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The Rating Dilemma of Academic Management 

Journals: Attuning the Perceptions of Peer Rating 

Ahmad Rahal, Ph.D. 
University of Arkansas – Fort Smith 

Mohamed Zainuba, Ed.D 
University of Arkansas – Fort Smith 

The adoption of journal lists as proxies to scholarship quality has sparked an ongoing debate among 
academics over what is meant by quality, how it is perceived by the reviewers, and the thresholds for 
the rating, inclusion, or exclusion of journals from these lists. Given the insufficient transparencies in 
the processes of journal quality evaluation when composing such lists, this research explores the use 
of the revealed preference approach to attune the ratings in both the Australian Business Deans 
Council Journal Quality List and Academic Journal Guide, and approximate the rating of management 
journals if they were to be considered for inclusion in either of the two aforementioned lists. 

Keywords: ABS Guide, ABDC List, Journal Ratings, Journal Quality Guide, Journal Rankings List 

Introduction 
The worldwide emulation of the US management education system and the increased 

scholarship requirements by accrediting agencies has constrained the publication opportunities at 
top tier journals and exacerbated the proliferation of new publication outlets whose scholarship 
quality and credibility have not been thoroughly validated. Furthermore, the limited availability of 
resources, the lack of expertise, or the absence of an agreed-upon tool or mechanism to evaluate 
scholarship quality have prompted business schools’ administrators to adopt existing journal lists as 
proxies to quality (Taylor, 2011; Ozbilgin, 2009), and as the tool of choice for administrative 
decision making “on the ground that a journal ranking list is far more objective in its construction 
than the opinion of a single expert” (Sangter, 2015). While such adoption has simplified the 
quantification of scholarship quality into a mere letter or number, and provided a convenient 
solution to the assessment dilemma of scholarship (Zainuba & Rahal, 2015), it has inadvertently 
yielded an academic culture that is overwhelmingly influenced by such rankings, and altered how 
scholarship quality is recognized, assessed, and rewarded (Pidd & Broadbent, 2015; Dahlstrom, 
Nygaard, & Crosno, 2008).  

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Although there is a wide consensus about the scholarship quality of the top management 
journals, this may not hold true for the rest of the journals. As such, many studies have been 
undertaken and a plethora of journal rating lists have been created to benchmark scholarship quality 
and productivity for hiring, tenure, or promotion purposes (Holden, Rosenberg, & Barker, 2005; 
Hult, Neese, & Bashaw, 1997; Rebne & Davidson, 1992). However, despite the wide acceptance of 
many of these journal lists as proxies to scholarship quality, their lack of transparency and rating 
inconsistencies have cast doubts on their suitability for scholarship assessment.  

Criticisms of the composition of journal lists range from their self-serving nature (Peters, 
Daniels, Hodgkinson, & Haslam, 2014; Theoharakis & Hirst, 2002), biases against certain research 
areas (Hoepner & Unerman, 2012), and inclusion of journals based on subjective characteristics such 
as influence and affiliations rather than merits, value, and assurances (Brown, 2003). For example, 
looking at the two most widely used journal lists, except for regional biases it is unclear as to why 
some journals listed in the Australian Business Deans Council Journal Quality List (ABDC List) 
might not sometimes appear in the UK’s Academic Journal Guide (AJG) or vice versa, leading to 
questions on the approaches to scholarship assessment, the thresholds for the rating, inclusion, or 
exclusion of journals from these lists, and the inconsistencies in journal ratings. 

While the literature does not provide resolutions to either question which may be of interest 
to scholars, editors, reviewers, and administrators, and since the dilemma of classifying, rating, 
ranking, and assessing the quality of academic journals will continue to persist with no resolution in 
sight, this research will follow the work of Abramo and D’Angelo (2011), Durieux and Gevenois 
(2010), and Cole & Cole (1973, p. 35) who argue that “straight citation counts are highly correlated 
with virtually every refined measure of quality”, and investigate the use of the revealed preference 
approach (Citation analysis) to address the quality and the rating of scholarship.  

This paper will first provide an overview of the approaches to scholarship assessment, the 
sources of citation data, the metrics of journal quality, and an overview of both the ABDC List and 
the AJG. Furthermore, a rating process for management journals and the thresholds to attune 
existing rating inconsistencies are also included. 
 
Assessment of Scholarship 

There exist two broad approaches to the assessment of research, the stated preference and 
the revealed preference (Tahai & Meyer, 1999), with a high degree of correlation of journal rankings 
between the two approaches (Li, Sanderson, Willett, Norris, & Oppenheim, 2010; Mingers & 
Harzing, 2007) 
 
The Stated Preference Approach  

The stated preference approach or peer reviewis the process of scrutinizing research 
manuscripts by qualified reviewers who may be capable of reflecting on the quality and 
contributions to the fields, and rank journals based on their judgments of their credentials (Kelly, 
Sadeghieh, & Adeli, 2014). While this approach is widely used in the evaluation of scholarship, it 
may be susceptible to “the potential stifling of new journals and research methods, the domination 
of powerful cliques among editorships of well-established journals who act as gatekeepers and 
whose power is enhanced by rating lists” (Hussain, 2015), or it may embody the prejudices, 
inconsistencies, interests, and limitations of the community of scholars rating such journals (Jubb, 
2016; Lee, Sugimoto, Zhang, & Cronin, 2013). Wilsdon et al. (2015) provide a summary of both 
strengths and weaknesses of the stated preference approach as shown in table 1. 
 
 
 
 



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Table 1: Strengths and Weaknesses of Peer Review 
 

Weaknesses of Peer Review Strengths of Peer Review 

 It is slow, inefficient and expensive, although most 

costs are hidden; 

 Human judgment is subjective – which may however 

also be seen as a strength;  

 It is almost by definition not transparent; 

 It is inconsistent, sometimes characterized as a lack 

of inter-rater reliability; 

 It is a biased process (e.g. gender bias regarding 

career decisions, bias against negative studies in 

publication decisions, bias in favor of prestigious 

institutes, bias in favor of dominant paradigms); 

 Its bias is strengthened by the Matthew effect 

 The process can be abused (e.g. to block 

competitors, to plagiarize); 

 It is not very good at identifying errors in data or 

even in detecting fraudulent research; 

 It cannot process the complete research output of a 

nation and will, therefore, result in distorted rankings 

(since rankings are sensitive to the selection of 

submissions to the assessments); 

 It cannot provide information about the productivity 

and efficiency of the research system; 

 The selection of peer reviewers may create problems 

because of a variety of reasons (bias, lack of experts 

in emerging and interdisciplinary areas, lack of 

experts due to the speed of research areas, etc.). 

 Its foundation in specialized 

knowledge of the subject, 

methodology and literature 

relevant for specific decisions; 

 Its social nature; 

 The subjectivity of this 

approach could be seen as a 

strength (as well as a 

weakness); 

 It can help assess elements of 

research which are challenging 

to quantify e.g. novelty; 

 It can deliver more nuanced 

and detailed understandings of 

research in the context of 

research production. 

     Source: Wilsdon et al. (2015). 
 
The Revealed Preference Approach  

The revealed preference approach is considered a common and objective way of measuring a 
journal's influence (Bauerly & Johnson, 2005). It is based on a publication’s behavior, and on the 
idea that citation indicators are perceived measures of rigor, impact, status, and as proxies of 
scientific worth (Groot & Garcia-Valderrama, 2006) and quality (Baum, 2011; Kostoff, 1998). Unlike 
the preference stated approach where perceptions of a journal’s quality change very slowly, the 
revealed preference approach provides an updated assessment of a journal’s quality, and a more 
accurate picture of its impact (Tahai & Meyer, 1999). This sentiment is also echoed by Cole & Cole 
(1973, p. 35) who argue that “straight citation counts are highly correlated with virtually every 
refined measure of quality”.  A summary of the strength and weaknesses of the revealed preference 
approach is shown in table 2. 

 
 
 
 



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Table 2: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Revealed Preference Approach 
 

Weaknesses of Peer Review Strengths of Peer Review 

 Pressure exerted by reviewers or editors to cite 

their own journal or papers may inflate citations 

of Self-citations to inflate the counts. 

 Highly impacted by the field of research 

referencing patterns (Books vs Journals) 

 Negative citations are counted 

 Niche and specialized journals are disadvantaged 

compared to their more general counterparts 

 Accuracy of the citation counts may be in doubt 

given the discrepancies between target articles 

and cited references (misspellings of journal or 

author names, errors in the reference lists, etc.), 

and mistakes in the indexing procedures 

 Coverage and adequacy of the citation database 

and its impact on the number of citations 

 Difficult to calculate 

 Seen as objective 

 The procedure is transparent, and 

results can be reproduced using the 

same method 

 Based on a broader audience hence 

eliminating the impact of personal 

biases. 

 Eliminate the impact of subjective 

measures such as reputation, opinion, 

or acceptance rates. 

 Eliminate the long memory and 

perception effects, and provides an 

updated assessment of a journal quality   

 A positive relationship between the 

citation impact and ranking 

 Inexpensive and Easily produced 

 
While the stated preference approach requires expertise with limited reliability and 

availability, the use of the revealed preference approach to analyze a publication’s behavior requires 
data sources for automated retrieval of citations, and some citation indexes to measure the impact of 
a journal. 

 
Overview of Sources of Citations Data and Metrics 

The technological advances over the last few decades have resulted in the development of 
many sources of citation databases including Clarivate’s’ Web of Science (WoS), a subscription-
based database covering 5,200 social science publications in 55 disciplines and captures cited 
references from sources including journals, books, and conference proceedings since early 1900. 
Although the WoS is a well-regarded database (Wainer, Goldenstein, & Billa 2011), concerns about 
its flaws are well documented in the literature including its bias toward English language published 
journals (Moussa & Touzani 2010), its inconsistencies in covering of different research fields, and its 
underestimation of citation count and impact as it excludes the majority “of the new and niche 
disciplines that are under-represented in the citation analysis rankings” (Serenko & Bontis, 2009; 
Lowry, Humphreys, Malwitz, & Nix, 2007). The aforementioned limitations of the WoS prompted 
the creation of alternative data sources including Elsevier’s Scopus, an abstract and citation database 
of peer-reviewed literature indexing about 23,000 titles curated from about 5,000 publishers, and 
Google Scholar (GS)  that includes publications and citations from journals, conference proceedings, 
books, theses, dissertations, preprints, abstracts, and technical reports available including those 
available across the web (Bauer & Bakkalbasi, 2005; Gardner & Eng, 2005). With about 87% 
coverage of all English-language scholarly documents (Khabsa & Giles, 2014), and about 160 million 
of total worldwide documents (Orduna-Malea, Ayllón, Martín-Martín, & López-Cózar 2015), GS 
outperforms both Scopus and WoS. However, GS suffers from miscited articles and from multiple 
listings with different citations (Haddad, Singh, Sciglimpaglia, & Chan, 2014) casting serious doubts 
about its level of accuracy. Hence, the authors will concentrate on using data from both Scopus and 
the WoS, while GS will not be used. 

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 Journal Citation Metrics 
Although there exists a plethora of citation indicators, this research is not intended to be 

exhaustive and will only refer to those citation metrics included in the AJG namely the Journal 
Impact factor (JIF), SCImago’s Journal ranking (SJR), the Impact per Publication (IPP), and the 
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP). The h-index will also be included due to its wide 
applicability and adoption as a research assessment tool.  
 
The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) 

Developed by Garfield and Sher (1963) as a tool to identify journals with impact and 
influence. It is easily understood and calculated as the ratio of citations received by a journal in a 
specific year over the number of citable items in the prior two years. Nowadays, the JIF is believed 
to be highly influential and is published for journals included in the WoS. Over the years, critics 
reported several of the JIF’s flaws (table 3) with many calling for the use of other citation metrics. 
 
