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Best Sociology and Political Science journals

1,527 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Sociology and Political Science. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 383 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 Technology in Society 25.4 99th Q1 SSCI C No
2 Government Information Quarterly 23.9 99th Q1 SSCI A No
3 Resources Policy 20.3 99th Q1 – B No
4 Leadership Quarterly 19.1 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
5 Sociological Methods and Research 16.2 99th Q1 SSCI – No
6 Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 16 99th Q1 – – Yes
7 Annual Review of Political Science 15 99th Q1 SSCI – No
8 Social Issues and Policy Review 15 99th Q1 SSCI – No
9 Internet Research 14.8 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
10 New Media and Society 14.3 99th Q1 SSCI – No
11 Journal of Organizational Behavior 14.2 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
12 Policy and Society 13.6 99th Q1 SSCI B Yes
13 Political Analysis 13.5 99th Q1 SSCI – No
14 Administrative Science Quarterly 13.4 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
15 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 13.4 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
16 International Journal of Press/Politics 13.3 98th Q1 SSCI – No
17 Annual Review of Sociology 13.1 98th Q1 SSCI A* No
18 Environmental Politics 12.5 98th Q1 SSCI – No
19 American Journal of Political Science 12.4 98th Q1 SSCI A* No
20 Sustainability Science 12.4 98th Q1 SCIE – No
21 Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies 11.9 98th Q1 SSCI A No
22 Public Administration 11.9 98th Q1 SSCI A No
23 Educational Technology and Society 11.6 98th Q1 SSCI – Yes
24 Cities 11.5 98th Q1 SSCI – No
25 Public Administration Review 11.3 98th Q1 SSCI A No
26 Political Communication 11.2 98th Q1 SSCI A No
27 American Political Science Review 11 98th Q1 SSCI A* No
28 Food Policy 11 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
29 Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 11 98th Q1 SSCI A No
30 Review of International Political Economy 11 98th Q1 SSCI A No
31 Journal of Rural Studies 10.9 98th Q1 SSCI – No
32 Critical Perspectives on Accounting 10.9 97th Q1 SSCI A No
33 Journal of European Public Policy 10.7 97th Q1 SSCI A No
34 Regulation and Governance 10.6 97th Q1 SSCI A No
35 Journal of Political Philosophy 10.5 97th Q1 – – No
36 Public Policy and Administration 10.3 97th Q1 SSCI B No
37 Policy Studies Journal 9.9 97th Q1 SSCI B No
38 International Security 9.8 97th Q1 SSCI – No
39 Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 9.7 97th Q1 SSCI B No
40 Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 9.4 97th Q1 – – Yes
41 World Development 9.3 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
42 Journal of Experimental Political Science 9.3 97th Q1 ESCI – Yes
43 Project Leadership and Society 9.2 97th Q1 ESCI C Yes
44 Work and Occupations 9.1 97th Q1 SSCI A No
45 Political Geography 9.1 97th Q1 SSCI – No
46 Sociologia Ruralis 9.1 97th Q1 SSCI – No
47 American Sociological Review 9 96th Q1 SSCI A* No
48 Work, Employment and Society 9 96th Q1 SSCI A No
49 Political Behavior 9 96th Q1 SSCI – No
50 Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies 8.9 96th Q1 ESCI B No
51 Mobile Media and Communication 8.8 96th Q1 SSCI – No
52 Journal of Family Violence 8.7 96th Q1 SSCI – No
53 Societies and Political Orders in Transition 8.7 96th Q1 – – No
54 Comparative Political Studies 8.6 96th Q1 SSCI A No
55 Behavioural Public Policy 8.5 96th Q1 ESCI – No
56 Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights 8.4 96th Q1 ESCI B Yes
57 Progress in Environmental Geography 8.3 96th Q1 – – No
