Journal rankings · indicator year 2013
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Global ranking · 2013
Journal rankings 2013
17,494 ranked journals in 4 domains, 26 fields and 252 subfields
This release ranks 17,494 journals for 2013. The median journal has an OJR of 0.92, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.02 on 2012; Q1 starts at OJR 1.64. The top three are CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology, 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: 2013. 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 2010–2012, the window the 2013 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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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 2012. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2010–2012, the window the 2013 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2010–2012 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 2004 to 2013. | Compare |
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1CA A Cancer Journal for CliniciansOAWiley · United States | 73.88Q1 | 210.23 13.30 up from 2012 | 68 | 100% | $4,330 | ||
2ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and TechnologyAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 28.01Q1 | 29.08 5.78 down from 2012 | 127 | 15% | — | ||
3Reviews of Modern PhysicsAmerican Physical Society · United States | 24.99Q1 | 46.90 0.18 down from 2012 | 167 | 83% | — | ||
4The Quarterly Journal of EconomicsOxford University Press · United States | 20.94Q1 | 12.03 0.30 up from 2012 | 147 | 29% | $7,619 | ||
5ACM Computing SurveysAssociation for Computing Machinery · United States | 18.91Q1 | 17.03 2.55 up from 2012 | 80 | 27% | — | ||
6Journal of Economic LiteratureAmerican Economic Association · United States | 16.94Q1 | 9.57 1.24 up from 2012 | 113 | 6% | — | ||
7American Political Science ReviewCambridge University Press · United States | 16.72Q1 | 6.19 1.01 up from 2012 | 163 | 30% | $3,550 | ||
8Progress in Energy and Combustion ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 16.00Q1 | 21.44 4.03 up from 2012 | 74 | 13% | $6,990 | ||
9Academy of Management JournalAcademy of Management · United States | 15.24Q1 | 8.21 1.65 down from 2012 | 278 | 16% | — | ||
10The Journal of Peasant StudiesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 15.16Q1 | 9.13 0.76 up from 2012 | 155 | 7% | — | ||
11Journal of Accounting and EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 14.63Q1 | 4.93 0.72 down from 2012 | 96 | 16% | $4,170 | ||
12Progress in Materials ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 14.54Q1 | 24.57 0.19 down from 2012 | 65 | 20% | $6,040 | ||
13The Future of ChildrenPrinceton School of Public and International Affairs · United States | 14.22Q1 | 5.91 0.36 down from 2012 | 56 | 5% | — | ||
14New England Journal of MedicineMassachusetts Medical Society · United States | 14.07Q1 | 27.60 1.18 up from 2012 | 2,855 | 38% | — | ||
15MIS QuarterlyMIS Quarterly · United States | 13.92Q1 | 8.35 1.02 down from 2012 | 291 | 16% | — | ||
16Progress in Polymer ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 13.86Q1 | 28.64 5.18 up from 2012 | 155 | 10% | $6,500 | ||
17The Journal of Economic PerspectivesOAAmerican Economic Association · United States | 13.83Q1 | 7.67 0.45 up from 2012 | 160 | 47% | — | ||
18International Journal of AeroacousticsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 13.79Q1 | 1.56 0.07 down from 2012 | 96 | 0% | $4,150 | ||
19Academy of Management AnnalsRoutledge · United States | 13.40Q1 | 10.93 2.25 up from 2012 | 81 | 15% | — | ||
20Physics ReportsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 13.23Q1 | 22.47 0.28 up from 2012 | 115 | 45% | $6,240 | ||
21Review of Research in EducationSAGE Publishing · United States | 13.13Q1 | 2.82 2.43 down from 2012 | 33 | 0% | $2,500 | ||
22IEEE Transactions on Services ComputingInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 12.84Q1 | 5.43 0.21 down from 2012 | 143 | 29% | $2,645 | ||
23American Sociological ReviewSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 12.82Q1 | 7.53 0.31 up from 2012 | 134 | 36% | $3,900 | ||
24The Internet and Higher EducationElsevier BV · United States | 12.71Q1 | 6.01 1.09 up from 2012 | 122 | 4% | $4,120 | ||
25American Economic ReviewAmerican Economic Association · United States | 12.67Q1 | 8.38 2.27 up from 2012 | 798 | 38% | — | ||
26Clinical Microbiology ReviewsAmerican Society for Microbiology · United States | 12.58Q1 | 23.05 2.01 down from 2012 | 95 | 98% | — | ||
27IEEE Communications Surveys & TutorialsInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · United States | 12.39Q1 | 13.30 1.94 up from 2012 | 201 | 22% | $2,645 | ||
