Journals Ranked by Citations per Article
Estimated
Citations
per Article
 in 2004
(estimated
Rank Journal Name from 1981-04)
1 Science 29.922
2 Annual Rev of Psychol 10.149
3 Psychol Bull 7.679
4 Amer J Psychiat 7.267
5 Psychol Rev 7.179
6 Harvard Law Rev 6.904
7 Yale Law J 6.029
8 Amer Psychologist 5.667
9 Advanc Expertl Soc Psychol 5.645
10 J Economic Literature 4.925
11 Stanford Law Rev 4.523
12 Quart J Econ 4.393
13 Columbia Law Rev 4.226
14 Psychol Methods 4.050
15 J Consult Clin Psych 3.940
16 Cognitive Psychol 3.887
17 Acad Mgmt Rev 3.844
18 J Personality & Social Psychol 3.639
19 Va Law Rev 3.494
20 Cognition  3.445
21 Psychol Science 3.387
22 Health Affair 3.331
23 Mich Law Rev 3.330
24 Amer J Public Health 3.264
25 Child Develop 3.208
26 Admin Science Quart 3.200
27 J Expertl Psychol Gen 3.183
28 J Finance 3.159
29 Cornell Law Rev 3.152
30 Northwest U Law Rev 3.105
31 U Chicago Law Rev 3.069
32 U Penn Law Rev 3.022
33 New York U Law Rev 2.944
34 Personlty Social Psychol Rev 2.944
35 Develop Psychol 2.938
36 Med Care 2.926
37 California Law Rev 2.866
38 J Mem Lang 2.846
39 J Econ Perspect 2.835
40 Educ Psychol 2.814
41 J Marketing 2.784
42 Acad Mgmt J 2.780
43 Amer Sociological Rev 2.771
44 Annual Rev of Sociology 2.743
45 MIS Quart 2.673
46 Psychol Aging 2.668
47 Amer Polit Science Rev 2.624
48 Georgetown Law J 2.594
49 J Financial Econ 2.588
50 Marketing Science 2.559
51 J Expertl Psychol Human 2.551
52 Intl Organization 2.501
53 T I British Geogr 2.463
54 Macroecon Annual 2.418
55 Tex Law Rev 2.387
56 J Political Economy 2.367
57 Strategic Mgmt J 2.355
58 J Appl Psychol 2.293
59 Cognitive Science 2.277
60 Amer J Sociology 2.258
61 Health Service Resrch 2.253
62 Inform Syst Resrch 2.248
63 Econometrica 2.231
64 J Economic Growth 2.223
65 J Expertl Psychol Learn 2.206
66 J Health Econ 2.167
67 Economic Geogr 2.136
68 J Abnormal Psychol 2.127
69 Ann Assoc Amer Geogr 2.115
70 Organization Science 2.100
71 J Marketing Resrch 2.078
72 Vanderbilt Law Rev 2.053
73 Foreign Affairs 2.013
74 Soc Sci Med 2.002
75 J Legal Studies 1.962
76 Gerontologist 1.942
77 Minn Law Rev 1.938
78 J Expertl Social Psychol 1.937
79 Amer J Polit Science 1.904
80 Rev Educ Resrch 1.888
81 J Accounting & Econ 1.874
82 Demography 1.870
83 J Operat Mgmt 1.857
84 World Polit 1.824
85 J Amer Soc Inf Science Tec 1.823
86 Environ Planning D 1.822
87 Amer Econ Rev 1.807
88 J Personality 1.804
89 Cognition Emotion 1.797
90 Intelligence 1.797
91 Personlty Social Psychol Bull 1.771
92 Economic Policy 1.764
93 J Vocational Behavior 1.751
94 J Health Soc Behav 1.732
95 Rev Financl Studies 1.720
96 Human Resource Mgmt 1.718
97 South California Law Rev 1.717
98 J Soc Issues 1.707
99 Duke Law J 1.696
100 J Occupational Environ Med 1.676
101 J Educ Psychol 1.661
102 Leadership Quarterly 1.636
103 Mgmt Science 1.622
104 Personnel Psychol  1.599
105 Acta Psychol 1.596
106 J Expertl Psychol-Appl 1.582
107 Inform Mgmt 1.581
108 J Accounting Resrch 1.579
109 Rev Economic Studies 1.554
110 Environ Planning A 1.552
111 Percept Psychophys 1.535
112 British J Soc Psychol 1.529
113 Brookings Pap Econ Activity 1.528
114 Mathematical Finance 1.481
115 Economic J 1.477
116 J Marriage & Family 1.468
117 Resrch Policy 1.456
118 J Acad Marketing Sci 1.451
119 Indiana Law J 1.439
