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 2020-08-01 to 2024-08-01)

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

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