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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technology in Society	78
2	Accident Analysis and Prevention	48
3	Patient Education and Counseling	33
4	Journal of Safety Research	29
5	Big Data & Society	26
-	Social Indicators Research	26
7	International Journal of Qualitative Methods	25
8	Archives of Sexual Behavior	24
9	Qualitative Health Research	22
10	Human Relations	21
11	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	20
-	Journal of Happiness Studies	20
13	Applied Research in Quality of Life	18
-	Journal of Youth Studies	18
-	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	18
16	Child Indicators Research	17
-	Disability & Society	17
-	Journal of Sex Research	17
-	Sexuality Research and Social Policy	17
20	Public Opinion Quarterly	16
-	Social Science Computer Review	16
-	Policy Sciences	16
-	Qualitative Research	16
24	Disasters	15
-	Journal of Homosexuality	15
-	Qualitative Inquiry	15
-	Evaluation and Program Planning	15
28	American Behavioral Scientist	14
-	Globalizations	14
-	Group Decision and Negotiation	14
-	Journal of Gender Studies	14
-	International Journal of Sexual Health	14
33	Daedalus	13
-	International Journal of Heritage Studies	13
-	International Journal of Social Research Methodology	13
-	Systems Research and Behavioral Science	13
37	Cultural Trends	12
-	Journal of Risk Research	12
-	Youth & Society	12
40	Journal of Children and Media	11
-	Minerva	11
-	Social Epistemology	11
-	Society	11
-	Young	11
-	Journal of Mixed Methods Research	11
46	Critical Social Policy	10
-	Evidence & Policy	10
-	Crime Law and Social Change	10
-	Emotion Space and Society	10
-	Race & Class	10

51	Evaluation	9
-	Social & Legal Studies	9
-	American Journal of Evaluation	9
-	Island Studies Journal	9
-	Social Science Information sur les Sciences Sociales	9
-	Social Science Journal	9
-	Time & Society	9
58	Race and Social Problems	8
-	Adaptive Behavior	8
-	Childhood-A Global Journal of Child Research	8
-	Cross-Cultural Research	8
-	Space Policy	8
63	Action Research	7
-	JASSS-The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation	7
-	Field Methods	7
-	Interdisciplinary Science Reviews	7
-	Journal of Black Studies	7
-	Journal of East Asian Studies	7
69	Clothing and Textiles Research Journal	6
-	GLQ-A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies	6
-	Longitudinal and Life Course Studies	6
-	Science & Society	6
73	Journal of Poverty and Social Justice	5
-	Revista de Estudios Sociales	5
-	Semiotica	5
-	Social Science Japan Journal	5
-	Dados-Revista de Ciencias Sociais	5
-	Human Organization	5
-	New Perspectives on Turkey	5
-	Zeitschrift fuer Sexualforschung	5
81	Negotiation Journal	4
-	Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning	4
-	Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales	4
-	Movimento-Porto Alegre	4
-	Travail Genre et Societes	4
86	Andamios	3
-	Continuity and Change	3
-	Trames-Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences	3
-	Zeitschrift fuer Evaluation	3
90	Social Philosophy & Policy	2