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	SAGE Open	35
4	Patient Education and Counseling	33
5	Systems	30
6	Journal of Safety Research	29
7	Social Indicators Research	26
-	Big Data & Society	26
9	International Journal of Qualitative Methods	25
10	Archives of Sexual Behavior	24
11	Qualitative Health Research	22
12	Human Relations	21
13	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	20
-	Journal of Happiness Studies	20
15	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	18
-	Journal of Youth Studies	18
-	Applied Research in Quality of Life	18
18	Journal of Sex Research	17
-	Sexuality Research and Social Policy	17
-	Disability & Society	17
-	Child Indicators Research	17
22	Policy Sciences	16
-	Qualitative Research	16
-	Social Science Computer Review	16
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	16
26	Evaluation and Program Planning	15
-	Journal of Homosexuality	15
-	Qualitative Inquiry	15
-	Disasters	15
30	International Journal of Sexual Health	14
-	Adolescent Research Review	14
-	Journal of Gender Studies	14
-	American Behavioral Scientist	14
-	Globalizations	14
-	Group Decision and Negotiation	14
36	International Journal of Heritage Studies	13
-	International Journal of Social Research Methodology	13
-	Systems Research and Behavioral Science	13
-	Daedalus	13
40	Journal of Risk Research	12
-	Social Inclusion	12
-	Youth & Society	12
-	Cultural Trends	12
44	Journal of Mixed Methods Research	11
-	RSF-The Russell Sage Journal of the Social Sciences	11
-	Society	11
-	Journal of Children and Media	11
-	Minerva	11
-	Social Epistemology	11
-	Young	11

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