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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Annals of Tourism Research	44
2	Social Indicators Research	26
3	American Sociological Review	23
4	Information Communication & Society	22
5	Annual Review of Sociology	21
-	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	21
7	Media Culture & Society	20
8	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	19
-	Agriculture and Human Values	19
-	Gender & Society	19
11	Social Science Research	18
-	Work Employment and Society	18
13	Ethnic and Racial Studies	17
-	Social Networks	17
-	Social Science Quarterly	17
-	Sociology Compass	17
17	Population and Development Review	16
-	Socio-Economic Review	16
-	Sociology of Health & Illness	16
-	Journal of Marriage and Family	16
-	Qualitative Research	16
22	European Sociological Review	15
-	Sociological Methods & Research	15
-	Sociology-The Journal of the British Sociological Association	15
-	Current Sociology	15
26	Social Problems	14
-	British Journal of Sociology of Education	14
-	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	14
-	Economy and Society	14
30	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	13
-	Society & Natural Resources	13
-	Sociological Perspectives	13
-	British Journal of Sociology	13
-	Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs	13
-	Social Forces	13
-	Sociologia Ruralis	13
-	Sociological Review	13
-	Critical Sociology	13
39	American Journal of Sociology	12
-	Discourse & Society	12
-	Youth & Society	12
-	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	12
-	Research in Social Stratification and Mobility	12
-	Journal of Cultural Economy	12
-	New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development	12
46	Social Movement Studies	11
-	Sociological Forum	11
-	Sociological Research Online	11
-	Sociology of Race and Ethnicity	11
-	Human Ecology	11

-	Poetics	11
-	Rural Sociology	11
-	Sexualities	11
-	Anthrozoos	11
-	Sport in Society	11
-	Deviant Behavior	11
-	Work and Occupations	11
-	Young	11
59	Revista Espanola de Investigaciones Sociologicas	10
-	Sociology of Education	10
-	European Journal of Social Theory	10
-	Food Culture & Society	10
-	Innovation-The European Journal of Social Science Research	10
-	Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion	10
-	Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies	10
-	Men and Masculinities	10
-	Nations and Nationalism	10
-	European Societies	10
-	Health Sociology Review	10
-	International Political Sociology	10
-	Journal of Consumer Culture	10
72	Social Compass	9
-	Society and Mental Health	9
-	Acta Sociologica	9
-	Sociology of Sport Journal	9
-	Theory and Society	9
-	Journal of Contemporary Ethnography	9
-	Journal of Leisure Research	9
-	Language in Society	9
-	Leisure Sciences	9
-	Race & Class	9
-	Society	9
-	Annual Review of Law and Social Science	9
-	Teaching Sociology	9
-	Journal of Sociology	9
-	Kolner Zeitschrift fuer Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie	9
-	Law & Society Review	9
-	Politics & Society	9
-	Review of Religious Research	9
90	Chinese Sociological Review	8
-	Crime Media Culture	8
-	Journal of Sport & Social Issues	8
-	Qualitative Sociology	8
-	Sociological Inquiry	8
-	Armed Forces & Society	8
-	City & Community	8
-	International Journal of Comparative Sociology	8
-	Race and Social Problems	8
99	Sociological Methodology	7
-	Berliner Journal fuer Soziologie	7
-	Cultural Sociology	7
-	Human Studies	7
-	Social Justice Research	7
-	American Journal of Economics and Sociology	7
-	Sociological Spectrum	7
-	Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne de Sociologie	7
-	Sociology of Religion	7
-	International Sociology	7
-	Journal of Historical Sociology	7
-	Journal of Law and Society	7
111	Archives Europeennes de Sociologie	6
-	Sociological Science	6
-	Comparative Studies in Society and History	6
-	Symbolic Interaction	6
-	Du Bois Review-Social Science Research on Race	6
-	Sociological Quarterly	6
-	Ethnography	6
-	Zeitschrift fuer Soziologie	6
-	Human Ecology Review	6
-	Mobilization	6
-	Rationality and Society	6
122	American Journal of Cultural Sociology	5
-	Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniya	5
124	Revue Francaise de Sociologie	4
-	Sociologicky Casopis-Czech Sociological Review	4
-	Convergencia-Revista de Ciencias Sociales	4
-	Journal of Mathematical Sociology	4
-	Revista Internacional de Sociologia	4
-	Society & Animals	4
-	Body & Society	4
-	Tempo Social	4
-	Drustvena Istrazivanja	4
133	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