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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technology in Society	77
2	Accident Analysis and Prevention	48
3	Systems	47
4	SAGE Open	37
5	Patient Education and Counseling	36
6	Big Data & Society	31
-	Journal of Safety Research	31
8	International Journal of Qualitative Methods	29
9	Social Indicators Research	26
10	Journal of Happiness Studies	24
11	Archives of Sexual Behavior	23
12	Qualitative Health Research	22
13	Applied Research in Quality of Life	20
-	Human Relations	20
-	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	20
16	Adolescent Research Review	19
-	Evaluation and Program Planning	19
-	Journal of Sex Research	19
19	Public Opinion Quarterly	18
-	Sexuality Research and Social Policy	18
-	Social Science Computer Review	18
-	Disability & Society	18
23	Systems Research and Behavioral Science	17
-	Globalizations	17
-	Policy Sciences	17
-	Qualitative Research	17
27	Qualitative Inquiry	16
-	American Behavioral Scientist	16
-	International Journal of Heritage Studies	16
-	Journal of Homosexuality	16
-	RSF-The Russell Sage Journal of the Social Sciences	16
-	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	16
33	Social Epistemology	15
-	Child Indicators Research	15
-	Disasters	15
36	Space Policy	14
-	Journal of Children and Media	14
-	Journal of Youth Studies	14
-	Journal of Mixed Methods Research	14
40	Group Decision and Negotiation	13
-	International Journal of Social Research Methodology	13
-	Journal of Gender Studies	13
-	Minerva	13
-	Journal of Risk Research	13
45	Evidence & Policy	12
-	JASSS-The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation	12
-	Youth & Society	12
-	Childhood-A Global Journal of Child Research	12
49	Social Inclusion	11
-	International Journal of Sexual Health	11

51	Critical Social Policy	10
-	Daedalus	10
-	Race & Class	10
-	Society	10
-	Crime Law and Social Change	10
-	Emotion Space and Society	10
-	Interdisciplinary Science Reviews	10
-	Island Studies Journal	10
59	Race and Social Problems	9
-	Adaptive Behavior	9
-	Cultural Trends	9
-	Evaluation	9
-	Social & Legal Studies	9
-	Time & Society	9
-	American Journal of Evaluation	9
-	Cross-Cultural Research	9
67	Social Science Information sur les Sciences Sociales	8
-	Young	8
-	Journal of Poverty and Social Justice	8
-	Action Research	8
-	Journal of Black Studies	8
72	Revista de Estudios Sociales	7
-	Social Science Journal	7
-	Dados-Revista de Ciencias Sociais	7
-	Field Methods	7
-	GLQ-A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies	7
-	Journal of East Asian Studies	7
-	Longitudinal and Life Course Studies	7
79	Semiotica	6
-	New Perspectives on Turkey	6
-	Social Science Japan Journal	6
-	Zeitschrift fuer Sexualforschung	6
-	Human Organization	6
84	Negotiation Journal	5
-	Social Philosophy & Policy	5
-	Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning	5
-	Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales	5
-	Science & Society	5
89	Trames-Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences	4
-	Andamios	4
-	Continuity and Change	4
-	Travail Genre et Societes	4
-	Clothing and Textiles Research Journal	4
-	Movimento-Porto Alegre	4
95	Zeitschrift fuer Evaluation	2