Social Issues: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technology in Society	82
2	American Journal of Bioethics	26
3	Journal of Social Issues	24
4	Journal of Medical Ethics	23
5	Bioethics	17
-	Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly	17
7	Journal of European Social Policy	16
8	Death Studies	15
-	Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation	15
-	Journal of Responsible Innovation	15
-	Social Policy & Administration	15
12	Journal of Social Policy	14
-	Science Technology & Human Values	14
-	Social Policy and Society	14
15	Addiction Research & Theory	13
-	Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy	13
-	Journal of Bioethical Inquiry	13
-	Voluntas	13
19	Journal of Gender Studies	12
-	South European Society and Politics	12
-	Australian Journal of Social Issues	12
22	Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law	11
-	Youth & Society	11
24	Critical Social Policy	10
-	Race & Class	10
-	Social Politics	10
27	Politics & Society	9
-	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	9
29	Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics	8
-	Revista de Estudios Sociales	8
31	Journal of Poverty and Social Justice	7
-	New Genetics and Society	7
-	Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal	7
34	Journal of Social Philosophy	6
35	Dissent	3
-	Drustvena Istrazivanja	3
-	Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe	3
38	Revija za Socijalnu Politiku	2