Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary: 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technology in Society	81
2	Accident Analysis and Prevention	51
3	Systems	49
4	SAGE Open	43
5	International Journal of Qualitative Methods	33
6	Patient Education and Counseling	32
7	Big Data & Society	31
-	Journal of Safety Research	31
9	Social Indicators Research	28
10	Archives of Sexual Behavior	25
-	Journal of Happiness Studies	25
12	Qualitative Health Research	22
13	Evaluation and Program Planning	21
14	Human Relations	20
-	Adolescent Research Review	20
-	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	20
-	Journal of Sex Research	20
-	Sexuality Research and Social Policy	20
19	Applied Research in Quality of Life	19
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	19
-	Social Science Computer Review	19
22	International Journal of Heritage Studies	18
-	Disability & Society	18
24	Globalizations	17
-	Policy Sciences	17
26	American Behavioral Scientist	16
-	Journal of Homosexuality	16
-	Qualitative Inquiry	16
-	Social Epistemology	16
30	Child Indicators Research	15
-	Disasters	15
-	International Journal of Social Research Methodology	15
-	Journal of Youth Studies	15
-	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	15
-	Qualitative Research	15
-	RSF-The Russell Sage Journal of the Social Sciences	15
37	Space Policy	14
-	Systems Research and Behavioral Science	14
-	Journal of Children and Media	14
-	Minerva	14
-	Journal of Risk Research	14
42	Group Decision and Negotiation	13
-	Journal of Gender Studies	13
-	Journal of Mixed Methods Research	13
45	Evidence & Policy	12
-	JASSS-The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation	12
-	Youth & Society	12
-	International Journal of Sexual Health	12
49	Daedalus	11
-	Childhood-A Global Journal of Child Research	11

-	Crime Law and Social Change	11
-	Emotion Space and Society	11
-	Social Inclusion	11
-	Social & Legal Studies	11
55	Adaptive Behavior	10
-	Critical Social Policy	10
-	Evaluation	10
-	Society	10
-	Cross-Cultural Research	10
-	Race & Class	10
61	Social Science Information sur les Sciences Sociales	9
-	Cultural Trends	9
-	Time & Society	9
-	American Journal of Evaluation	9
-	Interdisciplinary Science Reviews	9
-	Island Studies Journal	9
67	Young	8
-	Race and Social Problems	8
-	Action Research	8
-	Field Methods	8
-	GLQ-A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies	8
-	Journal of Black Studies	8
-	Journal of East Asian Studies	8
74	Social Science Journal	7
-	Revista de Estudios Sociales	7
-	Semiotica	7
-	Dados-Revista de Ciencias Sociais	7
-	Human Organization	7
-	Longitudinal and Life Course Studies	7
80	Journal of Poverty and Social Justice	6
-	Negotiation Journal	6
-	Social Science Japan Journal	6
-	Zeitschrift fuer Sexualforschung	6
-	New Perspectives on Turkey	6
85	Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning	5
-	Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales	5
-	Andamios	5
-	Social Philosophy & Policy	5
-	Travail Genre et Societes	5
-	Clothing and Textiles Research Journal	5
-	Movimento-Porto Alegre	5
-	Science & Society	5
93	Trames-Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences	4
94	Continuity and Change	3
95	Zeitschrift fuer Evaluation	2