Monthly Report | November 2019 in the Social Sciences

Political Science
In November 2019, 149 Political Science journals published 898 papers.
The most active journals were:
- Perspectives on Politics (109 papers)
- Marine Policy (31 papers)
- International Affairs (28 papers)
- Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (25 papers)
- Democratization (22 papers)
- JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies (21 papers)
- Australian Journal of International Affairs (18 papers)
The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):
Sociology
In November 2019, 103 Sociology journals published 628 papers.
The most active journals were:
- Ethnic and Racial Studies (31 papers)
- Annals of Tourism Research (29 papers)
- Sociology of Health & Illness (21 papers)
- Work, Employment and Society (20 papers)
- Law & Society Review (19 papers)
- Social Indicators Research (15 papers)
- Language in Society (15 papers)
The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):
Law
In November 2019, 53 Law journals published 298 papers.
The most active journals were:
- Hague Journal on the Rule of Law (35 papers)
- Cambridge Law Journal (20 papers)
- Law & Society Review (19 papers)
- University of Pittsburgh Law Review (17 papers)
- Law and History Review (16 papers)
- Leiden Journal of International Law (15 papers)
- Computer Law & Security Review (13 papers)
The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):
Geography
In November 2019, 69 Geography journals published 518 papers.
The most active journals were:
- Journal of Rural Studies (26 papers)
- Journal of Transport Geography (25 papers)
- Geoforum (24 papers)
- European Planning Studies (20 papers)
- Landscape and Urban Planning (17 papers)
- Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (17 papers)
- Journal of Historical Geography (15 papers)
The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):
History
In November 2019, 45 History journals published 407 papers.
The most active journals were:
- Journal of Interdisciplinary History (36 papers)
- Journal of Modern History (33 papers)
- Canadian Historical Review (30 papers)
- Journal of African History (27 papers)
- Environmental History (20 papers)
- International Journal of the History of Sport (16 papers)
- Law and History Review (16 papers)
The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):
Area Studies
In November 2019, 46 Area Studies journals published 369 papers.
The most active journals were:
- Slavic Review (66 papers)
- Journal of Latin American Studies (25 papers)
- China Quarterly (20 papers)
- Bulletin of Latin American Research (20 papers)
- Africa (19 papers)
- German Studies Review (19 papers)
- International Journal of Middle East Studies (18 papers)
The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):
Communication
In November 2019, 71 Communication journals published 379 papers.
The most active journals were:
- New Media & Society (20 papers)
- Environmental Communication (20 papers)
- Health Communication (15 papers)
- Journalism Practice (15 papers)
- Public Understanding of Science (11 papers)
- European Journal of Communication (11 papers)
- Profesional de la Informacion (11 papers)
The top trending papers were the following (based on Altmetric Attention Scores 14 days after the papers' publications):