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Best Social Sciences (miscellaneous) journals

739 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Social Sciences (miscellaneous). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 186 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 Nature Climate Change 39 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
2 Journal of Metaverse 17 99th Q1 ESCI – Yes
3 Virtual Economics 16.3 99th Q1 – – No
4 Sociological Methods and Research 16.2 99th Q1 SSCI – No
5 International Journal for Educational Integrity 15.8 99th Q1 ESCI – Yes
6 Adolescent Research Review 15.7 99th Q1 SSCI – No
7 Social Issues and Policy Review 15 99th Q1 SSCI – No
8 Business and Society 14.9 98th Q1 SSCI A No
9 Journal of Mixed Methods Research 13.8 98th Q1 SSCI – No
10 Energy Research and Social Science 12.6 98th Q1 SSCI – No
11 Ijtihad: Jurnal Wacana Hukum Islam dan Kemanusiaan 12.6 98th Q1 – – No
12 Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 12.4 98th Q1 ESCI – No
13 Postdigital Science and Education 12 98th Q1 – – No
14 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 11.5 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
15 IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems 10.8 98th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Qualitative Research 10.5 97th Q1 SSCI – No
17 RSF 10.4 97th Q1 SSCI – Yes
18 International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks 10.2 97th Q1 ESCI – Yes
19 Review of Economics and Statistics 10 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
20 Social Responsibility Journal 9.6 97th Q1 ESCI B No
21 PSU Research Review 9.4 97th Q1 – – Yes
22 Computers and Education: X Reality 9.3 97th Q1 ESCI – Yes
23 Project Leadership and Society 9.2 96th Q1 ESCI C Yes
24 World Development Sustainability 8.8 96th Q1 – – Yes
25 Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society 8.7 96th Q1 – – No
26 Journal of Family Violence 8.7 96th Q1 SSCI – No
27 Journal of Islamic Law 8.6 96th Q1 – – Yes
28 Behavioural Public Policy 8.5 96th Q1 ESCI – No
29 Journal of Digital Economy 8.4 96th Q1 – B No
30 Cleaner and Responsible Consumption 8.4 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
31 Science Technology and Human Values 8.1 95th Q1 SSCI A No
32 European Journal of Futures Research 8.1 95th Q1 SSCI – Yes
33 Communication and Sport 8 95th Q1 SSCI B No
34 Al-Manahij: Jurnal Kajian Hukum Islam 8 95th Q1 – – Yes
35 Al-Ihkam: Jurnal Hukum dan Pranata Sosial 7.8 95th Q1 – – Yes
36 Career Development International 7.7 95th Q1 SSCI A No
37 Kybernetes 7.7 95th Q1 SCIE – No
38 Politics and Society 7.6 94th Q1 SSCI B No
39 Journal of Youth and Adolescence 7.6 94th Q1 SSCI – No
40 Forum Scientiae Oeconomia 7.5 94th Q1 – – Yes
41 Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 7.5 94th Q1 ESCI – No
42 Earth System Governance 7.4 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
43 Police Quarterly 7.3 94th Q1 SSCI – No
44 Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review 7.2 94th Q1 – – Yes
45 Journal of Happiness Studies 7.1 94th Q1 SSCI – No
46 Journal of Social Policy 7 93rd Q1 SSCI A No
47 Daedalus 7 93rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
48 Language Testing 7 93rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
49 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 6.9 93rd Q1 SSCI A No
50 Minerva 6.9 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
51 International Journal of Behavioral Development 6.8 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
52 Journal of Family Theory and Review 6.8 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
53 Bestuur 6.8 92nd Q1 – – Yes
54 Volksgeist: Jurnal Ilmu Hukum dan Konstitusi 6.8 92nd Q1 – – Yes
55 Health and Social Care in the Community 6.7 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
56 Journal of Marriage and Family 6.4 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