Table 3: Flaws of the Journal Impact Factor 
 

 Extremely skewed citations where the median number of citations may be more appropriate 

than the average (Seglen, 1992) 

 Sensitivity to discipline practices and publications’ expected life cycle 

 The 2 years window may be short and inappropriate for certain disciplines (Campanario, 

2011). 

 The need for normalized measures to account for the differences in referencing practices 

among disciplines (Glänzel & Moed, 2002).  

 The nature and merits of the citing journals are not addressed (Tomer, 1986). 

 No information about individual papers in a journal (Adler & Harzing, 2009). 

 Does not address the problem of authors sharing the same name or misspelled name. 

 Allows for self and flattery citations. 

 
The technological advancements over the past two decades have allowed for the creation of 

sophisticated metrics, known as second-generation indicators addressing many of JIF’s flaws such as 
valuing citations equally regardless of their origin, and allowed for the accounting for the nature, 
merits, or prestige of the citing journals. These indicators are data source-specific and include the 
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) and the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) which are 
available in Scopus, while Clarivate’s WoS introduced their own metrics such as the Eigenfactor and 
its variants which will not be addressed in this research. 
 
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) 

Inspired by Google’s PageRank algorithm (Page, Brin, Motwani, & Winograd, 1998), the SJR 
is a size-independent metric that considers citations in Scopus database within a 3-year period 
normalized by the total number of citations in the citing journal for the year in question. It is 
intended to measure the prestige of a journal, where the most prestigious journals will be the ones 
cited the most. It is a score where citations are weighted according to the importance of the citing 
journal (Hassan-Montero, Guerrero-Bote & De-Moya-Anegón, 2014). The SJR uses an iterative 
process where ‘‘the algorithm begins by assigning an identical amount of prestige to each journal. 
Next, this prestige is redistributed in an iterative process whereby journals transfer their attained 
prestige to each other through the citation network” (González-Pereira, Guerrero-Bote, & Moya-
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journal and its distance (field of research) from the cited journal within the citation network. In 
other words, citations count for more when the citing and cited journals are closely related 
(Guerrero-Bote & Moya-Anegon, 2012). The SJR index limits excessive benefits derived from self-
citations once they exceed one-third of the total citations (Colledge, De Moya-Anegon, Guerrero-
Bote, Lopez-Illescas, M’hamed, & Moed, 2010).  

 
 Impact per Publications (IPP) 

The Impact per Publications (IPP) is calculated as the number of citations in a given year by 
the total number of publications over the prior three years. IPP uses a three-year window versus the 
JIF’s two years. Like the JIF, IPP does not correct for differences in citation practices between 
scientific fields.   
 
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 

Introduced by Hank Moed (2009), the Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) corrects 
for differences in citation practices between scientific fields, where a citation is negatively impacted 
by the length of reference list of the citing publication. In other words, impact is given a higher value 
in subject areas where citations are less likely and vice versa i.e. Mathematics vs. Biology. The SNIP 
of a journal is the ratio of IPP over the journal’s relative database citation potential (RDCP) 
(Waltman, van Eckvan Leeuwen, and Visser, 2013).   
 
The h-index (h) 

Proposed in 2005 by Jorge E. Hirsch as an indicator for lifetime achievement, the h-index 
has been widely embraced and accepted by the research community as a tool for measuring scientific 
performance (Radicchi, Fortunato & Castellano, 2008). It can be calculated for any time window, 
uses different data sources, and addresses several of the shortcomings of the JIF and its 2-year time 
window. Its ease of use and the ability to provide quantity and quality measures (papers and citations 
count), has made the h-Index a robust tool to evaluate the performance of journals rather than 
articles (Harzing & van der Wal, 2009). A journal’s h-index represents the number of articles that 
have received at least h citations over the whole period. Compared to other metrics, the h-index is 
highly correlated to productivity bibliometric indicators rather than the measures of pure impact 
(Mingers & Yang, 2016; Bornmann & Daniel, 2007; Lehmann, Jackson, & Lautrup, 2006). Upon its 
introduction, critiques pointed to several of the h-index flaws (see table 4) which were addressed by 
the introduction of many of its variants (Egghe & Rousseau, 2008; Anderson, Hankin, & Killworth, 
2008; Schreiber, 2008; Schreiber, 2007; Batista, Campiteli, & Kinouchi, 2006; Kosmulski, 2006). 
 
Table 4: Flaws of the h-Index 
 

 Unfairness to young researchers due to the newness of their publication record. 

 Failure to address variations across disciplines, research fields, quality of citing journals, and subject 

areas. 

 The h-index does not diminish with time and therefore cannot detect the declining research output 

 
The Journal Quality Lists 

While there exists a plethora of journal quality lists (Harzing, 2017), this research will 
concentrate on the two most widely used, highly influential, and freely available journal quality lists 
namely the ABDC List and the AJG. 
 
 



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The ABDC Journal Quality List   
The ABDC list was created to provide, for the Australian business schools, an influential and 

collective tool to support and promote the importance of quality in business education and research, 
and to overcome the regional and discipline biases commonly found in international journal quality 
lists (McGuigan, 2015), which mainly favor British and American journals. As one of the most 
popular and freely available lists, the ABDC List classifies journals in one of four categories shown 
in table 5, and with different classifications of subject fields and journal ratings for its 2776 journals 
shown in table 6. 
 
Table 5: ABDC List- Definitions of the Journal Ratings 
 

Rating Definitions of Quality Rating 

 
A* 

The highest quality category, and indicatively represents approximately the top 5-7% 
of the journals assigned to the given primary field of research panel. 

 
A 

The second highest quality category, and indicatively represents approximately the 
next 15-25% of the journals assigned to the given primary field of research panel. 

 
B 

This is the third highest quality category, and indicatively represents approximately 
the next 35-40% of the journals assigned to the given primary field of research 
panel. 

 
C 

This is the fourth highest quality category and represents the remaining recognized 
quality journals assigned to the given primary field of research panel. 

 
Table 6: ABDC Journal List (2016 Interim update) With Quality Rating across Different Field of 
Research 
 

Field of Research (FoR codes)1 A* A B C Total 

Accounting/Tax (1501 & 180125) 11 (5%) 30 (14%) 44 (21%) 127 (60%) 212 

Economics (1401,1402,1403, & 
1499) 

46 (7%) 104 (15%) 208 (31%) 317 (46%) 675 

Finance (1502) 11 (6%) 31 (17%) 55 (30%) 86 (47%) 183 

Information Systems (806) 13 (7%) 39 (22%) 50 (28%) 75 (42%) 177 

Law (180105) 15 (7%) 76 (37%) 67 (32%) 49 (24%) 207 

Management (1503, 1504, 1506, 
1507,1599) 

76 (7%) 255 (23%) 312 (28%) 452 (41%) 1095 

Marketing (1505) 10 (7%) 29 (20%) 44 (31%) 60 (42%) 143 

Statistics (104) 11 (13%) 23 (27%) 26 (31%) 24 (29%) 84 

Total Number of Journal 193 (7%) 587 (21%) 806 (29%) 
1190 
(43%) 

2776 

Table 6 shows the ABDC management journals are categorized as A* (7%), A (23%), B (28%) 
and C (41%). 
 

The Academic Journal Guide 

                                                 
1 Fields of research were aggregated as follow: Accounting/Tax (Accounting, auditing, & Accountability 1501, 

Taxation Law 180125), Economics (Economic theory 1401, Applied Economics 1402, Econometrics 1403, other 

Econ.1499), Management (Business & Management 1503, Commercial Services 1504, Tourism 1506, other 
Management 1599, and transportation & Freight Services 1507).  

 



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Since its introduction in 2007, the Academic Journal Guide (AJG) has had a huge effect on research 
behavior (Mingers & Willmott, 2013), and in shaping academic research and publication activities 
(Tourish & Willmott, 2015). It is viewed by many institutions as a worthy and reliable proxy to the 
relative quality of the different journals within the management field. This notion of trustworthiness 
and reliability is clearly echoed by the editors in their introduction to the AJG (2018)  

Our motivation is to provide guidance to scholars working across the diverse fields that 
constitute Business and Management. The AJG is intended to give both emerging and established 
scholars greater clarity as to which journals to aim for, and where the best work in their field tends 
to be clustered” (p. 4). Moreover, Rowlinson, Harvey, Kelly & Morris (2011) argue that the main 
purpose of the AJG is to validate the relative quality of different journals to determine the excellence 
of business research and scholarship; and by extension, the relative status of different business fields 
and specialization. The AJG of 2018 classifies journals in one of five categories (see table 7) 
disaggregated into twenty-two different subject areas. 
 
Table 7: AJG Guide- Definitions of the Journal Ratings 
 

Rating  

4* Journals of Distinction. Within the business and management field, including 
economics, there are a small number of grade 4 journals that are recognized 
worldwide as exemplars of excellence. As the world-leading journals in the field, 
they would be ranked among the highest in terms of impact factor. The initial 
paper selection and review process would be rigorous and demanding. Accepted 
papers would typically not only bring to bear large scale data and/or rigor in 
theory, but also be extremely finely crafted and provide major advances to their 
field. 

4 All journals rated 4, whether included in the Journal of Distinction category or 
not publish the most original and best-executed research. As top journals in 
their field, these journals typically have high submission and low acceptance 
rates. Papers are heavily refereed. These top journals generally have among the 
highest citation impact factors within their field. 

3 3 rated journals publish original and well executed research papers and are 
highly regarded. These journals typically have good submission rates and are 
very selective in what they publish. Papers are heavily refereed. These highly 
regarded journals generally have good to excellent journal metrics relative to 
others in their field, although at present not all journals in this category carry a 
citation impact factor. 

2 Journals in this category publish original research of an acceptable standard. For 
these well-regarded journals in their field, papers are fully refereed according to 
accepted standards and conventions. Citation impact factors are somewhat more 
modest in certain cases. Many excellent practitioner-oriented articles are 
published in 2-rated journals. 

1 These journals, in general, publish research of a recognized, but more modest 
standard in their field. A    1 rating is a useful indicator in that it indicates the 
journal meets normal scholarly standards, including a general expectation of 
peer review. Papers are in many instances refereed relatively lightly according to 
accepted conventions. Few journals in this category carry a citation impact 
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The Business and Management field of research shown in table 8 (675 journals), was 
aggregated from several subject areas including: Employment Studies, Entrepreneurship and Small 
Business, General Management and Ethics, Human Resource Management, Innovation, 
International Business and Area Studies, Management, Management Development and Education,  
Operations and Technology Management, Operations Research and Management Science, 
Organizational Studies, Public Sector and Health, Regional Studies, Planning and Environment, 
Sector Studies, Social Responsibility, Social Sciences, and Strategy. The AJG management journals 
are categorized as 4 (7.5%), 3 (18.5%), 2 (33.6%) and 1 (40.4%). 
 
Table 8: The Disaggregated Summary of the 2018-update AJG across Different Field of Research 
 

Field of 
Research AGJ 
2018 

4 and 4* 3 2 1 
Grand 
Total 

% 

Accounting 6 7% 21 24% 34 39% 27 31% 88 6% 

Economic 25 7% 72 20% 133 37% 130 36% 360 23% 

Finance 8 7% 29 27% 38 35% 34 31% 109 7% 

Information 
Man 

6 6% 17 18% 34 36% 38 40% 95 
6% 

Management 51 7.5% 125 18.5% 227 33.6% 272 40.4% 675 43% 

Marketing 8 11% 12 17% 21 30% 29 41% 70 4% 

Psychology 19 11% 36 22% 45 27% 66 40% 166 11% 

Grand Total 121 8% 312 20% 532 34% 596 38% 1561 100% 

 
Data Validation and Methodology 

Addressing the rating discrepancies of the ABDC list and the AJG require empirical analysis 
of citation metrics from three separate data sources which may not cover the same journals and may 
cause inconsistencies. As such, the data is first validated and then analyzed. 
 