58 European Journal of Political Research 8.2 96th Q1 SSCI A Yes
59 Futures 8.2 96th Q1 SSCI B No
60 Political Studies 8.2 96th Q1 SSCI B No
61 Utilities Policy 8.2 96th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
62 Group Processes and Intergroup Relations 8.2 95th Q1 SSCI B No
63 Journal of Consumer Culture 8.2 95th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
64 Housing Studies 8.1 95th Q1 SSCI A No
65 Science Technology and Human Values 8.1 95th Q1 SSCI A No
66 European Journal of Futures Research 8.1 95th Q1 SSCI – Yes
67 Journal of Chinese Political Science 8.1 95th Q1 SSCI – No
68 Sociological Theory 8 95th Q1 SSCI A No
69 Government and Opposition 8 95th Q1 SSCI – Yes
70 International Affairs 7.9 95th Q1 SSCI A No
71 International Review of Administrative Sciences 7.9 95th Q1 SSCI B No
72 Population and Development Review 7.9 95th Q1 SSCI A No
73 Science Communication 7.9 95th Q1 SSCI A No
74 Journal of Democracy 7.9 95th Q1 SSCI – No
75 Journal of Consumer Affairs 7.8 95th Q1 SSCI A No
76 Al-Ihkam: Jurnal Hukum dan Pranata Sosial 7.8 95th Q1 – – Yes
77 Review of Policy Research 7.7 95th Q1 SSCI – No
78 Forest Policy and Economics 7.6 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
79 Politics and Society 7.6 94th Q1 SSCI B No
80 Post-Soviet Affairs 7.6 94th Q1 SSCI B No
81 Journal of Adolescent Research 7.6 94th Q1 SSCI – No
82 Political Psychology 7.6 94th Q1 SSCI – No
83 Social Movement Studies 7.5 94th Q1 SSCI – No
84 Health and Place 7.4 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
85 Agriculture and Human Values 7.3 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
86 Review of International Studies 7.3 94th Q1 SSCI B No
87 Chinese Political Science Review 7.3 94th Q1 ESCI – No
88 Journal of Public Relations Research 7.2 94th Q1 SSCI B No
89 Media, Culture and Society 7.2 94th Q1 SSCI B No
90 Accounting, Organizations and Society 7.1 94th Q1 SSCI A* No
91 Asian Business and Management 7.1 94th Q1 SSCI C No
92 Journal of Information Technology and Politics 7.1 94th Q1 SSCI – No
93 Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 7.1 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
94 Gender and Society 7 93rd Q1 SSCI A* No
95 Social Problems 7 93rd Q1 SSCI A No
96 International Political Science Review 7 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
97 Journal of Youth Studies 7 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
98 Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 6.9 93rd Q1 SSCI B No
99 Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society 6.9 93rd Q1 ESCI B No
100 Journal of Political Marketing 6.9 93rd Q1 ESCI B No
101 Review of Economics and Political Science 6.9 93rd Q1 ESCI C Yes
102 European Journal of Social Theory 6.9 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
103 Higher Education Policy 6.9 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
104 Journal of Asian Public Policy 6.9 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
105 Journal of Politics 6.9 93rd Q1 SSCI – No
106 International Organization 6.8 93rd Q1 SSCI B No
107 Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 6.8 93rd Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
108 Organizational Dynamics 6.8 92nd Q1 SSCI A No
109 Policy Sciences 6.8 92nd Q1 SSCI B No
110 New Left Review 6.8 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
111 Volksgeist: Jurnal Ilmu Hukum dan Konstitusi 6.8 92nd Q1 – – Yes
112 American Journal of Sociology 6.7 92nd Q1 SSCI A* No
113 European Policy Analysis 6.7 92nd Q1 ESCI – No
114 Health and Social Care in the Community 6.7 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
115 Journal of European Integration 6.7 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
