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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technology in Society	77
2	American Journal of Bioethics	28
3	Journal of Medical Ethics	24
-	Journal of Social Issues	24
5	Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly	18
-	Voluntas	18
7	Journal of Responsible Innovation	17
-	Bioethics	17
9	Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation	16
-	Social Policy & Administration	16
11	Journal of European Social Policy	15
12	Death Studies	14
-	Addiction Research & Theory	14
14	Australian Journal of Social Issues	13
-	Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law	13
-	Journal of Bioethical Inquiry	13
-	Journal of Gender Studies	13
18	Social Politics	12
-	Youth & Society	12
-	Journal of Social Policy	12
21	Politics & Society	11
-	Science Technology & Human Values	11
-	Social Policy and Society	11
24	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	10
-	Race & Class	10
-	Critical Social Policy	10
27	Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy	9
28	Journal of Poverty and Social Justice	8
-	South European Society and Politics	8
-	Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics	8
31	Revista de Estudios Sociales	7
32	Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal	6
33	Journal of Social Philosophy	5
-	New Genetics and Society	5
35	Drustvena Istrazivanja	3
-	Dissent	3
-	Revija za Socijalnu Politiku	3
38	Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe	2