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| Journal | Subsubject | JIF | 5-Year JIF | JCI | Quartile | Publisher |
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GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
ISSN 0016-7428 eISSN 1931-0846
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Geography | 1.200 | 1.900 | 0.560 | Q2 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC |
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Health Psychology Report
ISSN 2353-4184 eISSN 2353-5571
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Psychology | 1.200 | 1.300 | 0.630 | Q4 | TERMEDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE LTD |
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International Journal of Social Psychology
ISSN 0213-4748 eISSN 1579-3680
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Psychology | 1.200 | 1.300 | 0.410 | Q4 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
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International Journal of the Sociology of Language
ISSN 0165-2516 eISSN 1613-3668
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Sociology | 1.200 | 0.000 | 0.790 | Q2 | WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH |
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Journal of Cognitive Psychology
ISSN 2044-5911 eISSN 2044-592X
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Psychology | 1.200 | 1.400 | 0.420 | Q4 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
ISSN 1068-8471 eISSN 2151-3341
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Psychology | 1.200 | 1.400 | 0.380 | Q3 | EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
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Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology
ISSN N/A eISSN 2475-0387
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Psychology | 1.200 | 2.700 | 0.660 | Q4 | WILEY |
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Medical Anthropology
ISSN 0145-9740 eISSN 1545-5882
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Anthropology | 1.200 | 2.200 | 0.670 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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New Zealand Geographer
ISSN 0028-8144 eISSN 1745-7939
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Geography | 1.200 | 1.400 | 0.560 | Q2 | WILEY |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISSN 0032-3187 eISSN 2041-0611
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.200 | 1.200 | 0.420 | Q3 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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SPORT PSYCHOLOGIST
ISSN 0888-4781 eISSN 1543-2793
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Psychology | 1.200 | 2.100 | 0.500 | Q3 | HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC |
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ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PADAGOGISCHE PSYCHOLOGIE
ISSN 1010-0652 eISSN 1664-2910
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Psychology | 1.200 | 1.400 | 0.710 | Q4 | HOGREFE AG-HOGREFE AG SUISSE |
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African Geographical Review
ISSN 1937-6812 eISSN 2163-2642
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Geography | 1.100 | 1.500 | 0.380 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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AMERICAN SOCIOLOGIST
ISSN 0003-1232 eISSN 1936-4784
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Sociology | 1.100 | 0.900 | 0.550 | Q3 | SPRINGER |
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Communications in Information Literacy
ISSN 1933-5954 eISSN 1933-5954
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Communication & Media | 1.100 | 1.200 | 0.280 | Q3 | COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION LITERACY |
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Cryptography and Communications-Discrete-Structures Boolean Functions and Sequences
ISSN 1936-2447 eISSN 1936-2455
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Communication & Media | 1.100 | 1.300 | 0.500 | Q2 | SPRINGER |
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Current Issues in Personality Psychology
ISSN 2353-4192 eISSN 2353-561X
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Psychology | 1.100 | 1.200 | 0.400 | Q4 | TERMEDIA PUBLISHING HOUSE LTD |
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DIALECTICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
ISSN 0304-4092 eISSN 1573-0786
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Anthropology | 1.100 | 1.300 | 0.480 | Q2 | SPRINGER |
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Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography
ISSN 0016-7223 eISSN 1903-2471
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Geography | 1.100 | 1.600 | 0.280 | Q3 | ROYAL DANISH GEOGRAPHICAL SOC |
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GEOGRAPHY
ISSN 0016-7487 eISSN 2043-6564
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Geography | 1.100 | 1.300 | 0.350 | Q3 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Hungarian Geographical Bulletin
ISSN 2064-5031 eISSN 2064-5147
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Geography | 1.100 | 0.000 | 0.360 | Q3 | CSFK GEOGRAPHICAL INST |
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Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science
ISSN 1932-4502 eISSN 1936-3567
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Psychology | 1.100 | 1.100 | 0.340 | Q4 | SPRINGER |
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International Journal of Mobile Communications
ISSN 1470-949X eISSN 1741-5217
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Communication & Media | 1.100 | 1.200 | 0.610 | Q3 | INDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES LTD |
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International Journal of Politics Culture and Society
ISSN 0891-4486 eISSN 1573-3416
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.100 | 1.400 | 0.570 | Q3 | SPRINGER |
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International Journal of Sociology
ISSN 0020-7659 eISSN 1557-9336
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Sociology | 1.100 | 2.000 | 0.830 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Journal of Communication Inquiry
ISSN 0196-8599 eISSN 1552-4612
