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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technology in Society	83
2	American Journal of Bioethics	27
3	Journal of Social Issues	24
4	Journal of Medical Ethics	23
5	Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly	18
6	Journal of European Social Policy	17
-	Bioethics	17
8	Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation	16
9	Journal of Responsible Innovation	15
-	Social Policy & Administration	15
-	Science Technology & Human Values	15
12	Death Studies	14
-	Journal of Social Policy	14
-	Voluntas	14
15	Addiction Research & Theory	13
-	Journal of Bioethical Inquiry	13
-	Journal of Gender Studies	13
-	Social Policy and Society	13
19	Australian Journal of Social Issues	12
-	Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law	12
21	Youth & Society	11
-	Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy	11
-	South European Society and Politics	11
24	Social Politics	10
-	Critical Social Policy	10
26	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	9
-	Race & Class	9
-	Politics & Society	9
29	Journal of Poverty and Social Justice	8
-	Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics	8
31	Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal	7
32	Journal of Social Philosophy	6
-	Revista de Estudios Sociales	6
-	New Genetics and Society	6
35	Drustvena Istrazivanja	3
-	Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe	3
-	Dissent	3
38	Revija za Socijalnu Politiku	2