Data Validation 

As previously mentioned, the data sources include the h-index and the SJR from the Scopus 
powered SCImago website, the SNIP and IPP from the Scopus’ powered Leiden University’s Centre 
for Science and Technology Studies (CSTS), while the JIF is from Clarivate’s WoS. Using the 
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) that uniquely identifies each journal, both the latest 
ABDC List (the 2016 interim list) and the 2018 AJG were first merged and identified 675 
management rated journals by the two lists. The new list was then matched with the Scopus 
powered SCImago Journal database comprising of about 28,000 publications to collect their 
corresponding h-index and SJR citation metrics. This matching process was accomplished using a 
fuzzy logic software that shows matching based on "degrees of truth" rather than the usual "true or 
false" (1 or 0) of most software. 

This process was then repeated to match the newly created list with the WoS’ Journal 
Citation report to retrieve the Journal Impact Factor (JIF). Finally, the newly created list was then 
paired with the 2018 Leiden University’s CSTS Journal list of approximately 30,000 publications and 
then matched with their related SNIP and IPP indicators  resulting in a final list of 625 Management 
journals, each with at least one citation metric. Of this final list of 625 management journals, 547 
were rated by ABDC and 428 rated by the AJG, with 350 journals common to both lists, 78 journals 
were rated by AJG and not by ABDC, and 197 Journals were rated by ABDC and not by AJG as 
shown in table 9. For example, of the 55 A* rated journals in the ABDC list, two are rated as 



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category “2”, twelve as category “3”, and thirty-two as category “4” in the AJG, while nine journals 
were in fact not included at all. 
 
Table 9: Matrix of Journal Classifications ABDC vs. AJG 
 

 
 

Due to the heavily skewed distribution where very few journals receive the majority of 
citations, the Spearman rho was used to analyze the bivariate correlation between the metrics of the 
two lists (see table 10). Results show significant correlations between the JIF and both the prestige 
indicator of SJR (0.843), and that of the field-effect indicator the SNIP (0.828) for the AJG. The 
correlations were also as strong for the ABDC list of 0.839, 0.827 respectively. The strengths of 
these correlations were quite remarkable given that the data sets originate from two different data 
sources. 
 
Table 10: Spearman’s rho Bivariate Correlations of Journal Metrics  
Management Journals AJG and ABDC List 
 

 
**All correlations are significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Correlations greater than 0.8 are gray 
shaded. 
 

Furthermore, the high correlation between the JIF with IPP of 0.942 for both lists may be 
attributed to the fact that both metrics are based on citations per paper rather than a journal 
behavior. The low correlations of the h-index with JIF can be attributed to highly cited papers that 
can distort the JIF. Given that our analysis does not show major inconsistencies between the data 
sources or the citation metrics, we can fairly assume that the data is valid and reliable for further 
analysis. 

 
Methodology of Ranking and Rating 

Using our list of management journal, the 428 AJG and the 547 ABDC journals first were 
percentile ranked and graphed for each of the citation metrics, namely the SJR, h-index, IPP, SNIP, 
and JIF, and with the rating thresholds for each of the AJG and the ABDC journals shown in 
figures 1 and 2 respectively. The thresholds for the ABDC journals were adopted form our analysis 
in table 6 showing the bottom 41% of journals ranked as C”, followed by the next 28 % (up to 69 
percentile) rated as ‘B’ journals, followed by the next 24% (up to 93 percentile) rated as “A”, with 
the top 7 percentile of all ABDC listed journals as “A*”. As for the AJG, the thresholds were 
adopted from our analysis in table 8 showing the bottom 40%, 74%, and 93% for each of the 1, 2, 3, 
or 4 rated journals. 

 



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Figure 1: Percentile Ranking of Journal Metrics-Academic Journal Guide 

Figure 2: Percentile Ranking of Journal Metrics-The ABDC List 



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Figure 1 was then used to percentile ranked each of the 625 management journals (including the 197 
non-rated journals) for each of the citation metrics in the AJG shown in tables 13a & 13b (columns 
C5, C8, C11, C14, and C17), and were then rated based using the previously discussed thresholds ( 
shown in columns C6, C9, C12, C15, and C18). 

Table 13a: Sample of the Academic Journal Guide of 2018-Journal Rating vs Predicted Journal 
Rating 

Number JournalTitle
AJG Actual 

Rating

 Journal Metrics 

Average AJG  % 

Rank (C1)

Estimated_

AJG Rating  

(C2)

Action- 

AJG (C3)

SJR_Score 

(C4)

SJR Based % 

AJG Journal 

Rank  (C5)

SJR Based AJG 

Journal_Rating 

(C6)

h_index 

(C7)

h_index  Based 

% AJG Journal 

Rank  (C8)

h_index  Based 

AJG Journal_Rating 

(C9) 

1 4OR 2 41% 2 0.825 56% 2 31 37% 1

2
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Adminis tración
1 9% 1 0.178 6% 1 7 3% 1

3 Academy of Management Journal 4 99% 4 8.548 100% 4 266 100% 4

4 Academy of Management Perspectives 3 92% 3 2.946 94% 4 108 93% 4

5 Academy of Management Review 4 100% 4 7.88 99% 4 229 100% 4

6 Academy of Management Annals 4 90% 3 11.231 100% 4 41 49% 2

7
Acm Transactions  On Model ing and 

Computer Simulation
3 36% 1 0.46 32% 1 42 51% 2

8 Active Learning in Higher Education 1 65% 2 1.397 75% 3 33 39% 1

9 Adminis tration and Society 2 46% 2 0.675 47% 2 48 57% 2

10 Acta Psychologica No Rating 64% 2 1.331 74% 3 84 85% 3

11 Action Research 1 14% 1 0.308 16% 1 18 20% 1

12 Adminis trative Science Quarterly 4 98% 4 10.187 100% 4 158 98% 4

13 American Behaviora l  Scientis t 1 60% 2 0.982 61% 2 87 87% 3

14 American Journal  of Psychology 2 27% 1 0.421 28% 1 38 45% 2

15
American Journalof Economics  and 

Sociology
2 13% 1 0.172 5% 1 31 37% 1

16 American Journalof Sociology 4 93% 4 3.685 96% 4 150 97% 4

17 African Affa i rs 3 73% 2 1.869 84% 3 56 66% 2

18
Agribus iness  (New York): an international  

journal
No Rating 34% 1 0.487 34% 1 36 42% 2

19 American Review of Publ ic Adminis tration 3 69% 2 2.062 88% 3 43 51% 2

20 American Sociologica l  Review 4 98% 4 6.333 99% 4 161 98% 4



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Table 13b: Sample of the Academic Journal Guide of 2018-Journal Rating vs Predicted Journal 
Rating 
 

 
 

In the same manner, figure 2 was used to percentile ranked each of the 625 management 
journals for each of the citation metrics (see tables 14a & 14b Column C1) and rated them according 
to the previously discussed thresholds. 
 
Table 14a: Sample of the ABDC list of 2016-Journal Rating vs Predicted Journal Rating 
 

 
 

Number JournalTitle
AJG Actual 

Rating

IPP_Score 

(C10)

IPP  Based % 

AJG Journal 

Rank  (C11)

IPP Based AJG 

Journal_Rating 

(C12)

SNIP_index 

(C13)

SNIP  Based % AJG 

Journal Rank  

(C14)

SNIP Based AJG 

Journal_Rating 

(C15)

JIF_Score     

(C16)

JIF  Based % AJG 

Journal Rank  

(C17)

JIF Based AJG 

Journal_Rating 

(C18)

1 4OR 2 1.442 50% 2 0.9993 43% 2 1.206 22% 1

2
Academia Revis ta  Latinoamericana De 

Adminis tración
1 0.705 17% 1 0.6016 17% 1 0.617 3% 1

3 Academy of Management Journal 4 6.496 98% 4 3.6633 99% 4 6.700 98% 4

4 Academy of Management Perspectives 3 3.684 91% 3 2.2970 92% 3 4.686 93% 4

5 Academy of Management Review 4 7.432 100% 4 4.9784 100% 4 8.855 100% 4

6 Academy of Management Annals 4 11.091 100% 4 10.0907 100% 4 9.281 100% 4

7
Acm Transactions  On Model ing and 

Computer Simulation
3 1.025 34% 1 1.1508 51% 2 0.931 12% 1

8 Active Learning in Higher Education 1 2.125 70% 2 2.3229 92% 3 1.969 49% 2

9 Adminis tration and Society 2 1.101 37% 1 1.0551 47% 2 1.761 42% 2

10 Acta Psychologica No Rating 2.009 67% 2 1.0638 47% 2 1.862 45% 2

11 Action Research 1 0.622 14% 1 0.6399 19% 1 0.646 4% 1

12 Adminis trative Science Quarterly 4 6.274 98% 4 3.4596 98% 4 5.878 96% 4

13 American Behaviora l  Scientis t 1 1.675 58% 2 1.1782 52% 2 1.749 41% 2

14 American Journal  of Psychology 2 0.848 24% 1 0.7142 24% 1 0.938 12% 1

15
American Journalof Economics  and 

Sociology
2 0.329 5% 1 0.5838 16% 1 0.333 0% 1

16 American Journalof Sociology 4 3.462 89% 3 3.1073 97% 4 3.764 88% 3

17 African Affa i rs 3 1.766 61% 2 2.2436 91% 3 2.500 66% 2

18
Agribus iness  (New York): an international  

journal
No Rating 1.158 40% 2 0.8975 37% 1 1.147 18% 1

19 American Review of Publ ic Adminis tration 3 1.926 66% 2 1.7545 78% 3 2.466 65% 2

20 American Sociologica l  Review 4 5.563 98% 4 4.4891 99% 4 5.063 94% 4

Number JournalTitle
ABDC Actual Rating 

(C19)

 Journal Metrics 

Average ABDC  

% Rank (C20)

Estimated_ABDC 

Rating  (C21)

Action- ABDC 

(C22)

SJR_Score 

(C23)

SJR Based % ABDC 

Journal Rank  (C24) 

SJR Based ABDC 

Journal_Rating (C25)

h_index  

(C26)

ABDC %h_index 

(C27)

h_ABDC_Rating 

(C28)

1 4OR B 53% B 0.825 64% B 31 49% B

2
Academia Revis ta  Latinoamericana De 

Adminis tración
No Rating 17% C 0.178 11% C 7 6% C

3 Academy of Management Journal 1A* 99% 1A* 8.548 99% 1A* 266 100% 1A*

4 Academy of Management Perspectives A 94% 1A* 2.946 93% 1A* 108 94% 1A*

5 Academy of Management Review 1A* 99% 1A* 7.88 99% 1A* 229 99% 1A*

6 Academy of Management Annals 1A* 92% A 11.231 100% 1A* 41 60% B

7
Acm Transactions  On Model ing and 

Computer Simulation
B 47% B 0.46 42% B 42 61% B

8 Active Learning in Higher Education C 73% A 1.397 80% A 33 51% B

9 Adminis tration and Society B 58% B 0.675 57% B 48 67% B

10 Acta Psychologica A 72% A 1.331 79% A 84 89% A

11 Action Research No Rating 24% C 0.308 28% C 18 29% C

12 Adminis trative Science Quarterly 1A* 98% 1A* 10.187 99% 1A* 158 98% 1A*

13 American Behaviora l  Scientis t B 70% A 0.982 70% A 87 90% A

14 American Journal  of Psychology B 38% C 0.421 39% C 38 57% B

15
American Journalof Economics  and 

Sociology
B 19% C 0.172 11% C 31 49% B

16 American Journalof Sociology 1A* 95% 1A* 3.685 95% 1A* 150 98% 1A*

17 African Affa i rs No Rating 80% A 1.869 87% A 56 74% A

18
Agribus iness  (New York): an international  

journal
C 46% B 0.487 45% B 36 54% B

19 American Review of Publ ic Adminis tration B 77% A 2.062 89% A 43 63% B

20 American Sociologica l  Review 1A* 98% 1A* 6.333 98% 1A* 161 99% 1A*



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Table 14b: Sample of the ABDC list of 2016-Journal Rating vs Predicted Journal Rating 

To illustrate the use of these tables, the 4OR journal (item 1 in tables 13a & 13b) with an 
SJR metric value of 0.825 (Column-C4), the journal ranks in the top 56% with a rating of “2” when 
ranked against all other management journals in the AJG (Column-C2). As for the other metrics, 
when and if available such as in this case, the journal ranks in the 37th with a rating of 1 (columns 
C8-C9), 50th with a rating of 2 (table 13b, columns C11-C12), 43rd and a rating of 2 (see table 13b, 
columns C14-C15), and 22nd  with a rating of 1 (table 13b, columns C17-C18) for each of the h-
index, IPP, SNIP, and JIF metrics respectively.  Averaging the percentile ranking of all metrics for 
the 4OR journal yields an average percentile ranking of 41% (Column-C1), and an estimated overall 
rating of 2 (Column-C1) matching that of the AJG (denoted by a horizontal gold arrow in column 
C3). 