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Communication & Media | 1.100 | 1.500 | 0.540 | Q3 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
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Journal of Comparative Politics
ISSN 1338-1385 eISSN 1338-1385
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.100 | 0.900 | 0.540 | Q3 | UNIV LJUBLJANA |
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Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice
ISSN 2473-2850 eISSN 2473-2842
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Psychology | 1.100 | 1.100 | 0.480 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY
ISSN 0305-7488 eISSN 1095-8614
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Geography | 1.100 | 1.300 | 1.020 | Q1 | ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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JOURNAL OF HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0022-1678 eISSN 1552-650X
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Psychology | 1.100 | 1.500 | 0.550 | Q3 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
ISSN 1359-0987 eISSN 1467-9655
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Anthropology | 1.100 | 1.500 | 0.850 | Q2 | WILEY |
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Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
ISSN 1353-7113 eISSN 1557-2986
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.100 | 1.300 | 0.600 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Nordic Psychology
ISSN 1901-2276 eISSN 1904-0016
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Psychology | 1.100 | 1.300 | 0.310 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY
ISSN 0032-3195 eISSN 1538-165X
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.100 | 1.200 | 0.530 | Q3 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
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PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES
ISSN 0033-2968 eISSN 0974-9861
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Psychology | 1.100 | 1.300 | 0.400 | Q3 | SPRINGER INDIA |
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Revista Espanola de Investigaciones Sociologicas
ISSN 0210-5233 eISSN 1988-5903
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Sociology | 1.100 | 1.300 | 0.430 | Q3 | CENTRO INVESTIGACIONES SOCIOLOGICAS |
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SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
ISSN 0731-1214 eISSN 1533-8673
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Sociology | 1.100 | 2.800 | 0.900 | Q3 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
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SOCIOLOGICAL SPECTRUM
ISSN 0273-2173 eISSN 1521-0707
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Sociology | 1.100 | 2.200 | 0.790 | Q3 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC |
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Uluslararasi Iliskiler-International Relations
ISSN 1304-7310 eISSN 1304-7175
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.100 | 1.000 | 0.370 | Q3 | ULUSLARARASI ILISKILER KONSEYI DERNEGI |
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AI COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN 0921-7126 eISSN 1875-8452
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Communication & Media | 1.000 | 1.200 | 0.220 | Q4 | IOS PRESS |
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Asian Journal of Political Science
ISSN 0218-5377 eISSN 1750-7812
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.000 | 1.300 | 0.530 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Atlantic Journal of Communication
ISSN 1545-6870 eISSN 1545-6889
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Communication & Media | 1.000 | 1.300 | 0.510 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY
ISSN 0146-3373 eISSN 1746-4102
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Communication & Media | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0.620 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Communications on Analysis and Computation
ISSN N/A eISSN 2837-0562
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Communication & Media | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.800 | Q2 | AMER INST MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES-AIMS |
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EAST EUROPEAN POLITICS AND SOCIETIES
ISSN 0888-3254 eISSN 1533-8371
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.000 | 1.300 | 0.630 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
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International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems
ISSN 1754-3916 eISSN 1754-3924
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Communication & Media | 1.000 | 0.600 | 0.250 | Q4 | INDERSCIENCE ENTERPRISES LTD |
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Japanese Journal of Political Science
ISSN 1468-1099 eISSN 1474-0060
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Political Science & International Relations | 1.000 | 1.100 | 0.540 | Q3 | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS |
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JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH
ISSN 0091-7710 eISSN 2153-3806
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Anthropology | 1.000 | 0.900 | 0.770 | Q2 | UNIV CHICAGO PRESS |
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Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling
ISSN 1544-4759 eISSN 1544-4767
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Psychology | 1.000 | 1.300 | 0.520 | Q3 | WILEY |
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Jurnal Komunikasi-Malaysian Journal of Communication
ISSN 2289-151X eISSN 2289-1528
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Communication & Media | 1.000 | 0.900 | 0.350 | Q3 | NATL UNIV MALAYSIA, FAC SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES |
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Papers-Revista de Sociologia
ISSN 0210-2862 eISSN 2013-9004
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Sociology | 1.000 | 0.800 | 0.300 | Q3 | UNIV AUTONOMA BARCELONA |
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Psychosis-Psychological Social and Integrative Approaches
ISSN 1752-2439 eISSN 1752-2447
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Psychology | 1.000 | 1.100 | 0.330 | Q4 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Reading Psychology
