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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Annals of Tourism Research	51
2	European Societies	28
-	Annual Review of Sociology	28
-	American Sociological Review	28
5	Information Communication & Society	26
6	Social Indicators Research	25
7	Media Culture & Society	23
-	Agriculture and Human Values	23
9	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	22
10	Leisure Sciences	20
11	Social Science Quarterly	19
-	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	19
13	Sociology of Health & Illness	18
-	Gender & Society	18
-	Qualitative Research	18
-	Social Networks	18
-	Ethnic and Racial Studies	18
-	Research in Social Stratification and Mobility	18
19	Sociology Compass	17
-	New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development	17
-	Work Employment and Society	17
-	Population and Development Review	17
23	Sociological Review	16
-	Sociology-The Journal of the British Sociological Association	16
-	Current Sociology	16
-	Journal of Marriage and Family	16
-	British Journal of Sociology of Education	16
-	European Sociological Review	16
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	16
-	Social Science Research	16
31	American Journal of Sociology	15
-	Sociologia Ruralis	15
-	Social Problems	15
34	British Journal of Sociology	14
-	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	14
-	Critical Sociology	14
-	Economy and Society	14
-	Health Sociology Review	14
-	Social Forces	14
-	Socio-Economic Review	14
-	Sociological Perspectives	14
-	Society & Natural Resources	14
43	Sport in Society	13
-	Journal of Sociology	13
-	Politics & Society	13
-	Sexualities	13
-	Sociological Methods & Research	13
-	Theory and Society	13
-	Youth & Society	13
-	Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs	13

-	Human Ecology	13
-	Social Movement Studies	13
53	Chinese Sociological Review	12
-	Deviant Behavior	12
-	International Sociology	12
-	Journal of Cultural Economy	12
-	Cultural Sociology	12
-	Discourse & Society	12
-	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	12
-	Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion	12
-	Journal of Leisure Research	12
-	Poetics	12
-	Sociological Forum	12
-	Anthrozoos	12
65	Young	11
-	International Political Sociology	11
-	Journal of Consumer Culture	11
-	Kolner Zeitschrift fuer Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie	11
-	Race and Social Problems	11
-	Rural Sociology	11
-	City & Community	11
-	Sociology of Education	11
-	Sociology of Race and Ethnicity	11
-	European Journal of Social Theory	11
-	Food Culture & Society	11
-	Nations and Nationalism	11
-	Annual Review of Law and Social Science	11
78	Work and Occupations	10
-	Law & Society Review	10
-	American Journal of Cultural Sociology	10
-	Sociological Inquiry	10
-	Sociological Research Online	10
-	Sociology of Sport Journal	10
-	Innovation-The European Journal of Social Science Research	10
-	Journal of Contemporary Ethnography	10
-	Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies	10
-	Journal of Sport & Social Issues	10
-	Language in Society	10
-	Men and Masculinities	10
-	Qualitative Sociology	10
-	Revista Espanola de Investigaciones Sociologicas	10
92	Sociological Spectrum	9
-	Acta Sociologica	9
-	Body & Society	9
-	Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne de Sociologie	9
-	Race & Class	9
97	Sociology of Religion	8
-	Teaching Sociology	8
-	Journal of Law and Society	8
-	Review of Religious Research	8
-	Social Justice Research	8
-	Society	8
-	Crime Media Culture	8
-	Human Studies	8
-	Social Compass	8
-	Society and Mental Health	8
-	American Journal of Economics and Sociology	8
108	Archives Europeennes de Sociologie	7
-	Sociological Quarterly	7
-	Berliner Journal fuer Soziologie	7
-	Zeitschrift fuer Soziologie	7
-	International Journal of Comparative Sociology	7
-	Mobilization	7
-	Armed Forces & Society	7
-	Sociological Science	7
-	Symbolic Interaction	7
-	Sociological Methodology	7
118	Ethnography	6
-	Journal of Historical Sociology	6
-	Society & Animals	6
-	Du Bois Review-Social Science Research on Race	6
-	Journal of Mathematical Sociology	6
123	Comparative Studies in Society and History	5
-	Contributions to Indian Sociology	5
-	Human Ecology Review	5
-	Rationality and Society	5
-	Revista Internacional de Sociologia	5
-	Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniya	5
-	Revue Francaise de Sociologie	5
-	Sociologia	5
131	Canadian Journal of Sociology-Cahiers Canadiens de Sociologie	4
-	Tempo Social	4
-	Drustvena Istrazivanja	4
-	Sociologicky Casopis-Czech Sociological Review	4
-	Contemporary Sociology-A Journal of Reviews	4
136	Sociologie du Travail	3
-	Filosofija-Sociologija	3
-	Sociologisk Forskning	3
-	Convergencia-Revista de Ciencias Sociales	3
140	Deviance et Societe	2
141	Telos	1