Also, tables 14a and 14b shows 4OR journal ranks in the 64% with a rating of “B” using the 
SJR score (column C25), in the 49% with a rating of “B” using the h-index score, 63% with a rating 
of “B” using the IPP score, 52% with a rating of “B” using the SNIP score, and 36% percentile 
using the JIF for an overall average ranking of 53% rating the 4OR as an B journal matching the 
current rating (see table 15).   

Number JournalTitle
ABDC Actual Rating 

(C19)

IPP_Score 

(C29)

ABDC %_IPP 

(C30)

IPP_ABDC_R

ating (C31)

SNIP_index 

(C32)

SNIP  Based % 

ABDC Journal 

Rank  (C33)

SNIP Based ABDC 

Journal_Rating 

(C34)

JIF_Score  

(C35)

JIF  Based % 

ABDC Journal 

Rank  (C36)

JIF Based ABDC 

Journal_Rating 

(C37)

1 4OR B 1.442 63% B 0.999 52% B 1.206 36% C

2
Academia Revis ta  Latinoamericana De 

Adminis tración
No Rating 0.705 32% C 0.602 23% C 0.617 11% C

3 Academy of Management Journal 1A* 6.496 99% 1A* 3.663 98% 1A* 6.700 99% 1A*

4 Academy of Management Perspectives A 3.684 94% 1A* 2.297 93% 1A* 4.686 95% 1A*

5 Academy of Management Review 1A* 7.432 100% 1A* 4.978 100% 1A* 8.855 99% 1A*

6 Academy of Management Annals 1A* 11.091 100% 1A* 10.091 100% 1A* 9.281 100% 1A*

7
Acm Transactions  On Model ing and 

Computer Simulation
B 1.025 49% B 1.151 61% B 0.931 24% C

8 Active Learning in Higher Education C 2.125 79% A 2.323 93% 1A* 1.969 63% B

9 Adminis tration and Society B 1.101 52% B 1.055 56% B 1.761 57% B

10 Acta Psychologica A 2.009 77% A 1.064 56% B 1.862 60% B

11 Action Research No Rating 0.622 27% C 0.640 26% C 0.646 12% C

12 Adminis trative Science Quarterly 1A* 6.274 99% 1A* 3.460 98% 1A* 5.878 98% 1A*

13 American Behaviora l  Scientis t B 1.675 70% A 1.178 63% B 1.749 56% B

14 American Journal  of Psychology B 0.848 40% C 0.714 32% C 0.938 24% C

15
American Journalof Economics  and 

Sociology
B 0.329 11% C 0.584 22% C 0.333 3% C

16 American Journalof Sociology 1A* 3.462 92% 1A* 3.107 97% 1A* 3.764 90% A

17 African Affa i rs No Rating 1.766 72% A 2.244 92% 1A* 2.500 75% A

18
Agribus iness  (New York): an international  

journal
C 1.158 55% B 0.897 45% B 1.147 33% C

19 American Review of Publ ic Adminis tration B 1.926 76% A 1.755 84% A 2.466 74% A

20 American Sociologica l  Review 1A* 5.563 98% 1A* 4.489 99% 1A* 5.063 96% 1A*



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On another note, looking at the average journal percentile ranking in tables 13a & 13b 
(column C1), journals 8, and 13 are shown to be under-rated and deserving higher ratings (denoted 
by an upward green arrow), while journals 6, 7, 14, 15, 17, and 19 are estimated to be over-rated 
(denoted by a downward red arrow).  

A comparison between the actual and the estimated rating for the 428 AJG and the 547 
ABDC listed journal, shows the rating of the h index as the best predictor of a journal rating 
matching 54% of the actual ratings in the ABDC list, and 53% of the ratings in the AJG (see table 
16).   

Table 16: Efficacy of the Rating Schemes vs. Listed Journals 

In addition to estimating the rating of the listed journals, this research provides journals 
editors with a valuable tool to estimate the likely rating of any journal. For example, if journal 10 
“Acta Psychologica” rated as “A” in the ABDC list, is estimated to rate as “2” if it is to be 
considered for listing in the AJG (see tables 13 a & b).  

Table 17 provides an aggregate estimate of the rating of journals that were included in one 
but not the other. For example looking at the average percentile rating, of the 197 journals not listed 
in the AJG, five (5) journals should be rated as “4”, 33 should be rated as “3”, 82 should be rated as 
“2”, while the other 77 journals should be rated as “1”. The same method applies for the other 
metrics. As for the 78 journals that were listed in the AJG but not in the ABDC list, 3 journals 
should be rated as A*, 29 as A, 32 as B, and 14 as C. Other metrics may have yielded close results.   

Table 15: Ranking and Rating of the 4OR Journal  



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Table 17: Estimated Rating for Non-Listed Journals 
 

 
 

Discussion & Conclusion 
Following Cole & Cole (1973, p. 35) argument that “straight citation counts are highly 

correlated with virtually every refined measure of quality”, this research used the latest citations 
metrics for journals listed in both the AJG and the ABDC to provide scholars, editors, reviewers, 
and administrators with simple tools to rank, rate, and attune the rating discrepancies of any 
management journal using any of the citation metric discussed in this paper. When multiple metrics 
are available, the average ranking is used to rate a journal. 

As an illustration, looking at the journal of Academy of Management Perspectives (number 
4), this journal is rated as “A” in the ABDC list (table 14a column C19), our method suggests that 
the average percentile ranking of this journal’s citation metrics journal rank it in the top 94% of all 
management journals in the ABDC list (Column C20) and a rating of “A* listed as 1A*” as shown in 
table (14a column C21). The same can also be applied to the AJG which shows this journal is 
correctly rated as a (“3”) journal. Furthermore, this research provides a simple approach to estimate 
the rating of any management journal if it were to be rated in comparison to those journals listed in 
either list. For example, a journal listed or under consideration for inclusion in the AJG with SJR 
score of 1.0, ranks in the 61 percentile of all AJG listed management journals and a rating of “2” 
(using figure 1-AJG SJR). However, the same journal would rank in the 70 percentile of all 
management journals listed in the ABDC list and a rating of “A” (using figure 2-ABDC SJR). When 
multiple metrics are available, the average percentile ranking is used to rate such journals. Our 
methodology correctly estimated the rating of about 54% of the ABDC listed management journals 
and 44% of the AJG management journals.  

Appendix A provides ratings for the 625 management journals included in our analysis, and 
allow comparison between the published and estimated ratings for both lists, including proposed 
actions shown as arrows where a golden horizontal arrow designates that the journal citation 
behavior matches the journal rating, the red downward arrow designate the rating of that journal as 
over-rated, while the green-upward arrow designates the rating as under-rated. 
It is important to note that this research is not exhaustive, but an attempt to provide the readers 
with a simple tool to assess the quality of any journal, and to show and attune the rating 
discrepancies that currently exist. While the proposed rating methodology may not be 100% 

Rating 1 2 3 4 Total

Average % Rating 77 82 33 5 197

SJR 57 78 48 14 197

h-index 67 82 35 13 197

IPP 79 73 37 8 197

SNIP 66 88 28 15 197

JIF 112 56 26 3 197

Rating C B A A* Total

Average % Rating 10 42 24 2 78

SJR 12 42 22 2 78

h-index 14 32 26 6 78

IPP 16 31 26 5 78

SNIP 12 31 31 4 78

JIF 30 27 17 4 78

Estimated Rating for Journal Listed by AJG and not ABDC

ABDC 

Non_Rated 

Journals

AJG 

Non_Rated 

Journals

Estimated Rating for Journal Listed by ABDC and not AJG



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accurate, it provides a journal quality assessment tool that does not exist in the literature and may 
prove valuable to those interested parties.  
 

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Number JournalTitle AJG Actual 
Rating

 Journal 
Metrics 
Average 
AJG  % 

Rank (C1)

Estimated_
AJG Rating  

(C2)

Action- 
AJG 
(C3)

ABDC 
Actual 
Rating 
(C19)

 Journal 
Metrics 
Average 
ABDC  % 

Rank (C20)

Estimated_
ABDC 
Rating  
(C21)

Action- 
ABDC 
(C22)

1 4OR 2 41% 2 B 53% B

2
Academia Revista Latinoamericana De 
Administración

1 9% 1 No Rating 17% C

3 Academy of Management Journal 4 99% 4 1A* 99% 1A*

4 Academy of Management Perspectives 3 92% 3 A 94% 1A*

5 Academy of Management Review 4 100% 4 1A* 99% 1A*

6 Academy of Management Annals 4 90% 3 1A* 92% A

7
Acm Transactions On Modeling and 
Computer Simulation

3 36% 1 B 47% B

8 Active Learning in Higher Education 1 65% 2 C 73% A

9 Administration and Society 2 46% 2 B 58% B

10 Acta Psychologica No Rating 64% 2 A 72% A

11 Action Research 1 14% 1 No Rating 24% C

12 Administrative Science Quarterly 4 98% 4 1A* 98% 1A*

13 American Behavioral Scientist 1 60% 2 B 70% A

14 American Journal of Psychology 2 27% 1 B 38% C

15 American Journalof Economics and Sociology 2 13% 1 B 19% C

16 American Journalof Sociology 4 93% 4 1A* 95% 1A*

17 African Affairs 3 73% 2 No Rating 80% A

18
Agribusiness (New York): an international 
journal

No Rating 34% 1 C 46% B

19 American Review of Public Administration 3 69% 2 B 77% A

20 American Sociological Review 4 98% 4 1A* 98% 1A*

21 Alternatives: global, local, political No Rating 14% 1 A 22% C

22 Annals of Operations Research 3 60% 2 A 70% A

23 Annalsof Regional Science 2 43% 2 B 54% B

24 American Journal of Evaluation No Rating 51% 2 C 62% B

25 Annalsof Tourism Research 4 91% 3 1A* 93% 1A*

26 American Journal of Political Science No Rating 97% 4 1A* 98% 1A*

27 Applied Cognitive Psychology 2 55% 2 B 64% B

28 Applied Psychological Measurement 2 43% 2 B 54% B

29 American Journal of Public Health No Rating 90% 3 1A* 93% 1A*

30 American Political Science Review No Rating 93% 4 1A* 95% 1A*

31
Annals of the American Academy of Political 
and Social Science

No Rating 70% 2 B 78% A

32 Antipode 3 87% 3 No Rating 90% A

33
Asia Europe Journal: intercultural studies in 
the social sciences and humanities

No Rating 20% 1 B 31% C

34 Asia Pacific Business Review 2 19% 1 B 30% C

35 Asia Pacific Journal of Management 3 66% 2 A 74% A

Appendix A



Number JournalTitle AJG Actual 
Rating

 Journal 
Metrics 
Average 
AJG  % 

Rank (C1)

