Journal rankings · indicator year 2005
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Global ranking · 2005
Journal rankings 2005
11,787 ranked journals in 4 domains, 26 fields and 252 subfields
This release ranks 11,787 journals for 2005. The median journal has an OJR of 0.79, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2004; Q1 starts at OJR 1.48. The top three are ACM Computing Surveys, Reviews of Modern Physics, 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: 2005. 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 2002–2004, the window the 2005 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 subfields11,787 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 2004. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2002–2004, the window the 2005 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2002–2004 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 2005. | Compare |
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1ACM Computing SurveysAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 24.49Q1 | 21.59 9.09 down from 2004 | 41 | 42% | — | ||
2Reviews of Modern PhysicsAmerican Physical Society · United States | 23.98Q1 | 30.94 5.44 down from 2004 | 98 | 64% | — | ||
3The Quarterly Journal of EconomicsOxford University Press · United States | 19.13Q1 | 9.73 1.48 up from 2004 | 125 | 13% | $7,619 | ||
4CA A Cancer Journal for CliniciansOAWiley · United States | 18.15Q1 | 48.44 5.41 up from 2004 | 63 | 100% | $4,330 | ||
5Information Systems ResearchInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 17.39Q1 | 5.76 4.35 down from 2004 | 71 | 11% | — | ||
6Journal of Web SemanticsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 16.57Q1 | 11.97 0.72 up from 2004 | 38 | 9% | $1,700 | ||
7Educational Evaluation and Policy AnalysisSAGE Publishing · United States | 16.23Q1 | 6.74 0.23 down from 2004 | 65 | 0% | $2,500 | ||
8Comparative Political StudiesSAGE Publishing · United States | 15.14Q1 | 4.76 0.87 down from 2004 | 143 | 4% | $3,900 | ||
9Organization ScienceInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 15.05Q1 | 4.64 0.48 down from 2004 | 175 | 17% | — | ||
10Materials Science and Engineering R ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 13.97Q1 | 12.04 4.03 down from 2004 | 46 | 5% | $6,150 | ||
11The Journal of Economic PerspectivesOAAmerican Economic Association · United States | 13.84Q1 | 5.31 0.13 down from 2004 | 154 | 44% | — | ||
12MIS QuarterlyMIS Quarterly · United States | 13.45Q1 | 7.91 0.61 up from 2004 | 132 | 1% | — | ||
13Strategic Management JournalWiley · United States | 13.28Q1 | 5.61 0.85 up from 2004 | 234 | 9% | $4,250 | ||
14ACM Transactions on Information and System SecurityAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 12.87Q1 | 6.86 2.81 down from 2004 | 54 | 19% | — | ||
15Public CultureDuke University Press · United States | 12.87Q1 | 2.55 0.54 up from 2004 | 121 | 7% | — | ||
16ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and MethodologyAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 12.58Q1 | 8.13 0.95 down from 2004 | 38 | 27% | — | ||
17Journal of MarketingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 12.19Q1 | 6.21 0.36 down from 2004 | 130 | 5% | $5,400 | ||
18West European PoliticsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 11.95Q1 | 3.24 1.13 up from 2004 | 140 | 13% | — | ||
19Educational ResearcherSAGE Publishing · United States | 11.92Q1 | 4.27 0.05 up from 2004 | 238 | 1% | $2,500 | ||
20International OrganizationUniversity of Cambridge · United States | 11.82Q1 | 3.95 0.23 up from 2004 | 100 | 20% | $3,550 | ||
21Annual Review of Applied LinguisticsCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 11.63Q1 | 2.90 0.94 up from 2004 | 45 | 11% | $3,550 | ||
22Academy of Management ReviewAcademy of Management · United States | 11.60Q1 | 5.11 0.06 down from 2004 | 333 | 4% | — | ||
23British Journal of Political ScienceOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 11.43Q1 | 2.86 0.86 down from 2004 | 107 | 11% | $3,550 | ||
24Legislative Studies QuarterlyWiley · United States | 11.36Q1 | 6.61 6.05 up from 2004 | 121 | 11% | $3,190 | ||
25ACM Transactions on GraphicsAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 11.33Q1 | 10.74 3.31 up from 2004 | 286 | 13% | — | ||
26Review of Educational ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 11.07Q1 | 6.46 0.61 up from 2004 | 41 | 11% | $2,500 | ||
27Computational LinguisticsOAAssociation for Computational Linguistics · United States | 10.97Q1 | 9.04 2.35 up from 2004 | 89 | 68% | — | ||
28The Journal of FinanceWiley · United States | 10.89Q1 | 4.71 1.04 down from 2004 | 331 | 27% | $4,430 | ||
29Advances In PhysicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 10.68Q1 | 9.80 5.63 down from 2004 | 38 | 30% | — | ||
