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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Annals of Tourism Research	42
2	Social Indicators Research	26
3	Information Communication & Society	25
4	Media Culture & Society	24
5	Agriculture and Human Values	22
-	American Sociological Review	22
7	Annual Review of Sociology	21
8	Social Science Research	20
9	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	19
10	Ethnic and Racial Studies	18
-	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	18
-	Population and Development Review	18
-	Journal of Marriage and Family	18
-	Social Networks	18
-	Sociology Compass	18
16	Work Employment and Society	17
-	Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs	17
-	Gender & Society	17
-	Sociologia Ruralis	17
-	Sociology of Health & Illness	17
21	European Sociological Review	16
-	British Journal of Sociology of Education	16
-	Qualitative Research	16
-	Social Science Quarterly	16
-	American Journal of Sociology	16
-	Sociological Review	16
-	British Journal of Sociology	16
-	Sociology-The Journal of the British Sociological Association	16
29	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	15
-	Economy and Society	15
-	Social Forces	15
-	Socio-Economic Review	15
-	Sociological Methods & Research	15
-	Deviant Behavior	15
35	Society & Natural Resources	14
-	Sociological Forum	14
-	European Societies	14
-	Critical Sociology	14
39	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	13
-	Poetics	13
-	Research in Social Stratification and Mobility	13
-	Social Movement Studies	13
-	Social Problems	13
-	Discourse & Society	13
-	Work and Occupations	13
-	Journal of Cultural Economy	13
-	Rural Sociology	13
-	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	13
-	Current Sociology	13
50	Youth & Society	12

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