Estimated_
AJG Rating  

(C2)

Action- 
AJG 
(C3)

ABDC 
Actual 
Rating 
(C19)

 Journal 
Metrics 
Average 
ABDC  % 

Rank (C20)

Estimated_
ABDC 
Rating  
(C21)

Action- 
ABDC 
(C22)

36 Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research 1 35% 1 B 47% B

37 Asia Pacific Journalof Human Resources 2 26% 1 B 38% C

38 Asian and Pacific Migration Review No Rating 14% 1 C 22% C

39 Asian Business and Management 2 22% 1 C 33% C

40 Asian Journal of Social Science No Rating 6% 1 C 12% C

41 Asian Journal Of Technology Innovation 1 11% 1 No Rating 21% C

42 Asian Population Studies No Rating 36% 1 B 47% B

43
Asian Survey: a bi-monthly review of 
contemporary Asian affairs

No Rating 20% 1 C 28% C

44 Asiapacific Journalof Operational Research 1 22% 1 C 32% C

45
Australasian Journal of Environmental 
Management

No Rating 17% 1 A 28% C

46 Australasian Journal on Ageing No Rating 29% 1 B 40% C

47 Australian Journal of International Affairs No Rating 32% 1 A 44% B

48 Australian Journal of Political Science No Rating 17% 1 A 28% C

49 Australian Journal of Psychology 1 31% 1 B 42% B

50 Australian Journal of Public Administration 2 30% 1 A 42% B

51 Australian Journal of Social Issues No Rating 24% 1 B 35% C

52 Australian Journalof Management 2 35% 1 A 47% B

53 Australian Psychologist No Rating 35% 1 B 47% B

54 Automation in Construction No Rating 89% 3 1A* 91% A

55 Baltic Journalof Management 1 23% 1 C 34% C

56 British Educational Research Journal 3 68% 2 No Rating 76% A

57 British Journal Of Guidance And Counseling 2 21% 1 No Rating 32% C

58 British Journal of Management 4 80% 3 A 85% A

59 British Journal of Political Science No Rating 89% 3 A 91% A

60 British Journal of Psychology 3 81% 3 A 86% A

61 British Journal of Social Psychology 3 61% 2 A 70% A

62 British Journal of Sociology 3 69% 2 A 76% A

63 British Journalof Industrial Relations 4 62% 2 1A* 72% A

64
Building Research and Information: the 
international journal of research, 
development and demonstration

2 78% 3 A 83% A

65 Business and Society 3 78% 3 A 83% A

66 Business Ethics A European Review 2 61% 2 B 69% B

67 Business History 3 29% 1 A 41% B

68 Business History Review 4 23% 1 A 34% C

69 Business Horizons 2 75% 3 C 81% A



Number JournalTitle AJG Actual 
Rating

 Journal 
Metrics 
Average 
AJG  % 

Rank (C1)

Estimated_
AJG Rating  

(C2)

Action- 
AJG 
(C3)

ABDC 
Actual 
Rating 
(C19)

 Journal 
Metrics 
Average 
ABDC  % 

Rank (C20)

Estimated_
ABDC 
Rating  
(C21)

Action- 
ABDC 
(C22)

70 Business Process Management Journal 2 47% 2 B 58% B

71 Business Strategy and the Environment No Rating 89% 3 B 91% A

72 California Management Review 3 89% 3 A 91% A

73
Cambridge Journalof Regions, Economy and 
Society

3 79% 3 B 84% A

74 Canadian Journalof Administrative Sciences 2 17% 1 B 26% C

75 Canadian Public Policy No Rating 15% 1 B 25% C

76 Career Development International 2 51% 2 B 62% B

77 Career Development Quarterly 2 53% 2 No Rating 64% B

78 China Quarterly 2 76% 3 A 82% A

79 Cities 2 75% 3 No Rating 82% A

80 Citizenship Studies No Rating 46% 2 C 58% B

81 Climate Policy No Rating 74% 2 C 80% A

82 Cognitive Psychology No Rating 86% 3 A 90% A

83 Communication Monographs No Rating 66% 2 A 75% A

84 Communication Research No Rating 82% 3 A 87% A

85 Communication Theory No Rating 83% 3 A 87% A

86 Community Development Journal No Rating 18% 1 B 29% C

87 Comparative Political Studies No Rating 87% 3 B 90% A

88 Comparative Politics No Rating 60% 2 A 69% A

89
Computational Optimization And 
Applications

3 56% 2 No Rating 67% B

90 Computers And Industrial Engineering 2 83% 3 No Rating 87% A

91 Computers and Operations Research 3 86% 3 A 90% A

92 Computers In Industry 3 77% 3 No Rating 83% A

93 Conflict Management and Peace Science No Rating 52% 2 B 62% B

94 Contemporary Pacific No Rating 16% 1 B 25% C

95 Contemporary Sociology No Rating 14% 1 C 21% C

96 Cornell Hospitality Quarterly 2 61% 2 No Rating 70% A

97 Cornell Hospitality Quarterly 2 61% 2 A 70% A

98
Corporate Governance: an international 
review

3 68% 2 A 77% A

99
Corporate Social Responsibility and 
Environmental Management

1 85% 3 C 88% A

100 Creativity and Innovation Management 2 52% 2 C 63% B

101 Critical Asian Studies No Rating 35% 1 B 47% B

102 Critical Discourse Studies No Rating 24% 1 B 35% C

103 Critical Social Policy 2 59% 2 No Rating 70% A

104 Critical Studies in Media Communication No Rating 27% 1 C 39% C

105 Cross Cultural and Strategic Management 2 41% 2 No Rating 53% B



Number JournalTitle AJG Actual 
Rating

 Journal 
Metrics 
Average 
AJG  % 

Rank (C1)

Estimated_
AJG Rating  

(C2)

Action- 
AJG 
(C3)

ABDC 
Actual 
Rating 
(C19)

 Journal 
Metrics 
Average 
ABDC  % 

Rank (C20)

Estimated_
ABDC 
Rating  
(C21)

Action- 
ABDC 
(C22)

106
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority 
Psychology

No Rating 57% 2 B 67% B

107 Culture and Organization 2 26% 1 B 37% C

108 Current Issues in Tourism 2 75% 3 A 81% A

109 Current Sociology 2 31% 1 No Rating 43% B

110 Cybernetics And Systems 1 28% 1 No Rating 40% C

111 Decision Analysis 1 26% 1 A 37% C

112 Decision Sciences 3 64% 2 1A* 72% A

113 Demographic Research No Rating 55% 2 A 66% B

114 Demography No Rating 84% 3 A 88% A

115 Development and Change 3 59% 2 B 69% A

116
Disasters: the journal of disaster studies, 
policy and management

No Rating 56% 2 A 66% B

117 Discourse & Communication No Rating 22% 1 A 33% C

118

Discourse and Society: an international 
journal for the study of discourse and 
communication in their social, political and 
cultural contexts

No Rating 54% 2 A 64% B

119
Discourse Studies: an interdisciplinary 
journal for the study of text and talk

No Rating 43% 2 A 55% B

120 Discrete Optimization 2 26% 1 No Rating 36% C

121 Ecology No Rating 92% 3 A 94% 1A*

122 Economic Geography 4 90% 3 A 92% 1A*

123 Economy and Society 3 72% 2 A 79% A

124 Educational and Psychological Measurement No Rating 65% 2 B 73% A

125
Educational Management Administration 
and Leadership

1 47% 2 B 58% B

126 Electoral Studies 3 49% 2 No Rating 59% B

127 Emerging Markets Review 2 58% 2 A 69% B

128 Employee Relations 2 46% 2 B 58% B

129 Energy Journal 3 64% 2 A 73% A

130 Energy Policy 2 91% 3 A 93% 1A*

131 Engineering Optimization 2 51% 2 No Rating 62% B

132
Engineering, Construction And Architectural 
Management

1 48% 2 No Rating 59% B

133
Enterprise and Society: the international 
journal of business and history

3 17% 1 A 27% C

134 Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 3 75% 3 A 81% A

135 Entrepreneurship Research Journal No Rating 26% 1 B 37% C

136 Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice 4 95% 4 1A* 96% 1A*

137
Environment and Planning D: society and 
space

4 80% 3 A 85% A

138 Environmental Education Research No Rating 61% 2 A 69% A



Number JournalTitle AJG Actual 
Rating

 Journal 
Metrics 
Average 
AJG  % 

Rank (C1)

Estimated_
AJG Rating  

(C2)

Action- 
AJG 
(C3)

ABDC 
Actual 
Rating 
(C19)

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Metrics 
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ABDC  % 

Rank (C20)

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ABDC 
Rating  
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ABDC 
(C22)

139 Environmental Management (New York) 2 65% 2 C 74% A

140 Environmental Science And Policy 3 84% 3 No Rating 88% A

141 Environmental Science And Technology 3 94% 4 No Rating 95% 1A*

142
Ethics: an international journal of social, 
political, and legal philosophy

No Rating 63% 2 A 71% A

143 Eurasian Geography and Economics 2 38% 1 B 50% B

144 European Journal of Communication No Rating 58% 2 B 68% B

145 European Journal Of Industrial Engineering 2 30% 1 No Rating 41% C

146 European Journal of Industrial Relations 3 57% 2 A 67% B

147
European Journal of Innovation 
Management

1 47% 2 C 58% B

148 European Journal of International Relations No Rating 82% 3 A 86% A

149 European Journal of Political Research No Rating 85% 3 A 88% A

150 European Journal of Population No Rating 53% 2 B 63% B

151
European Journal of Psychological 
Assessment

No Rating 47% 2 B 57% B

152 European Journal of Public Health No Rating 72% 2 B 79% A

153 European Journal of Social Psychology 3 69% 2 A 77% A

154 European Journal of Sociology No Rating 37% 1 A 49% B

155
European Journal of Transport and 
Infrastructure Research

No Rating 26% 1 B 38% C

156 European Journal Of Women’S Studies 2 31% 1 No Rating 43% B

157
European Journalof International 
Management

1 13% 1 C 23% C

158 European Journalof Operational Research 4 91% 3 1A* 93% 1A*

159 European Management Journal 2 79% 3 B 84% A

160 European Management Review 3 35% 1 C 47% B

161 European Planning Studies 2 58% 2 No Rating 68% B

162 European Sociological Review 3 82% 3 No Rating 86% A

163 European Sport Management Quarterly 3 47% 2 B 58% B

164 European Urban and Regional Studies 3 61% 2 A 70% A

165 Europe-Asia Studies 2 33% 1 C 44% B

166 Evaluation 2 55% 2 B 66% B

167 Evidence And Policy 1 29% 1 No Rating 41% B

168 Evolutionary Computation 3 67% 2 No Rating 75% A

169 Family Business Review 3 87% 3 A 90% A

170 Feminist Economics 2 52% 2 A 63% B

171 Feminist Review 2 34% 1 No Rating 45% B



Number JournalTitle AJG Actual 
Rating

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Metrics 
Average 
AJG  % 

Rank (C1)

Estimated_
AJG Rating  

(C2)

Action- 
AJG 
(C3)

ABDC 
Actual 
Rating 
(C19)

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Metrics 
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ABDC  % 

Rank (C20)

