Monthly Report | August 2019 in the Social Sciences

Political Science
In August 2019, 136 Political Science journals published 900 papers.
The most active journals were:
- Perspectives on Politics (117 papers)
- Marine Policy (41 papers)
- Journal of Politics (34 papers)
- Globalizations (30 papers)
- International Studies Quarterly (23 papers)
- World Economy (20 papers)
- JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies (18 papers)
The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):
Sociology
In August 2019, 98 Sociology journals published 538 papers.
The most active journals were:
- Ethnic and Racial Studies (33 papers)
- Social Indicators Research (21 papers)
- City & Community (17 papers)
- Social Science Quarterly (17 papers)
- Media, Culture & Society (15 papers)
- Annals of Tourism Research (13 papers)
- Gender & Society (12 papers)
The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):
Law
In August 2019, 49 Law journals published 172 papers.
The most active journals were:
- Journal of Law and Society (11 papers)
- International Journal of Law and Psychiatry (10 papers)
- Modern Law Review (9 papers)
- Psychology, Crime & Law (7 papers)
- Law & Society Review (7 papers)
- Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (7 papers)
- International Insolvency Review (6 papers)
The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):
Geography
In August 2019, 59 Geography journals published 408 papers.
The most active journals were:
- Geoforum (19 papers)
- Global Environmental Change (16 papers)
- Annals of the American Association of Geographers (16 papers)
- Emotion, Space and Society (16 papers)
- Landscape and Urban Planning (16 papers)
- Gender, Place & Culture (15 papers)
- Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (15 papers)
The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):
History
In August 2019, 48 History journals published 552 papers.
The most active journals were:
- Journal of American History (155 papers)
- English Historical Review (52 papers)
- Journal of Modern History (45 papers)
- Canadian Historical Review (29 papers)
- Journal of African History (27 papers)
- Itinerario (24 papers)
- Environmental History (19 papers)
The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):
Area Studies
In August 2019, 42 Area Studies journals published 336 papers.
The most active journals were:
- Slavic Review (78 papers)
- Journal of Asian Studies (35 papers)
- International Journal of Middle East Studies (20 papers)
- Journal of Japanese Studies (19 papers)
- Latin American Politics and Society (15 papers)
- Modern Asian Studies (13 papers)
- Asian Journal of Social Science (11 papers)
The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):
Communication
In August 2019, 70 Communication journals published 400 papers.
The most active journals were:
- Journalism Practice (30 papers)
- Health Communication (21 papers)
- Journalism (17 papers)
- Discourse Studies (16 papers)
- Media, Culture & Society (15 papers)
- Discourse, Context & Media (13 papers)
- New Media & Society (12 papers)
The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):