Journals 100

2026 Edition

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Rank Name Publisher Publication volume Diversity of authoring institutions Typical FWCI Median FWCI of best work Gravitas Diversity of citing institutions Open access Overall Score
1 Business Strategy and the Environment Wiley 97.5 98.8 99.6 98.7 100.0 98.7 50.0 97.3
2 Technological Forecasting and Social Change Elsevier BV 99.2 98.4 99.8 99.5 100.0 98.9 38.0 97.2
3 Journal of Business Research Elsevier BV 99.9 99.6 99.2 99.5 100.0 99.1 39.0 97.1
4 Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services Elsevier BV 96.8 98.5 99.6 99.2 100.0 97.7 23.8 96.3
5 Journal of Financial Economics Elsevier BV 82.6 93.8 99.8 99.9 100.0 96.2 44.6 96.2
6 International Review of Financial Analysis Elsevier BV 98.4 97.3 98.5 98.9 100.0 98.5 25.8 96.0
7 International Journal of Hospitality Management Elsevier BV 94.8 95.0 99.2 98.5 99.9 95.6 31.4 95.9
7 Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity Springer Science+Business Media 85.8 87.4 98.7 97.4 96.4 95.7 90.0 95.9
9 International Journal of Production Economics Elsevier BV 92.1 98.6 98.3 98.8 100.0 98.3 28.6 95.8
10 Industrial Marketing Management Elsevier BV 92.5 97.1 97.4 96.1 100.0 96.9 47.9 95.6
11 Energy Economics Elsevier BV 89.2 96.0 98.9 98.5 100.0 97.1 27.0 95.5
12 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management Wiley 90.4 97.8 98.4 95.9 100.0 98.2 35.6 95.3
12 Journal of Corporate Finance Elsevier BV 87.3 97.9 97.9 97.9 100.0 96.2 34.3 95.3
12 Research Policy Elsevier BV 73.0 91.1 99.0 97.1 100.0 95.4 63.1 95.3
15 International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management Emerald Publishing Limited 97.1 95.9 99.1 97.8 98.7 95.8 22.4 95.2
16 Technovation Elsevier BV 73.1 92.1 99.2 98.7 99.4 96.9 48.5 95.1
17 Review of Financial Studies Oxford University Press 73.7 89.4 99.5 99.6 100.0 93.9 40.2 95.0
18 Finance research letters Elsevier BV 100.0 98.9 96.0 96.3 100.0 98.8 20.1 94.8
18 International Journal of Production Research Taylor & Francis 88.4 98.6 96.7 97.7 100.0 97.6 28.5 94.8
20 Resources Policy Elsevier BV 94.6 98.1 98.1 95.6 100.0 99.0 16.1 94.7
21 Journal of Management Studies Wiley 60.1 88.9 98.3 97.4 100.0 94.3 69.8 94.5
21 Small Business Economics Springer Science+Business Media 80.4 93.1 96.9 93.7 99.7 96.2 62.5 94.5
21 The Journal of Finance Wiley 62.7 82.7 99.9 100.0 100.0 95.2 46.0 94.5
24 Strategic Management Journal Wiley 65.6 85.7 98.8 98.0 100.0 93.1 53.6 94.3
25 Sustainable Production and Consumption Elsevier BV 67.3 93.1 98.7 96.6 99.8 97.0 43.9 94.2
26 Journal of Innovation & Knowledge Elsevier BV 57.6 80.4 99.9 99.6 94.9 95.4 86.7 94.1
26 Research in International Business and Finance Elsevier BV 92.1 95.3 97.2 93.8 99.7 97.6 27.6 94.1
28 Technology in Society Elsevier BV 73.6 85.9 99.8 98.7 99.3 96.2 25.1 94.0
29 Cogent Business & Management Cogent OA 98.8 96.6 91.4 88.0 99.0 97.4 88.7 93.9
30 Journal of Business Ethics Springer Science+Business Media 84.0 95.0 96.7 92.3 99.9 95.5 42.2 93.7
31 Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice SAGE Publishing 54.2 88.3 98.9 97.9 99.7 93.5 52.3 93.6
31 International Review of Economics & Finance Elsevier BV 97.4 96.3 94.7 94.9 99.8 97.7 18.5 93.6