120 Harvard Business Rev 1.437
121 Ann Stat 1.430
122 Orgnl Behav & Human Decision Proc 1.429
123 Mem Cognition 1.426
124 J Consumer Resrch 1.414
125 Notre Dame Law Rev 1.409
126 Eur J Personality 1.409
127 J Conflict Resolution 1.408
128 J Intl Econ 1.397
129 J Mgmt 1.387
130 J Expertl Anal Behav 1.375
131 Accounting Rev 1.368
132 Rand (Bell) J Econ 1.365
133 Boston U Law Rev 1.350
134 J Monetary Econ 1.347
135 California Mgmt Rev 1.345
136 J Orgl Behavior 1.332
137 Sociol Health Ill 1.312
138 George Wash Law Rev 1.304
139 J Law & Econ 1.297
140 Regional Studies 1.289
141 Rev Economics & Statistics 1.288
142 Resrch in Orgnl Behavior 1.286
143 J Intl Business Studies 1.280
144 Human Perform 1.271
145 Intl Studies Quart 1.271
146 Inform Process Manag 1.269
147 Acad Mgmt Exec 1.261
148 Foreign Policy 1.250
149 Antitrust Law J 1.250
150 Ann Appl Probab 1.240
151 Social Cognition 1.239
152 Ecol Econ 1.234
153 Indust & Labor Relat Rev 1.221
154 Polit Soc 1.220
155 J Econometrics 1.218
156 Economic Soc 1.216
157 Risk Analysis 1.214
158 J Mgmt Inform Syst 1.196
159 J Cross Cultural Psychol 1.191
160 Pers Indiv Differ 1.185
161 Social Forces 1.182
162 J Resrch Personality 1.182
163 Comp Polit Studies 1.181
164 J Law, Econ & Organization 1.177
165 Social Problems 1.175
166 J Qual Technol 1.174
167 J Risk & Uncertainty 1.172
168 J Indust Econ 1.168
169 Social Psychol Quart 1.158
170 Science Technol Human Val 1.155
171 J Business & Economic Statistics 1.152
172 Transport Resrch B-Meth 1.149
173 Eur J Soc Psychol 1.145
174 British J Psychol 1.142
175 World Developmt 1.141
176 J Policy Anal Manag 1.134
177 J Environ Econ & Mgmt 1.133
178 Sociology 1.131
179 MIT Sloan Mgmt Rev 1.129
180 J Personality Assess 1.125
181 Social Science Quart 1.111
182 Business Lawyer 1.100
183 Sociol Methodol 1.098
184 British J Mgmt 1.097
185 Urban Studies 1.093
186 J Human Resources 1.089
187 World Bank Econ Rev 1.087
188 Indust Relations 1.080
189 Organisation Studies 1.079
190 J Retailing 1.078
191 Ann Probab 1.071
192 J Appl Behav Anal 1.069
193 Eur J Intl Relat 1.068
194 J Common Mark Studies 1.063
195 J Intl Econ Law 1.063
196 Harvard Educ Rev 1.062
197 Public Opinion Quart 1.060
198 Health Care Mgmt R 1.054
199 J Financl & Quant Anal 1.047
200 J Labor Econ 1.045
201 Eur Econ Rev 1.044
202 Biometrika 1.044
203 Scientometrics 1.041
204 Wisc Law Rev 1.034
205 J Communic 1.034
206 J Product Innovation Mgmt 1.033
207 Corp Gov 1.028
208 World Bank Resrch Obser 1.023
209 Law Soc Rev 1.018
210 Communic Resrch 1.010
211 Social Studies Science 1.001
212 Motiv Emotion 0.996
213 Theory Soc 0.993
214 China Quart 0.986
215 Sociol Theory 0.972
216 J Mathematical Psychol 0.971
217 Leisure Science 0.970
218 J Business Venturing 0.969
219 Communic Theory 0.966
220 Energy J 0.965
221 Intl J Human-Comput St 0.963
222 Human Communic Resrch 0.958
223 British J Indust Relat 0.955
224 Intl Affairs 0.953
225 J Heuristics 0.949
226 Land Econ 0.948
227 Public Admin 0.947
228 Intl J Select Assess 0.937
229 British J Sociology 0.935
230 Ethics 0.931
231 J Roy Stat Soc A Sta 0.930
232 Fordham Law Rev 0.927
233 J Eur Public Policy 0.926
234 J Economic Mgmt Strategy 0.920
235 J Appl Econometrics 0.914
236 Psychol Women Quart 0.913
237 Intl J Health Service 0.906
238 Human Relations 0.904
239 J Urban Econ 0.901