57 International Journal of Bullying Prevention 6.3 92nd Q1 – – No
58 Sleep Health 6.3 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
59 Kharisma 6.2 92nd Q1 – – No
60 Legality: Jurnal Ilmiah Hukum 6.2 92nd Q1 – – No
61 Journal of Contemporary Asia 6.2 91st Q1 SSCI – No
62 Sports Coaching Review 6.2 91st Q1 ESCI – No
63 Digital Geography and Society 6.1 91st Q1 – – Yes
64 Life Medicine 6.1 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
65 System Dynamics Review 6 91st Q1 SSCI A No
66 Asian Association of Open Universities Journal 6 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
67 Tourism on the Verge 5.9 91st Q1 – – No
68 Asian Journal of Business Ethics 5.9 90th Q1 ESCI C No
69 Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 5.9 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A* No
70 Journal of Early Adolescence 5.8 90th Q1 SSCI – No
71 Mathematical Finance 5.7 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
72 Journal of Research on Adolescence 5.7 90th Q1 SSCI – No
73 Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 5.7 90th Q1 SSCI – No
74 International Review for the Sociology of Sport 5.6 90th Q1 SSCI B No
75 Consumption and Society 5.6 89th Q1 ESCI – No
76 Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science: Bridging Asia and the World 5.5 89th Q1 ESCI B No
77 Journal of Gender Studies 5.5 89th Q1 SSCI – No
78 Samarah 5.5 89th Q1 – – No
79 Journal of Applied Econometrics 5.4 89th Q1 SSCI A* No
80 Human-Machine Communication 5.3 89th Q1 – – Yes
81 Youth and Society 5.3 89th Q1 SSCI – No
82 Journal of Family Studies 5.2 89th Q1 SSCI – No
83 AERA Open 5.2 88th Q1 SSCI – Yes
84 ASEAN Journal of Educational Research and Technology 5.2 88th Q1 – – No
85 Evidence and Policy 5.2 88th Q1 SSCI – No
86 Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research 5.1 88th Q1 SSCI B No
87 Journal of Family Issues 5.1 88th Q1 SSCI – No
88 Journal of Occupational Science 5.1 88th Q1 ESCI – No
89 Punishment and Society 5.1 88th Q1 SSCI – No
90 International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 5.1 87th Q1 ESCI C No
91 Discourse 5.1 87th Q1 SSCI – No
92 Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal 4.9 87th Q1 SSCI – No
93 Economics and Sociology 4.9 87th Q1 ESCI – No
94 Family Process 4.9 87th Q1 SSCI – No
95 Social Politics 4.9 87th Q1 SSCI – No
96 Al-Istinbath: Jurnal Hukum Islam 4.7 87th Q1 – – Yes
97 SSM - Mental Health 4.7 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
98 Australian Social Work 4.7 86th Q1 SSCI – No
99 SSM - Qualitative Research in Health 4.7 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
100 Forest and Society 4.6 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
101 China Economic Quarterly International 4.5 86th Q1 ESCI C Yes
102 Defence and Peace Economics 4.5 86th Q1 SSCI B No
103 Nazhruna: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam 4.5 86th Q1 – – Yes
104 Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics 4.4 86th Q1 SSCI – No
105 Review of Economics of the Household 4.4 85th Q1 SSCI A No
106 ABAC Journal 4.4 85th Q1 – – No
107 Applied Corpus Linguistics 4.4 85th Q1 ESCI – No
108 Asian Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 4.4 85th Q1 – – Yes
109 Cyberpsychology 4.4 85th Q1 SSCI – Yes
110 Distinktion 4.4 85th Q1 ESCI – No
111 Jurnal Ilmiah Peuradeun 4.4 85th Q1 ESCI – No
112 Qualitative Social Work 4.4 85th Q1 SSCI – No
113 Affilia - Feminist Inquiry in Social Work 4.4 84th Q1 SSCI – No
114 Jurnal Media Hukum 4.4 84th Q1 – – Yes
115 Human Arenas 4.3 84th Q1 ESCI – No
116 Nordic Social Work Research 4.3 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
117 Studies in Family Planning 4.3 84th Q1 SSCI – No
118 Weather, Climate, and Society 4.3 84th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
119 Research on Social Work Practice 4.2 84th Q1 SSCI – No
120 Philosophy and Public Affairs 4.2 83rd Q1 SSCI A No
121 Acta Innovations 4.2 83rd Q1 – – Yes
