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Best Social Sciences (all) journals

285 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Social Sciences (all). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 72 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Journal of International Business Studies 17.6 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
2 Human Relations 16.1 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
3 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 15.2 99th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Campbell Systematic Reviews 14 98th Q1 ESCI – Yes
5 Journal of Industrial Ecology 12 98th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Design Studies 11.8 98th Q1 SCIE A No
7 Social Science Computer Review 11.2 97th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
8 Regional Studies 10 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
9 Behaviour and Information Technology 9.7 97th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
10 Journal of Social Issues 9.6 96th Q1 SSCI A No
11 International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice 9.2 96th Q1 SSCI B No
12 Kybernetes 7.7 95th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Quality and Quantity 7.5 95th Q1 – B No
14 Journal of Youth Studies 7 95th Q1 SSCI – No
15 Scientometrics 6.9 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
16 Minerva 6.9 94th Q1 SSCI – No
17 Social Studies of Science 6.9 94th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
18 Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 6.9 93rd Q1 SSCI B No
19 Policy Sciences 6.8 93rd Q1 SSCI B No
20 Journal of European Social Policy 6.8 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
21 Geography Compass 6.8 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
22 Evaluation Review 6.5 92nd Q1 SSCI A No
23 Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies 6.5 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
24 Contemporary Social Science 6.5 91st Q1 ESCI – No
25 Global Networks 6.4 91st Q1 SSCI A No
26 Social Indicators Research 6.4 91st Q1 SSCI A No
27 Community, Work and Family 6.4 90th Q1 ESCI C No
28 Disability and Society 6.4 90th Q1 SSCI – No
29 Economy and Society 6.3 90th Q1 SSCI A No
30 Social Networks 6.3 89th Q1 SSCI – No
31 Critical Discourse Studies 6.1 89th Q1 SSCI B No
32 Disasters 6 88th Q1 SSCI A No
33 Group Decision and Negotiation 6 88th Q1 SSCI A No
34 Advances in Simulation 5.9 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
35 Dementia 5.8 87th Q1 SSCI – No
36 Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management 5.8 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
37 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 5.7 87th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
38 Theory, Culture and Society 5.5 86th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
39 International Regional Science Review 5.4 86th Q1 SSCI B No
40 Youth and Society 5.3 86th Q1 SSCI – No
41 American Behavioral Scientist 5.2 85th Q1 SSCI B No
42 International Journal of Social Economics 5.2 85th Q1 ESCI B No
43 Cooperation and Conflict 5.1 85th Q1 SSCI – No
44 Natural Hazards Review 5 84th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
45 International Journal of Electronic Government Research 4.9 84th Q1 ESCI C No
46 International Journal of Design 4.9 84th Q1 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – Yes
47 Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal 4.9 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
48 Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology 4.8 83rd Q1 SSCI – Yes
49 Systems Research and Behavioral Science 4.7 83rd Q1 SSCI A No
50 Annals of Regional Science 4.7 82nd Q1 SSCI B No
51 JASSS 4.7 82nd Q1 SSCI – Yes
52 China Information 4.6 81st Q1 SSCI B No
53 Cultural Sociology 4.6 81st Q1 SSCI – No
54 Journal of Risk Research 4.5 81st Q1 SSCI C No
55 International Studies in Sociology of Education 4.5 80th Q1 ESCI – No
56 Simulation and Gaming 4.5 80th Q1 ESCI – No
57 Social Epistemology 4.5 80th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
58 Work in the Global Economy 4.4 79th Q1 – – No
59 Public Opinion Quarterly 4.2 79th Q1 SSCI A No
60 City, Culture and Society 4.2 79th Q1 – – No
61 Cogent Social Sciences 4.2 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
62 Journal of Biosocial Science 4.2 78th Q1 SSCI – Yes
