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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Annals of Tourism Research	36
2	Social Indicators Research	28
3	Agriculture and Human Values	26
4	Media Culture & Society	25
-	Information Communication & Society	25
6	American Sociological Review	23
7	Social Science Research	20
-	Annual Review of Sociology	20
-	Work Employment and Society	20
-	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	20
11	Sociology of Health & Illness	19
-	Sociology-The Journal of the British Sociological Association	19
-	Ethnic and Racial Studies	19
14	Sociological Review	18
-	Sociology Compass	18
-	Journal of Marriage and Family	18
-	Population and Development Review	18
-	American Journal of Sociology	18
-	Economy and Society	18
20	Sociologia Ruralis	17
21	Social Forces	16
-	Social Networks	16
-	Sociological Methods & Research	16
-	British Journal of Sociology of Education	16
-	European Sociological Review	16
-	British Journal of Sociology	16
-	European Societies	16
28	Qualitative Research	15
-	Socio-Economic Review	15
-	Sport in Society	15
-	Work and Occupations	15
-	Deviant Behavior	15
-	Gender & Society	15
-	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	15
35	Research in Social Stratification and Mobility	14
-	Society and Mental Health	14
-	Society & Natural Resources	14
-	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	14
-	Critical Sociology	14
-	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	14
41	Social Science Quarterly	13
-	Anthrozoos	13
-	Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs	13
-	Human Ecology	13
-	Leisure Sciences	13
-	Nations and Nationalism	13
-	Poetics	13
-	Revista Espanola de Investigaciones Sociologicas	13
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	13
-	Sociological Forum	13

-	Sociology of Race and Ethnicity	13
-	Journal of Leisure Research	13
53	Sexualities	12
-	European Journal of Social Theory	12
-	International Political Sociology	12
-	Journal of Cultural Economy	12
-	Kolner Zeitschrift fuer Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie	12
-	Social Movement Studies	12
-	Social Problems	12
-	Sociological Science	12
-	Sociology of Sport Journal	12
-	Current Sociology	12
-	Youth & Society	12
-	Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion	12
-	Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies	12
-	Language in Society	12
67	Law & Society Review	11
-	Politics & Society	11
-	Rural Sociology	11
-	Annual Review of Law and Social Science	11
-	Cultural Sociology	11
-	Discourse & Society	11
-	Journal of Sociology	11
-	Men and Masculinities	11
-	Sociology of Education	11
-	Health Sociology Review	11
-	Journal of Sport & Social Issues	11
78	Society	10
-	American Journal of Economics and Sociology	10
-	Armed Forces & Society	10
-	Food Culture & Society	10
-	Journal of Consumer Culture	10
-	Race & Class	10
-	Sociological Methodology	10
-	Sociological Research Online	10
-	Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne de Sociologie	10
-	Human Studies	10
-	Innovation-The European Journal of Social Science Research	10
89	Review of Religious Research	9
-	Social Justice Research	9
-	Sociological Inquiry	9
-	Sociology of Religion	9
-	International Sociology	9
-	Qualitative Sociology	9
-	Sociological Perspectives	9
-	Theory and Society	9
97	Mobilization	8
-	New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development	8
-	Race and Social Problems	8
-	Sociological Quarterly	8
-	Body & Society	8
-	Crime Media Culture	8
-	Young	8
-	Zeitschrift fuer Soziologie	8
-	International Journal of Comparative Sociology	8
-	Journal of Law and Society	8
-	Acta Sociologica	8
-	Berliner Journal fuer Soziologie	8
-	City & Community	8
-	Symbolic Interaction	8
111	Chinese Sociological Review	7
-	Comparative Studies in Society and History	7
-	American Journal of Cultural Sociology	7
-	Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniya	7
-	Journal of Contemporary Ethnography	7
116	Society & Animals	6
-	Sociological Spectrum	6
-	Teaching Sociology	6
-	Tempo Social	6
-	Revue Francaise de Sociologie	6
-	Ethnography	6
122	Rationality and Society	5
-	Du Bois Review-Social Science Research on Race	5
-	Social Compass	5
-	Archives Europeennes de Sociologie	5
-	Sociologicky Casopis-Czech Sociological Review	5
127	Revista Internacional de Sociologia	4
-	Sociologie du Travail	4
-	Convergencia-Revista de Ciencias Sociales	4
-	Deviance et Societe	4
-	Journal of Mathematical Sociology	4
132	Sociologia	3
-	Sociologisk Forskning	3
-	Contemporary Sociology-A Journal of Reviews	3
-	Drustvena Istrazivanja	3
-	Filosofija-Sociologija	3
137	Journal of Historical Sociology	2
-	Telos	2