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ABDC 
Rating  
(C21)

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ABDC 
(C22)

172
Flexible Services And Manufacturing Journal 
(Formerly 09206299 "International Journal 
Of Flexible Manufacturing Systems")

1 68% 2 No Rating 76% A

173 Food Policy 3 86% 3 B 89% A

174 Foreign Affairs No Rating 48% 2 1A* 54% B

175 Futures 2 67% 2 B 76% A

176 Fuzzy Optimization And Decision Making 3 61% 2 No Rating 71% A

177 Gender and Education No Rating 39% 1 A 50% B

178 Gender and Society 3 84% 3 1A* 88% A

179 Gender, Work and Organization 3 63% 2 A 72% A

180 Geoforum 2 77% 3 No Rating 83% A

181 Global Environmental Change 3 97% 4 1A* 97% 1A*

182 Global Environmental Politics No Rating 78% 3 C 83% A

183 Global Governance No Rating 44% 2 B 56% B

184 Global Networks 3 59% 2 A 69% B

185 Global Strategy Journal No Rating 44% 2 A 52% B

186
Governance An International Journal Of 
Policy, Administration And Institutions

3 87% 3 No Rating 90% A

187 Group Decision and Negotiation 2 49% 2 A 60% B

188
Group Dynamics: theory, research and 
practice

2 53% 2 B 63% B

189
Group Organization Management: an 
international journal

3 72% 2 A 79% A

190 Group Processes and Intergroup Relations 2 59% 2 B 69% A

191 Habitat International No Rating 75% 3 A 81% A

192 Health And Social Care In The Community 1 56% 2 No Rating 67% B

193 Health Care Management Review 2 67% 2 A 75% A

194 Health Care Management Science 1 51% 2 C 63% B

195 Health Communication No Rating 52% 2 B 63% B

196 Health Policy 2 69% 2 B 77% A

197 Health Services Research 3 79% 3 A 84% A

198 Higher Education Policy 2 30% 1 No Rating 41% B

199
Higher Education: the international journal 
of higher education research

2 72% 2 A 80% A

200 Housing Policy Debate No Rating 41% 2 B 53% B

201 Housing Studies No Rating 61% 2 A 70% A

202 Human Communication Research No Rating 74% 3 A 81% A

203 Human Performance 3 43% 2 A 54% B

204 Human Relations 4 85% 3 1A* 89% A

205 Human Resource Development Quarterly 2 62% 2 B 71% A



Number JournalTitle AJG Actual 
Rating

 Journal 
Metrics 
Average 
AJG  % 

Rank (C1)

Estimated_
AJG Rating  

(C2)

Action- 
AJG 
(C3)

ABDC 
Actual 
Rating 
(C19)

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Metrics 
Average 
ABDC  % 

Rank (C20)

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ABDC 
Rating  
(C21)

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ABDC 
(C22)

206 Human Resource Development Review No Rating 48% 2 B 60% B

207 Human Resource Management (Usa) 4 71% 2 1A* 79% A

208 Human Resource Management Journal (UK) 4 71% 2 A 78% A

209 Human Resource Management Review 3 82% 3 A 87% A

210 Humancomputer Interaction 1 69% 2 A 76% A

211
Ieee Transactions On Engineering 
Management

3 53% 2 No Rating 63% B

212
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent 
Transportation Systems

No Rating 87% 3 A 90% A

213 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology No Rating 83% 3 A 87% A

214 Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal No Rating 46% 2 C 57% B

215 Indian Journal of Gender Studies No Rating 9% 1 C 15% C

216 Industrial and Corporate Change 3 74% 2 A 81% A

217 Industrial and Labor Relations Review 3 68% 2 1A* 76% A

218
Industrial and Organizational Psychology: 
perspectives on science & practice

1 49% 2 B 57% B

219
Industrial Relations A Journalof Economy and 
Society

4 49% 2 1A* 60% B

220 Industry and Innovation 2 44% 2 C 56% B

221
Infor Information Systems and Operational 
Research

1 13% 1 B 20% C

222 Informs Journal On Computing 3 62% 2 B 71% A

223
Innovation (Abingdon): the European journal 
of social sciences

No Rating 22% 1 B 33% C

224 Innovation Organization and Management 2 23% 1 C 35% C

225
Innovations In Education And Teaching 
International

2 33% 1 No Rating 46% B

226 Interfaces 2 33% 1 B 44% B

227 International Affairs No Rating 77% 3 A 83% A

228 International Business Review 3 73% 2 A 80% A

229
International Entrepreneurship and 
Management Journal

1 59% 2 C 69% A

230 International Gambling Studies No Rating 45% 2 B 55% B

231 International Journal of Arts Management No Rating 14% 1 B 24% C

232
International Journal of Automotive 
Technology

No Rating 45% 2 B 57% B

233
International Journal of Conflict 
Management

No Rating 35% 1 A 47% B

234
International Journal of Contemporary 
Hospitality Management

3 76% 3 A 82% A

235 International Journal of Cultural Policy No Rating 30% 1 A 42% B



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Rating

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AJG  % 

Rank (C1)

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AJG Rating  

(C2)

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AJG 
(C3)

ABDC 
Actual 
Rating 
(C19)

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ABDC 
Rating  
(C21)

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ABDC 
(C22)

236
International Journal of Environment and 
Pollution

No Rating 14% 1 C 22% C

237 International Journal of General Systems 1 65% 2 A 73% A

238 International Journal Of Green Energy 2 29% 1 No Rating 41% C

239
International Journal of Human Resource 
Management

3 67% 2 A 76% A

240
International Journal of Intercultural 
Relations

1 55% 2 A 65% B

241
International Journal of Management 
Reviews

3 94% 4 A 95% 1A*

242
International Journal of Managing Projects in 
Business

1 34% 1 C 46% B

243 International Journal of Manpower 2 24% 1 A 35% C

244
International Journal of Operations and 
Production Management

4 84% 3 A 88% A

245
International Journal of Physical Distribution 
and Logistics Management

2 83% 3 A 88% A

246 International Journal of Production Research 3 77% 3 A 83% A

247 International Journal of Project Management 2 90% 3 A 92% 1A*

248
International Journal of Selection and 
Assessment

No Rating 40% 1 A 50% B

249
International Journal Of Shipping And 
Transport Logistics

1 19% 1 No Rating 30% C

250
International Journal of Social Research 
Methodology

No Rating 59% 2 B 69% A

251 International Journal of Sport Psychology No Rating 20% 1 B 30% C

252
International Journal of Sustainable 
Transportation

No Rating 51% 2 B 62% B

253 International Journal of Tourism Research 2 65% 2 A 74% A

254
International Journal of Vehicle Design: 
journal of vehicle engineering, automotive 
technology and components

No Rating 23% 1 B 35% C

255
International Journalof Computer Integrated 
Manufacturing

2 52% 2 B 63% B

256
International Journalof Entrepreneurial 
Behavior and Research

2 50% 2 B 61% B

257 International Journalof Forecasting 3 74% 2 A 81% A

258 International Journalof Heritage Studies 1 35% 1 B 48% B

259
International Journalof Hospitality 
Management

3 87% 3 1A* 90% A

260
International Journalof Logistics Research 
and Applications

1 45% 2 B 56% B

261
International Journalof Production 
Economics

3 94% 4 1A* 95% 1A*

262 International Journalof Sport Finance 1 23% 1 C 34% C



Number JournalTitle AJG Actual 
Rating

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Metrics 
Average 
AJG  % 

Rank (C1)

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AJG Rating  

(C2)

Action- 
AJG 
(C3)

ABDC 
Actual 
Rating 
(C19)

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Metrics 
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ABDC  % 

Rank (C20)

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ABDC 
Rating  
(C21)

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ABDC 
(C22)

263
International Journalof Sports Marketing & 
Sponsorship

1 11% 1 B 20% C

264
International Journalof Technology 
Management

2 32% 1 B 42% B

265
International Journalof Urban and Regional 
Research

2 78% 3 B 84% A

266 International Labour Review 2 27% 1 B 39% C

267 International Migration No Rating 43% 2 A 55% B

268 International Migration Review No Rating 75% 3 A 81% A

269 International Public Management Journal 2 65% 2 C 73% A

270
International Review for the Sociology of 
Sport

No Rating 43% 2 B 55% B

271
International Review of Administrative 
Sciences 

3 53% 2 C 64% B

272 International Sociology 2 52% 2 No Rating 62% B

273 International Studies Quarterly No Rating 75% 3 A 82% A

274
International Transactions in Operational 
Research

1 60% 2 B 70% A

275 ITE Journal No Rating 7% 1 C 12% C

276 Journal of Advanced Transportation No Rating 33% 1 A 45% B

277 Journal of Air Transport Management 1 62% 2 B 72% A

278 Journal of Applied Communication Research No Rating 40% 1 B 51% B

279 Journal of Applied Social Psychology 2 54% 2 B 64% B

280 Journal of Applied Sport Psychology No Rating 58% 2 A 68% B

281 Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 3 55% 2 A 65% B

282 Journal of Business and Psychology 2 77% 3 A 83% A

283
Journal of Business and Technical 
Communication

No Rating 36% 1 C 47% B

284 Journal of Business Ethics 3 79% 3 A 84% A

285 Journal of Business Logistics 2 68% 2 A 74% A

286 Journal of Career Assessment 2 50% 2 A 61% B

287 Journal of Career Development 1 43% 2 B 54% B

288 Journal Of Cleaner Production 2 91% 3 No Rating 93% 1A*

289 Journal Of Combinatorial Optimization 2 34% 1 No Rating 45% B

290 Journal of Communication No Rating 93% 4 A 94% 1A*

291
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: 
research and practice

No Rating 36% 1 B 47% B

292 Journal of Constructivist Psychology 1 20% 1 B 32% C

293 Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 3 57% 2 A 66% B

294 Journal Of Cultural Economy 2 27% 1 No Rating 38% C

295 Journal Of Education Policy 2 76% 3 No Rating 82% A

296
Journal of Educational and Behavioral 
Statistics

No Rating 68% 2 C 76% A



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Rating

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Metrics 
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AJG  % 

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AJG Rating  

(C2)

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(C3)

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Rating 
(C19)

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ABDC  % 

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ABDC 
Rating  
(C21)

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ABDC 
(C22)

297 Journal of Employment Counseling 1 19% 1 A 31% C

298
Journal of Engineering and Technology 
Management

2 71% 2 B 78% A

299 Journal of Environmental Management 3 85% 3 A 88% A

300
Journal of Environmental Planning and 
Management

No Rating 47% 2 B 58% B

301 Journal of European Public Policy 3 85% 3 A 89% A

302 Journal Of European Social Policy 3 63% 2 No Rating 72% A

303 Journal of Experimental Psychology: general No Rating 93% 4 1A* 94% 1A*

304
Journal of Experimental Psychology: human 
perception and performance

No Rating 71% 2 1A* 78% A

305
Journal of Experimental Psychology: 
learning, memory, and cognition

No Rating 76% 3 1A* 82% A

306 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 4 82% 3 A 87% A

307 Journal of Family Business Strategy 2 66% 2 C 74% A

308 Journal of Gambling Studies No Rating 63% 2 A 72% A

309 Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law No Rating 46% 2 A 57% B

310
Journal of Health Services Research and 
Policy

1 53% 2 C 64% B

311 Journal Of Heuristics 3 53% 2 No Rating 63% B

312 Journal of Higher Education 2 71% 2 B 78% A

313 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research 2 78% 3 A 83% A