122 Data and Policy 4.2 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
123 El-Usrah 4.2 83rd Q1 – – No
124 International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching 4.2 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
125 MILRev: Metro Islamic Law Review 4.2 83rd Q1 – – Yes
126 Sex Education 4.2 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
127 Empirical Economics 4.1 82nd Q1 SSCI A No
128 Infinity Journal 4.1 82nd Q1 – – Yes
129 Journal of Loss and Trauma 4.1 82nd Q1 SSCI – No
130 Jurnal Pendidikan Islam 4.1 82nd Q1 – – Yes
131 Knowledge and Performance Management 4.1 82nd Q1 – – Yes
132 Police Practice and Research 4.1 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
133 Social Work Education 4.1 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
134 Sociology of Religion 4.1 82nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
135 Child and Youth Care Forum 4.1 81st Q1 SSCI – No
136 Journal of Social Work 4 81st Q1 SSCI – No
137 Methodological Innovations 4 81st Q1 – – Yes
138 Patient Preference and Adherence 4 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
139 International Journal of Educational Reform 3.9 81st Q1 – – No
140 Journal of Mathematical Sociology 3.9 81st Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
141 Wellbeing, Space and Society 3.9 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
142 AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis 3.9 80th Q1 SCIE C No
143 Business Ethics and Leadership 3.9 80th Q1 – C Yes
144 Adult Learning 3.9 80th Q1 ESCI – No
145 British Journal of Social Work 3.9 80th Q1 SSCI – No
146 Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders 3.8 80th Q1 ESCI – No
147 Entrepreneurship Education 3.8 80th Q1 – – No
148 Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics 3.8 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
149 Race and Class 3.8 80th Q1 SSCI – No
150 European Journal of Social Work 3.8 79th Q1 SSCI – No
151 Politics and the Life Sciences 3.8 79th Q1 – – No
152 Emotions and Society 3.7 79th Q1 ESCI – No
153 Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology 3.7 79th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
154 Problems and Perspectives in Management 3.7 79th Q1 – – Yes
155 Qualitative Inquiry 3.7 79th Q1 SSCI – No
156 Social Development 3.7 79th Q1 SSCI – No
157 Family Relations 3.7 78th Q1 SSCI – No
158 Innovative Marketing 3.7 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
159 Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment 3.7 78th Q1 ESCI – No
160 Military Psychology 3.7 78th Q1 SSCI – No
161 Banks and Bank Systems 3.6 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
162 Ethics and Society 3.6 78th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
163 Review of Regional Research 3.6 78th Q1 ESCI – No
164 Social Sciences and Humanities Open 3.6 78th Q1 – – Yes
165 IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 3.6 77th Q1 SSCI B No
166 Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society 3.6 77th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
167 Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 3.6 77th Q1 AHCI – No
168 Geographies 3.6 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
169 Journal of Curriculum Studies Research 3.6 77th Q1 – – No
170 Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research 3.6 77th Q1 SSCI – No
171 Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 3.6 77th Q1 SSCI – No
172 Contemporary Economics 3.5 76th Q1 ESCI C Yes
173 Hasanuddin Law Review 3.5 76th Q1 – – Yes
174 Iberoamerican Journal of Science Measurement and Communication 3.5 76th Q1 – – No
175 International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology 3.5 76th Q1 – – No
176 Journal of Social Work Education 3.5 76th Q1 SSCI – No
177 Technical Communication 3.5 76th Q1 – – No
178 Armed Forces and Society 3.4 76th Q1 SSCI – No
179 International Social Work 3.4 76th Q1 SSCI – No
