Sociology: 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	Annals of Tourism Research	42
2	Social Indicators Research	27
3	Information Communication & Society	25
-	Media Culture & Society	25
-	Annual Review of Sociology	25
6	Agriculture and Human Values	24
7	Social Science Research	22
8	American Sociological Review	21
9	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	20
10	Work Employment and Society	19
-	Population and Development Review	19
12	Social Networks	18
-	Sociology Compass	18
-	Sociology of Health & Illness	18
-	Ethnic and Racial Studies	18
16	Sociologia Ruralis	17
-	Sociology-The Journal of the British Sociological Association	17
-	European Sociological Review	17
-	Journal of Marriage and Family	17
20	Social Forces	16
-	Socio-Economic Review	16
-	Sociological Methods & Research	16
-	Sociological Review	16
-	Qualitative Research	16
-	American Journal of Sociology	16
-	British Journal of Sociology	16
-	Deviant Behavior	16
-	Economy and Society	16
29	British Journal of Sociology of Education	15
-	Work and Occupations	15
-	Society & Natural Resources	15
-	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	15
-	Critical Sociology	15
-	European Societies	15
-	Gender & Society	15
-	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	15
37	Social Science Quarterly	14
-	Discourse & Society	14
-	Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs	14
-	Leisure Sciences	14
41	Anthrozoos	13
-	Sport in Society	13
-	Journal of Cultural Economy	13
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	13
-	Social Movement Studies	13
-	Society and Mental Health	13
-	Sociology of Race and Ethnicity	13
-	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	13
49	Sexualities	12
-	Human Ecology	12

-	International Political Sociology	12
-	Rural Sociology	12
-	Social Problems	12
-	Sociological Forum	12
-	Sociological Science	12
-	Current Sociology	12
-	Journal of Leisure Research	12
-	Nations and Nationalism	12
-	Poetics	12
-	Research in Social Stratification and Mobility	12
-	Revista Espanola de Investigaciones Sociologicas	12
62	Society	11
-	Journal of Consumer Culture	11
-	Journal of Sociology	11
-	Sociology of Sport Journal	11
-	Youth & Society	11
-	Health Sociology Review	11
-	Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion	11
-	Language in Society	11
70	American Journal of Economics and Sociology	10
-	Sociological Inquiry	10
-	Annual Review of Law and Social Science	10
-	Armed Forces & Society	10
-	Cultural Sociology	10
-	European Journal of Social Theory	10
-	Food Culture & Society	10
-	International Journal of Comparative Sociology	10
-	Kolner Zeitschrift fuer Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie	10
-	Law & Society Review	10
-	Review of Religious Research	10
-	Sociological Research Online	10
-	Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne de Sociologie	10
-	Sociology of Education	10
-	Innovation-The European Journal of Social Science Research	10
-	Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies	10
86	Politics & Society	9
-	Race and Social Problems	9
-	Sociological Methodology	9
-	Berliner Journal fuer Soziologie	9
-	City & Community	9
-	Human Studies	9
-	Journal of Sport & Social Issues	9
-	Men and Masculinities	9
-	Race & Class	9
95	Social Justice Research	8
-	Sociological Quarterly	8
-	Sociology of Religion	8
-	Crime Media Culture	8
-	Teaching Sociology	8
-	Du Bois Review-Social Science Research on Race	8
-	Young	8
-	Zeitschrift fuer Soziologie	8
-	International Sociology	8
-	New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development	8
-	Acta Sociologica	8
-	Sociological Perspectives	8
-	Symbolic Interaction	8
-	Theory and Society	8
-	Qualitative Sociology	8
110	Society & Animals	7
-	Body & Society	7
-	Chinese Sociological Review	7
-	Comparative Studies in Society and History	7
-	Journal of Law and Society	7
-	Social Compass	7
-	Ethnography	7
117	Sociological Spectrum	6
-	Journal of Historical Sociology	6
-	Mobilization	6
-	American Journal of Cultural Sociology	6
-	Archives Europeennes de Sociologie	6
-	Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniya	6
-	Journal of Contemporary Ethnography	6
124	Tempo Social	5
-	Rationality and Society	5
-	Sociologicky Casopis-Czech Sociological Review	5
-	Revue Francaise de Sociologie	5
128	Sociologie du Travail	4
-	Convergencia-Revista de Ciencias Sociales	4
-	Revista Internacional de Sociologia	4
-	Journal of Mathematical Sociology	4
132	Deviance et Societe	3
-	Sociologia	3
-	Sociologisk Forskning	3
-	Drustvena Istrazivanja	3
-	Filosofija-Sociologija	3
137	Contemporary Sociology-A Journal of Reviews	2
-	Telos	2