Top journals from Estonia
All 46 ranked journals whose publisher is in Estonia, ordered by the ITS Journal Score (2021–2025, open OpenAlex data).
Estonia in numbers
Estonia has 46 journals with an ITS Journal Score, #69 of 148 countries by number of ranked journals. Together they published 8,960 papers in 2021–2025, and 99% of these papers are open access. 22 of the journals (48%) are listed in DOAJ. The most common fields are Arts and Humanities (12), Social Sciences (11), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (5) journals.
Country here is the publisher's country as recorded in OpenAlex. A journal's editors and authors may be based elsewhere.
Ranked journals
| Rank in country | Global rank | Journal | Field | Score | Papers 2021–2025 | h-index | Open access | DOAJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #15,137 | EUREKA Physics and Engineering OU Scientific Route | Engineering | 56.5 | 490 | 19 | 100% | — |
| 2 | #15,415 | Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Estonian Academy Publishers | Mathematics | 56.0 | 246 | 31 | 100% | Yes |
| 3 | #15,538 | Oil Shale Estonian Academy Publishers | Engineering | 55.8 | 92 | 36 | 100% | Yes |
| 4 | #16,848 | Sign Systems Studies University of Tartu Press | Arts and Humanities | 53.8 | 155 | 34 | 100% | Yes |
| 5 | #17,147 | Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Geology Estonian Academy Publishers | Earth and Planetary Sciences | 53.4 | 149 | 33 | 100% | Yes |
| 6 | #17,253 | Iberoamerican Journal of Science Measurement and Communication | Decision Sciences | 53.2 | 139 | 14 | 100% | — |
| 7 | #18,081 | Folklore Electronic Journal of Folklore Estonian Literary Museum Scholarly Press | Arts and Humanities | 52.0 | 207 | 19 | 100% | — |
| 8 | #18,906 | Trames Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences Estonian Academy Publishers | Social Sciences | 50.8 | 121 | 29 | 100% | Yes |
| 9 | #19,131 | Agronomy Research Estonian Agricultural University | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 50.5 | 505 | 36 | 100% | Yes |
| 10 | #19,883 | Folia Cryptogamica Estonica University of Tartu | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 49.5 | 67 | 21 | 100% | — |
| 11 | #19,896 | TalTech Journal of European Studies De Gruyter Open | Social Sciences | 49.5 | 123 | 18 | 100% | Yes |
| 12 | #22,221 | EUREKA Social and Humanities | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 46.5 | 235 | 13 | 100% | — |
| 13 | #25,213 | ECONOMICS FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT REVIEW | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 43.1 | 241 | 8 | 100% | — |
| 14 | #25,996 | EUREKA Life Sciences | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 42.3 | 179 | 9 | 100% | — |
| 15 | #27,758 | ScienceRise Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute | Multidisciplinary | 40.5 | 179 | 12 | 100% | — |
| 16 | #27,860 | Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics University of Tartu Press | Arts and Humanities | 40.5 | 115 | 12 | 100% | Yes |
| 17 | #28,142 | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND LAW REVIEW | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 40.2 | 205 | 7 | 100% | — |
| 18 | #30,426 | Papers on Anthropology University of Tartu | Medicine | 38.1 | 53 | 11 | 100% | — |
| 19 | #30,831 | Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum Estonian Association of the History and Philosophy of Science | Arts and Humanities | 37.8 | 97 | 11 | 100% | Yes |
| 20 | #31,015 | Linguistica Uralica Estonian Academy Publishers | Arts and Humanities | 37.6 | 148 | 18 | 100% | Yes |
| 21 | #31,918 | PEDAGOGY AND EDUCATION MANAGEMENT REVIEW | Computer Science | 36.8 | 175 | 6 | 100% | — |
| 22 | #32,399 | Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu aastaraamat Estonian Papers in Applied Linguistics Estonian Association for Applied Linguistics | Computer Science | 36.4 | 85 | 11 | 100% | Yes |
| 23 | #32,663 | Forestry Studies / Metsanduslikud Uurimused De Gruyter Open | Environmental Science | 36.1 | 71 | 15 | 100% | Yes |
| 24 | #32,752 | Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics Estonian National Museum | Arts and Humanities | 36.1 | 134 | 8 | 100% | Yes |