ISSN 0270-2711 eISSN 1521-0685
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Psychology | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0.400 | Q4 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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Studies in Psychology
ISSN 0210-9395 eISSN 1579-3699
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Psychology | 1.000 | 0.800 | 0.180 | Q3 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
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Acta Geographica Slovenica-Geografski Zbornik
ISSN 1581-6613 eISSN 1581-8314
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Geography | 0.900 | 1.100 | 0.370 | Q4 | GEOGRAFSKI INST ANTONA MELIKA ZRC SAZU |
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Advances in Cognitive Psychology
ISSN 1895-1171 eISSN 1895-1171
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Psychology | 0.900 | 1.200 | 0.360 | Q4 | UNIV ECONOMICS & HUMAN SCIENCES WARSAW |
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ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS
ISSN 1053-4202 eISSN 1556-3537
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Anthropology | 0.900 | 0.700 | 0.510 | Q2 | WILEY |
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Asian Politics & Policy
ISSN 1943-0779 eISSN 1943-0787
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Political Science & International Relations | 0.900 | 1.000 | 0.790 | Q3 | WILEY |
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AUC Geographica
ISSN 0300-5402 eISSN 2336-1980
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Geography | 0.900 | 0.800 | 0.300 | Q3 | CHARLES UNIV PRAGUE, KAROLINUM PRESS |
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Australian Journalism Review
ISSN 0810-2686 eISSN 2517-620X
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Communication & Media | 0.900 | 0.000 | 0.470 | Q3 | INTELLECT LTD |
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BMS-Bulletin of Sociological Methodology-Bulletin de Methodologie Sociologique
ISSN 0759-1063 eISSN 2070-2779
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Sociology | 0.900 | 1.100 | 0.330 | Q3 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
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Communication Research and Practice
ISSN 2204-1451 eISSN 2206-3374
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Communication & Media | 0.900 | 1.600 | 0.520 | Q3 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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COMMUNICATIONS ON PURE AND APPLIED ANALYSIS
ISSN 1534-0392 eISSN 1553-5258
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Communication & Media | 0.900 | 1.000 | 0.690 | Q2 | AMER INST MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES-AIMS |
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CULTURE & PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 1354-067X eISSN 1461-7056
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Psychology | 0.900 | 1.100 | 0.320 | Q3 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
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European Journal of Psychology Open
ISSN 2673-8627 eISSN 2673-8627
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Psychology | 0.900 | 1.700 | 0.520 | Q3 | HOGREFE AG-HOGREFE AG SUISSE |
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Geographica Pannonica
ISSN 0354-8724 eISSN 1820-7138
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Geography | 0.900 | 1.300 | 0.430 | Q3 | UNIV & NOVOM SADU, PRIRODNO-MATEMATICKI FAK |
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Global Media and Communication
ISSN 1742-7665 eISSN 1742-7673
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Communication & Media | 0.900 | 1.300 | 0.540 | Q3 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
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International Politics
ISSN 1384-5748 eISSN 1740-3898
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Political Science & International Relations | 0.900 | 1.300 | 0.600 | Q3 | PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD |
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INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGY
ISSN 0268-5809 eISSN 1461-7242
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Sociology | 0.900 | 1.800 | 0.460 | Q3 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
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JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0735-7036 eISSN 1939-2087
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Psychology | 0.900 | 1.300 | 0.530 | Q3 | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
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Journal of Cultural Geography
ISSN 0887-3631 eISSN 1940-6320
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Geography | 0.900 | 1.100 | 0.330 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-ANIMAL LEARNING AND COGNITION
ISSN 2329-8456 eISSN 2329-8464
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Psychology | 0.900 | 1.500 | 0.500 | Q3 | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC |
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Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools
ISSN 2055-6365 eISSN 2055-6373
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Psychology | 0.900 | 1.900 | 0.730 | Q3 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
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JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0736-7236 eISSN N/A
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Psychology | 0.900 | 1.700 | 0.340 | Q4 | GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS INC |
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KOLNER ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SOZIOLOGIE UND SOZIALPSYCHOLOGIE
ISSN 0023-2653 eISSN 1861-891X
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Psychology | 0.900 | 1.200 | 0.480 | Q3 | SPRINGER VIEWEG-SPRINGER FACHMEDIEN WIESBADEN GMBH |
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Transforming Anthropology
ISSN 1051-0559 eISSN 1548-7466
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Anthropology | 0.900 | 2.000 | 0.870 | Q2 | UNIV CHICAGO PRESS |
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TRIPLEC-Communication Capitalism & Critique
ISSN 1726-670X eISSN 1726-670X
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Communication & Media | 0.900 | 1.100 | 0.360 | Q3 | TRIPLEC |