116 Race and Justice 6.7 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
117 Terrorism and Political Violence 6.7 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
118 Urban Governance 6.7 92nd Q1 – – Yes
119 Sociology 6.6 92nd Q1 SSCI A* No
120 Annual Review of Law and Social Science 6.6 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
121 Journal of Human Rights and the Environment 6.6 92nd Q1 ESCI – No
122 European Sociological Review 6.5 92nd Q1 SSCI – No
123 Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics 6.5 91st Q1 SSCI B No
124 Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology 6.5 91st Q1 SSCI B No
125 Work, Aging and Retirement 6.5 91st Q1 SSCI B No
126 Social Policy and Society 6.5 91st Q1 SSCI – No
127 Sociology of Education 6.5 91st Q1 SSCI – No
128 Community, Work and Family 6.4 91st Q1 ESCI C No
129 Social Indicators Research 6.4 91st Q1 SSCI A No
130 Social Science Journal 6.4 91st Q1 SSCI C No
131 China Journal 6.4 91st Q1 SSCI – No
132 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 6.3 91st Q1 SSCI A No
133 Leisure Sciences 6.3 91st Q1 SSCI A No
134 Pacific Review 6.3 91st Q1 SSCI A No
135 Critical Policy Studies 6.3 91st Q1 SSCI – No
136 Geoforum 6.3 91st Q1 SSCI – No
137 Social Networks 6.3 91st Q1 SSCI – No
138 Social Forces 6.2 91st Q1 SSCI A No
139 Party Politics 6.2 90th Q1 SSCI – No
140 Political Science Research and Methods 6.2 90th Q1 SSCI – Yes
141 Administration and Society 6.1 90th Q1 SSCI B No
142 European Journal of International Relations 6.1 90th Q1 SSCI A No
143 Politics and Gender 6.1 90th Q1 SSCI A No
144 Structural Equation Modeling 6.1 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
145 Governance 6.1 90th Q1 SSCI – No
146 Science as Culture 6.1 90th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
147 Foreign Affairs 6 90th Q1 SSCI C No
148 Journal of Trust Research 6 90th Q1 ESCI B No
149 Current Sociology 6 90th Q1 SSCI – No
150 Journal of Academic Ethics 6 90th Q1 ESCI – No
151 Journal of Sex Research 6 90th Q1 SSCI – No
152 Sexuality Research and Social Policy 6 90th Q1 SSCI – No
153 Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis 5.9 90th Q1 SSCI – No
154 Social Enterprise Journal 5.9 89th Q1 ESCI C No
155 Early Childhood Research Quarterly 5.9 89th Q1 SSCI – No
156 Leadership 5.8 89th Q1 SSCI B No
157 Policy and Politics 5.8 89th Q1 SSCI A No
158 Socio-Economic Review 5.8 89th Q1 SSCI A No
159 Chinese Sociological Review 5.8 89th Q1 SSCI – No
160 Dementia 5.8 89th Q1 SSCI – No
161 Environmental Sociology 5.8 89th Q1 ESCI – No
162 German Politics 5.8 89th Q1 SSCI – No
163 Journal of Early Adolescence 5.8 89th Q1 SSCI – No
164 Social Science Research 5.8 89th Q1 SSCI – No
165 South European Society and Politics 5.8 89th Q1 SSCI – No
166 Space Policy 5.8 89th Q1 SSCI – No
167 Theoretical Criminology 5.8 89th Q1 SSCI – No
168 Voluntas 5.7 89th Q1 SSCI B No
169 Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 5.7 89th Q1 SSCI – No
170 Cross Cultural and Strategic Management 5.7 88th Q1 SSCI B No
171 Journal of Urban Affairs 5.7 88th Q1 SSCI A No
172 Language in Society 5.7 88th Q1 SSCI – No
173 International Review for the Sociology of Sport 5.6 88th Q1 SSCI B No
174 Consumption and Society 5.6 88th Q1 ESCI – No
175 Journal of Chinese Governance 5.6 88th Q1 SSCI – No
176 Journal of Genocide Research 5.6 88th Q1 ESCI – No
177 Journal of Peace Research 5.6 88th Q1 SSCI – No
178 Children's Geographies 5.5 88th Q1 SSCI – No
179 Education Inquiry 5.5 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
180 Ethnic and Racial Studies 5.5 88th Q1 SSCI – No
181 Globalizations 5.5 88th Q1 SSCI – No
182 Innovation and Development 5.5 88th Q1 ESCI – No
183 Theory, Culture and Society 5.5 88th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
