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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technology in Society	79
2	Systems	49
3	Accident Analysis and Prevention	46
4	SAGE Open	42
5	Patient Education and Counseling	36
6	Big Data & Society	33
7	International Journal of Qualitative Methods	32
8	Journal of Safety Research	30
9	Social Indicators Research	27
10	Journal of Happiness Studies	25
11	Archives of Sexual Behavior	24
12	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	21
13	Adolescent Research Review	20
-	Applied Research in Quality of Life	20
-	Evaluation and Program Planning	20
-	Human Relations	20
-	Journal of Sex Research	20
-	Qualitative Health Research	20
19	Sexuality Research and Social Policy	19
-	Social Science Computer Review	19
21	Disability & Society	18
-	International Journal of Heritage Studies	18
23	Public Opinion Quarterly	17
-	Globalizations	17
-	Policy Sciences	17
26	Qualitative Inquiry	16
-	Disasters	16
-	RSF-The Russell Sage Journal of the Social Sciences	16
29	Child Indicators Research	15
-	Journal of Youth Studies	15
-	Social Epistemology	15
-	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	15
-	Qualitative Research	15
34	Journal of Children and Media	14
-	Journal of Homosexuality	14
-	Minerva	14
-	Space Policy	14
-	Systems Research and Behavioral Science	14
-	International Journal of Social Research Methodology	14
-	Journal of Risk Research	14
41	Group Decision and Negotiation	13
-	Journal of Mixed Methods Research	13
43	Journal of Gender Studies	12
-	JASSS-The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation	12
45	Emotion Space and Society	11
-	International Journal of Sexual Health	11
-	Crime Law and Social Change	11
-	Daedalus	11
-	Evidence & Policy	11
-	Social Inclusion	11

-	Social & Legal Studies	11
-	Youth & Society	11
53	Critical Social Policy	10
-	Childhood-A Global Journal of Child Research	10
-	Evaluation	10
-	Race & Class	10
-	Society	10
58	Interdisciplinary Science Reviews	9
-	Social Science Information sur les Sciences Sociales	9
-	Adaptive Behavior	9
-	American Journal of Evaluation	9
-	Cultural Trends	9
-	Journal of East Asian Studies	9
-	Time & Society	9
65	Action Research	8
-	Island Studies Journal	8
-	Race and Social Problems	8
-	Young	8
69	Dados-Revista de Ciencias Sociais	7
-	Field Methods	7
-	Human Organization	7
-	Revista de Estudios Sociales	7
-	Social Science Journal	7
-	Longitudinal and Life Course Studies	7
75	Journal of Poverty and Social Justice	6
-	Semiotica	6
-	New Perspectives on Turkey	6
-	Zeitschrift fuer Sexualforschung	6
79	Negotiation Journal	5
-	Social Philosophy & Policy	5
-	Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning	5
-	Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales	5
-	Movimento-Porto Alegre	5
-	Science & Society	5
-	Social Science Japan Journal	5
-	Travail Genre et Societes	5
87	Andamios	4
-	GLQ-A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies	4
-	Trames-Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences	4
-	Clothing and Textiles Research Journal	4
91	Continuity and Change	3
92	Zeitschrift fuer Evaluation	2