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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

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

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Social Sciences journal list

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Journal	Subsubject	JIF	5-Year JIF	JCI	Quartile	Publisher
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
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
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
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
Japanese Journal of Sociology ISSN 2769-1365 eISSN 2769-1357	Sociology	0.200	0.200	0.290	Q4	WILEY
Journal of Geography-Chigaku Zasshi ISSN 0022-135X eISSN 1884-0884	Geography	0.200	0.200	0.190	Q4	TOKYO GEOGRAPHICAL SOC
Journal of Geography-Cografya Dergisi ISSN 1302-7212 eISSN 1305-2128	Geography	0.200	0.200	0.190	Q4	ISTANBUL UNIV, FAC LETTERS, DEPT GEOGRAPHY
MERRILL-PALMER QUARTERLY-JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY ISSN 0272-930X eISSN 1535-0266	Psychology	0.200	1.000	0.210	Q4	WAYNE STATE UNIV PRESS
MITTEILUNGEN DER OSTERREICHISCHEN GEOGRAPHISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT ISSN 0029-9138 eISSN 0029-9138	Geography	0.200	0.200	0.060	Q4	OSTERR GEOGRAPH GESELLSCHAFT
Revista Colombiana de Sociologia ISSN 0120-159X eISSN 2256-5485	Sociology	0.200	0.300	0.050	Q4	UNIV NACL COLOMBIA, DEPT SOCIOLOGIA
REVUE FRANCAISE DE SOCIOLOGIE ISSN 0035-2969 eISSN 1958-5691	Sociology	0.200	0.400	0.090	Q4	PRESSES SCIENCES PO
Studies in Psychology-Psikoloji Calismalari Dergisi ISSN 1304-4680 eISSN 2602-2982	Psychology	0.200	0.400	0.180	Q4	ISTANBUL UNIV, FAC LETTERS, DEPT PSYCHOLOGY
Turkiye Iletisim Arastirmalari Dergisi-Turkish Review of Communication Studies ISSN N/A eISSN 2630-6220	Communication & Media	0.200	0.200	0.070	Q4	MARMARA UNIV, FAC COMMUNICATION
Anthropologie et Sante-Revue Internationale Francophone d Anthropologie de la Sante ISSN 2111-5028 eISSN 2111-5028	Anthropology	0.100	0.100	0.040	Q4	ASSOC AMADES
British Journalism Review ISSN 0956-4748 eISSN 1741-2668	Communication & Media	0.100	0.200	0.020	Q4	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Confins-Revue Franco-Bresilienne de Geographie-Revista Franco-Brasileira de Geografia ISSN 1958-9212 eISSN 1958-9212	Geography	0.100	0.200	0.010	Q4	REVUES ORG
Contemporanea-Revista de Sociologia da UFSCar ISSN 2236-532X eISSN 2316-1329	Sociology	0.100	0.100	0.020	Q4	UNIV SAO CARLOS, DEPT SOCIOLOGY FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INDIAN SOCIOLOGY ISSN 0069-9659 eISSN 0973-0648	Sociology	0.100	0.600	0.150	Q4	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INDIA PVT LTD
GEOgraphia-UFF ISSN 1517-7793 eISSN 1517-7793	Geography	0.100	0.200	0.020	Q4	UNIV FEDERAL FLUMINENSE
H-ermes-Journal of Communication ISSN 2284-0753 eISSN 2284-0753	Communication & Media	0.100	0.100	0.060	Q4	UNIV STUDI SALENTO
Historicka Sociologie ISSN 1804-0616 eISSN 2336-3525	Sociology	0.100	0.200	0.040	Q4	CHARLES UNIV-PRAGUE
Indian Journal of Psychological Science ISSN 0976-9218 eISSN 0976-9218	Psychology	0.100	0.000	0.010	Q4	NATL ASSOC PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Information Geographique ISSN 0020-0093 eISSN 1777-5876	Geography	0.100	0.100	0.040	Q4	ARMAND COLIN
Istanbul Universitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi-Istanbul University Journal of Sociology ISSN 1304-2998 eISSN 2667-6931	Sociology	0.100	0.200	0.100	Q4	ISTANBUL UNIV, FAC LETTERS, DEPT SOCIOLOGY
Psychological Perspectives-A Quarterly Journal of Jungian Thought ISSN 0033-2925 eISSN 1556-3030	Psychology	0.100	0.100	0.130	Q4	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Revista de Investigaciones Politicas y Sociologicas ISSN 1577-239X eISSN 2255-5986	Sociology	0.100	0.200	0.050	Q4	UNIV SANTIAGO COMPOSTELA
Romanian Journal of Political Science ISSN 1582-456X eISSN N/A	Political Science & International Relations	0.100	0.200	0.030	Q4	ROMANIAN ACAD SOC
SocietaMutamentoPolitica-Rivista Italiana di Sociologia ISSN 2038-3150 eISSN 2038-3150	Sociology	0.100	0.200	0.040	Q4	FIRENZE UNIV PRESS
Tomskii Zhurnal Lingvisticheskikh i Antropologicheskikh Issledovanii-Tomsk Journal of Linguistics and Anthropology ISSN 2307-6119 eISSN 2307-6119	Anthropology	0.100	0.100	0.040	Q4	TOMSK STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIV
Vestnik Tomskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta-Filosofiya-Sotsiologiya-Politologiya-Tomsk State University Journal of Philosophy Sociology and Political Science ISSN 1998-863X eISSN 2311-2395	Sociology	0.100	0.100	0.080	Q4	TOMSK STATE UNIV
Virajes-Revista de Antropologia y Sociologia ISSN 0123-4471 eISSN 2462-9782	Sociology	0.100	0.100	0.020	Q4	UNIV CALDAS
Zeitschrift fuer Individualpsychologie ISSN 0342-393X eISSN 2196-8330	Psychology	0.100	0.000	0.100	Q4	Brill Deutschland GmbH
PsyArt Journal-Online Journal for the Psychological Study of the Arts ISSN N/A eISSN 1088-5870	Psychology	—	0.000	0.000	Q4	PSYART FOUNDATION
Psychologica ISSN 0871-4657 eISSN 1647-8606	Psychology	—	0.400	0.090	Q4	UNIV COIMBRA, FAC PSICOLOGIA & CIENCIAS EDUCACAO
Sravnitelnaya Politika-Comparative Politics ISSN 2221-3279 eISSN 2412-4990	Political Science & International Relations	—	0.100	0.030	Q4	PUBL GROUP JURIST

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