Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor
1	Technology in Society	ca. 9.2
2	Big Data & Society	ca. 8.5
3	Accident Analysis and Prevention	ca. 5.9
4	Human Relations	ca. 5.7
5	International Journal of Qualitative Methods	ca. 5.4
6	Policy Sciences	ca. 5.3
7	Journal of Risk Research	ca. 5.1
8	Adolescent Research Review	ca. 4.7
9	Journal of Happiness Studies	ca. 4.6
10	JASSS-The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation	ca. 4.2
11	Social Science Computer Review	ca. 4.1
-	Journal of Safety Research	ca. 4.1
13	Journal of Mixed Methods Research	ca. 3.9
14	Archives of Sexual Behavior	ca. 3.8
-	RSF-The Russell Sage Journal of the Social Sciences	ca. 3.8
16	Journal of Sex Research	ca. 3.6
-	Qualitative Research	ca. 3.6
18	Patient Education and Counseling	ca. 3.5
19	Applied Research in Quality of Life	ca. 3.4
-	Advances in Life Course Research	ca. 3.4
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	ca. 3.4
22	International Journal of Social Research Methodology	ca. 3.3
23	Disasters	ca. 3.2
-	American Behavioral Scientist	ca. 3.2
-	Qualitative Health Research	ca. 3.2
26	Social Indicators Research	ca. 3.1
-	Cultural Trends	ca. 3.1
-	Race and Social Problems	ca. 3.1
29	Journal of Children and Media	ca. 3
-	Group Decision and Negotiation	ca. 3
31	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	ca. 2.8
-	Child Indicators Research	ca. 2.8
-	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	ca. 2.8
34	Systems Research and Behavioral Science	ca. 2.7
35	Sexuality Research and Social Policy	ca. 2.6
-	Race & Class	ca. 2.6
-	Journal of Homosexuality	ca. 2.6
38	Cross-Cultural Research	ca. 2.5
-	Globalizations	ca. 2.5
40	Disability & Society	ca. 2.4
-	Evaluation	ca. 2.4
42	Minerva	ca. 2.3
-	Critical Social Policy	ca. 2.3
44	Evidence & Policy	ca. 2.1
-	Young	ca. 2.1
46	International Journal of Sexual Health	ca. 2
-	Youth & Society	ca. 2
-	SAGE Open	ca. 2
-	Time & Society	ca. 2
-	Qualitative Inquiry	ca. 2

51	Systems	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Youth Studies	ca. 1.9
-	Clothing and Textiles Research Journal	ca. 1.9
-	Action Research	ca. 1.9
-	Social Science Journal	ca. 1.9
-	Childhood-A Global Journal of Child Research	ca. 1.9
57	Emotion Space and Society	ca. 1.8
-	International Journal of Heritage Studies	ca. 1.8
59	Journal of Gender Studies	ca. 1.7
-	Social Epistemology	ca. 1.7
-	Daedalus	ca. 1.7
-	American Journal of Evaluation	ca. 1.7
-	Field Methods	ca. 1.7
64	Evaluation and Program Planning	ca. 1.6
-	Social & Legal Studies	ca. 1.6
-	Adaptive Behavior	ca. 1.6
67	Social Inclusion	ca. 1.5
-	Island Studies Journal	ca. 1.5
69	Journal of East Asian Studies	ca. 1.3
-	Journal of Poverty and Social Justice	ca. 1.3
71	New Perspectives on Turkey	ca. 1.2
72	Journal of Black Studies	ca. 1.1
-	Social Science Information sur les Sciences Sociales	ca. 1.1
-	Space Policy	ca. 1.1
-	Interdisciplinary Science Reviews	ca. 1.1
-	Social Science Japan Journal	ca. 1.1
-	Crime Law and Social Change	ca. 1.1
78	Science & Society	ca. 0.9
-	Longitudinal and Life Course Studies	ca. 0.9
-	Continuity and Change	ca. 0.9
-	Society	ca. 0.9
82	Revista de Estudios Sociales	ca. 0.8
-	Human Organization	ca. 0.8
-	Semiotica	ca. 0.8
-	Negotiation Journal	ca. 0.8
86	GLQ-A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies	ca. 0.7
87	Asian Journal of Social Science	ca. 0.6
-	Zeitschrift fuer Sexualforschung	ca. 0.6
-	Movimento-Porto Alegre	ca. 0.6
90	Dados-Revista de Ciencias Sociais	ca. 0.5
91	Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning	ca. 0.4
-	Social Philosophy & Policy	ca. 0.4
93	Zeitschrift fuer Evaluation	ca. 0.3
-	Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales	ca. 0.3
95	Andamios	ca. 0.2
-	Trames-Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences	ca. 0.2
97	Travail Genre et Societes	ca. 0.1