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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
Environmental Sociology ISSN 2325-1042 eISSN 2325-1042	Sociology	2.800	3.100	0.530	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies ISSN 2161-3915 eISSN 2161-3915	Communication & Media	2.500	2.600	0.590	Q3	WILEY
Frontiers in Communications and Networks ISSN N/A eISSN 2673-530X	Communication & Media	2.400	2.800	0.370	Q3	FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS ISSN 0038-1098 eISSN 1879-2766	Communication & Media	2.400	2.300	0.390	Q3	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
MRS Communications ISSN 2159-6859 eISSN 2159-6867	Communication & Media	2.300	2.300	0.350	Q3	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS ISSN 1018-4864 eISSN 1572-9451	Communication & Media	2.300	2.000	0.470	Q3	SPRINGER
Annals of Telecommunications ISSN 0003-4347 eISSN 1958-9395	Communication & Media	2.200	2.000	0.480	Q3	SPRINGER INT PUBL AG
Communications of the Association for Information Systems ISSN 1529-3181 eISSN 1529-3181	Communication & Media	2.200	2.300	0.500	Q3	ASSOC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
WIRELESS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS ISSN 0929-6212 eISSN 1572-834X	Communication & Media	2.200	2.000	0.470	Q3	SPRINGER
European Journal of Developmental Psychology ISSN 1740-5629 eISSN 1740-5610	Psychology	2.100	2.300	0.710	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
JOURNAL OF APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY ISSN 0193-3973 eISSN 1873-7900	Psychology	2.100	3.500	0.830	Q3	ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY & APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ISSN 1052-9284 eISSN 1099-1298	Psychology	2.100	2.700	0.820	Q3	WILEY
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-APPLIED ISSN 1076-898X eISSN 1939-2192	Psychology	2.100	2.900	0.900	Q3	AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
Journal of Physiological Anthropology ISSN 1880-6805 eISSN 1880-6805	Anthropology	2.100	2.800	0.760	Q3	BMC
Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology-Revista de Psicologia del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones ISSN 1576-5962 eISSN 2174-0534	Psychology	2.100	3.100	0.790	Q3	COLEGIO OFICIAL PSICOLOGOS MADRID
Social Psychological Bulletin ISSN N/A eISSN 2569-653X	Psychology	2.000	0.000	0.820	Q3	Leibniz Institute Psychology
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking ISSN 1687-1472 eISSN 1687-1499	Communication & Media	1.900	2.200	0.490	Q3	SPRINGER
International Journal of Computers Communications & Control ISSN 1841-9836 eISSN 1841-9844	Communication & Media	1.900	1.600	0.490	Q3	CCC PUBL-AGORA UNIV
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN MEDICAL SETTINGS ISSN 1068-9583 eISSN 1573-3572	Psychology	1.900	2.000	0.570	Q3	SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY ISSN 0888-4080 eISSN 1099-0720	Psychology	1.800	2.300	0.690	Q3	WILEY
BASIC AND APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ISSN 0197-3533 eISSN 1532-4834	Psychology	1.800	2.500	0.560	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Canadian Journal of School Psychology ISSN 0829-5735 eISSN 2154-3984	Psychology	1.800	3.000	1.060	Q3	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS ISSN 1074-5351 eISSN 1099-1131	Communication & Media	1.800	1.600	0.430	Q3	WILEY
Journal of Computer Networks and Communications ISSN 2090-7141 eISSN 2090-715X	Communication & Media	1.800	1.800	0.390	Q3	WILEY
Psychological Services ISSN 1541-1559 eISSN 1939-148X	Psychology	1.800	2.600	0.740	Q3	EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
School Psychology ISSN 2578-4218 eISSN 2578-4226	Psychology	1.800	3.100	1.140	Q3	EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
SYNTHETIC COMMUNICATIONS ISSN 0039-7911 eISSN 1532-2432	Communication & Media	1.800	1.900	0.490	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
Journal of Information and Telecommunication ISSN 2475-1839 eISSN 2475-1847	Communication & Media	1.700	2.300	0.570	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ISSN 0022-4545 eISSN 1940-1183	Psychology	1.700	2.500	0.600	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology ISSN 2282-1619 eISSN 2282-1619	Psychology	1.700	1.400	0.660	Q3	UNIV STUDI MESSINA
MENDELEEV COMMUNICATIONS ISSN 0959-9436 eISSN 1364-551X	Communication & Media	1.700	1.300	0.300	Q3	ELSEVIER
PHOTONIC NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS ISSN 1387-974X eISSN 1572-8188	Communication & Media	1.700	1.600	0.440	Q3	SPRINGER
PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS ISSN 0033-3085 eISSN 1520-6807	Psychology	1.700	2.400	0.710	Q3	WILEY
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY ISSN 0951-4198 eISSN 1097-0231	Communication & Media	1.700	1.700	0.580	Q3	WILEY
ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY ISSN 1367-2223 eISSN 1467-839X	Psychology	1.600	2.200	0.590	Q3	WILEY
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHOLOGIE EXPERIMENTALE ISSN 1196-1961 eISSN 1878-7290	Psychology	1.600	1.500	0.480	Q3	CANADIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
IET Communications ISSN 1751-8628 eISSN 1751-8636	Communication & Media	1.600	1.200	0.330	Q3	INST ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY-IET
International Review of Social Psychology ISSN 2397-8570 eISSN 2397-8570	Psychology	1.600	3.200	0.610	Q3	UBIQUITY PRESS LTD
Organic Communications ISSN 1307-6175 eISSN 1307-6175	Communication & Media	1.600	1.200	0.430	Q3	ACG PUBLICATIONS
Polar Geography ISSN 1088-937X eISSN 1939-0513	Geography	1.600	2.800	0.520	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
Psychology of Music ISSN 0305-7356 eISSN 1741-3087	Psychology	1.600	2.100	1.170	Q3	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Acta Psychologica Sinica ISSN 0439-755X eISSN N/A	Psychology	1.500	1.700	0.580	Q3	SCIENCE PRESS
Counselling Psychology Quarterly ISSN 0951-5070 eISSN 1469-3674	Psychology	1.500	2.100	0.560	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
HETEROCYCLIC COMMUNICATIONS ISSN 0793-0283 eISSN 2191-0197	Communication & Media	1.500	2.200	0.420	Q3	DE GRUYTER POLAND SP Z O O
International Journal for the Psychology of Religion ISSN 1050-8619 eISSN 1532-7582	Psychology	1.500	2.800	2.240	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Journal of Applied School Psychology ISSN 1537-7903 eISSN 1537-7911	Psychology	1.500	1.400	0.460	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY ISSN 0022-1309 eISSN 1940-0888	Psychology	1.500	2.100	0.680	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY-RESEARCH AND PRACTICE ISSN 0735-7028 eISSN 1939-1323	Psychology	1.500	1.900	0.500	Q3	AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
Psychology of Consciousness-Theory Research and Practice ISSN 2326-5523 eISSN 2326-5531	Psychology	1.500	2.100	0.710	Q3	EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY INTERNATIONAL ISSN 0143-0343 eISSN 1461-7374	Psychology	1.500	2.400	0.660	Q3	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY ISSN 0081-2463 eISSN 2078-208X	Psychology	1.500	1.800	0.540	Q3	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Case Studies in Sport and Exercise Psychology ISSN 2470-4849 eISSN 2470-4857	Psychology	1.400	0.000	0.460	Q3	HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC
Clinical Psychologist ISSN 1328-4207 eISSN 1742-9552	Psychology	1.400	1.900	0.440	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
COMMUNICATIONS IN SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT ANALYSIS ISSN 0010-3624 eISSN 1532-2416	Communication & Media	1.400	1.800	0.360	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
Consulting Psychology Journal-Practice and Research ISSN 1065-9293 eISSN 1939-0149	Psychology	1.400	1.800	0.400	Q3	AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
EUROPEAN REVIEW OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-REVUE EUROPEENNE DE PSYCHOLOGIE APPLIQUEE ISSN 1162-9088 eISSN 1162-9088	Psychology	1.400	1.300	0.410	Q3	ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
International Journal of AEROSPACE Psychology ISSN 2472-1832 eISSN 2472-1840	Psychology	1.400	1.300	0.460	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology ISSN 1932-9261 eISSN 1932-927X	Psychology	1.400	1.900	0.500	Q3	HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC
Journal of Personnel Psychology ISSN 1866-5888 eISSN 2190-5150	Psychology	1.400	2.000	0.490	Q3	HOGREFE PUBLISHING CORP
Journal of Sport Psychology in Action ISSN 2152-0704 eISSN 2152-0712	Psychology	1.400	2.200	0.520	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY ISSN 1747-0218 eISSN 1747-0226	Psychology	1.400	1.800	0.540	Q3	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS ISSN 0379-8046 eISSN 2225-4765	Communication & Media	1.400	1.500	0.630	Q3	AOSIS
Communication Studies ISSN 1051-0974 eISSN 1745-1035	Communication & Media	1.300	1.800	0.660	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Contemporary School Psychology ISSN 2159-2020 eISSN 2161-1505	Psychology	1.300	0.000	0.740	Q3	SPRINGER
European Journal of Health Psychology ISSN 2512-8442 eISSN 2512-8450	Psychology	1.300	1.700	0.570	Q3	HOGREFE PUBLISHING CORP
Health Psychology Open ISSN N/A eISSN 2055-1029	Psychology	1.300	3.400	0.540	Q3	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy ISSN 0144-333X eISSN 1758-6720	Sociology	1.300	2.000	0.700	Q3	EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
International Review of Sociology-Revue Internationale de Sociologie ISSN 0390-6701 eISSN 1469-9273	Sociology	1.300	1.600	0.660	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Journal of Chinese Sociology ISSN N/A eISSN 2198-2635	Sociology	1.300	1.900	0.640	Q3	SPRINGERNATURE