180 Journal of Productivity Analysis 3.4 75th Q1 SSCI A No
181 Asian Pacific Journal of Social Work 3.4 75th Q1 – – No
182 Human Nature 3.4 75th Q1 SSCI – No
183 Journal of Culture and Values in Education 3.4 75th Q1 – – No
184 Postdigital Science and Education (Switzerland) 3.4 75th Q1 – – No
185 Trends in Higher Education 3.4 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
186 Journal of Technology in Human Services 3.3 75th Q1 ESCI – No
187 Journal of Intergenerational Relationships 3.3 74th Q2 ESCI – No
188 Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 3.3 74th Q2 SSCI – No
189 LGBTQ+ Family: An Interdisciplinary Journal 3.3 74th Q2 SSCI – No
190 International Journal of Community Well-Being 3.2 74th Q2 – – No
191 Journalism and Media 3.2 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
192 Childhood 3.1 74th Q2 SSCI – No
193 Interchange 3.1 74th Q2 – – No
194 Biosemiotics 3.1 73rd Q2 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
195 Contemporary Family Therapy 3.1 73rd Q2 ESCI – No
196 FWU Journal of Social Sciences 3.1 73rd Q2 ESCI – No
197 Journal of Social Studies Education Research 3.1 73rd Q2 – – No
198 Monash Bioethics Review 3.1 73rd Q2 ESCI – No
199 Polish Journal of Management Studies 3.1 73rd Q2 ESCI – No
200 Tourism and Hospitality 3.1 73rd Q2 – – Yes
201 Investment Management and Financial Innovations 3 73rd Q2 – – No
202 Critical Military Studies 3 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
203 Family Journal 3 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
204 International Journal of Comparative Sociology 3 72nd Q2 SSCI – No
205 Psychology in Russia: State of the Art 3 72nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
206 Public and Municipal Finance 3 72nd Q2 – – Yes
207 Revista de Ciencias Sociales 3 72nd Q2 – – Yes
208 Social Work with Groups 3 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
209 Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 2.9 71st Q2 SCIE, SSCI A No
210 Agrarian South 2.9 71st Q2 ESCI – No
211 Environmental Humanities 2.9 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
212 F1000Research 2.9 71st Q2 – – Yes
213 Frontiers in Communication 2.9 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
214 Italian Review of Agricultural Economics 2.9 71st Q2 – – No
215 Journal of Social Studies Research 2.9 71st Q2 – – No
216 Sriwijaya Law Review 2.9 71st Q2 – – Yes
217 Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik 2.9 70th Q2 SSCI B No
218 Journal of ASEAN Studies 2.9 70th Q2 – – Yes
219 Marriage and Family Review 2.9 70th Q2 ESCI – No
220 Revista Electronica Interuniversitaria de Formacion del Profesorado 2.9 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
221 Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 2.8 70th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
222 Journal of Awareness-Based Systems Change 2.8 70th Q2 – – Yes
223 Technology in Language Teaching and Learning 2.8 70th Q2 – – Yes
224 Applied Psychological Measurement 2.8 69th Q2 SSCI B No
225 Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education 2.8 69th Q2 ESCI – No
226 Journal of Gerontological Social Work 2.8 69th Q2 SSCI – No
227 Yustisia 2.8 69th Q2 – – Yes
228 Journal of Social and Economic Development 2.7 69th Q2 ESCI C No
229 Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect 2.7 69th Q2 SSCI – No
230 Journal of Social Work Practice 2.7 69th Q2 SSCI – No
231 Petita: Jurnal Kajian Ilmu Hukum dan Syariah 2.7 69th Q2 – – No
232 IMISCOE Research Series 2.7 68th Q2 – – No
233 Law, Technology and Humans 2.7 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
234 Studies in Media and Communication 2.7 68th Q2 – – No
235 GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society 2.6 68th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
236 Insurance Markets and Companies 2.6 68th Q2 – – Yes
237 Journal of Family Therapy 2.6 68th Q2 SSCI – No
238 Smith College Studies in Social Work 2.6 68th Q2 – – No