314
Journal Of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport And 
Tourism Education

1 41% 2 No Rating 52% B

315
Journal of Human Development and 
Capabilities

No Rating 26% 1 B 37% C

316 Journal Of Industrial Ecology 2 80% 3 No Rating 85% A

317 Journal of Industrial Relations 2 32% 1 A 44% B

318 Journal Of Informetrics 1 79% 3 No Rating 84% A

319 Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing 1 77% 3 B 83% A

320
Journal of Intelligent Transportation 
Systems: technology, planning, and 
operations

No Rating 60% 2 B 70% A

321 Journal of Interdisciplinary History No Rating 27% 1 C 38% C

322 Journal of International Management 3 70% 2 A 78% A

323
Journal of International Relations and 
Development

No Rating 36% 1 C 48% B

324 Journal Of Latin American Studies 2 29% 1 No Rating 41% C

325
Journal of Leadership and Organizational 
Studies

No Rating 49% 2 C 61% B

326 Journal of Leisure Research No Rating 45% 2 A 57% B

327 Journal of Management Inquiry 3 54% 2 A 65% B

328 Journal of Managerial Psychology 3 55% 2 C 64% B

329 Journal of Manufacturing Systems 1 79% 3 B 84% A

330 Journal of Mathematical Psychology 2 59% 2 B 69% A



Number JournalTitle AJG Actual 
Rating

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AJG  % 

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AJG Rating  

(C2)

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AJG 
(C3)

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Rating 
(C19)

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Metrics 
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ABDC  % 

Rank (C20)

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ABDC 
Rating  
(C21)

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ABDC 
(C22)

331
Journal of Occupational and Organizational 
Psychology

4 85% 3 A 88% A

332 Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 4 91% 3 A 92% 1A*

333
Journal of Optimization Theory and 
Applications

3 50% 2 A 61% B

334
Journal of Performance of Constructed 
Facilities

No Rating 40% 1 C 52% B

335 Journal of Personality No Rating 81% 3 A 86% A

336 Journal of Personality Assessment No Rating 69% 2 A 77% A

337 Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 3 81% 3 A 86% A

338
Journal of Pr ofessional Issues in Engineering 
Education and Practice

No Rating 37% 1 B 50% B

339
Journal of Public Administration Research 
and Theory

4 93% 4 A 94% 1A*

340 Journal of Public Policy No Rating 34% 1 B 46% B

341
Journal of Purchasing and Supply 
Management

2 85% 3 B 88% A

342 Journal of Quality Technology No Rating 78% 3 A 84% A

343
Journal of Real Estate Finance and 
Economics

3 51% 2 A 62% B

344 Journal of Research in Personality No Rating 76% 3 A 82% A

345 Journal Of Rural Studies 3 75% 3 No Rating 82% A

346 Journal of Safety Research 2 70% 2 A 78% A

347 Journal of Scheduling 3 48% 2 A 59% B

348 Journal of Service Management 2 74% 3 A 80% A

349 Journal Of Service Theory And Practice 1 56% 2 No Rating 66% B

350 Journal Of Simulation 1 30% 1 No Rating 42% B

351 Journal of Small Business Management 3 81% 3 A 86% A

352 Journal of Social Issues No Rating 73% 2 A 80% A

353 Journal of Social Policy 3 64% 2 A 74% A

354 Journal of Social Psychology 1 42% 2 B 53% B

355 Journal of Sociology No Rating 40% 1 B 52% B

356 Journal of Southeast Asian Studies No Rating 12% 1 C 18% C

357 Journal of Sport and Social Issues No Rating 45% 2 B 57% B

358 Journal of Supply Chain Management 3 93% 4 A 95% 1A*

359 Journal of Technology Transfer 2 73% 2 C 80% A

360 Journal Of Textile Institute 1 37% 1 No Rating 49% B

361 Journal of the Operational Research Society 3 54% 2 A 64% B

362 Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change No Rating 31% 1 C 43% B

363 Journal of Transport and Health No Rating 54% 2 C 62% B

364 Journal of Transport and Land Use No Rating 47% 2 B 57% B



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365 Journal of Transport Economics and Policy 2 50% 2 A 62% B

366 Journal of Transport Geography 2 79% 3 A 84% A

367 Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing 2 56% 2 A 66% B

368 Journal of Urban Affairs No Rating 51% 2 A 62% B

369 Journal of Urban Planning and Development No Rating 35% 1 B 47% B

370 Journal of Vacation Marketing 1 55% 2 A 65% B

371 Journal of World Business 4 88% 3 A 91% A

372 Journalof Applied Behavioral Science 2 55% 2 B 65% B

373
Journalof Business Economics and 
Management

2 33% 1 B 45% B

374 Journalof Business Research 3 78% 3 A 84% A

375 Journalof Business Venturing 4 98% 4 1A* 98% 1A*

376 Journalof Common Market Studies 3 72% 2 B 80% A

377
Journalof Construction Engineering and 
Management

2 68% 2 1A* 77% A

378 Journalof Development Studies 3 56% 2 A 66% B

379
Journalof East European Management 
Studies

1 8% 1 C 17% C

380 Journalof Economic Geography 4 89% 3 A 91% A

381
Journalof Economics and Management 
Strategy

2 51% 2 A 61% B

382 Journalof Forecasting 2 37% 1 A 48% B

383
Journalof Health, Organisation and 
Management

1 26% 1 B 37% C

384
Journalof Hospitality Marketing and 
Management

1 60% 2 A 69% A

385
Journalof Industrial and Management 
Optimization

1 32% 1 B 43% B

386 Journalof Intellectual Capital 2 78% 3 B 82% A

387 Journalof International Business Studies 4 98% 4 1A* 98% 1A*

388 Journalof Knowledge Management 2 74% 3 A 81% A

389 Journalof Labour Research 2 13% 1 B 21% C

390 Journalof Management 4 99% 4 1A* 99% 1A*

391 Journalof Management and Organization 2 28% 1 B 40% C

392 Journalof Management Studies 4 96% 4 1A* 96% 1A*

393 Journalof Operations Management 4 97% 4 1A* 97% 1A*

394
Journalof Organizational Behavior 
Management

2 20% 1 B 31% C

395
Journalof Organizational Change 
Management

2 40% 1 B 51% B

396 Journalof Product Innovation Management 4 94% 4 1A* 95% 1A*

397 Journalof Regional Science 3 67% 2 A 76% A



Number JournalTitle AJG Actual 
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AJG  % 

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398 Journalof Risk Research 2 34% 1 C 46% B

399 Journalof Service Research 4 97% 4 1A* 97% 1A*

400 Journalof Sport Management 2 58% 2 1A* 68% B

401 Journalof Sports Economics 2 39% 1 B 51% B

402 Journalof Sustainable Tourism 3 83% 3 1A* 87% A

403
Journalof The Royal Statistical Society Series 
A

3 75% 3 A 82% A

404 Journalof Travel Research 4 94% 4 1A* 95% 1A*

405 Journalof World Trade 2 19% 1 B 28% C

406 Kyklos 3 43% 2 A 55% B

407 Labor History No Rating 19% 1 A 29% C

408
Labour History: a journal of labour and social 
history

No Rating 8% 1 A 13% C

409 Land Use Policy No Rating 81% 3 A 85% A

410 Language and Communication No Rating 30% 1 B 42% B

411 Leadership 2 54% 2 B 64% B

412 Leadership and Organizational Development 1 36% 1 B 48% B

413 Leadership Quarterly 4 92% 3 1A* 93% 1A*

414 Leisure Sciences: an interdisciplinary journal 2 50% 2 A 62% B

415 Leisure Studies 2 61% 2 A 71% A

416 Local Government Studies 2 39% 1 A 51% B

417 Long Range Planning 3 84% 3 A 88% A

418 Management and Organization Review 3 46% 2 A 57% B

419 Management Communication Quarterly 2 52% 2 B 63% B

420 Management Decision 2 50% 2 B 60% B

421 Management International Review 3 60% 2 A 70% A

422 Management Learning 3 57% 2 A 67% B

423 Management Science 4 94% 4 1A* 95% 1A*

424
Manufacturing and Service Operations 
Management

3 72% 2 A 79% A

425 Marine Resource Economics 1 51% 2 A 63% B

426 Maritime Economics and Logistics 1 54% 2 B 65% B

427
Mathematical Methods Of Operations 
Research

1 33% 1 No Rating 44% B

428 Mathematical Programming 4 85% 3 No Rating 89% A

429 Mathematics of Operations Research 3 53% 2 A 64% B

430 Media Culture and Society No Rating 49% 2 B 60% B

431 Millenium: journal of international studies No Rating 39% 1 B 51% B

432
MIT Sloan Management Review: MIT's 
journal of management research and ideas

3 76% 3 A 82% A

433 Motivation and Emotion No Rating 62% 2 A 72% A



Number JournalTitle AJG Actual 
Rating

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 Journal 
Metrics 
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(C22)

434 Multivariate Behavioral Research No Rating 83% 3 A 87% A

435 Narrative Inquiry No Rating 13% 1 B 21% C

436
Negotiation and Conflict Management 
Research

No Rating 27% 1 C 37% C

437 Negotiation Journal 2 14% 1 B 22% C

438 New Political Economy 3 68% 2 A 76% A

439 New Technology, Work and Employment 3 51% 2 A 62% B

440 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 3 68% 2 A 77% A

441 Nonprofit Management and Leadership 1 44% 2 B 56% B

442 Nutrition and Food Science 1 19% 1 No Rating 30% C

443
Omega The International Journalof 
Management Science

3 94% 4 1A* 95% 1A*

444
Operational Research: an international 
journal

1 40% 2 C 51% B

445 Operations Management Research 1 31% 1 C 42% B

446 Operations Research 4 81% 3 1A* 86% A

447 Operations Research Letters 2 34% 1 A 43% B

448 Optimal Control Applications and Methods No Rating 51% 2 B 62% B

449
Optimization A Journalof Mathematical 
Programming and Operations Research

1 37% 1 B 49% B

450 OR Spectrum 3 65% 2 B 74% A

451
Organization and Environment: international 
journal of ecosocial research

2 82% 3 B 86% A

452 Organization Science 4 90% 3 1A* 92% 1A*

453 Organization Studies 4 83% 3 1A* 88% A

454
Organization: the critical journal of 
organization, theory and society

3 82% 3 A 86% A

455 Organizational Dynamics 2 36% 1 A 48% B

456 Organizational Psychology Review 2 63% 2 B 68% B

457 Organizational Research Methods 4 94% 4 1A* 95% 1A*

458 Parliamentary Affairs 2 40% 2 B 52% B

459 Perceptual and Motor Skills No Rating 25% 1 C 35% C

460 Personality and Individual Differences 3 66% 2 A 74% A

461 Personality and Social Psychology Review No Rating 99% 4 1A* 99% 1A*

462 Personnel Review 2 50% 2 A 61% B

463 Philosophy and Public Affairs No Rating 64% 2 A 71% A

464 Philosophy of the Social Sciences No Rating 17% 1 B 26% C

465 Policy and Politics: an international journal 3 50% 2 A 62% B

466 Policy and Society No Rating 44% 2 B 55% B



Number JournalTitle AJG Actual 
Rating

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Metrics 
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AJG Rating  

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ABDC 
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(C22)

