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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Annals of Tourism Research	43
2	Annual Review of Sociology	27
3	Social Indicators Research	26
4	Information Communication & Society	25
5	Media Culture & Society	23
6	American Sociological Review	22
-	Agriculture and Human Values	22
-	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	22
9	Sociology Compass	19
-	Journal of Marriage and Family	19
-	Social Science Research	19
-	Ethnic and Racial Studies	19
-	Population and Development Review	19
14	Social Networks	18
-	Social Science Quarterly	18
-	Sociology of Health & Illness	18
-	Work Employment and Society	18
-	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	18
19	Gender & Society	17
-	Sociology-The Journal of the British Sociological Association	17
-	European Sociological Review	17
22	Qualitative Research	16
-	Sociologia Ruralis	16
-	Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs	16
25	Social Forces	15
-	Society & Natural Resources	15
-	British Journal of Sociology of Education	15
-	Deviant Behavior	15
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	15
-	Social Problems	15
-	Socio-Economic Review	15
-	British Journal of Sociology	15
33	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	14
-	Critical Sociology	14
-	Current Sociology	14
-	American Journal of Sociology	14
-	Sociological Methods & Research	14
-	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	14
39	Rural Sociology	13
-	Sociological Forum	13
-	Economy and Society	13
-	Research in Social Stratification and Mobility	13
-	Social Movement Studies	13
-	Sociological Review	13
-	Sport in Society	13
-	Discourse & Society	13
-	Journal of Leisure Research	13
-	Poetics	13
49	Anthrozoos	12
-	Youth & Society	12

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