Journal rankings · indicator year 2009
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Global ranking · 2009
Journal rankings 2009
14,190 ranked journals in 4 domains, 26 fields and 252 subfields
This release ranks 14,190 journals for 2009. The median journal has an OJR of 0.92, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2008; Q1 starts at OJR 1.66. The top three are CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, ACM Computing Surveys, and Reviews of Modern Physics. Small journals can score very high; only journals with at least 30 citable documents are ranked.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2009. 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 2006–2008, the window the 2009 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 subfields14,190 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 2008. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2006–2008, the window the 2009 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2006–2008 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 2009. | Compare |
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1CA A Cancer Journal for CliniciansOAWiley · United States | 41.69Q1 | 102.64 20.78 up from 2008 | 62 | 100% | $4,330 | ||
2ACM Computing SurveysAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 36.34Q1 | 22.18 1.70 down from 2008 | 41 | 10% | — | ||
3Reviews of Modern PhysicsAmerican Physical Society · United States | 26.15Q1 | 36.89 3.44 up from 2008 | 107 | 65% | — | ||
4ACM Transactions on the WebAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 18.61Q1 | 9.06 0.13 up from 2008 | 34 | 0% | — | ||
5Academy of Management ReviewAcademy of Management · United States | 16.69Q1 | 9.86 0.09 up from 2008 | 231 | 5% | — | ||
6International OrganizationUniversity of Cambridge · United States | 16.44Q1 | 4.38 1.22 down from 2008 | 85 | 38% | $3,550 | ||
7Strategic Management JournalWiley · United States | 15.78Q1 | 8.39 0.52 up from 2008 | 256 | 22% | $4,250 | ||
8The Quarterly Journal of EconomicsOxford University Press · United States | 15.37Q1 | 10.02 3.12 up from 2008 | 163 | 20% | $7,619 | ||
9SyntaxWiley · United Kingdom | 14.99Q1 | 1.86 0.34 down from 2008 | 33 | 12% | $3,240 | ||
10Academy of Management JournalAcademy of Management · United States | 14.97Q1 | 8.87 0.45 down from 2008 | 244 | 9% | — | ||
11Advances In PhysicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 14.52Q1 | 23.47 6.00 up from 2008 | 31 | 80% | — | ||
12Progress in Materials ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 14.35Q1 | 19.42 5.65 up from 2008 | 54 | 0% | $6,040 | ||
13American Journal of Political ScienceWiley · United States | 14.31Q1 | 4.07 0.37 down from 2008 | 185 | 15% | $4,100 | ||
14Review of Educational ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 14.30Q1 | 9.98 0.38 up from 2008 | 71 | 5% | $2,500 | ||
15ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and MethodologyAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 14.04Q1 | 6.75 1.36 down from 2008 | 48 | 26% | — | ||
16Progress in Energy and Combustion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 13.76Q1 | 9.28 1.05 down from 2008 | 70 | 4% | $6,990 | ||
17Progress in Polymer ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 13.65Q1 | 26.20 7.74 up from 2008 | 111 | 3% | $6,500 | ||
18CriminologyWiley · United Kingdom | 13.23Q1 | 5.34 1.59 up from 2008 | 94 | 13% | $3,570 | ||
19Punishment & SocietySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 12.91Q1 | 7.15 5.92 up from 2008 | 54 | 4% | $3,650 | ||
20The Future of ChildrenPrinceton School of Public and International Affairs · United States | 12.73Q1 | 4.63 3.55 down from 2008 | 57 | 42% | — | ||
21The Journal of Economic PerspectivesOAAmerican Economic Association · United States | 12.59Q1 | 5.59 1.31 down from 2008 | 152 | 49% | — | ||
22Endocrine ReviewsOxford University Press · United States | 12.38Q1 | 30.10 9.36 up from 2008 | 100 | 76% | $3,750 | ||
23Journal of Economic LiteratureAmerican Economic Association · United States | 12.33Q1 | 7.56 0.25 down from 2008 | 92 | 2% | — | ||
24American Sociological ReviewSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 12.31Q1 | 5.02 0.26 down from 2008 | 145 | 20% | $3,900 | ||
25New England Journal of MedicineMassachusetts Medical Society · United States | 12.26Q1 | 23.96 1.54 up from 2008 | 2,838 | 31% | — | ||
26Journal of European Public PolicyRoutledge · United Kingdom | 12.15Q1 | 3.44 0.34 up from 2008 | 218 | 22% | — | ||
27Journal of Economic GrowthSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 12.13Q1 | 6.42 1.49 up from 2008 | 37 | 50% | $4,290 | ||
28International SecurityThe MIT Press · United States | 12.12Q1 | 2.86 0.57 down from 2008 | 94 | 12% | — | ||
