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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Annals of Tourism Research	46
2	Social Indicators Research	26
3	American Sociological Review	24
4	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	22
5	Annual Review of Sociology	21
-	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	21
7	Media Culture & Society	20
-	Work Employment and Society	20
9	Ethnic and Racial Studies	18
-	Gender & Society	18
-	Social Science Quarterly	18
-	Sociology Compass	18
-	Sociology of Health & Illness	18
-	Social Science Research	18
-	Agriculture and Human Values	18
16	Journal of Marriage and Family	17
-	Social Networks	17
-	Sociology-The Journal of the British Sociological Association	17
-	Population and Development Review	17
20	Qualitative Research	16
-	Socio-Economic Review	16
-	Sociological Methods & Research	16
-	European Sociological Review	16
24	British Journal of Sociology of Education	15
25	New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development	14
-	Social Forces	14
-	American Journal of Sociology	14
-	British Journal of Sociology	14
-	Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs	14
-	Social Problems	14
-	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	14
-	Current Sociology	14
-	Youth & Society	14
34	Journal of Cultural Economy	13
-	Sociologia Ruralis	13
-	Sociological Review	13
-	Research in Social Stratification and Mobility	13
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	13
-	Society & Natural Resources	13
-	Sociological Perspectives	13
-	Critical Sociology	13
-	Economy and Society	13
43	Human Ecology	12
-	Journal of Consumer Culture	12
-	Sexualities	12
-	Discourse & Society	12
-	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	12
-	Poetics	12
-	Social Movement Studies	12
-	City & Community	12

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