28Journal of International Business StudiesPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 12.30Q1 | 7.59 1.80 up from 2012 | 152 | 13% | $4,790 | ||
29American Journal of Political ScienceWiley · United States | 12.28Q1 | 4.03 0.37 down from 2012 | 203 | 18% | $4,100 | ||
30Long Range PlanningElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 12.23Q1 | 3.04 2.87 down from 2012 | 98 | 29% | $3,900 | ||
31Journal of Teacher EducationSAGE Publishing · United States | 12.19Q1 | 4.33 0.58 up from 2012 | 110 | 29% | $3,900 | ||
32Academy of Management ReviewAcademy of Management · United States | 12.11Q1 | 8.24 0.55 up from 2012 | 236 | 15% | — | ||
33International Journal of Management ReviewsWiley · United Kingdom | 11.95Q1 | 5.97 0.98 down from 2012 | 84 | 19% | $4,220 | ||
34Strategic Management JournalWiley · United States | 11.90Q1 | 6.29 0.96 up from 2012 | 233 | 24% | $4,250 | ||
35American Educational Research JournalSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 11.86Q1 | 4.12 0.85 down from 2012 | 121 | 18% | $2,500 | ||
36Economic PolicyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 11.86Q1 | 5.76 0.66 down from 2012 | 57 | 17% | $7,310 | ||
37Review of Educational ResearchSAGE Publishing · United States | 11.68Q1 | 13.91 3.43 up from 2012 | 57 | 17% | $2,500 | ||
38Progress in Human GeographySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 11.61Q1 | 5.49 0.19 up from 2012 | 174 | 17% | $3,900 | ||
39Journal of Business VenturingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 11.49Q1 | 5.39 0.09 down from 2012 | 104 | 19% | $4,130 | ||
40Sociology of EducationSAGE Publishing · United States | 11.43Q1 | 4.26 0.14 down from 2012 | 68 | 24% | $3,650 | ||
41Journal of Political EconomyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 11.40Q1 | 5.84 0.02 down from 2012 | 119 | 16% | — | ||
42Philosophy & Public AffairsWiley · United States | 11.25Q1 | 2.84 0.76 up from 2012 | 50 | 13% | $3,460 | ||
43Reviews of GeophysicsWiley · United States | 11.21Q1 | 15.39 4.16 down from 2012 | 58 | 63% | $3,880 | ||
44Organization StudiesSAGE Publishing · Germany | 11.19Q1 | 7.63 4.33 up from 2012 | 258 | 18% | $3,900 | ||
45American Journal of SociologyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 11.04Q1 | 6.15 1.66 up from 2012 | 128 | 3% | — | ||
46Journal of Operations ManagementWiley · United States | 10.86Q1 | 6.20 0.24 down from 2012 | 115 | 30% | $3,520 | ||
47American Economic Journal MacroeconomicsAmerican Economic Association · United States | 10.70Q1 | 4.14 1.56 down from 2012 | 104 | 39% | — | ||
48Nature GeneticsNature Portfolio · United States | 10.69Q1 | 25.10 4.35 down from 2012 | 877 | 62% | $12,690 | ||
49Journal of Peace ResearchSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 10.66Q1 | 3.87 0.22 up from 2012 | 191 | 12% | $3,900 | ||
50Swarm and Evolutionary ComputationElsevier BV · Netherlands | 10.59Q1 | 11.31 0.74 up from 2012 | 62 | 4% | $3,690 |
All 26 fields, compared. Choose a field to open its ranking.
- MedicineHealth Sciences3,412
- Social SciencesSocial Sciences2,548
- EngineeringPhysical Sciences1,899
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyLife Sciences1,172
- Agricultural and Biological SciencesLife Sciences956
- Computer SciencePhysical Sciences943
- PsychologySocial Sciences836
- Environmental SciencePhysical Sciences781
- Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSocial Sciences738
- Business, Management and AccountingSocial Sciences631
- MathematicsPhysical Sciences506
- Health ProfessionsHealth Sciences473
- Arts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences403
- Earth and Planetary SciencesPhysical Sciences379
- Materials SciencePhysical Sciences363
- Physics and AstronomyPhysical Sciences310
- NeuroscienceLife Sciences292
- ChemistryPhysical Sciences215
- Decision SciencesSocial Sciences170
- DentistryHealth Sciences141
- Immunology and MicrobiologyLife Sciences118
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsLife Sciences61
- VeterinaryHealth Sciences55
- NursingHealth Sciences48
- EnergyPhysical Sciences32
- Chemical EngineeringPhysical Sciences12
Journals
Citations made in 2013. Corpus-wide, 76.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
5,854 additional journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2010–2012, 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: 2013. Publication window: 2010–2012. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 17,494
- Window papers (baseline)
- 12,322,010 +17.0% from indicator year 2010
- Median OJR
- 0.915 -1.5% from indicator year 2010
- Rising journals (2025)
- 1,582
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2010–2012 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.