239 China International Strategy Review 2.6 67th Q2 ESCI – No
240 Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health 2.6 67th Q2 ESCI – No
241 New Techno Humanities 2.6 67th Q2 – – Yes
242 Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion 2.5 67th Q2 ESCI C No
243 Rationality and Society 2.5 67th Q2 SSCI B No
244 International Journal of Technoethics 2.5 67th Q2 ESCI – No
245 Investigaciones Turisticas 2.5 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
246 Journal of Participatory Research Methods 2.5 67th Q2 – – Yes
247 Asian Journal for Mathematics Education 2.4 66th Q2 – – Yes
248 Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 2.4 66th Q2 SSCI – No
249 Nordic Journal of Media Studies 2.4 66th Q2 – – Yes
250 Pomorstvo 2.4 66th Q2 ESCI – Yes
251 Revista Latinoamericana de Psicologia 2.4 66th Q2 SSCI – No
252 SpringerBriefs in Ethics 2.4 66th Q2 – – No
253 American Sociologist 2.4 65th Q2 ESCI B No
254 Econometric Theory 2.3 65th Q2 SCIE, SSCI A* No
255 Transformations in Business and Economics 2.3 65th Q2 SSCI C No
256 Baltic Region 2.3 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
257 Disabilities 2.3 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
258 Nordic Journal of Social Research 2.3 65th Q2 – – Yes
259 World Food Policy 2.3 65th Q2 – – No
260 Ethics and Social Welfare 2.3 64th Q2 ESCI – No
261 Voluntary Sector Review 2.3 64th Q2 ESCI – No
262 Narrative Inquiry 2.2 64th Q2 AHCI, SSCI B No
263 eTropic 2.2 64th Q2 – – Yes
264 Finance and Society 2.2 64th Q2 – – Yes
265 Indian Journal of Extension Education 2.2 64th Q2 – – No
266 Practice 2.2 64th Q2 – – No
267 Recreational Sports Journal 2.2 64th Q2 ESCI – No
268 Asian Social Work and Policy Review 2.2 63rd Q2 ESCI – No
269 History of the Family 2.2 63rd Q2 SSCI – No
270 Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports 2.2 63rd Q2 ESCI – No
271 Journal of Social Service Research 2.2 63rd Q2 SSCI – No
272 Justicia Islamica 2.2 63rd Q2 – – No
273 Documentation, Information and Knowledge 2.1 63rd Q2 – – No
274 Human-Animal Interactions 2.1 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
275 Agraris 2.1 62nd Q2 – – Yes
276 International Journal of Community and Social Development 2.1 62nd Q2 – – No
277 Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development 2.1 62nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
278 Journal of Applied Youth Studies 2.1 62nd Q2 – – No
279 Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy 2.1 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
280 Materia Socio-Medica 2.1 62nd Q2 – – No
281 Open Education Studies 2.1 62nd Q2 – – Yes
282 Revista Brasileira de Alternative Dispute Resolution 2.1 62nd Q2 – – No
283 Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 2 61st Q2 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
284 Central Asian Affairs 2 61st Q2 – – No
285 Child and Youth Services 2 61st Q2 ESCI – No
286 Critical Gambling Studies 2 61st Q2 – – Yes
287 Humans 2 61st Q2 – – Yes
288 Informacios Tarsadalom 2 61st Q2 SSCI – No
289 Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal : WPSAR 2 61st Q2 ESCI – Yes
290 Families in Society 2 60th Q2 SSCI – No
291 Human Rights Quarterly 2 60th Q2 SSCI – No
292 International Journal of Disability and Social Justice 2 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
293 Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy 2 60th Q2 – – No
294 Social Work in Mental Health 2 60th Q2 ESCI – No
295 Economics and Culture 1.9 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
296 Journal of Pacifism and Nonviolence 1.9 60th Q2 – – No
297 Jurnal Ilmiah Al-Syir'ah 1.9 60th Q2 – – No
298 Australian and International Journal of Rural Education 1.9 59th Q2 – – Yes
299 Central and Eastern European Migration Review 1.9 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
300 Culture, Practice and Europeanization 1.9 59th Q2 – – Yes

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