30Digest of technical papers/Digest of technical papers - IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided DesignAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 10.60Q1 | —no 2004 value | 117 | — | — | ||
31Pharmacological ReviewsAmerican Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics · United States | 10.48Q1 | 26.71 5.27 down from 2004 | 72 | 6% | $4,500 | ||
32American Journal of Political ScienceWiley · United States | 10.43Q1 | 2.53 0.88 down from 2004 | 280 | 6% | $4,100 | ||
33Harvard Educational ReviewHarvard University Press · United States | 10.33Q1 | 2.16 0.10 up from 2004 | 48 | 6% | — | ||
34ACM Transactions on Internet TechnologyAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 10.27Q1 | 9.25 1.44 up from 2004 | 40 | 10% | — | ||
35Foreign AffairsCouncil on Foreign Relations · United States | 10.23Q1 | 2.62 0.95 down from 2004 | 1,419 | 1% | — | ||
36IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary ComputationInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 10.10Q1 | 5.82 3.19 down from 2004 | 133 | 4% | $2,645 | ||
37LandslidesSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 10.09Q1 | 2.67no 2004 value | 36 | 15% | $4,590 | — | |
38American Journal of SociologyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 10.07Q1 | 4.04 0.98 up from 2004 | 136 | 5% | — | ||
39Journal of Political PhilosophyWiley · United Kingdom | 10.06Q1 | 2.33 1.82 down from 2004 | 69 | 12% | $4,030 | ||
40Journal of Economic GrowthSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 9.94Q1 | 3.32 0.19 up from 2004 | 44 | 7% | $4,290 | ||
41Comparative European PoliticsPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 9.79Q1 | 2.74 1.50 up from 2004 | 34 | 21% | $3,290 | ||
42Post-Soviet AffairsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 9.75Q1 | 3.33 1.33 up from 2004 | 45 | 21% | — | ||
43Progress in Polymer ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 9.68Q1 | 15.66 7.20 up from 2004 | 118 | 12% | $6,500 | ||
44World PoliticsCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 9.67Q1 | 2.40 0.34 up from 2004 | 101 | 29% | — | ||
45New England Journal of MedicineMassachusetts Medical Society · United States | 9.67Q1 | 20.31 0.58 up from 2004 | 2,778 | 24% | — | ||
46Politics & SocietySAGE Publishing · United States | 9.60Q1 | 2.06 1.01 down from 2004 | 67 | 5% | $3,650 | ||
47European Journal of Political ResearchOAWiley · United Kingdom | 9.58Q1 | 2.41 0.47 up from 2004 | 177 | 11% | $3,550 | ||
48IEEE/ACM Transactions on NetworkingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 9.51Q1 | 9.89 0.55 up from 2004 | 242 | 8% | $2,495 | ||
49Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent SystemsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 9.50Q1 | 8.68 3.32 up from 2004 | 61 | 17% | $3,290 | ||
50Data Mining and Knowledge DiscoverySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 9.48Q1 | 4.80 0.20 down from 2004 | 57 | 9% | $3,190 |
All 26 fields, compared. Choose a field to open its ranking.
- MedicineHealth Sciences2,148
- Social SciencesSocial Sciences1,765
- EngineeringPhysical Sciences1,217
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyLife Sciences806
- Agricultural and Biological SciencesLife Sciences643
- PsychologySocial Sciences627
- Environmental SciencePhysical Sciences555
- Computer SciencePhysical Sciences529
- Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSocial Sciences514
- Business, Management and AccountingSocial Sciences393
- MathematicsPhysical Sciences375
- Health ProfessionsHealth Sciences330
- Earth and Planetary SciencesPhysical Sciences299
- Arts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences288
- Materials SciencePhysical Sciences265
- Physics and AstronomyPhysical Sciences250
- NeuroscienceLife Sciences230
- ChemistryPhysical Sciences159
- Decision SciencesSocial Sciences97
- Immunology and MicrobiologyLife Sciences88
- DentistryHealth Sciences73
- VeterinaryHealth Sciences44
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsLife Sciences34
- NursingHealth Sciences31
- EnergyPhysical Sciences18
- Chemical EngineeringPhysical Sciences9
Journals
Citations made in 2005. Corpus-wide, 70.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
3,930 additional journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2002–2004, 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: 2005. Publication window: 2002–2004. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 11,787
- Window papers (baseline)
- 7,257,868 +22.8% from indicator year 2002
- Median OJR
- 0.791 +12.0% from indicator year 2002
- Rising journals (2025)
- 1,582
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2002–2004 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.