63 Qualitative Research Journal 4.1 78th Q1 ESCI – No
64 Frontiers in Sociology 4 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
65 Sociology Compass 3.9 77th Q1 SSCI – No
66 Journal of Aging Studies 3.8 77th Q1 SSCI – No
67 Race and Class 3.8 76th Q1 SSCI – No
68 Social and Legal Studies 3.8 76th Q1 SSCI – No
69 Societies 3.8 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
70 Methodology 3.7 75th Q1 SSCI – Yes
71 Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences 3.6 75th Q1 ESCI – No
72 Social Sciences 3.5 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
73 IEEE Technology and Society Magazine 3.5 74th Q2 SCIE – No
74 SAGE Open 3.5 74th Q2 SSCI – Yes
75 Journal of Chinese Sociology 3.4 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
76 Cultural Studies 3.3 73rd Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
77 Journal of Technology in Human Services 3.3 73rd Q2 ESCI – No
78 Emotion, Space and Society 3.3 72nd Q2 SSCI – No
79 Asia Europe Journal 3.2 72nd Q2 SSCI B No
80 Crime, Law and Social Change 3.2 72nd Q2 SSCI B No
81 Asian Journal of Social Psychology 3.1 71st Q2 SSCI – No
82 Interchange 3.1 71st Q2 – – No
83 Sociological Science 3.1 71st Q2 SSCI – Yes
84 Social Currents 3.1 70th Q2 ESCI – No
85 Industrial Engineering and Management Systems 3 70th Q2 ESCI – No
86 Kotuitui 3 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
87 Revista de Ciencias Sociales 3 69th Q2 – – Yes
88 Symbolic Interaction 3 69th Q2 SSCI – No
89 Socius 2.9 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
90 Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy 2.9 68th Q2 SSCI – No
91 Chinese Journal of Sociology 2.8 68th Q2 ESCI – No
92 Historical Social Research 2.8 68th Q2 SSCI – No
93 Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 2.8 67th Q2 SSCI A No
94 Periodica Polytechnica Social and Management Sciences 2.8 67th Q2 – – No
95 International Social Science Journal 2.8 66th Q2 – B No
96 Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung 2.7 66th Q2 – – Yes
97 Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society 2.7 66th Q2 ESCI – Yes
98 International Journal of Sociology 2.7 65th Q2 ESCI – No
99 Journal for General Philosophy of Science 2.6 65th Q2 AHCI – No
100 Law and Social Inquiry 2.6 65th Q2 SSCI – No
101 Social Science Quarterly 2.5 64th Q2 SSCI B No
102 Citizenship Teaching and Learning 2.5 64th Q2 – – No
103 Polar Journal 2.5 64th Q2 ESCI – No
104 International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences 2.5 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
105 Interpreting and Society 2.5 63rd Q2 – – Yes
106 Irish Journal of Sociology 2.5 63rd Q2 – – No
107 Social Science Information 2.4 62nd Q2 SSCI C No
108 Canadian Review of Sociology 2.4 62nd Q2 SSCI – No
109 Synthese 2.4 62nd Q2 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
110 Journal of South Asian Development 2.4 61st Q2 SSCI C No
111 World Affairs 2.4 61st Q2 – – No
112 Worldwide Waste 2.4 61st Q2 – – Yes
113 Society 2.3 60th Q2 SSCI – No
114 Die Erde 2.2 60th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
115 Theory and Decision 2.2 59th Q2 SSCI A No
116 Critical African Studies 2.2 59th Q2 ESCI – No
117 Journal of Applied Social Science 2 59th Q2 – – No
118 Social Science Japan Journal 2 58th Q2 SSCI C No
119 Knowledge and Space 2 58th Q2 – – No
120 Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research 2 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
121 Psicoperspectivas 1.9 57th Q2 – – Yes
122 International Journal of Tourism Policy 1.8 57th Q2 – C No
123 Academica Turistica 1.8 57th Q2 – – No
124 HSE Social and Education History 1.8 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
125 East Asian Science, Technology and Society 1.7 56th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
126 OBETS 1.7 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
127 South Asia Research 1.7 55th Q2 ESCI – No
128 Integration of Education 1.6 55th Q2 – – Yes
129 Prisma Social 1.6 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
130 Contemporary Japan 1.6 54th Q2 – – No
131 Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 1.6 54th Q2 ESCI – No
132 Studia Historica Slovenica 1.6 54th Q2 – – No
133 Acta Colombiana de Psicologia 1.6 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
134 New Global Studies 1.6 53rd Q2 ESCI – No
135 Forum (Germany) 1.5 52nd Q2 SSCI – No