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Acta Crystallographica Section E-Crystallographic Communications
ISSN 2056-9890 eISSN 2056-9890
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Communication & Media | 0.600 | 0.600 | 0.290 | Q4 | INT UNION CRYSTALLOGRAPHY |
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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0002-9556 eISSN 1939-8298
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Psychology | 0.600 | 0.900 | 0.200 | Q4 | UNIV ILLINOIS PRESS |
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Annals of Anthropological Practice
ISSN 2153-957X eISSN 2153-9588
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Anthropology | 0.600 | 0.800 | 0.440 | Q3 | WILEY |
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ANNEE PSYCHOLOGIQUE
ISSN 0003-5033 eISSN 1955-2580
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Psychology | 0.600 | 1.200 | 0.140 | Q4 | PRESSES UNIV FRANCE |
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Anthropological Journal of European Cultures
ISSN 1755-2923 eISSN 1755-2931
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Anthropology | 0.600 | 0.600 | 0.290 | Q3 | BERGHAHN JOURNALS |
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL QUARTERLY
ISSN 0003-5491 eISSN 1534-1518
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Anthropology | 0.600 | 1.100 | 0.370 | Q3 | GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV INST ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH |
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Brazilian Journalism Research
ISSN 1808-4079 eISSN 1981-9854
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Communication & Media | 0.600 | 0.600 | 0.240 | Q3 | SBPJOR |
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Communication Disorders Quarterly
ISSN 1525-7401 eISSN 1538-4837
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Communication & Media | 0.600 | 1.000 | 0.320 | Q4 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
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COMMUNICATIONS IN ALGEBRA
ISSN 0092-7872 eISSN 1532-4125
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Communication & Media | 0.600 | 0.600 | 0.500 | Q3 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC |
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ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS IN PROBABILITY
ISSN N/A eISSN 1083-589X
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Communication & Media | 0.600 | 0.700 | 0.260 | Q4 | INST MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS-IMS |
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Geographia Cassoviensis
ISSN 1337-6748 eISSN 2454-0005
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Geography | 0.600 | 0.400 | 0.180 | Q3 | PAVOL JOZEF SAFARIK UNIV, FAC SCI, INST GEOGRAPHY |
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GIO-Gruppe-Interaktion-Organisation-Zeitschrift fuer Angewandte Organisationspsychologie
ISSN 2366-6145 eISSN 2366-6218
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Psychology | 0.600 | 0.700 | 0.230 | Q4 | SPRINGER VIEWEG-SPRINGER FACHMEDIEN WIESBADEN GMBH |
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Ido Movement for Culture-Journal of Martial Arts Anthropology
ISSN 2084-3763 eISSN 2082-7571
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Anthropology | 0.600 | 0.800 | 0.220 | Q4 | STOWARZYSZENIE IDOKAN POLSKA-IDOKAN POLAND ASSOC |
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IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN 0916-8516 eISSN 1745-1345
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Communication & Media | 0.600 | 0.500 | 0.160 | Q4 | IEICE-INST ELECTRONICS INFORMATION COMMUNICATION ENGINEERS |
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORT PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN 0047-0767 eISSN N/A
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Psychology | 0.600 | 0.700 | 0.210 | Q4 | EDIZIONI LUIGI POZZI |
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Intersections-East European Journal of Society and Politics
ISSN N/A eISSN 2416-089X
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Political Science & International Relations | 0.600 | 0.800 | 0.220 | Q4 | CENTRE SOCIAL SCIENCES, HUNGARIAN ACAD SCIENCES |
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Journal of Classical Sociology
ISSN 1468-795X eISSN 1741-2897
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Sociology | 0.600 | 0.900 | 0.400 | Q3 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
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Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology
ISSN 1935-4932 eISSN 1935-4940
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Anthropology | 0.600 | 0.900 | 0.420 | Q3 | WILEY |
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Konsultativnaya Psikhologiya i Psikhoterapiya-Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy
ISSN 2075-3470 eISSN 2311-9446
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Psychology | 0.600 | 0.500 | 0.150 | Q4 | MOSCOW STATE UNIV PSYCHOLOGY & EDUCATION |
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Pacific Journalism Review
ISSN 1023-9499 eISSN 2324-2035
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Communication & Media | 0.600 | 0.600 | 0.330 | Q3 | AUCKLAND UNIV TECHNOLOGY, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES RESEARCH INST |
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Prace Komisji Geografii Przemyslu Polskiego Towarzystwa Geograficznego-Studies of the Industrial Geography Commission of the Polish Geographical Society
ISSN 2080-1653 eISSN 2449-903X
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Geography | 0.600 | 0.400 | 0.190 | Q3 | PEDAGOGICAL UNIV CRACOW, INST GEOGR, DEPT ENTREPRENEURSHIP & SPATIAL MGMT |
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Psychotherapy and Politics International
ISSN 1476-9263 eISSN 1556-9195
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Political Science & International Relations | 0.600 | 0.500 | 0.210 | Q4 | Psychotherapy and Politics International |
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South African Review of Sociology
ISSN 2152-8586 eISSN 2072-1978
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Sociology | 0.600 | 0.800 | 0.360 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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