33 American Economic Review American Economic Association 45.2 76.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 93.3 58.0 93.5
33 Management Science Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences 98.2 95.9 94.5 93.3 100.0 95.7 25.7 93.5
35 International Journal of Operations & Production Management Emerald Publishing Limited 67.4 93.1 97.7 93.9 99.3 95.7 50.9 93.4
35 The Review of Economic Studies Oxford University Press 49.8 75.1 99.0 99.4 100.0 91.0 63.1 93.4
35 Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review Elsevier BV 78.5 92.1 97.8 95.9 99.7 95.6 21.8 93.4
38 Tourism Management Elsevier BV 78.1 81.6 99.8 99.2 95.5 92.1 33.8 93.2
39 Economic Analysis and Policy Elsevier BV 78.7 89.5 97.9 96.9 98.8 95.5 19.6 93.1
39 Journal of International Business Studies Palgrave Macmillan 54.2 86.8 98.5 97.2 99.9 93.8 46.6 93.1
41 Review of Finance Oxford University Press 43.7 80.5 97.5 99.1 99.7 86.3 72.8 92.9
41 World Development Elsevier BV 57.1 85.1 97.8 97.3 98.2 93.8 56.4 92.9
43 Journal of International Economics Elsevier BV 68.2 88.1 95.1 94.1 99.9 94.7 57.3 92.8
44 Review of Accounting Studies Springer Science+Business Media 54.7 88.4 96.8 98.6 99.7 93.1 41.3 92.7
45 Expert Systems with Applications Elsevier BV 96.9 96.1 94.7 89.6 99.8 97.3 21.2 92.6
45 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management Elsevier BV 86.5 91.1 99.0 96.2 95.1 94.2 17.0 92.6
47 Econometrica Wiley 41.0 67.9 99.2 99.5 100.0 89.6 63.6 92.5
48 British Journal of Management Wiley 59.0 88.5 94.6 96.9 97.4 92.2 72.1 92.4
48 International Journal of Information Management Elsevier BV 39.9 81.0 100.0 100.0 97.8 96.6 43.2 92.4
48 Sustainable Development Wiley 70.1 90.8 97.8 96.2 96.1 95.6 35.8 92.4
51 International Business Review Elsevier BV 57.3 90.5 96.3 95.4 99.3 93.7 47.2 92.3
52 American Economic Journal Macroeconomics American Economic Association 37.0 77.7 98.4 99.0 100.0 92.5 54.7 92.2
52 Journal of Management SAGE Publishing 63.0 87.6 94.8 98.5 100.0 94.9 29.8 92.2
52 Sustainability Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 100.0 99.9 86.3 84.1 100.0 99.6 88.8 92.2
55 Journal of Knowledge Management Emerald Publishing Limited 66.3 91.7 98.5 95.5 97.1 95.0 22.2 92.0
55 Production Planning & Control Taylor & Francis 66.7 96.1 94.4 96.4 95.5 95.8 53.0 92.0
57 Journal of Business Venturing Elsevier BV 52.1 83.4 99.3 94.1 98.5 92.8 43.0 91.8
58 Journal of Political Economy University of Chicago Press 47.0 64.2 98.7 99.6 100.0 89.0 43.3 91.7
59 Journal of Accounting Research Wiley 37.9 76.6 99.3 98.0 99.1 89.8 37.8 91.3
59 Journal of World Business Elsevier BV 36.9 84.6 98.9 93.8 99.0 92.8 53.3 91.3
61 Computers & Industrial Engineering Elsevier BV 96.4 98.1 92.8 86.1 99.8 97.5 16.5 91.2
62 International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research Emerald Publishing Limited 82.7 94.5 95.2 90.5 93.8 96.3 46.0 91.1
62 Pacific-Basin Finance Journal Elsevier BV 91.7 93.3 91.9 91.1 99.1 95.6 14.3 91.1
64 Journal of Accounting and Economics Elsevier BV 44.9 77.2 98.5 97.4 99.7 89.5 26.0 91.0
65 Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money Elsevier BV 76.2 92.2 93.6 94.6 95.0 94.8 38.9 90.9
65 Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science Springer Science+Business Media 51.0 79.9 97.2 98.3 95.5 88.5 47.6 90.9
