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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technology in Society	79
2	Accident Analysis and Prevention	47
3	SAGE Open	35
4	Patient Education and Counseling	34
5	Systems	32
6	Journal of Safety Research	30
7	Big Data & Society	28
8	International Journal of Qualitative Methods	27
-	Social Indicators Research	27
10	Archives of Sexual Behavior	25
11	Qualitative Health Research	22
12	Journal of Happiness Studies	21
-	Human Relations	21
14	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	20
15	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	19
-	Journal of Youth Studies	19
-	Applied Research in Quality of Life	19
18	Sexuality Research and Social Policy	18
-	Disability & Society	18
20	Journal of Sex Research	17
-	Evaluation and Program Planning	17
-	Child Indicators Research	17
23	Qualitative Research	16
-	Social Science Computer Review	16
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	16
-	Qualitative Inquiry	16
-	Globalizations	16
28	International Journal of Sexual Health	15
-	Policy Sciences	15
-	Journal of Gender Studies	15
-	Disasters	15
32	Adolescent Research Review	14
-	Journal of Homosexuality	14
-	Systems Research and Behavioral Science	14
-	American Behavioral Scientist	14
-	Daedalus	14
-	Group Decision and Negotiation	14
38	Social Inclusion	13
-	International Journal of Heritage Studies	13
-	International Journal of Social Research Methodology	13
41	Journal of Risk Research	12
-	Youth & Society	12
-	Minerva	12
44	Journal of Mixed Methods Research	11
-	RSF-The Russell Sage Journal of the Social Sciences	11
-	Society	11
-	Emotion Space and Society	11
-	Journal of Children and Media	11
-	Social Epistemology	11
-	Young	11

-	Evidence & Policy	11
52	Island Studies Journal	10
-	American Journal of Evaluation	10
-	Critical Social Policy	10
-	Cultural Trends	10
56	Race & Class	9
-	Time & Society	9
-	Childhood-A Global Journal of Child Research	9
-	Crime Law and Social Change	9
-	Cross-Cultural Research	9
-	Social Science Journal	9
-	Space Policy	9
-	Evaluation	9
64	Social & Legal Studies	8
-	Field Methods	8
-	JASSS-The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation	8
-	Race and Social Problems	8
-	Social Science Information sur les Sciences Sociales	8
-	Adaptive Behavior	8
70	Journal of Black Studies	7
-	Journal of East Asian Studies	7
-	Interdisciplinary Science Reviews	7
73	Longitudinal and Life Course Studies	6
-	Action Research	6
-	GLQ-A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies	6
-	Journal of Poverty and Social Justice	6
77	New Perspectives on Turkey	5
-	Science & Society	5
-	Social Science Japan Journal	5
-	Travail Genre et Societes	5
-	Zeitschrift fuer Sexualforschung	5
-	Clothing and Textiles Research Journal	5
-	Dados-Revista de Ciencias Sociais	5
-	Human Organization	5
-	Revista de Estudios Sociales	5
-	Semiotica	5
-	Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning	5
88	Movimento-Porto Alegre	4
-	Negotiation Journal	4
-	Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales	4
91	Social Philosophy & Policy	3
-	Trames-Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences	3
-	Andamios	3
-	Continuity and Change	3
95	Zeitschrift fuer Evaluation	2