Research area

Social Sciences Journals

Social sciences include psychology, sociology, political science, communication, anthropology and related fields. Different disciplines can have distinct publishing and citation patterns, so broad rankings should be treated cautiously.

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740Approved journals

734Journals with JIF

223Q1 journals

31.100Highest available JIF

1.700Median available JIF

Quartile distribution

Social Sciences journals by quartile

722 journals with Q1–Q4 data

Q1223

30.9% of quartile-classified journals

Q2202

28.0% of quartile-classified journals

Q3154

21.3% of quartile-classified journals

Q4143

19.8% of quartile-classified journals

Specialties

Browse Social Sciences subsubjects

6 subsubjects with 10+ approved journals

Psychology 249 Communication & Media 200 Political Science & International Relations 94 Sociology 85 Geography 69 Anthropology 43

Journal directory

Social Sciences journal list

Showing 201–223 of 223 matching journals

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Journal	Subsubject	JIF	5-Year JIF	JCI	Quartile	Publisher
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION DISORDERS ISSN 1368-2822 eISSN 1460-6984	Communication & Media	2.100	2.600	0.910	Q1	WILEY
JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS ISSN 0021-9924 eISSN 1873-7994	Communication & Media	2.100	2.500	1.020	Q1	ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
Qualitative Sociology ISSN 0162-0436 eISSN 1573-7837	Sociology	2.100	3.900	1.020	Q1	SPRINGER
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY ISSN 0190-2725 eISSN 1939-8999	Psychology	2.100	2.900	0.950	Q1	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Sociological Science ISSN N/A eISSN 2330-6696	Sociology	2.100	4.900	1.280	Q1	SOC SOCIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Sociology Compass ISSN 1751-9020 eISSN 1751-9020	Sociology	2.100	3.600	1.210	Q1	WILEY
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences ISSN 1866-9557 eISSN 1866-9565	Anthropology	2.000	2.100	1.320	Q1	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY ISSN 0090-4392 eISSN 1520-6629	Psychology	2.000	2.400	0.840	Q1	WILEY
Journal of Palaeogeography-English ISSN 2095-3836 eISSN 2524-4507	Geography	2.000	2.600	0.870	Q1	ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY ISSN 0886-7356 eISSN 1548-1360	Anthropology	1.900	2.500	1.460	Q1	SOC CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
FEMINISM & PSYCHOLOGY ISSN 0959-3535 eISSN 1461-7161	Psychology	1.900	2.700	1.060	Q1	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
International Feminist Journal of Politics ISSN 1461-6742 eISSN 1468-4470	Political Science & International Relations	1.900	2.600	0.950	Q1	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY QUARTERLY ISSN 0745-5194 eISSN 1548-1387	Anthropology	1.900	2.300	0.920	Q1	WILEY
CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY ISSN 0011-3204 eISSN 1537-5382	Anthropology	1.800	3.300	1.450	Q1	UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
Multilingua-Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication ISSN 0167-8507 eISSN 1613-3684	Communication & Media	1.800	1.800	1.290	Q1	DE GRUYTER MOUTON
AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST ISSN 0002-7294 eISSN 1548-1433	Anthropology	1.700	2.700	1.370	Q1	WILEY
COMMUNICATIONS IN PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS ISSN 0360-5302 eISSN 1532-4133	Communication & Media	1.700	2.300	1.350	Q1	TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
Focaal-Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology ISSN 0920-1297 eISSN 1558-5263	Anthropology	1.700	1.400	1.040	Q1	BERGHAHN JOURNALS
CRITIQUE OF ANTHROPOLOGY ISSN 0308-275X eISSN 1460-3721	Anthropology	1.600	1.600	0.980	Q1	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Mediterranean Politics ISSN 1362-9395 eISSN 1743-9418	Political Science & International Relations	1.600	1.800	1.240	Q1	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY ISSN 1531-426X eISSN 1548-2456	Political Science & International Relations	1.500	2.000	1.190	Q1	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Communication and Critical-Cultural Studies ISSN 1479-1420 eISSN 1479-4233	Communication & Media	1.400	2.100	0.870	Q1	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY ISSN 0305-7488 eISSN 1095-8614	Geography	1.100	1.300	1.020	Q1	ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

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