Sociology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2024
1	Annual Review of Sociology	ca. 9
2	Annals of Tourism Research	ca. 7.8
3	Sociological Methods & Research	ca. 6.5
4	American Sociological Review	ca. 6.2
5	Population and Development Review	ca. 4.8
6	Economy and Society	ca. 4.3
7	Work Employment and Society	ca. 3.8
8	Sociologia Ruralis	ca. 3.7
-	Work and Occupations	ca. 3.7
10	American Journal of Sociology	ca. 3.6
-	Agriculture and Human Values	ca. 3.6
-	Journal of Health and Social Behavior	ca. 3.6
-	Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism	ca. 3.6
14	Social Science Research	ca. 3.5
15	Gender & Society	ca. 3.4
-	Journal of Marriage and Family	ca. 3.4
17	Information Communication & Society	ca. 3.3
-	British Journal of Sociology	ca. 3.3
-	Media Culture & Society	ca. 3.3
20	Health Sociology Review	ca. 3.1
21	Society and Mental Health	ca. 3
-	City & Community	ca. 3
-	Cornell Hospitality Quarterly	ca. 3
-	European Sociological Review	ca. 3
-	Annual Review of Law and Social Science	ca. 3
26	Qualitative Research	ca. 2.9
-	Social Problems	ca. 2.9
-	Sociology-The Journal of the British Sociological Association	ca. 2.9
29	International Journal of Intercultural Relations	ca. 2.8
-	Social Indicators Research	ca. 2.8
-	Sociology of Race and Ethnicity	ca. 2.8
-	Race & Class	ca. 2.8
-	Sociology of Education	ca. 2.8
34	Sociology of Health & Illness	ca. 2.7
-	Discourse & Society	ca. 2.7
-	Politics & Society	ca. 2.7
-	Social Forces	ca. 2.7
38	International Political Sociology	ca. 2.6
-	Language in Society	ca. 2.6
-	Socio-Economic Review	ca. 2.6
-	International Review for the Sociology of Sport	ca. 2.6
42	Sociological Methodology	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of Consumer Culture	ca. 2.5
44	Social Movement Studies	ca. 2.4
-	Social Networks	ca. 2.4
-	Sociological Review	ca. 2.4
47	Anthrozoos	ca. 2.3
48	Sociology of Sport Journal	ca. 2.2
-	European Societies	ca. 2.2
-	Global Networks-A Journal of Transnational Affairs	ca. 2.2

51	Sociological Science	ca. 2.1
-	Qualitative Sociology	ca. 2.1
-	British Journal of Sociology of Education	ca. 2.1
-	Law & Society Review	ca. 2.1
-	New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development	ca. 2.1
-	Sociology Compass	ca. 2.1
57	Ethnic and Racial Studies	ca. 2
-	Research in Social Stratification and Mobility	ca. 2
-	Nations and Nationalism	ca. 2
-	Du Bois Review-Social Science Research on Race	ca. 2
61	Social Justice Research	ca. 1.9
-	Youth & Society	ca. 1.9
-	Rural Sociology	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Cultural Economy	ca. 1.9
-	Leisure Sciences	ca. 1.9
-	Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion	ca. 1.9
-	Crime Media Culture	ca. 1.9
-	Society & Natural Resources	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Leisure Research	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Sport & Social Issues	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Law and Society	ca. 1.9
72	Social Science Quarterly	ca. 1.8
-	Cultural Sociology	ca. 1.8
74	Armed Forces & Society	ca. 1.7
-	Review of Religious Research	ca. 1.7
-	Critical Sociology	ca. 1.7
-	Human Ecology	ca. 1.7
-	Sport in Society	ca. 1.7
-	Poetics	ca. 1.7
-	Sociology of Religion	ca. 1.7
81	Current Sociology	ca. 1.6
-	Sociological Inquiry	ca. 1.6
-	Symbolic Interaction	ca. 1.6
84	Men and Masculinities	ca. 1.5
-	Sexualities	ca. 1.5
-	Mobilization	ca. 1.5
-	Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies	ca. 1.5
-	International Journal of Comparative Sociology	ca. 1.5
-	Sociological Forum	ca. 1.5
-	Archives Europeennes de Sociologie	ca. 1.5
91	European Journal of Social Theory	ca. 1.4
-	Theory and Society	ca. 1.4
-	Society	ca. 1.4
-	Acta Sociologica	ca. 1.4
-	Deviant Behavior	ca. 1.4
-	Race and Social Problems	ca. 1.4
-	Chinese Sociological Review	ca. 1.4
-	Sociological Quarterly	ca. 1.4
-	Body & Society	ca. 1.4
100	Innovation-The European Journal of Social Science Research	ca. 1.3
-	Sociological Research Online	ca. 1.3
-	Young	ca. 1.3
-	Rationality and Society	ca. 1.3
-	Berliner Journal fuer Soziologie	ca. 1.3
105	Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne de Sociologie	ca. 1.2
-	American Journal of Cultural Sociology	ca. 1.2
107	Ethnography	ca. 1.1
-	Sociological Perspectives	ca. 1.1
-	Food Culture & Society	ca. 1.1
-	Comparative Studies in Society and History	ca. 1.1
-	Sociological Spectrum	ca. 1.1
-	Revista Espanola de Investigaciones Sociologicas	ca. 1.1
-	Teaching Sociology	ca. 1.1
114	Society & Animals	ca. 1
-	American Journal of Economics and Sociology	ca. 1
-	Human Studies	ca. 1
117	Kolner Zeitschrift fuer Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie	ca. 0.9
-	International Sociology	ca. 0.9
119	Journal of Contemporary Ethnography	ca. 0.8
-	Zeitschrift fuer Soziologie	ca. 0.8
121	Journal of Mathematical Sociology	ca. 0.7
-	Revista Internacional de Sociologia	ca. 0.7
-	Social Compass	ca. 0.7
-	Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniya	ca. 0.7
125	Convergencia-Revista de Ciencias Sociales	ca. 0.6
-	Journal of Historical Sociology	ca. 0.6
127	Contemporary Sociology-A Journal of Reviews	ca. 0.5
128	Human Ecology Review	ca. 0.4
-	Sociologia	ca. 0.4
-	Tempo Social	ca. 0.4
-	Sociologisk Forskning	ca. 0.4
132	Drustvena Istrazivanja	ca. 0.3
-	Telos	ca. 0.3
-	Sociologie du Travail	ca. 0.3
135	Filosofija-Sociologija	ca. 0.2
-	Revue Francaise de Sociologie	ca. 0.2
-	Deviance et Societe	ca. 0.2