184 Problems of Post-Communism 5.4 88th Q1 SSCI – No
185 Environmental Hazards 5.4 87th Q1 SSCI – No
186 European Political Science Review 5.4 87th Q1 SSCI – Yes
187 Global Social Challenges Journal 5.4 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
188 Journal of Aging and Health 5.4 87th Q1 SSCI – No
189 Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 5.4 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
190 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 5.3 87th Q1 ESCI B No
191 Journal of Leisure Research 5.3 87th Q1 SSCI A No
192 Local Government Studies 5.3 87th Q1 SSCI A No
193 Security Dialogue 5.3 87th Q1 SSCI A No
194 Arctic Review on Law and Politics 5.3 87th Q1 – – Yes
195 Crime and Justice 5.3 87th Q1 SSCI – No
196 Housing, Theory and Society 5.3 87th Q1 SSCI – No
197 Journal of Strategic Studies 5.3 87th Q1 SSCI – No
198 Mobilities 5.3 87th Q1 SSCI – No
199 Youth and Society 5.3 87th Q1 SSCI – No
200 Theory and Research in Social Education 5.3 86th Q1 SSCI – No
201 American Behavioral Scientist 5.2 86th Q1 SSCI B No
202 British Journal of Sociology 5.2 86th Q1 SSCI A No
203 Discourse and Society 5.2 86th Q1 SSCI A No
204 European Journal for Sport and Society 5.2 86th Q1 ESCI – No
205 Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research 5.1 86th Q1 SSCI B No
206 Journal of Conflict Resolution 5.1 86th Q1 SSCI A* No
207 Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression 5.1 86th Q1 ESCI – No
208 Educational Research for Policy and Practice 5.1 86th Q1 ESCI – No
209 International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 5.1 86th Q1 SSCI – No
210 Journal of Humanistic Psychology 5.1 86th Q1 SSCI – No
211 Journal of Occupational Science 5.1 86th Q1 ESCI – No
212 Social Psychology of Education 5.1 86th Q1 SSCI – No
213 Journal of Educational Administration and History 5 86th Q1 ESCI – No
214 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 5 86th Q1 SSCI – No
215 International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 5 85th Q1 ESCI B No
216 Journal of Gambling Studies 5 85th Q1 SSCI A No
217 Journal of Sociology 5 85th Q1 SSCI B No
218 Urban Affairs Review 5 85th Q1 SSCI B No
219 Central European Management Journal 5 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
220 Global Discourse 5 85th Q1 ESCI – No
221 Media, War and Conflict 5 85th Q1 ESCI – No
222 Policing and Society 5 85th Q1 SSCI – No
223 Journal of Economic Psychology 4.9 85th Q1 SSCI A No
224 Sociological Methodology 4.9 85th Q1 SSCI A No
225 Sociological Review 4.9 85th Q1 SSCI A No
226 Economic and Political Studies 4.9 85th Q1 ESCI – No
227 European Journal of International Security 4.9 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
228 Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 4.9 85th Q1 SSCI – Yes
229 Men and Masculinities 4.9 85th Q1 SSCI – No
230 Politics and Governance 4.8 85th Q1 SSCI – Yes
231 Millennial Asia 4.8 84th Q1 ESCI C No
232 Public Money and Management 4.8 84th Q1 SSCI A No
233 Social Policy and Administration 4.8 84th Q1 SSCI A No
234 Action Research 4.8 84th Q1 SSCI – No
235 Comparative Migration Studies 4.8 84th Q1 SSCI – Yes
236 European Journal of Political Theory 4.8 84th Q1 ESCI – No
237 Journal of Migration and Health 4.8 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
238 American Review of Public Administration 4.7 84th Q1 SSCI B No
239 Business and Society Review 4.7 84th Q1 ESCI C No
240 International Journal of Intercultural Relations 4.7 84th Q1 SSCI B No
241 Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice 4.7 84th Q1 SSCI B No
242 Australian Social Work 4.7 84th Q1 SSCI – No
243 Economia Politica 4.7 84th Q1 SSCI – No
244 Journal of Language and Social Psychology 4.7 84th Q1 SSCI – No
245 Language Policy 4.7 84th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
