Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary: 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technology in Society	78
2	Accident Analysis and Prevention	47
3	Patient Education and Counseling	34
4	Journal of Safety Research	30
5	International Journal of Qualitative Methods	27
6	Social Indicators Research	26
7	Archives of Sexual Behavior	25
8	Journal of Happiness Studies	22
9	Human Relations	21
10	Applied Research in Quality of Life	20
11	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	19
-	Qualitative Health Research	19
-	Sexuality Research and Social Policy	19
14	Child Indicators Research	18
-	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	18
-	Journal of Sex Research	18
-	Evaluation and Program Planning	18
18	Journal of Youth Studies	17
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	17
20	Journal of Homosexuality	16
-	Qualitative Inquiry	16
-	Social Science Computer Review	16
-	Qualitative Research	16
-	Disability & Society	16
25	Globalizations	15
-	Systems Research and Behavioral Science	15
-	Daedalus	15
-	Disasters	15
29	Journal of Gender Studies	14
-	International Journal of Sexual Health	14
-	Policy Sciences	14
-	American Behavioral Scientist	14
33	Group Decision and Negotiation	13
-	International Journal of Heritage Studies	13
-	Youth & Society	13
36	Minerva	12
-	Journal of Risk Research	12
38	International Journal of Social Research Methodology	11
-	Journal of Children and Media	11
-	Social Epistemology	11
-	Society	11
-	Young	11
-	Evidence & Policy	11
-	Journal of Mixed Methods Research	11
-	Emotion Space and Society	11
46	American Journal of Evaluation	10
-	Critical Social Policy	10
-	Cultural Trends	10
-	Childhood-A Global Journal of Child Research	10
-	Crime Law and Social Change	10

51	JASSS-The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation	9
-	Evaluation	9
-	Island Studies Journal	9
-	Race & Class	9
-	Social Science Journal	9
-	Space Policy	9
-	Cross-Cultural Research	9
58	Race and Social Problems	8
-	Social & Legal Studies	8
-	Adaptive Behavior	8
-	Field Methods	8
-	Interdisciplinary Science Reviews	8
-	Journal of East Asian Studies	8
-	Time & Society	8
65	Journal of Poverty and Social Justice	7
-	Revista de Estudios Sociales	7
-	Journal of Black Studies	7
-	Longitudinal and Life Course Studies	7
-	Social Science Information sur les Sciences Sociales	7
-	Action Research	7
71	Semiotica	6
-	Social Science Japan Journal	6
-	GLQ-A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies	6
-	Dados-Revista de Ciencias Sociais	6
75	Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning	5
-	Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales	5
-	Human Organization	5
-	Movimento-Porto Alegre	5
-	New Perspectives on Turkey	5
-	Science & Society	5
-	Travail Genre et Societes	5
-	Zeitschrift fuer Sexualforschung	5
-	Clothing and Textiles Research Journal	5
84	Negotiation Journal	4
85	Trames-Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences	3
-	Continuity and Change	3
-	Social Philosophy & Policy	3
-	Andamios	3
89	Zeitschrift fuer Evaluation	2