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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technology in Society	80
2	Accident Analysis and Prevention	46
3	Systems	42
4	SAGE Open	40
5	Patient Education and Counseling	36
6	International Journal of Qualitative Methods	34
7	Journal of Safety Research	30
8	Big Data & Society	29
9	Social Indicators Research	27
10	Archives of Sexual Behavior	25
11	Journal of Happiness Studies	23
12	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	22
-	Human Relations	22
14	Applied Research in Quality of Life	21
15	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	20
-	Qualitative Health Research	20
17	Adolescent Research Review	19
-	Evaluation and Program Planning	19
-	Journal of Sex Research	19
-	Social Science Computer Review	19
-	Daedalus	19
22	Sexuality Research and Social Policy	18
-	Child Indicators Research	18
24	American Behavioral Scientist	17
25	Disability & Society	16
-	Qualitative Research	16
-	Globalizations	16
-	Journal of Homosexuality	16
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	16
30	Policy Sciences	15
-	RSF-The Russell Sage Journal of the Social Sciences	15
-	Disasters	15
-	Journal of Youth Studies	15
-	Qualitative Inquiry	15
-	Systems Research and Behavioral Science	15
36	Journal of Risk Research	14
-	International Journal of Heritage Studies	14
-	Social Epistemology	14
39	Journal of Mixed Methods Research	13
-	International Journal of Social Research Methodology	13
-	Minerva	13
42	Childhood-A Global Journal of Child Research	12
-	Social Inclusion	12
-	Evidence & Policy	12
-	Group Decision and Negotiation	12
-	Journal of Children and Media	12
-	Journal of Gender Studies	12
-	Space Policy	12
49	Youth & Society	11
-	Society	11

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