467
Policy Sciences: an international journal 
devoted to the improvement of policy 
making

1 75% 3 B 81% A

468 Policy Studies 2 18% 1 B 29% C

469 Policy Studies Journal No Rating 72% 2 B 79% A

470
Political Communication: an international 
journal

No Rating 73% 2 A 80% A

471 Political Quarterly 2 40% 2 B 52% B

472 Political Science Quarterly No Rating 16% 1 A 24% C

473 Political Studies 2 66% 2 B 74% A

474 Politics and Society 3 61% 2 B 71% A

475 Population No Rating 20% 1 B 32% C

476 Population and Development Review No Rating 88% 3 A 91% A

477 Population and Environment No Rating 59% 2 A 69% B

478 Population Research and Policy Review No Rating 39% 1 A 51% B

479 Population Studies: a journal of demography No Rating 57% 2 A 67% B

480 Population, Space and Place No Rating 69% 2 C 77% A

481
Proceedings Of Institute Of Mechanical 
Engineers Part B Journal Of Engineering 
Manufacture

1 44% 2 -1 No Rating 55% B

482 Production and Operations Management 4 74% 3 A 81% A

483 Production Planning and Control 3 68% 2 B 76% A

484 Progress In Human Geography 3 97% 4 -1 No Rating 98% 1A*

485 Project Management Journal 1 60% 2 B 69% B

486 Psychological Research 3 64% 2 A 73% A

487 Psychology of Women Quarterly 3 79% 3 A 84% A

488 Public Administration and Development 2 35% 1 A 48% B

489 Public Administration Review 4 90% 3 A 92% 1A*

490
Public Administration: an international 
quarterly

4 80% 3 A 85% A

491 Public Management Review 3 75% 3 A 81% A

492 Public Money and Management 2 27% 1 A 38% C

493 Public Opinion Quarterly 3 73% 2 A 80% A

494
Public Performance and Management 
Review

1 32% 1 B 43% B

495 Public Personnel Management No Rating 43% 2 C 54% B

496 Public Policy and Administration No Rating 58% 2 B 68% B

497
Quality and Quantity: international journal of 
methodology

No Rating 30% 1 B 42% B

498
Quality And Reliability Engineering 
International

1 54% 2 -1 No Rating 64% B

499 Quality of Life Research No Rating 72% 2 A 79% A

500 Quarterly Journal of Political Science 3 67% 2 B 75% A



Number JournalTitle AJG Actual 
Rating

 Journal 
Metrics 
Average 
AJG  % 

Rank (C1)

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AJG Rating  

(C2)

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AJG 
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Rating 
(C19)

 Journal 
Metrics 
Average 
ABDC  % 

Rank (C20)

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ABDC 
Rating  
(C21)

Action- 
ABDC 
(C22)

501 Quest No Rating 40% 2 C 52% B

502 Queuing Systems 2 46% 2 0 No Rating 58% B

503 R & D Management 3 62% 2 A 71% A

504
Rairo Operations Research / Recherche 
Operationnelle

1 13% 1 0 No Rating 21% C

505 Rationality and Society 2 16% 1 B 25% C

506 Regional Science and Urban Economics 3 62% 2 A 71% A

507 Regional Studies 3 85% 3 1A* 89% A

508 Regulation and Governance 3 73% 2 A 79% A

509 Reliability Engineering and System Safety 3 90% 3 A 92% A

510 Research Evaluation 2 66% 2 C 75% A

511 Research Policy 4 97% 4 1A* 97% 1A*

512
Research Technology Management: 
international journal of research 
management

2 53% 2 A 64% B

513 Review of International Organizations No Rating 76% 3 C 80% A

514 Review of International Studies No Rating 64% 2 B 74% A

515 Review Of Managerial Science 2 34% 1 1 No Rating 45% B

516 Reviewof International Political Economy 3 78% 3 A 83% A

517 Risk Analysis An International Journal 4 73% 2 No Rating 80% A

518 Risk Management: an international journal No Rating 8% 1 C 15% C

519
Scandinavian Journalof Hospitality and 
Tourism

2 32% 1 B 44% B

520 Scandinavian Journalof Management 2 44% 2 B 55% B

521 Science and Public Policy 2 45% 2 C 56% B

522 Science and Society 2 9% 1 B 16% C

523 Science Communication No Rating 52% 2 A 62% B

524 Science, Technology and Human Values 2 80% 3 A 85% A

525 Science, Technology and Society 2 16% 1 B 26% C

526 Scientometrics 2 69% 2 A 77% A

527 Security Dialogue No Rating 80% 3 A 85% A

528 Security Studies No Rating 58% 2 B 69% B

529 Service Industries Journal 2 41% 2 B 52% B

530 Service Science 1 9% 1 No Rating 16% C

531 Sex Roles 2 61% 2 A 70% A

532 Siam Journal On Optimization 3 78% 3 No Rating 84% A

533 Signs 2 39% 1 No Rating 51% B

534
Small Business Economics: an 
entrepreneurship journal

3 85% 3 A 89% A



Number JournalTitle AJG Actual 
Rating

 Journal 
Metrics 
Average 
AJG  % 

Rank (C1)

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AJG Rating  

(C2)

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AJG 
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Rating 
(C19)

 Journal 
Metrics 
Average 
ABDC  % 

Rank (C20)

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ABDC 
Rating  
(C21)

Action- 
ABDC 
(C22)

535
Small Group Research: an international 
journal of theory, investigation and 
application

2 46% 2 A 57% B

536 Social Forces 3 75% 3 A 81% A

537 Social Indicators Research No Rating 55% 2 A 65% B

538 Social Justice Research 1 31% 1 B 42% B

539 Social Networks 2 79% 3 No Rating 84% A

540
Social Policy and Administration: an 
international journal of policy and research

2 51% 2 A 62% B

541 Social Problems No Rating 72% 2 A 80% A

542 Social Psychological and Personality Science No Rating 65% 2 B 73% A

543 Social Science And Medicine 4 84% 3 No Rating 89% A

544
Social Science Information: information sur 
les sciences sociales

No Rating 12% 1 C 20% C

545 Social Science Japan Journal No Rating 14% 1 C 21% C

546 Social Science Quarterly No Rating 43% 2 B 53% B

547 Social Service Review No Rating 57% 2 B 68% B

548 Social Studies Of Science 2 77% 3 No Rating 83% A

549
SocioEconomic Planning Sciences The 
International Journal Of Public Sector 
DecisionMaking

2 51% 2 No Rating 62% B

550 Socio-Economic Review 3 77% 3 A 83% A

551 Sociological Inquiry No Rating 26% 1 A 38% C

552 Sociological Methodology 3 57% 2 A 68% B

553 Sociological Methods and Research No Rating 85% 3 A 88% A

554 Sociologie Du Travail 2 24% 1 B 32% C

555 Sociology 4 80% 3 1A* 85% A

556 Sociology Of Health And Illness 4 70% 2 No Rating 78% A

557 Sociology of Sport Journal No Rating 40% 1 A 51% B

558 Sport in Society No Rating 20% 1 B 31% C

559 Sport Management Review 2 70% 2 A 77% A

560 Sport Psychologist No Rating 47% 2 B 58% B

561 Sport, Education and Society No Rating 65% 2 B 74% A

562 Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal 4 73% 2 A 78% A

563 Strategic Management Journal 4 98% 4 1A* 98% 1A*

564 Strategic Organization 3 63% 2 A 72% A

565 Stress and Health 2 49% 2 A 60% B

566 Structural Equation Modelling No Rating 89% 3 A 91% A

567
Studies in Comparative International 
Development

No Rating 45% 2 A 56% B

568 Studies in Higher Education 3 73% 2 A 80% A

569
Supply Chain Management: an international 
journal

3 88% 3 A 90% A

570 Survival No Rating 37% 1 B 50% B



Number JournalTitle AJG Actual 
Rating

 Journal 
Metrics 
Average 
AJG  % 

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(C2)

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AJG 
(C3)

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Rating 
(C19)

 Journal 
Metrics 
Average 
ABDC  % 

Rank (C20)

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ABDC 
Rating  
(C21)

Action- 
ABDC 
(C22)

571 System Dynamics Review 2 42% 2 A 53% B

572 Systemic Practice and Action Research No Rating 23% 1 B 35% C

573 Systems Research and Behavioral Science No Rating 26% 1 A 38% C

574 Teaching in Higher Education 2 47% 2 C 59% B

575 Technological Forecasting and Social Change 3 80% 3 A 85% A

576
Technology Analysis and Strategic 
Management

2 46% 2 B 56% B

577 Technometrics No Rating 62% 2 A 71% A

578 Technovation 3 91% 3 A 93% 1A*

579 Telecommunications Policy 1 61% 2 No Rating 71% A

580 Test No Rating 51% 2 B 62% B

581
The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge 
Engineering

No Rating 11% 1 C 19% C

582
The China Review: an interdisciplinary 
journal on greater China

No Rating 10% 1 C 19% C

583 The Economic and Labour Relations Review 1 16% 1 B 26% C

584
The International Journal of Logistics 
Management

1 55% 2 A 65% B

585 The Milbank Quarterly 3 81% 3 B 87% A

586 The Pacific Review No Rating 56% 2 A 67% B

587 The Social Science Journal No Rating 22% 1 C 33% C

588 The Sociological Review 3 73% 2 A 80% A

589 Theory and Decision 2 24% 1 A 34% C

590
Theory, Culture and Society: explorations in 
critical social science

3 65% 2 A 73% A

591 Third World Quarterly 2 60% 2 No Rating 71% A

592
Top An Official Journal Of The Spanish 
Society Of Statistics And Operations 
Research

1 35% 1 No Rating 46% B

593
Total Quality Management and Business 
Excellence

2 51% 2 C 62% B

594 Tourism Economics 2 34% 1 A 45% B

595 Tourism Geographies 2 61% 2 A 71% A

596 Tourism Management 4 97% 4 1A* 97% 1A*

597 Tourism Management Perspectives 2 51% 2 B 62% B

598 Tourist Studies 2 39% 1 B 51% B

599 Transport Reviews 2 85% 3 A 89% A

600 Transportation 2 78% 3 A 84% A

601 Transportation Journal No Rating 34% 1 B 46% B

602 Transportation Letters No Rating 13% 1 B 22% C



Number JournalTitle AJG Actual 
Rating

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Metrics 
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(C2)

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AJG 
(C3)

ABDC 
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Rating 
(C19)

 Journal 
Metrics 
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ABDC  % 

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ABDC 
Rating  
(C21)

Action- 
ABDC 
(C22)

603 Transportation Planning and Technology No Rating 23% 1 B 34% C

604
Transportation Research Part A Policy and 
Practice

3 86% 3 1A* 89% A

605
Transportation Research Part B 
Methodological

4 94% 4 1A* 94% 1A*

606
Transportation Research Part D: Transport 
and Environment

3 81% 3 A 86% A

607
Transportation Research Part E Logistics and 
Transportation Review

3 85% 3 1A* 88% A

608
Transportation Research Part F: Traffic 
Psychology and Behaviour

No Rating 70% 2 A 78% A

609 Transportation Science 3 91% 3 A 93% 1A*

610 Transportmetrica A: Transport Science No Rating 61% 2 B 70% A

611 Transportmetrica B No Rating 61% 2 B 68% B

612 Urban Affairs Review No Rating 58% 2 B 69% B

613 Urban Studies 3 80% 3 1A* 85% A

614
US Bureau of Labor Statistics: Monthly Labor 
Review

No Rating 18% 1 B 26% C

615 Utilities Policy 1 52% 2 No Rating 63% B

616
Voluntas International Journal of Voluntary 
and Nonprofit Organization

2 39% 1 B 51% B

617 Water Resources Research No Rating 89% 3 A 91% A

618 West European Politics 3 78% 3 B 83% A

619
Work & Stress: An international Journal of 
Work, Health and Organisations

3 86% 3 A 89% A

620
Work and Occupations: an international 
sociological journal

3 75% 3 A 81% A

621 Work, Employment and Society 4 71% 2 A 79% A

622 World Bank Research Observer 2 76% 3 B 82% A

623 World Politics No Rating 92% 3 A 94% 1A*

624
Written Communication: an international 
quarterly of research, theory, and 
application

No Rating 53% 2 B 64% B

625
Zeitschrift Für Personalforschung (German 
Journal Of Research In Human Resource 
Management)

2 35% 1 No Rating 44% B


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