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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Technology in Society	82
2	Accident Analysis and Prevention	46
3	SAGE Open	40
4	Systems	38
5	Patient Education and Counseling	33
6	Journal of Safety Research	31
-	International Journal of Qualitative Methods	31
8	Big Data & Society	27
9	Social Indicators Research	26
10	Archives of Sexual Behavior	25
11	Journal of Happiness Studies	21
-	Human Relations	21
13	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science	20
-	Applied Research in Quality of Life	20
15	Qualitative Health Research	19
-	Evaluation and Program Planning	19
-	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	19
18	Journal of Sex Research	18
-	Journal of Homosexuality	18
-	Child Indicators Research	18
21	Social Science Computer Review	17
-	Adolescent Research Review	17
-	Daedalus	17
24	Sexuality Research and Social Policy	16
-	Journal of Youth Studies	16
-	American Behavioral Scientist	16
-	Disasters	16
28	Policy Sciences	15
-	Qualitative Research	15
-	Disability & Society	15
-	Public Opinion Quarterly	15
-	Qualitative Inquiry	15
-	Systems Research and Behavioral Science	15
-	Globalizations	15
35	RSF-The Russell Sage Journal of the Social Sciences	14
-	Group Decision and Negotiation	14
37	Journal of Risk Research	13
-	International Journal of Heritage Studies	13
39	Journal of Mixed Methods Research	12
-	International Journal of Sexual Health	12
-	Journal of Gender Studies	12
-	Minerva	12
-	Social Epistemology	12
-	Evidence & Policy	12
-	International Journal of Social Research Methodology	12
46	Social Inclusion	11
-	Society	11
-	Youth & Society	11
-	Journal of Children and Media	11
50	Race & Class	10

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