67 Supply Chain Management An International Journal Emerald Publishing Limited 52.4 92.2 98.0 95.1 94.1 95.1 40.1 90.8
68 Economic Modelling Elsevier BV 92.6 95.7 88.8 89.7 99.7 96.0 27.8 90.7
68 Journal of Monetary Economics Elsevier BV 58.8 82.9 94.3 90.6 100.0 92.6 50.7 90.7
68 Journal of Small Business Management Wiley 65.0 92.0 96.3 92.7 94.8 94.6 39.3 90.7
71 Journal of Public Economics Elsevier BV 32.0 84.5 94.6 97.8 99.5 88.9 55.5 90.6
71 Review of Managerial Science Springer Science+Business Media 64.4 78.7 97.3 96.2 90.8 93.1 62.4 90.6
73 Regional Studies Routledge 73.8 84.1 95.5 92.1 91.7 88.1 71.8 90.5
74 Annals of Tourism Research Elsevier BV 87.1 71.6 98.7 98.6 86.3 85.6 52.7 90.4
75 Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Cambridge University Press 67.7 90.4 92.5 89.1 99.8 91.7 39.7 90.3
76 European Journal of Operational Research Elsevier BV 97.7 97.3 86.9 84.2 100.0 95.0 42.4 90.1
77 Academy of Management Review Academy of Management 34.5 67.0 98.3 99.9 99.4 87.0 22.4 90.0
77 Management Decision Emerald Publishing Limited 83.2 92.6 94.7 89.4 95.2 95.4 20.0 90.0
79 Journal of Banking & Finance Elsevier BV 92.2 96.5 87.2 85.9 99.9 95.2 36.1 89.9
80 International Journal of Consumer Studies Wiley 51.6 85.3 97.4 97.6 92.7 91.2 29.9 89.7
80 The Accounting Review American Accounting Association 69.2 90.6 92.7 87.6 99.9 91.7 28.6 89.7
82 Financial Innovation Springer Nature 56.6 79.1 97.9 95.8 85.0 93.4 88.1 89.6
82 International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal Springer Science+Business Media 69.6 87.7 95.6 90.7 92.5 94.1 43.4 89.6
82 Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal Wiley 37.6 80.7 97.6 95.2 95.0 88.4 51.0 89.6
85 Journal of Marketing SAGE Publishing 46.9 37.5 98.9 98.6 99.0 84.3 38.2 89.5
85 Organization Science Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences 56.8 84.3 94.5 90.5 99.9 89.4 25.5 89.5
87 Ecological Economics Elsevier BV 52.5 89.3 91.8 91.6 97.1 94.3 52.2 89.4
87 European Journal of Innovation Management Emerald Publishing Limited 71.3 85.3 96.3 91.5 93.8 93.4 21.2 89.4
89 Academy of Management Journal Academy of Management 37.6 74.5 98.6 92.8 99.5 89.1 22.0 89.3
89 Journal of Financial Stability Elsevier BV 64.4 86.8 92.6 91.7 95.1 91.0 46.6 89.3
89 The International Journal of Logistics Management Emerald Publishing Limited 59.2 92.9 96.2 93.9 92.6 95.0 23.8 89.3
92 The Economic Journal Oxford University Press 36.7 78.4 92.2 94.3 98.6 85.6 64.5 89.1
93 Annals of Operations Research Springer Science+Business Media 97.8 97.3 82.4 86.2 99.9 96.4 37.8 89.0
93 Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja Taylor & Francis 83.7 91.8 84.6 83.6 97.0 94.4 86.7 89.0
93 European Management Journal Elsevier BV 56.0 85.2 93.7 93.8 93.5 92.1 47.0 89.0
96 Current Issues in Tourism Taylor & Francis 91.1 89.6 92.9 95.5 88.7 90.5 20.2 88.9
96 IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 94.4 96.9 88.0 83.9 98.3 95.8 22.8 88.9
98 Borsa Istanbul Review Elsevier BV 57.6 81.7 95.2 93.9 85.7 91.3 88.5 88.7
99 Journal of Business Venturing Insights Elsevier BV 62.2 83.0 92.8 93.9 93.2 89.6 42.6 88.6
100 Journal of Development Economics Elsevier BV 32.9 78.9 96.4 95.5 94.2 88.8 42.8 88.4
100 Journal of Sustainable Tourism Taylor & Francis 62.6 77.4 99.1 97.3 85.7 87.9 37.1 88.4