Journal of Information and Communication Technology-Malaysia ISSN 1675-414X eISSN 2180-3862	Communication & Media	1.300	1.100	0.290	Q3	UNIV UTARA MALAYSIA PRESS
MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY ISSN 0899-5605 eISSN 1532-7876	Psychology	1.300	1.500	0.430	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Psychology of Leaders and Leadership ISSN 2769-6863 eISSN 2769-6898	Psychology	1.300	1.300	0.490	Q3	AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
SA Journal of Industrial Psychology ISSN 0258-5200 eISSN 2071-0763	Psychology	1.300	1.900	0.440	Q3	AOSIS
SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ONLINE ISSN 1360-7804 eISSN 1360-7804	Sociology	1.300	1.800	0.700	Q3	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ARBEITS-UND ORGANISATIONSPSYCHOLOGIE ISSN 0932-4089 eISSN 2190-6270	Psychology	1.300	1.300	0.300	Q3	HOGREFE VERLAG
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ENTWICKLUNGSPSYCHOLOGIE UND PADAGOGISCHE PSYCHOLOGIE ISSN 0049-8637 eISSN 2190-6262	Psychology	1.300	1.400	0.740	Q3	HOGREFE VERLAG
AIDS CARE-PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-MEDICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS/HIV ISSN 0954-0121 eISSN 1360-0451	Psychology	1.200	1.600	0.420	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
American Journal of Cultural Sociology ISSN 2049-7113 eISSN 2049-7121	Sociology	1.200	2.000	0.560	Q3	PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD
APPLIED PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT ISSN 0146-6216 eISSN 1552-3497	Psychology	1.200	1.900	0.440	Q3	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Archive for the Psychology of Religion-Archiv fur Religionspsychologie ISSN 0084-6724 eISSN 1573-6121	Psychology	1.200	1.300	1.330	Q3	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE-REVUE CANADIENNE DE SCIENCE POLITIQUE ISSN 0008-4239 eISSN 1744-9324	Political Science & International Relations	1.200	2.000	0.640	Q3	CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne de Sociologie ISSN 1755-6171 eISSN 1755-618X	Sociology	1.200	1.700	0.580	Q3	WILEY
Ethnopolitics ISSN 1744-9057 eISSN 1744-9065	Political Science & International Relations	1.200	1.300	0.640	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology ISSN 1068-8471 eISSN 2151-3341	Psychology	1.200	1.400	0.380	Q3	EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
POLITICAL SCIENCE ISSN 0032-3187 eISSN 2041-0611	Political Science & International Relations	1.200	1.200	0.420	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
SPORT PSYCHOLOGIST ISSN 0888-4781 eISSN 1543-2793	Psychology	1.200	2.100	0.500	Q3	HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC
African Geographical Review ISSN 1937-6812 eISSN 2163-2642	Geography	1.100	1.500	0.380	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
AMERICAN SOCIOLOGIST ISSN 0003-1232 eISSN 1936-4784	Sociology	1.100	0.900	0.550	Q3	SPRINGER
Communications in Information Literacy ISSN 1933-5954 eISSN 1933-5954	Communication & Media	1.100	1.200	0.280	Q3	COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION LITERACY
Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography ISSN 0016-7223 eISSN 1903-2471	Geography	1.100	1.600	0.280	Q3	ROYAL DANISH GEOGRAPHICAL SOC
GEOGRAPHY ISSN 0016-7487 eISSN 2043-6564	Geography	1.100	1.300	0.350	Q3	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Hungarian Geographical Bulletin ISSN 2064-5031 eISSN 2064-5147	Geography	1.100	0.000	0.360	Q3	CSFK GEOGRAPHICAL INST
International Journal of Mobile Communications ISSN 1470-949X eISSN 1741-5217	Communication & Media	1.100	1.200	0.610	Q3	INDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES LTD
International Journal of Politics Culture and Society ISSN 0891-4486 eISSN 1573-3416	Political Science & International Relations	1.100	1.400	0.570	Q3	SPRINGER
International Journal of Sociology ISSN 0020-7659 eISSN 1557-9336	Sociology	1.100	2.000	0.830	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Journal of Communication Inquiry ISSN 0196-8599 eISSN 1552-4612	Communication & Media	1.100	1.500	0.540	Q3	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Journal of Comparative Politics ISSN 1338-1385 eISSN 1338-1385	Political Science & International Relations	1.100	0.900	0.540	Q3	UNIV LJUBLJANA
Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice ISSN 2473-2850 eISSN 2473-2842	Psychology	1.100	1.100	0.480	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
JOURNAL OF HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY ISSN 0022-1678 eISSN 1552-650X	Psychology	1.100	1.500	0.550	Q3	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics ISSN 1353-7113 eISSN 1557-2986	Political Science & International Relations	1.100	1.300	0.600	Q3	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

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