Journal rankings · indicator year 2002
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Global ranking · 2002
Journal rankings 2002
10,465 ranked journals in 4 domains, 26 fields and 252 subfields
This release ranks 10,465 journals for 2002. The median journal has an OJR of 0.71, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2001; Q1 starts at OJR 1.32. The top three are Post-Soviet Affairs, Journal of Economic Literature, and The Quarterly Journal of Economics. Small journals can score very high; only journals with at least 30 citable documents are ranked.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2002. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 1999–2001, the window the 2002 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
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4 domains · 26 fields · 252 subfields10,465 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2001. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 1999–2001, the window the 2002 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 1999–2001 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2002. | Compare |
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1Post-Soviet AffairsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 22.31Q1 | 9.00 6.19 up from 2001 | 50 | 0% | — | ||
2Journal of Economic LiteratureAmerican Economic Association · United States | 19.62Q1 | 4.54 6.17 down from 2001 | 90 | 4% | — | ||
3The Quarterly Journal of EconomicsOxford University Press · United States | 16.47Q1 | 6.80 1.50 down from 2001 | 135 | 29% | $7,619 | ||
4European Union PoliticsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 16.30Q1 | 4.33 1.77 up from 2001 | 30 | 18% | $3,650 | ||
5Economic PolicyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 16.02Q1 | 8.36 4.32 up from 2001 | 41 | 24% | $7,310 | ||
6Administrative Science QuarterlySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 13.99Q1 | 4.84 0.47 down from 2001 | 92 | 9% | $3,900 | ||
7Journal of European Public PolicyRoutledge · United Kingdom | 13.34Q1 | 3.03 0.23 up from 2001 | 137 | 10% | — | ||
8The Journal of Economic PerspectivesOAAmerican Economic Association · United States | 12.16Q1 | 5.61 0.63 up from 2001 | 190 | 51% | — | ||
9JCMS Journal of Common Market StudiesWiley · United Kingdom | 12.15Q1 | 3.58 1.47 up from 2001 | 173 | 38% | $4,170 | ||
10CA A Cancer Journal for CliniciansOAWiley · United States | 12.04Q1 | 28.24 4.09 up from 2001 | 69 | 100% | $4,330 | ||
11Advances In PhysicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 11.69Q1 | 10.45 6.30 down from 2001 | 37 | 16% | — | ||
12Reviews of Modern PhysicsAmerican Physical Society · United States | 11.52Q1 | 21.91 9.67 up from 2001 | 164 | 60% | — | ||
13International OrganizationUniversity of Cambridge · United States | 11.29Q1 | 3.84 2.22 down from 2001 | 123 | 41% | $3,550 | ||
14CriminologyWiley · United Kingdom | 11.23Q1 | 4.15 1.56 up from 2001 | 113 | 10% | $3,570 | ||
15MIS QuarterlyMIS Quarterly · United States | 10.95Q1 | 5.45 0.20 up from 2001 | 87 | 17% | — | ||
16Industry and InnovationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 10.85Q1 | 3.29 1.15 up from 2001 | 49 | 0% | — | ||
17Surface Science ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 10.85Q1 | 12.61 0.47 down from 2001 | 35 | 6% | $4,440 | ||
18Endocrine ReviewsOxford University Press · United States | 10.74Q1 | 18.79 3.01 down from 2001 | 137 | 21% | $3,750 | ||
19Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular BiologyAnnual Reviews · United States | 10.64Q1 | 15.71 3.38 down from 2001 | 74 | — | — | ||
20The Journal of FinanceWiley · United States | 10.63Q1 | 4.85 0.61 up from 2001 | 333 | 20% | $4,430 | ||
21ACM Transactions on Information and System SecurityAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 10.57Q1 | 6.36 0.24 up from 2001 | 39 | 6% | — | ||
22European Journal of International RelationsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 10.54Q1 | 2.35 0.30 down from 2001 | 49 | 10% | $3,900 | ||
23Data Mining and Knowledge DiscoverySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 10.49Q1 | 5.33 1.67 up from 2001 | 42 | 0% | $3,190 | ||
24Strategic Management JournalWiley · United States | 10.27Q1 | 5.40 1.82 up from 2001 | 263 | 11% | $4,250 | ||
25Pharmacological ReviewsAmerican Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics · United States | 10.09Q1 | 21.58 2.43 up from 2001 | 72 | 3% | $4,500 | ||
26American Journal of Political ScienceWiley · United States | 10.05Q1 | 3.03 2.02 down from 2001 | 175 | 3% | $4,100 | ||
27Journal of Financial EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 9.99Q1 | 5.01 1.06 up from 2001 | 171 | 9% | $4,740 | ||
28CellCell Press · United States | 9.79Q1 | 25.46 1.22 down from 2001 | 1,198 | 98% | $11,400 | ||
29Politics & SocietySAGE Publishing · United States | 9.64Q1 | 2.97 2.05 down from 2001 | 57 | 5% | $3,650 | ||
30Party PoliticsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 9.56Q1 | 2.21 1.35 up from 2001 | 91 | 5% | $3,650 | ||
31ACM Transactions on Computer-Human InteractionAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 9.42Q1 | 9.13 4.63 up from 2001 | 44 | 7% | — | ||
32The World Bank Economic ReviewOxford University Press | 9.37Q1 | 3.87 0.07 up from 2001 | 76 | 4% | $3,986 | ||