246 International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 4.7 83rd Q1 SSCI B No
247 Critical Sociology 4.7 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
248 Australian Journal of Public Administration 4.6 83rd Q1 SSCI A No
249 International Studies Quarterly 4.6 83rd Q1 SSCI A No
250 Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 4.6 83rd Q1 SSCI A No
251 Journal of Sport and Social Issues 4.6 83rd Q1 SSCI B No
252 Area Development and Policy 4.6 83rd Q1 ESCI – No
253 Central Asian Survey 4.6 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
254 Contemporary Politics 4.6 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
255 European Journal of Politics and Gender 4.6 83rd Q1 ESCI – No
256 Forest and Society 4.6 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
257 Poetics 4.6 83rd Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
258 Politische Vierteljahresschrift 4.6 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
259 Rural Sociology 4.6 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
260 Violence Against Women 4.6 83rd Q1 SSCI – No
261 Administrative Theory and Praxis 4.5 82nd Q1 – B No
262 China Economic Quarterly International 4.5 82nd Q1 ESCI C Yes
263 International Journal of Cultural Policy 4.5 82nd Q1 AHCI, SSCI A No
264 International Journal of Educational Development 4.5 82nd Q1 SSCI – No
265 Journal of Human Trafficking 4.5 82nd Q1 – – No
266 Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 4.5 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
267 International Journal of Strategic Communication 4.4 82nd Q1 ESCI B No
268 Sociological Inquiry 4.4 82nd Q1 SSCI A No
269 Administratie si Management Public 4.4 82nd Q1 – – No
270 Distinktion 4.4 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
271 Identity 4.4 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
272 World Development Perspectives 4.4 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
273 Regional Studies, Regional Science 4.3 82nd Q1 ESCI A Yes
274 Sociology of Sport Journal 4.3 82nd Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
275 British Journal of Sociology of Education 4.3 82nd Q1 SSCI – No
276 Anthrozoos 4.3 81st Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
277 International Political Sociology 4.3 81st Q1 SSCI – No
278 Journal of Sociolinguistics 4.3 81st Q1 SSCI – No
279 Representation 4.3 81st Q1 ESCI – No
280 Society and Natural Resources 4.3 81st Q1 SSCI – No
281 Public Opinion Quarterly 4.2 81st Q1 SSCI A No
282 African Affairs 4.2 81st Q1 SSCI – No
283 International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 4.2 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
284 International Review of Victimology 4.2 81st Q1 ESCI – No
285 Research on Social Work Practice 4.2 81st Q1 SSCI – No
286 Journal of Economic Inequality 4.1 81st Q1 SSCI A No
287 Community Development 4.1 81st Q1 ESCI – No
288 Contemporary Italian Politics 4.1 81st Q1 ESCI – No
289 Global Constitutionalism 4.1 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
290 Global Studies Quarterly 4.1 81st Q1 – – Yes
291 Journal of Population Ageing 4.1 81st Q1 ESCI – No
292 Evaluation 4.1 80th Q1 SSCI B No
293 Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 4.1 80th Q1 SSCI A* No
294 Child Indicators Research 4.1 80th Q1 SSCI – No
295 European Politics and Society 4.1 80th Q1 – – No
296 International Journal of Integrated Care 4.1 80th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
297 Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 4.1 80th Q1 SSCI – No
298 Public Choice 4 80th Q1 SSCI A No
299 Security Studies 4 80th Q1 SSCI B No
300 Deviant Behavior 4 80th Q1 SSCI – No

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