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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

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6 subsubjects with 10+ approved journals

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

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Social Sciences journal list

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Journal	Subsubject	JIF	5-Year JIF	JCI	Quartile	Publisher
STUDIA PSYCHOLOGICA ISSN 0039-3320 eISSN 2585-8815	Psychology	0.600	0.900	0.270	Q4	SLOVAK ACAD SCIENCES, CTR SOCIAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES, IEP
WESTERN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION ISSN 1057-0314 eISSN 1745-1027	Communication & Media	0.600	0.900	0.350	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
ACM Communications in Computer Algebra ISSN 1932-2232 eISSN 1932-2240	Communication & Media	0.500	0.400	0.200	Q4	ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY
ANNALES MEDICO-PSYCHOLOGIQUES ISSN 0003-4487 eISSN 1769-6631	Psychology	0.500	0.400	0.180	Q4	MASSON EDITEUR
Anthropological Measurements of Philosophical Research ISSN 2227-7242 eISSN 2304-9685	Anthropology	0.500	0.300	0.720	N/A	Ukrainian State Univ Science & Technologies-USUST
Anthropological Notebooks ISSN 1408-032X eISSN N/A	Anthropology	0.500	0.600	0.270	Q3	SLOVENE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOC
ANTHROPOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER ISSN 0003-5548 eISSN 0003-5548	Anthropology	0.500	0.500	0.410	Q3	E SCHWEIZERBARTSCHE VERLAGSBUCHHANDLUNG
Canadian Journal of Communication ISSN 0705-3657 eISSN 1499-6642	Communication & Media	0.500	0.700	0.230	Q4	UNIV TORONTO PRESS INC
Communication Sciences and Disorders-CSD ISSN 2288-1328 eISSN 2288-0917	Communication & Media	0.500	0.500	0.250	Q4	KOREAN ACAD SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY & AUDIOLOGY
CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF REVIEWS ISSN 0094-3061 eISSN 1939-8638	Sociology	0.500	0.600	0.080	Q4	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Critical Arts-South-North Cultural and Media Studies ISSN 0256-0046 eISSN 1992-6049	Communication & Media	0.500	0.600	0.680	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
CyberGeo-European Journal of Geography ISSN 1278-3366 eISSN 1278-3366	Geography	0.500	0.500	0.110	Q3	CYBERGEO
Czech Journal of International Relations ISSN 2788-2985 eISSN 2788-2993	Political Science & International Relations	0.500	0.000	0.360	Q4	INST INT RELATIONS, PRAGUE
Geographia Polonica ISSN 0016-7282 eISSN 2300-7362	Geography	0.500	0.700	0.340	Q3	POLISH ACAD SCIENCES, INST GEOGRAPHY & SPATIAL ORGANIZATION
Geographical Review of Japan-Series B ISSN 1883-4396 eISSN 1883-4396	Geography	0.500	0.600	0.060	Q4	ASSOC JAPANESE GEOGRAPHERS
GERMAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY ISSN 1045-0300 eISSN 1558-5441	Political Science & International Relations	0.500	0.500	0.490	Q3	BERGHAHN JOURNALS
JCMS-Journal of Cinema and Media Studies ISSN 2578-4900 eISSN 2578-4919	Communication & Media	0.500	0.700	1.000	N/A	MICHIGAN PUBLISHING
Journal of Asian Pacific Communication ISSN 0957-6851 eISSN 1569-9838	Communication & Media	0.500	0.500	0.290	Q4	JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO
Journal of Latin American Geography ISSN 1545-2476 eISSN 1548-5811	Geography	0.500	1.100	0.170	Q3	CONFERENCE LATIN AMER GEOGRAPHERS
Medijske Studije-Media Studies ISSN 1847-9758 eISSN 1848-5030	Communication & Media	0.500	0.900	0.150	Q4	SVEUCILISTE & ZAGREBU, FAK POLITICKIH ZNANOSTI
Miscellanea Geographica ISSN 0867-6046 eISSN 2084-6118	Geography	0.500	0.700	0.260	Q3	SCIENDO
New Political Science ISSN 0739-3148 eISSN 1469-9931	Political Science & International Relations	0.500	0.700	0.240	Q4	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Polish Sociological Review ISSN 1231-1413 eISSN 1231-1413	Sociology	0.500	0.900	0.220	Q4	POLSKIE TOWARZYSTWO SOCJOLOGICZNE-POLISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOC
Politeia-Journal of Political Theory Political Philosophy and Sociology of Politics ISSN 2078-5089 eISSN 2587-5914	Sociology	0.500	0.300	0.110	Q4	ZHURNAL POLITICHESKOI FILOSOFII & SOTSIOLOGII POLITIKI POLITIYA
Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research ISSN 2164-8204 eISSN 2325-7342	Psychology	0.500	0.000	0.160	Q4	Psi Chi - Int Honor Soc Psychology
PSYCHOLOGIA ISSN 0033-2852 eISSN 1347-5916	Psychology	0.500	0.500	0.340	Q4	Psychologia Editorial Office
Psychologie Francaise ISSN 0033-2984 eISSN 0033-2984	Psychology	0.500	0.600	0.190	Q4	ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
Social Psychology and Society ISSN 2221-1527 eISSN 2311-7052	Psychology	0.500	0.400	0.190	Q4	MOSCOW STATE UNIV PSYCHOLOGY & EDUCATION
Toxicology Communications ISSN N/A eISSN 2473-4306	Communication & Media	0.500	0.000	0.180	Q4	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Visual Communication Quarterly ISSN 1555-1393 eISSN 1555-1407	Communication & Media	0.500	0.600	0.220	Q4	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Anthropology Southern Africa ISSN 2332-3256 eISSN 2332-3264	Anthropology	0.400	0.500	0.450	Q4	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Canadian Political Science Review ISSN 1911-4125 eISSN 1911-4125	Political Science & International Relations	0.400	0.400	0.470	Q4	BRITISH COLUMBIA POLITICAL STUDIES ASSOC
CESKOSLOVENSKA PSYCHOLOGIE ISSN 0009-062X eISSN 1804-6436	Psychology	0.400	0.400	0.160	Q4	ACADEMIA
Communicatio-South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research ISSN 0250-0167 eISSN 1753-5379	Communication & Media	0.400	0.700	0.230	Q4	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Communication Teacher ISSN 1740-4622 eISSN 1740-4630	Communication & Media	0.400	0.500	0.190	Q4	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY ISSN 1569-1322 eISSN 1569-1330	Sociology	0.400	0.600	0.290	Q4	BRILL
Connectist-Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences ISSN N/A eISSN 2636-8943	Communication & Media	0.400	0.400	0.120	Q4	ISTANBUL UNIV, FAC COMMUNICATION
Electronics and Communications in Japan ISSN 1942-9533 eISSN 1942-9541	Communication & Media	0.400	0.500	0.080	Q4	WILEY
Ethics & Global Politics ISSN 1654-4951 eISSN 1654-6369	Political Science & International Relations	0.400	0.600	0.160	Q4	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Geography and Natural Resources ISSN 1875-3728 eISSN 1875-371X	Geography	0.400	0.400	0.110	Q4	MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER
History and Anthropology ISSN 0275-7206 eISSN 1477-2612	Anthropology	0.400	0.800	1.060	Q2	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Hrvatski Geografski Glasnik-Croatian Geographical Bulletin ISSN 1331-5854 eISSN 1848-6401	Geography	0.400	0.600	0.110	Q4	CROATIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOC
International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy ISSN 1577-7057 eISSN 1989-2780	Psychology	0.400	0.800	0.130	Q4	ASOC ANALISIS COMPORTAMIENTO
Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies ISSN 2001-0818 eISSN 2049-9531	Communication & Media	0.400	0.500	0.180	Q4	INTELLECT LTD
JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRONICS ISSN 1064-2269 eISSN 1555-6557	Communication & Media	0.400	0.300	0.080	Q4	PLEIADES PUBLISHING INC
Kiva-Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History ISSN 0023-1940 eISSN 2051-6177	Anthropology	0.400	0.400	0.450	N/A	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
KOME-An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry ISSN 2063-7330 eISSN 2063-7330	Communication & Media	0.400	0.600	0.270	Q4	Ludovika Univ Press
Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication ISSN 1873-9857 eISSN 1873-9865	Communication & Media	0.400	0.400	0.760	N/A	BRILL
NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY ISSN 0112-109X eISSN 1179-7924	Psychology	0.400	0.500	0.100	Q4	NEW ZEALAND PSYCHOL SOC
Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials-Rapid Communications ISSN 1842-6573 eISSN 2065-3824	Communication & Media	0.400	0.400	0.090	Q4	NATL INST OPTOELECTRONICS
Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations ISSN 1420-2530 eISSN 1420-2530	Psychology	0.400	0.400	0.110	Q4	ELSEVIER MASSON SAS EDITEUR
Reviews in Anthropology ISSN 0093-8157 eISSN 1556-3014	Anthropology	0.400	0.700	0.070	Q4	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Revue d Anthropologie des Connaissances ISSN 1760-5393 eISSN 1760-5393	Anthropology	0.400	0.400	0.040	Q3	SOC ANTHROPOLOGIE CONNAISSANCES
SOCIOLOGIA ISSN 0049-1225 eISSN 1336-8613	Sociology	0.400	0.400	0.280	Q4	INST SOCIOLOGY SLOVAK ACAD SCIENCES
Sociologija ISSN 0038-0318 eISSN 0038-0318	Sociology	0.400	0.300	0.130	Q4	UNIV BELGRADE, FAC PHILOSOPHY
SOCIOLOGISK FORSKNING ISSN 0038-0342 eISSN 0038-0342	Sociology	0.400	0.700	0.220	Q4	SOCIOLOGISK FORSKNING
Theoretical and Practical Issues of Journalism ISSN 2308-6203 eISSN 2308-6211	Communication & Media	0.400	0.200	0.220	Q4	BAIKAL STATE UNIV
Visual Anthropology Review ISSN 1058-7187 eISSN 1548-7458	Anthropology	0.400	0.600	0.410	Q4	WILEY
Zeitschrift fur Sportpsychologie ISSN 1612-5010 eISSN 2190-6300	Psychology	0.400	0.600	0.120	Q4	HOGREFE VERLAG
American Journalism ISSN 0882-1127 eISSN 2326-2486	Communication & Media	0.300	0.200	0.170	Q4	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Archaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia ISSN 1563-0110 eISSN 1531-832X	Anthropology	0.300	0.400	0.200	Q4	PLEIADES PUBLISHING INC
Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies ISSN 1757-1898 eISSN 1757-1901	Communication & Media	0.300	0.500	0.290	Q4	INTELLECT LTD
COLLEGE COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION ISSN 0010-096X eISSN 1939-9006	Communication & Media	0.300	0.800	1.570	N/A	NATL COUNCIL TEACHERS ENGLISH
Cuestiones de Sociologia ISSN 1668-1584 eISSN 2346-8904	Sociology	0.300	0.300	0.020	Q4	UNIV NAC LA PLATA, FAC HUMANIDADES & CIENCIAS EDUC
Current Research in Social Psychology ISSN 1088-7423 eISSN 1088-7423	Psychology	0.300	0.300	0.070	Q4	UNIV IOWA, DEPT SOCIOLOGY
Fachsprache-Journal of Professional and Scientific Communication ISSN 1017-3285 eISSN 2523-9201	Communication & Media	0.300	0.300	0.270	N/A	FACULTAS VERLAGS & BUCHHANDELS AG
Galactica Media-Journal of Media Studies - Galaktika Media-Zhurnal Media Issledovanij ISSN N/A eISSN 2658-7734	Communication & Media	0.300	0.300	0.160	Q4	LTD CO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE GENESIS FRONTIER SCIENCE
IEICE Communications Express ISSN 2187-0136 eISSN 2187-0136	Communication & Media	0.300	0.300	0.080	Q4	IEICE-INST ELECTRONICS INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ENGINEERS
International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems ISSN 1754-8632 eISSN 1754-8640	Communication & Media	0.300	0.000	0.060	Q4	INDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES LTD
JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY ISSN 0021-8774 eISSN 1468-5922	Psychology	0.300	0.500	0.650	Q3	WILEY
Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders ISSN 2040-5111 eISSN 2040-512X	Communication & Media	0.300	0.400	0.190	Q4	EQUINOX PUBLISHING LTD
Journal of Map & Geography Libraries ISSN 1542-0353 eISSN 1542-0361	Geography	0.300	0.500	0.100	Q4	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
MGIMO Review of International Relations ISSN 2071-8160 eISSN 2541-9099	Political Science & International Relations	0.300	0.300	0.150	Q4	MGIMO UNIV PRESS
Politicka Misao-Croatian Political Science Review ISSN 0032-3241 eISSN 1846-8721	Political Science & International Relations	0.300	0.300	0.160	Q4	SVEUCILISTE & ZAGREBU, FAK POLITICKIH ZNANOSTI
Pratiques Psychologiques ISSN 1269-1763 eISSN N/A	Psychology	0.300	0.500	0.270	Q4	ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