136 International Journal of Islamic Thought 1.5 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
137 Uniciencia 1.5 52nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
138 Negotiation Journal 1.5 51st Q2 SSCI B No
139 Magallania 1.5 51st Q2 SSCI – Yes
140 Revista de Estudios Sociales 1.5 51st Q2 SSCI – Yes
141 Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural 1.5 50th Q2 – C Yes
142 Humanities and Social Sciences Letters 1.5 50th Q2 – – No
143 Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Ninez y Juventud 1.5 50th Q2 – – Yes
144 International Journal of Asian Studies 1.4 49th Q3 AHCI B No
145 Apuntes 1.4 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
146 Human Organization 1.4 49th Q3 SSCI – No
147 Acta Academica 1.4 48th Q3 – – Yes
148 Open Cultural Studies 1.4 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
149 Sociological Focus 1.4 48th Q3 – – No
150 Health in Emergencies and Disasters Quarterly 1.3 47th Q3 – – Yes
151 Japanese Journal of Sociology 1.3 47th Q3 ESCI – No
152 Nature and Culture 1.3 47th Q3 SSCI – No
153 Italian Sociological Review 1.3 46th Q3 – – Yes
154 South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal 1.3 46th Q3 – – Yes
155 Genealogy 1.3 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
156 Sociological Bulletin 1.2 45th Q3 – – No
157 Standort 1.2 45th Q3 – – No
158 Ambiente e Sociedade 1.2 44th Q3 – – Yes
159 Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences 1.2 44th Q3 – – Yes
160 Trames 1.2 44th Q3 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
161 African Journal of Social Work 1.2 43rd Q3 – – Yes
162 China: An International Journal 1.2 43rd Q3 SSCI – No
163 Korea Observer 1.2 43rd Q3 SSCI – No
164 New Zealand Sociology 1.2 43rd Q3 – – No
165 Empiria 1.1 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
166 South African Review of Sociology 1.1 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
167 Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies 1.1 41st Q3 – – No
168 Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences 1.1 41st Q3 – – No
169 Qualitative Sociology Review 1.1 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
170 Mathematical Social Sciences 1.1 40th Q3 SCIE, SSCI A No
171 Russian Sociological Review 1.1 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
172 Social Research 1.1 40th Q3 SSCI – No
173 Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies 1.1 39th Q3 ESCI – No
174 Social Indicators Research Series 1.1 39th Q3 – – No
175 Africa Today 1 38th Q3 – – No
176 Continuity and Change 1 38th Q3 SSCI – No
177 Dados 1 38th Q3 SSCI – Yes
178 Convergencia 1 37th Q3 SSCI – Yes
179 Polish Sociological Review 1 37th Q3 SSCI – Yes
180 Sotsiologicheskiy Zhurnal 1 37th Q3 – – Yes
181 Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory 0.9 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
182 Sociologias 0.9 36th Q3 – – Yes
183 Teorija in Praksa 0.9 36th Q3 ESCI – No
184 African Studies Quarterly 0.9 35th Q3 – – Yes
185 An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities) 0.9 35th Q3 – – Yes
186 Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska. Sectio B 0.8 34th Q3 – – Yes
187 Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Studies 0.8 34th Q3 – – No
188 Sociologija 0.8 34th Q3 ESCI – Yes
189 Studia Regionalne i Lokalne 0.8 34th Q3 – – Yes
190 International Journal of Interdisciplinary Global Studies 0.8 33rd Q3 – – No
191 Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society 0.8 33rd Q3 – – No
192 RUDN Journal of Sociology 0.8 33rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
193 Centro Journal 0.7 32nd Q3 – – No
194 Novos Estudos CEBRAP 0.7 32nd Q3 – – No
195 Przeglad Socjologii Jakosciowej 0.7 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
196 Social Philosophy and Policy 0.7 31st Q3 AHCI, SSCI – No
197 Socialni Studia/Social Studies 0.7 31st Q3 – – Yes
198 Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research 0.7 30th Q3 ESCI – No
199 Social Sciences in China 0.7 30th Q3 ESCI – No
200 Annals of Arid Zone 0.7 29th Q3 – – No
201 Athenea Digital 0.7 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
202 Journal of Korean Studies 0.7 29th Q3 AHCI – No
203 Szociologiai Szemle 0.7 28th Q3 – – No
204 Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Sociais 0.6 28th Q3 – – No
205 Bilig 0.6 27th Q3 SSCI – No
206 Iberoamericana - Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 0.6 27th Q3 – – Yes