29Journal of International Business StudiesPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 11.92Q1 | 6.34 0.87 up from 2008 | 245 | 22% | $4,790 | ||
30Physics ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 11.91Q1 | 17.40 0.32 up from 2008 | 174 | 51% | $6,240 | ||
31MIS QuarterlyMIS Quarterly · United States | 11.69Q1 | 7.06 0.42 up from 2008 | 211 | 5% | — | ||
32Journal of Web SemanticsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 11.67Q1 | 11.45 2.94 up from 2008 | 78 | 12% | $1,700 | ||
33American Educational Research JournalSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 11.60Q1 | 4.81 0.27 up from 2008 | 109 | 12% | $2,500 | ||
34The Journal of FinanceWiley · United States | 11.40Q1 | 5.93 0.65 down from 2008 | 282 | 20% | $4,430 | ||
35Materials Science and Engineering R ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 11.37Q1 | 14.69no change | 40 | 5% | $6,150 | ||
36European Law JournalWiley · United Kingdom | 11.25Q1 | 3.91 2.36 up from 2008 | 158 | 7% | $3,570 | ||
37Journal of ManagementSAGE Publishing · United States | 11.20Q1 | 7.03 1.12 up from 2008 | 152 | 18% | $3,900 | ||
38Journal of Teacher EducationSAGE Publishing · United States | 11.15Q1 | 3.80 0.28 up from 2008 | 107 | 7% | $3,900 | ||
39Information Systems ResearchInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 11.03Q1 | 4.52 0.57 down from 2008 | 100 | 21% | — | ||
40Journal of Second Language WritingElsevier BV · United States | 10.89Q1 | 2.77 0.70 up from 2008 | 71 | 0% | $3,830 | ||
41Journal of Economic GeographyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 10.88Q1 | 4.15 1.00 up from 2008 | 137 | 20% | $4,638 | ||
42Journal of Financial EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 10.87Q1 | 5.50 1.29 up from 2008 | 370 | 17% | $4,740 | ||
43Digest of technical papers/Digest of technical papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits ConferenceInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 10.68Q1 | 4.87 0.63 down from 2008 | 119 | — | — | ||
44Transactions of the Institute of British GeographersWiley · United Kingdom | 10.64Q1 | 4.25 0.25 up from 2008 | 128 | 37% | $4,070 | ||
45Journal of Political EconomyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 10.62Q1 | 5.16no change | 153 | 14% | — | ||
46European Union PoliticsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 10.54Q1 | 3.67 0.71 up from 2008 | 76 | 15% | $3,650 | ||
47Clinical Microbiology ReviewsAmerican Society for Microbiology · United States | 10.43Q1 | 19.46 1.95 down from 2008 | 103 | 95% | — | ||
48West European PoliticsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 10.30Q1 | 3.45 1.14 up from 2008 | 202 | 23% | — | ||
49ACM Transactions on Computer SystemsAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 10.22Q1 | 8.30 0.91 down from 2008 | 35 | 8% | — | ||
50Nature GeneticsNature Portfolio · United States | 10.20Q1 | 26.81 2.65 up from 2008 | 971 | 62% | $12,690 |
All 26 fields, compared. Choose a field to open its ranking.
- MedicineHealth Sciences2,616
- Social SciencesSocial Sciences2,111
- EngineeringPhysical Sciences1,529
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyLife Sciences951
- Agricultural and Biological SciencesLife Sciences755
- Computer SciencePhysical Sciences754
- PsychologySocial Sciences736
- Environmental SciencePhysical Sciences658
- Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSocial Sciences609
- Business, Management and AccountingSocial Sciences504
- MathematicsPhysical Sciences424
- Health ProfessionsHealth Sciences401
- Earth and Planetary SciencesPhysical Sciences343
- Arts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences335
- Materials SciencePhysical Sciences302
- Physics and AstronomyPhysical Sciences273
- NeuroscienceLife Sciences248
- ChemistryPhysical Sciences173
- Decision SciencesSocial Sciences116
- Immunology and MicrobiologyLife Sciences99
- DentistryHealth Sciences90
- VeterinaryHealth Sciences50
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsLife Sciences43
- NursingHealth Sciences36
- EnergyPhysical Sciences23
- Chemical EngineeringPhysical Sciences11
Journals
Citations made in 2009. Corpus-wide, 71.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
4,869 additional journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2006–2008, 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: 2009. Publication window: 2006–2008. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 14,190
- Window papers (baseline)
- 9,844,442 +25.6% from indicator year 2006
- Median OJR
- 0.919 +9.8% from indicator year 2006
- Rising journals (2025)
- 1,582
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2006–2008 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.