PSYCHOLOGIE IN ERZIEHUNG UND UNTERRICHT ISSN 0342-183X eISSN 0342-183X	Psychology	0.300	0.500	0.130	Q4	ERNST REINHARDT GMBH CO VERLAG
Revue de Geographie Alpine-Journal of Alpine Research ISSN 0035-1121 eISSN 1760-7426	Geography	0.300	0.400	0.070	Q4	IGA-ASSOC DIFFUSION RECHERCHE ALPINE
Romanian Journal of Communication and Public Relations ISSN 1454-8100 eISSN 2344-5440	Communication & Media	0.300	1.200	0.270	Q4	SCOALA NATL STUDII POLITICE ADM - SNSPA, FAC COMINICARE REALTI PUBLICE
RUDN Journal of Sociology-Vestnik Rossiiskogo Universiteta Druzhby Narodov Seriya Sotsiologiya ISSN 2313-2272 eISSN 2408-8897	Sociology	0.300	0.400	0.130	Q4	PEOPLES FRIENDSHIP UNIV RUSSIA
Sibirskiy Psikhologicheskiy Zhurnal-Siberian Journal of Psychology ISSN 1726-7080 eISSN 2411-0809	Psychology	0.300	0.300	0.110	Q4	TOMSK STATE UNIV
SIYASAL-Journal of Political Sciences ISSN N/A eISSN 2618-6330	Political Science & International Relations	0.300	0.200	0.090	Q4	ISTANBUL UNIV
Sociologia Nauki i Tehnologij-Sociology of Science & Technology ISSN 2079-0910 eISSN 2414-9225	Sociology	0.300	0.200	0.170	Q4	INST HISTORY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, SAINT PETERSBURG BRANCH, RUSS ACAD SCI
Sociologia y Tecnociencia ISSN 1989-8487 eISSN 1989-8487	Sociology	0.300	0.500	0.120	Q4	UNIV VALLADOLID, DEPT SOCIOLOGIA & TRABAJO SOCIAL
Sociologiceskoe Obozrenie ISSN 1728-192X eISSN 1728-1938	Sociology	0.300	0.300	0.160	Q4	NATL RESEARCH UNIV HIGHER SCH ECONOMICS
SOCIOLOGIE DU TRAVAIL ISSN 0038-0296 eISSN 1777-5701	Sociology	0.300	0.400	0.030	Q4	REVUES ORG
Universitas Psychologica ISSN 1657-9267 eISSN N/A	Psychology	0.300	0.500	0.050	Q4	PONTIFICA UNIV JAVERIANA, FAC PSYCH
Visual Anthropology ISSN 0894-9468 eISSN 1545-5920	Anthropology	0.300	0.300	0.210	Q4	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ETHNOLOGIE - Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology ISSN 0044-2666 eISSN N/A	Anthropology	0.300	0.400	0.240	Q4	DIETRICH REIMER VERLAG
Acta Universitatis Sapientiae-Film and Media Studies ISSN 2065-5924 eISSN 2066-7779	Communication & Media	0.200	0.200	0.360	N/A	Scientia Publishing House
ALSIC-Apprentissage des Langues et Systems d Information et de Communication ISSN 1286-4986 eISSN 1286-4986	Communication & Media	0.200	0.400	0.070	Q4	ADALSIC
Annales-Anali za Istrske in Mediteranske Studije-Series Historia et Sociologia ISSN 1408-5348 eISSN 2591-1775	Sociology	0.200	0.200	0.500	N/A	HISTORICAL SOC SOUTHERN PRIMORSKA KOPER-HSSP
Austrian Journal of Political Science ISSN 2313-5433 eISSN 2313-5433	Political Science & International Relations	0.200	0.400	0.170	Q4	OSTERREICHISCHE GESELLSCHAFT POLITIKWISSENSCHAFT
Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy ISSN 2061-5558 eISSN 2062-087X	Sociology	0.200	0.300	0.110	Q4	CORVINUS UNIV BUDAPEST, DOCTORAL SCH SOCIOLOGY
Debates en Sociologia ISSN 0254-9220 eISSN 2304-4284	Sociology	0.200	0.300	0.140	Q4	PONTIFICIA UNIV CATOLICA PERU
Empedocles-European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication ISSN 1757-1952 eISSN 1757-1960	Communication & Media	0.200	0.200	0.440	N/A	INTELLECT LTD
Etnoantropoloski Problemi-Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology ISSN 0353-1589 eISSN 2334-8801	Anthropology	0.200	0.300	0.130	Q4	UNIV BELGRADE, FAC PHILOSOPHY
Filosofija-Sociologija ISSN 0235-7186 eISSN 0235-7186	Sociology	0.200	0.200	0.500	Q4	LITHUANIAN ACAD SCIENCES
History and Sociology of South Asia ISSN 2230-8075 eISSN 2249-5312	Sociology	0.200	0.200	0.130	Q4	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration ISSN 1670-6803 eISSN 1670-679X	Political Science & International Relations	0.200	0.200	0.060	Q4	INST PUBLIC ADM & POLITICS
Information and Communication Technology in Musical Field ISSN 2067-9408 eISSN 2069-654X	Communication & Media	0.200	0.100	0.410	N/A	MEDIA MUSICA

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