Social Issues: 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technology in Society	80
2	American Journal of Bioethics	28
3	Journal of Medical Ethics	23
4	Journal of Social Issues	22
5	Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly	18
6	Bioethics	17
7	Journal of European Social Policy	16
-	Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation	16
-	Social Policy & Administration	16
10	Journal of Responsible Innovation	15
-	Voluntas	15
12	Death Studies	14
-	Journal of Social Policy	14
14	Australian Journal of Social Issues	13
-	Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law	13
-	Addiction Research & Theory	13
-	Journal of Bioethical Inquiry	13
-	Social Policy and Society	13
19	Journal of Gender Studies	12
20	Social Politics	11
-	Youth & Society	11
-	Science Technology & Human Values	11
-	South European Society and Politics	11
24	Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy	10
-	Critical Social Policy	10
26	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	9
-	Race & Class	9
-	Politics & Society	9
29	Journal of Poverty and Social Justice	8
-	Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics	8
31	Journal of Social Philosophy	7
-	Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal	7
-	Revista de Estudios Sociales	7
34	New Genetics and Society	5
35	Drustvena Istrazivanja	3
-	Dissent	3
-	Revija za Socijalnu Politiku	3
38	Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe	2