240 J Polit 0.898
241 Geogr Anal 0.897
242 J Public Econ 0.894
243 Comput Human Behav 0.890
244 Sociol Educ 0.885
245 J Occupational & Organizl Psychol 0.881
246 Organization 0.880
247 J Clin Psychol 0.879
248 Intl J Resrch Mark 0.877
249 Eur J Inform Syst 0.873
250 J Occupational Health 0.863
251 Work Stress 0.862
252 Law Social Inquiry 0.862
253 J Money Credit & Banking 0.858
254 Multivar Behav Resrch 0.855
255 Human Develop 0.850
256 Discourse Soc 0.849
257 Communic Monogr 0.849
258 Eur J Indust Relat 0.842
259 Educ & Psychol Measurement 0.840
260 Amer Business Law J 0.839
261 Financial Mgmt 0.839
262 Public Admin Rev 0.838
263 J Financial Intermed 0.830
264 Psychometrika 0.824
265 Polit Psychol 0.819
266 Intl J Electron Comm 0.815
267 Oxford Rev Econ Pol 0.814
268 J Advertising Resrch 0.813
269 Social Networks 0.811
270 J Appl Social Psychol 0.808
271 J Comp Econ 0.805
272 Appl Ergonomics 0.796
273 National Tax J 0.796
274 J Economic Theory 0.793
275 J Behav Decision Making 0.790
276 Sociol Method Resrch 0.787
277 J Info Technol  0.787
278 Intl Econ Rev 0.782
279 J Eur Soc Policy 0.777
280 Appl Psychol-Intl Rev 0.772
281 Energ Policy 0.772
282 Indust Marketing Mgmt 0.762
283 Transport Sci 0.761
284 Social Science Resrch 0.759
285 J Consumer Psychol 0.756
286 J Developmt Econ 0.756
287 Ergonomics 0.753
288 Accounting Orgns & Society 0.752
289 Economic History Rev 0.750
290 Group & Organization Mgmt 0.746
291 Mgmt Learn 0.740
292 Human Factors 0.740
293 Decision Sciences 0.734
294 Work Employ Soc 0.730
295 Amer J Psychol 0.723
296 J Family Issues 0.721
297 J Strategic Inf Syst 0.720
298 Transport Resrch A-Pol 0.717
299 Basic Appl Soc Psych 0.713
300 Wash Law Rev 0.710
301 Signs 0.708
302 Appl Psych Measurement 0.708
303 Psychoanal Inq 0.705
304 Resrch Aging 0.703
305 Behav Analyst 0.701
306 J Mgmt Studies 0.698
307 Eur J Operat Resrch 0.693
308 Oxford Econ Pap 0.685
309 Sociological Rev 0.675
310 Systems Dynam Rev 0.670
311 Theory Cutlural Soc 0.670
312 Inform Soc 0.670
313 J World Bus (was Columbia) 0.669
314 Common Mkt Law Rev 0.668
315 Regional Science & Urban Econ 0.665
316 J Safety Resrch 0.664
317 J Developmt Studies 0.653
318 J Banking & Finance 0.652
319 J Business 0.649
320 Eur J Polit Resrch 0.649
321 Millennium-J Intl St 0.648
322 World Econ 0.642
323 Environ Behav 0.639
324 Gender Soc 0.639
325 J World Trade 0.638
326 Resour Policy 0.638
327 Orgnl Dynamics 0.637
328 Human Organization 0.636
329 Econometric Theory 0.635
330 J Intl Money Finance 0.633
331 Amer J Agricultural Econ 0.632
332 IMF Staff Papers 0.630
333 J Prod Anal 0.622
334 J Leisure Resrch 0.621
335 J Regional Science 0.619
336 Amer Behav Science 0.617
337 J Economic History 0.614
338 J Public Policy & Marketing 0.613
339 J Popul Econ 0.613
340 Intl J Prod Econ 0.613
341 Agricultural Econ 0.609
342 Resour Energy Econ 0.605
343 Psychol Market 0.601
344 Technical Communic 0.600
345 Public Money Mgmt 0.599
346 J Economic Behav & Organization 0.589
347 Resrch Technol Mgmt 0.589
348 Intl Market Rev 0.586
349 Intl Migr Rev 0.585
350 J Amer History 0.584
351 J Syst Software 0.583
352 Environ Resour Econ 0.583
353 Work & Occupations 0.573
354 J Economic Dynam & Control 0.571
355 New Technol Work Employ 0.571
356 Sex Roles 0.569
357 Economic Indust Democracy 0.567