33Materials Science and Engineering R ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 9.37Q1 | 11.28 4.66 up from 2001 | 37 | 0% | $6,150 | ||
34New England Journal of MedicineMassachusetts Medical Society · United States | 9.35Q1 | 17.18 2.64 up from 2001 | 2,525 | 25% | — | ||
35World PoliticsCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 9.30Q1 | 2.19 2.88 down from 2001 | 93 | 26% | — | ||
36American Journal of SociologyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 9.19Q1 | 2.56 1.28 down from 2001 | 162 | 2% | — | ||
37Economy and SocietyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 8.96Q1 | 3.79 0.82 down from 2001 | 100 | 6% | — | ||
38IEEE/ACM Transactions on NetworkingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 8.95Q1 | 6.22 1.66 up from 2001 | 205 | 10% | $2,495 | ||
39Journal of MarketingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 8.91Q1 | 4.50 0.95 up from 2001 | 173 | 4% | $5,400 | ||
40West European PoliticsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 8.89Q1 | 2.46 1.33 up from 2001 | 150 | 14% | — | ||
41Journal of Economic GrowthSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 8.88Q1 | 3.90 1.11 up from 2001 | 42 | 6% | $4,290 | ||
42Journal of the Academy of Marketing ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 8.82Q1 | 4.68 0.12 up from 2001 | 116 | 8% | $4,790 | ||
43International Journal of Urban and Regional ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 8.65Q1 | 2.19 0.04 down from 2001 | 157 | 5% | $4,150 | ||
44TESOL QuarterlyWiley · United States | 8.64Q1 | 1.90 0.34 up from 2001 | 232 | 7% | $2,850 | ||
45Academy of Management ReviewAcademy of Management · United States | 8.62Q1 | 4.23 0.62 up from 2001 | 372 | 2% | — | ||
46IEEE Personal CommunicationsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 8.62Q1 | 6.46 2.67 up from 2001 | 134 | — | — | ||
47American Economic ReviewAmerican Economic Association · United States | 8.57Q1 | 3.68 0.38 down from 2001 | 587 | 19% | — | ||
48Accounts of Chemical ResearchAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 8.55Q1 | 13.02 2.12 up from 2001 | 304 | 2% | $4,500 | ||
49User Modeling and User-Adapted InteractionSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 8.50Q1 | 7.11 3.86 up from 2001 | 37 | 6% | $3,290 | ||
50Annual Review of Materials ScienceAnnual Reviews · United States | 8.44Q1 | 8.95 2.78 up from 2001 | 39 | — | — |
All 26 fields, compared. Choose a field to open its ranking.
- MedicineHealth Sciences1,853
- Social SciencesSocial Sciences1,539
- EngineeringPhysical Sciences1,072
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyLife Sciences696
- Agricultural and Biological SciencesLife Sciences595
- PsychologySocial Sciences577
- Environmental SciencePhysical Sciences498
- Computer SciencePhysical Sciences461
- Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSocial Sciences460
- MathematicsPhysical Sciences342
- Business, Management and AccountingSocial Sciences337
- Health ProfessionsHealth Sciences295
- Earth and Planetary SciencesPhysical Sciences291
- Arts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences265
- Materials SciencePhysical Sciences236
- Physics and AstronomyPhysical Sciences232
- NeuroscienceLife Sciences210
- ChemistryPhysical Sciences149
- Immunology and MicrobiologyLife Sciences84
- Decision SciencesSocial Sciences79
- DentistryHealth Sciences66
- VeterinaryHealth Sciences41
- NursingHealth Sciences30
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsLife Sciences30
- EnergyPhysical Sciences18
- Chemical EngineeringPhysical Sciences9
Journals
Citations made in 2002. Corpus-wide, 69.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
3,630 additional journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 1999–2001, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2002. Publication window: 1999–2001. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 10,465
- Window papers (baseline)
- 5,909,824 Change unavailable from indicator year 1999
- Median OJR
- 0.71 Change unavailable from indicator year 1999
- Rising journals (2025)
- 1,582
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 1999–2001 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 9,334 | 9,882 | 10,465 | 10,963 | 11,336 | 11,787 | 12,241 | 12,896 | 13,532 | 14,190 | 14,881 | 15,682 | 16,548 | 17,494 | 18,331 | 19,108 | 19,793 | 20,381 | 20,896 | 21,252 | 21,436 | 21,674 | 21,881 | 21,925 | 21,772 | 21,493 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 4,957,530 | 5,479,186 | 5,909,824 | 6,400,037 | 6,719,812 | 7,257,868 | 7,834,893 | 8,493,980 | 9,133,243 | 9,844,442 | 10,531,968 | 11,212,660 | 11,823,613 | 12,322,010 | 12,852,915 | 13,340,497 | 13,715,975 | 13,759,987 | 13,523,013 | 13,360,605 | 13,565,535 | 14,325,423 | 15,089,410 | 15,369,095 | 15,403,861 | 15,824,017 | |
| Median OJR | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.71 | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.791 | 0.838 | 0.862 | 0.89 | 0.919 | 0.93 | 0.941 | 0.935 | 0.915 | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.863 | 0.843 | 0.83 | 0.822 | 0.823 | 0.794 | 0.777 | 0.7721 | 0.7719 | 0.784 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.