| 25 | #32,833 | Eesti Haridusteaduste Ajakiri = Estonian Journal of Education University of Tartu Press | Social Sciences | 36.0 | 124 | 13 | 100% | Yes |
| 26 | #33,325 | Acta et Commentationes Universitatis Tartuensis de Mathematica University of Tartu Press | Mathematics | 35.6 | 101 | 14 | 100% | — |
| 27 | #34,330 | Keel ja Kirjandus SA Kultuurileht | Arts and Humanities | 34.8 | 294 | 10 | 83% | Yes |
| 28 | #35,729 | PIRETC-Proceeding of The International Research Education & Training Centre | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 33.6 | 205 | 4 | 100% | — |
| 29 | #35,817 | Studia Metrica et Poetica University of Tartu | Arts and Humanities | 33.6 | 62 | 9 | 100% | Yes |
| 30 | #37,342 | PAHTEI-Procedings of Azerbaijan High Technical Educational Institutions Education Support and Investment Fund NGO | Engineering | 32.4 | 1,946 | 6 | 100% | — |
| 31 | #39,509 | ETM Equipment Technologies Materials Education Support and Investment Fund NGO | Engineering | 30.7 | 514 | 5 | 100% | — |
| 32 | #41,738 | Interlitteraria University of Tartu Press | Social Sciences | 28.9 | 144 | 9 | 100% | Yes |
| 33 | #45,530 | Mäetagused Estonian Literary Museum Scholarly Press | Arts and Humanities | 26.0 | 164 | 7 | 100% | Yes |
| 34 | #46,627 | Acta Historica Tallinnensia Estonian Academy Publishers | Social Sciences | 25.2 | 53 | 7 | 100% | Yes |
| 35 | #47,521 | International Journal of research in Educational Sciences | Social Sciences | 24.4 | 92 | 6 | 100% | — |
| 36 | #48,155 | Juridica International Iuridicum Foundation | Social Sciences | 23.9 | 69 | 6 | 100% | Yes |
| 37 | #49,265 | The Yearbook of the Estonian Mother Tongue Society Estonian Academy Publishers | Arts and Humanities | 23.0 | 61 | 7 | 100% | — |
| 38 | #49,666 | Baltic screen media review./Baltic screen media review De Gruyter | Arts and Humanities | 22.7 | 60 | 9 | 100% | — |
| 39 | #49,926 | Philologia Estonica Tallinnensis Tallinn University | Social Sciences | 22.4 | 50 | 5 | 100% | — |
| 40 | #50,079 | Methis Studia humaniora Estonica University of Tartu Press | Social Sciences | 22.3 | 110 | 6 | 100% | Yes |
| 41 | #50,550 | Ajalooline Ajakiri The Estonian Historical Journal University of Tartu Press | Social Sciences | 21.9 | 72 | 5 | 100% | — |
| 42 | #52,166 | Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies Estonian Literary Museum Scholarly Press | Social Sciences | 20.4 | 106 | 3 | 100% | Yes |
| 43 | #53,601 | Baltic Journal of Art History University of Tartu Press | Arts and Humanities | 19.1 | 60 | 5 | 100% | — |
| 44 | #54,340 | Surgical Case Reports | Medicine | 18.4 | 203 | 4 | 100% | — |
| 45 | #55,194 | Socio World Social Research & Behavioral Sciences | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 17.5 | 170 | 4 | 100% | — |
| 46 | #59,785 | ENECO-Proceeding of Energy Economic Research Center | Environmental Science | 11.3 | 89 | 1 | 100% | — |
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How the ITS Journal Score works
One formula applies to every ranked journal, using open data from OpenAlex: 45% citation impact, 35% h-index and 20% size (papers published 2021–2025). Citation impact is the smaller of the journal's two-year mean citedness and its five-year citations per paper, so a journal whose output collapsed cannot jump to the top on old citations. Each part is half a percentile and half a log-scaled value, so the very top is still separated. Growth and open-access share are shown separately and are not part of the score.
A journal is ranked only if it published at least 50 papers in 2021–2025 and was active in at least five of the last six years. Field rankings compare a journal only with journals in the same field; the field is the OpenAlex field with most of the journal's recent papers, or "Multidisciplinary" when no field has 30% of them.
What this is not: the ITS Journal Score is not a Journal Impact Factor, CiteScore or SJR, and this site does not say whether a journal is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science or PubMed. Always confirm aims and scope, indexing, peer review and fees on the journal's own website before you submit.