358 Intl J Flex Manuf Sys 0.566
359 J Time Ser Anal 0.566
360 Social Work Resrch 0.565
361 J Optimiz Theory App 0.562
362 Macroecon Dynamics 0.559
363 Economica 0.559
364 Weltwirtch Arch 0.558
365 J Appl Probab 0.557
366 J Economic Psychol 0.556
367 J Evol Econ 0.556
368 J High Educ 0.556
369 J Intl Marketing 0.554
370 Intl J Prod Resrch 0.553
371 J Creative Behav 0.553
372 Monthly Labor Rev 0.551
373 IEEE Trans in Enging Mgmt 0.549
374 Group Decision & Negotiation 0.547
375 Intl J Operat Prod Mgmt 0.542
376 Interfaces 0.537
377 Game Econ Behav 0.535
378 Intl Labour Rev 0.532
379 Real Estate Economics 0.531
380 Business History 0.527
381 Intl Rev Law Econ 0.526
382 Eur Sociol Rev 0.520
383 Intl J Indust Organization 0.513
384 Oxford Bull Econ & Stat 0.511
385 Ann Tourism Resrch 0.511
386 Intl J Forecasting 0.510
387 J Hous Econ 0.509
388 Scand J Econ 0.508
389 J Business Ethics 0.508
390 Intl J Psychol 0.507
391 Intl J Human Resour Man 0.505
392 J Business Resrch 0.505
393 Kyklos 0.505
394 Scot J Polit Econ 0.503
395 Long Range Planning 0.499
396 Cambridge J Econ 0.498
397 Humor 0.496
398 Intl J Inform Mgmt 0.490
399 Journalism Mass Communic Quart 0.488
400 J Operat Resrch Society 0.488
401 Aba J 0.487
402 J Regulat Econ 0.481
403 J Real Estate Finance 0.479
404 Economic Inquiry 0.476
405 Intl J Intercultural Relat 0.473
406 R & D Mgmt 0.472
407 Symb Interact 0.470
408 Public Relat Rev 0.466
409 J Theory Social Behav 0.465
410 J Agricultural Econ 0.463
411 Social Indicators Resrch 0.461
412 J Broadcast Electron 0.460
413 Intl J Advertising 0.459
414 Behav Inform Technol 0.459
415 Explor Econ History 0.458
416 Ann Amer Acad Polit SS 0.450
417 Telecommun Policy 0.448
418 J Forecasting 0.445
419 Technol Forecast & Social Change 0.440
420 Economic Develop & Cultural Change 0.434
421 J Social Psychol 0.434
422 Small Business Econ 0.426
423 Econ Educ Rev 0.420
424 Amer Bankrupt Law J 0.419
425 J Economic Surveys 0.417
426 Canadian J Econ 0.413
427 Small Gr Resrch 0.411
428 J Risk Insur 0.410
429 Intl Tax Public Finan 0.408
430 Creativity Resrch J 0.403
431 J Psychol 0.402
432 J Consumer Affairs 0.400
433 Rev Indust Organization 0.400
434 Rev Income Wealth 0.393
435 Auditing - J Practice Th 0.391
436 J Stat Plan Infer 0.390
437 Omega-Intl J Mgmt Science 0.389
438 Economic Transit 0.387
439 J Mgmt Inquiry 0.384
440 Southern Econ J 0.375
441 Personnel Rev 0.374
442 Inform Syst J 0.373
443 Sociol Quart 0.371
444 J Economic Issues 0.370
445 Amer Rev Public Adm 0.367
446 Economic Theory 0.366
447 Ann Operat Resrch 0.365
448 Intl J Market Research 0.357
449 Public Choice 0.357
450 Futures  0.353
451 Intl J Conflict Mgmt 0.347
452 Intl J Serv Indust Mgmt 0.344
453 J Portfolio Mgmt 0.337
454 Cont Econ Policy 0.336
455 Advanc Econometrics 0.325
456 Economic Letters 0.325
457 Advanc Strategic Mgmt 0.318
458 Manch Sch 0.316
459 Psychol Rep 0.315
460 J Mathematical Econ 0.313
461 Percept Motor Skill 0.310
462 J Eng Technol Mgmt 0.306
463 J Futures Markets 0.305
464 Quart J Speech 0.301
465 Time Soc 0.292
466 Relat Indust-Indust Relat 0.291
467 Technol Cultural 0.289
468 J Business Psychol 0.288
469 Economic Rec 0.288
470 Business History Rev 0.288
471 J Manuf Syst 0.287
472 J Inst Theory Econ 0.285
473 J Mathematical Sociol 0.283
474 Economist-Netherland 0.283
475 Sociol Trav