9
-	Tourism Management Perspectives	ca. 6.9
-	Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology	ca. 6.9
80	Review of Economics and Statistics	ca. 6.8
-	Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice	ca. 6.8
-	Journal of Accounting & Economics	ca. 6.8
-	Internet and Higher Education	ca. 6.8
84	American Economic Review-Insights	ca. 6.7
-	Urban Forestry & Urban Greening	ca. 6.7
-	International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology	ca. 6.7
-	Journal of Business Ethics	ca. 6.7
88	Computer Assisted Language Learning	ca. 6.6
-	Review of Environmental Economics and Policy	ca. 6.6
-	Ecosystem Services	ca. 6.6
-	Cities	ca. 6.6
92	BMJ Quality & Safety	ca. 6.5
-	Sociological Methods & Research	ca. 6.5
94	Review of Economic Studies	ca. 6.4
-	Economic Policy	ca. 6.4
-	Telecommunications Policy	ca. 6.4
-	European Research on Management and Business Economics	ca. 6.4
98	Ecological Economics	ca. 6.3
-	Journal of Transport Geography	ca. 6.3
-	Journal of Political Economy	ca. 6.3
-	Transportation Research Part B-Methodological	ca. 6.3
-	Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	ca. 6.3
103	Annual Review of Criminology	ca. 6.2
-	American Economic Journal-Applied Economics	ca. 6.2
-	Accident Analysis and Prevention	ca. 6.2
-	Communication Theory	ca. 6.2
-	American Sociological Review	ca. 6.2
-	Human Resource Management Journal	ca. 6.2
-	RELC Journal	ca. 6.2
-	JMIR mHealth and uHealth	ca. 6.2
111	Policy and Society	ca. 6.1
-	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	ca. 6.1
-	Progress in Human Geography	ca. 6.1
-	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	ca. 6.1
-	International Security	ca. 6.1
116	Journal of Medical Internet Research	ca. 6
-	Value in Health	ca. 6
-	Journal of Human Resources	ca. 6
-	Food Policy	ca. 6
120	Environmental Politics	ca. 5.9
-	Sports Medicine-Open	ca. 5.9
-	Journal of Environmental Economics and Management	ca. 5.9
-	Land Use Policy	ca. 5.9
-	Big Data & Society	ca. 5.9
-	International Journal of Advertising	ca. 5.9
126	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	ca. 5.8
-	American Political Science Review	ca. 5.8
128	Travel Behaviour and Society	ca. 5.7
-	Journal of Rural Studies	ca. 5.7
-	International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning	ca. 5.7
-	Journal of Medical Systems	ca. 5.7
-	American Economic Journal-Macroeconomics	ca. 5.7
-	Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication	ca. 5.7
-	International Journal of Tourism Research	ca. 5.7
-	Recall	ca. 5.7
136	American Journal of Political Science	ca. 5.6
-	International Review of Economics & Finance	ca. 5.6
-	System	ca. 5.6
139	Structural Change and Economic Dynamics	ca. 5.5
-	Journal of Communication	ca. 5.5
-	Assessing Writing	ca. 5.5
-	China Economic Review	ca. 5.5
-	Journal of Science Education and Technology	ca. 5.5
144	Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching	ca. 5.4
-	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences	ca. 5.4
-	Review of Financial Studies	ca. 5.4
-	Education and Information Technologies	ca. 5.4
-	Trauma Violence & Abuse	ca. 5.4
-	Human Relations	ca. 5.4
-	Applied Geography	ca. 5.4
-	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	ca. 5.4
-	Political Analysis	ca. 5.4
-	Digital Journalism	ca. 5.4
154	Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research	ca. 5.3
-	Transport Policy	ca. 5.3
-	Addiction	ca. 5.3
-	Interactive Learning Environments	ca. 5.3
158	Criminology	ca. 5.2
-	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	ca. 5.2
-	Climate Policy	ca. 5.2
-	Journal of Planning Literature	ca. 5.2
-	Academic Medicine	ca. 5.2
-	Medical Education	ca. 5.2
-	Academy of Management Learning & Education	ca. 5.2
-	Yale Law Journal	ca. 5.2
166	Public Administration	ca. 5.1
-	Political Communication	ca. 5.1
-	International Journal of Geographical Information Science	ca. 5.1
-	International Journal of Health Policy and Management	ca. 5.1
-	Language Teaching	ca. 5.1
171	Journal of Economic Surveys	ca. 5
-	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	ca. 5
-	Contemporary Security Policy	ca. 5
-	Journal of Research on Technology in Education	ca. 5
-	Journal of Labor Economics	ca. 5

-	Climate Risk Management	ca. 5
-	Biology of Sport	ca. 5
-	Journal of Vacation Marketing	ca. 5
-	Social Science & Medicine	ca. 5
180	IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies	ca. 4.9
-	Public Management Review	ca. 4.9
-	Political Geography	ca. 4.9
-	Public Administration Review	ca. 4.9
-	Journal of Computing in Higher Education	ca. 4.9
-	Journal of Educational Computing Research	ca. 4.9
-	Studies in Second Language Acquisition	ca. 4.9
-	Policy Studies Journal	ca. 4.9
-	Social Media + Society	ca. 4.9
-	Innovations in Education and Teaching International	ca. 4.9
-	Educational Researcher	ca. 4.9
-	Learning and Instruction	ca. 4.9
192	World Development	ca. 4.8
-	Journal of Urban Economics	ca. 4.8
-	Energy & Environment	ca. 4.8
-	Small Business Economics	ca. 4.8
-	Metacognition and Learning	ca. 4.8
-	Journal of Peasant Studies	ca. 4.8
-	Population and Development Review	ca. 4.8
-	Maritime Economics & Logistics	ca. 4.8
-	Transportation Science	ca. 4.8

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