207 Osterreichische Zeitschrift fur Soziologie 0.6 27th Q3 ESCI – No
208 Tempo Social 0.6 27th Q3 SSCI – Yes
209 Journal of American Studies 0.6 26th Q3 AHCI – No
210 Natures Sciences Societes 0.6 26th Q3 – – Yes
211 Revista Austral de Ciencias Sociales 0.6 26th Q3 – – No
212 Indian Economic and Social History Review 0.6 25th Q3 AHCI, SSCI – No
213 Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences 0.6 25th Q3 ESCI – Yes
214 Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning 0.6 25th Q3 SSCI – Yes
215 Digital Studies/ Le Champ Numerique 0.6 24th Q4 – – Yes
216 Transcultural Studies 0.6 24th Q4 ESCI – Yes
217 Journal of Multidisciplinary in Social Sciences 0.5 23rd Q4 – – No
218 Revista Critica de Ciencias Sociais 0.5 23rd Q4 ESCI – Yes
219 Universum 0.5 23rd Q4 ESCI – Yes
220 Annales-Anali za Istrske in Mediteranske Studije - Series Historia et Sociologia 0.5 22nd Q4 AHCI – Yes
221 Science in Context 0.5 22nd Q4 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
222 Stanovnistvo 0.5 22nd Q4 ESCI – Yes
223 Fronteiras 0.5 21st Q4 – – Yes
224 Journal of Contemporary Iraq and the Arab World 0.5 21st Q4 – – No
225 Women's Studies 0.5 21st Q4 AHCI – No
226 Andamios 0.5 20th Q4 SSCI – No
227 Journal of Asian Sociology 0.5 20th Q4 – – No
228 Revista de Estudios Internacionales Mediterraneos 0.5 20th Q4 ESCI – Yes
229 Journal of Appalachian Studies 0.5 19th Q4 – – No
230 Revista Mad 0.5 19th Q4 ESCI – Yes
231 Studia Orientalia Slovaca 0.5 19th Q4 – – No
232 Revista Colombiana de Sociologia 0.4 18th Q4 ESCI – No
233 Trashumante 0.4 18th Q4 ESCI – No
234 Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe 0.4 18th Q4 SSCI – No
235 Clio. Revista de Historia, Ciencias Humanas y Pensamiento Critico. 0.4 17th Q4 – – Yes
236 Estudios Publicos 0.4 17th Q4 – – No
237 Autoctonia 0.4 16th Q4 – – Yes
238 Culturales 0.4 16th Q4 ESCI – Yes
239 Agroalimentaria 0.3 16th Q4 – – Yes
240 Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales 0.3 15th Q4 SSCI – No
241 Cadernos de Estudos Africanos 0.3 15th Q4 – – Yes
242 Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali 0.3 15th Q4 – – No
243 Australasian Review of African Studies 0.3 14th Q4 ESCI – No
244 Avant 0.3 14th Q4 ESCI – Yes
245 European Journal of Korean Studies 0.3 14th Q4 ESCI – No
246 Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China's Development Path 0.3 13th Q4 – – No
247 Review of Korean Studies 0.3 13th Q4 ESCI – Yes
248 Sociedade e Cultura 0.3 13th Q4 – – No
249 Atenea 0.3 12th Q4 AHCI – No
250 Greek Review of Social Research 0.3 12th Q4 – – Yes
251 Balkan Studies Library 0.3 11th Q4 – – No
252 Journal of New Zealand Studies 0.3 11th Q4 ESCI – No
253 Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies 0.3 11th Q4 – – Yes
254 Sistema 0.3 11th Q4 – – No
255 Central and Eastern Europe 0.2 10th Q4 – – No
256 L'Annee Sociologique 0.2 10th Q4 – – No
257 Brill's Series in Jewish Studies 0.2 9th Q4 – – No
258 Przeglad Wschodnioeuropejski 0.2 9th Q4 – – No
259 Shagi/ Steps 0.2 9th Q4 – – Yes
260 Ambitos 0.2 8th Q4 ESCI – No
261 Hesperis-Tamuda 0.2 8th Q4 ESCI – Yes
262 Journal of Balkan and Black Sea Studies 0.2 8th Q4 – – No
263 Annales 0.2 7th Q4 – – No
264 Sinica Leidensia 0.2 7th Q4 – – No
265 Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale 0.2 7th Q4 – – No
266 Brill's Korean Studies Library 0.2 6th Q4 – – No
267 Digithum 0.2 6th Q4 ESCI – Yes
268 Studi Culturali 0.2 6th Q4 – – No
269 China Studies 0.2 5th Q4 – – No
270 Homme et la Societe 0.2 5th Q4 – – No
271 Ad Limina 0.1 5th Q4 – – Yes
272 Die Einheit der Gesellschaftswissenschaften im 21. Jahrhundert 0.1 4th Q4 – – No
273 Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines 0.1 4th Q4 – – No
274 Mens en Maatschappij 0.1 4th Q4 – – No
275 New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies 0.1 3rd Q4 – – No
276 Studies in Regional Science 0.1 3rd Q4 – – No
277 Social and Economic Studies 0.1 2nd Q4 – C No
278 Biblos 0.1 2nd Q4 ESCI – Yes
279 Hungarian Studies 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
280 Das Argument 0.1 1st Q4 – – No
281 Brill's Indological Library 0 1st Q4 – – No
282 Brill's Japanese Studies Library 0 0th Q4 – – No
283 Sociologus 0 0th Q4 SSCI – No
284 Studies in Education and Religion in Ancient and Pre-Modern History in the Mediterranean and Its Environs 0 0th Q4 – – No
285 Themes in Islamic Studies 0 0th Q4 – – No

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