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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Annals of Tourism Research	44
2	Social Indicators Research	26
3	Annual Review of Sociology	24
-	Information Communication & Society	24
5	American Sociological Review	22
6	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	21
-	Media Culture & Society	21
8	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	20
-	Agriculture and Human Values	20
10	Social Science Research	19
11	Population and Development Review	18
-	Ethnic and Racial Studies	18
-	Social Networks	18
-	Sociology Compass	18
15	Work Employment and Society	17
-	Journal of Marriage and Family	17
-	Social Science Quarterly	17
-	Sociology of Health & Illness	17
19	Gender & Society	16
-	Qualitative Research	16
-	Sociology-The Journal of the British Sociological Association	16
22	European Sociological Review	15
-	Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs	15
-	Social Problems	15
-	Socio-Economic Review	15
-	Current Sociology	15
27	Society & Natural Resources	14
-	American Journal of Sociology	14
-	Journal of Cultural Economy	14
-	Social Forces	14
-	Sociologia Ruralis	14
-	Sociological Methods & Research	14
-	British Journal of Sociology of Education	14
-	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	14
-	Critical Sociology	14
-	Economy and Society	14
37	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	13
-	Research in Social Stratification and Mobility	13
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	13
-	Sociological Perspectives	13
-	British Journal of Sociology	13
-	Sociological Review	13
-	Deviant Behavior	13
44	Poetics	12
-	Sociological Forum	12
-	Discourse & Society	12
-	Youth & Society	12
-	New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development	12
49	Innovation-The European Journal of Social Science Research	11
-	Nations and Nationalism	11

-	Sociological Research Online	11
-	Sociology of Race and Ethnicity	11
-	European Societies	11
-	Rural Sociology	11
-	Society	11
-	Annual Review of Law and Social Science	11
-	Sport in Society	11
-	Work and Occupations	11
-	Young	11
60	Human Ecology	10
-	Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion	10
-	Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies	10
-	Journal of Leisure Research	10
-	Leisure Sciences	10
-	Men and Masculinities	10
-	Race & Class	10
-	Revista Espanola de Investigaciones Sociologicas	10
-	Social Movement Studies	10
-	Society and Mental Health	10
-	Sociology of Education	10
-	European Journal of Social Theory	10
-	Health Sociology Review	10
-	International Political Sociology	10
-	Journal of Consumer Culture	10
-	Journal of Sociology	10
-	Law & Society Review	10
-	Sexualities	10
-	Anthrozoos	10
79	Food Culture & Society	9
-	Journal of Contemporary Ethnography	9
-	Language in Society	9
-	Social Compass	9
-	Chinese Sociological Review	9
-	Sociology of Sport Journal	9
-	Crime Media Culture	9
-	Theory and Society	9
-	Politics & Society	9
-	Review of Religious Research	9
-	City & Community	9
-	Teaching Sociology	9
91	Human Studies	8
-	Journal of Sport & Social Issues	8
-	Qualitative Sociology	8
-	Sociological Science	8
-	Cultural Sociology	8
-	International Journal of Comparative Sociology	8
-	Kolner Zeitschrift fuer Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie	8
-	Race and Social Problems	8
-	Social Justice Research	8
-	Armed Forces & Society	8
-	Sociology of Religion	8
102	Acta Sociologica	7
-	Sociological Methodology	7
-	Berliner Journal fuer Soziologie	7
-	Symbolic Interaction	7
-	International Sociology	7
-	Journal of Law and Society	7
-	Sociological Inquiry	7
-	Sociological Spectrum	7
-	Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne de Sociologie	7
-	Zeitschrift fuer Soziologie	7
112	Archives Europeennes de Sociologie	6
-	Du Bois Review-Social Science Research on Race	6
-	Human Ecology Review	6
-	Rationality and Society	6
-	American Journal of Economics and Sociology	6
-	Sociological Quarterly	6
-	Ethnography	6
119	American Journal of Cultural Sociology	5
-	Comparative Studies in Society and History	5
-	Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniya	5
-	Journal of Historical Sociology	5
-	Mobilization	5
-	Body & Society	5
125	Journal of Mathematical Sociology	4
-	Sociologicky Casopis-Czech Sociological Review	4
-	Convergencia-Revista de Ciencias Sociales	4
-	Revista Internacional de Sociologia	4
-	Society & Animals	4
-	Tempo Social	4
-	Drustvena Istrazivanja	4
132	Revue Francaise de Sociologie	3
-	Sociologia	3
-	Canadian Journal of Sociology-Cahiers Canadiens de Sociologie	3
-	Sociologisk Forskning	3
-	Sociologie du Travail	3
-	Contemporary Sociology-A Journal of Reviews	3
138	Deviance et Societe	2
-	Filosofija-Sociologija	2
140	Telos	1