Sociology Journals
This page groups approved journals assigned to Sociology within the broader Social Sciences classification used by Journals Impact Factors.
Because citation practices differ by specialty, this narrower grouping can be more useful than comparing journals across an entire broad discipline. The classification is internal and is not an official JCR category.
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Sociology Journal List
85 results| Journal | JIF | 5-Year JIF | JCI | Quartile | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Review of Sociology 0360-0572 |
9.000 | 15.200 | 4.610 | Q1 | ANNUAL REVIEWS |
| SOCIOLOGICAL METHODS & RESEARCH 0049-1241 |
6.500 | 7.100 | 2.890 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW 0003-1224 |
6.200 | 13.900 | 3.720 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY 0735-2751 |
5.000 | 5.600 | 2.460 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| SOCIOLOGIA RURALIS 0038-0199 |
3.700 | 4.200 | 1.480 | Q1 | WILEY |
| AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY 0002-9602 |
3.600 | 5.700 | 1.990 | Q1 | UNIV CHICAGO PRESS |
| BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY 0007-1315 |
3.300 | 3.400 | 1.520 | Q1 | WILEY |
| Health Sociology Review 1446-1242 |
3.100 | 3.100 | 1.400 | Q1 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| EUROPEAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW 0266-7215 |
3.000 | 4.000 | 1.500 | Q1 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
| SOCIOLOGY-THE JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 0038-0385 |
2.900 | 3.800 | 1.370 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Environmental Sociology 2325-1042 |
2.800 | 3.100 | 0.530 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 2332-6492 |
2.800 | 3.900 | 1.240 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 0141-9889 |
2.700 | 3.100 | 1.070 | Q1 | WILEY |
| International Political Sociology 1749-5679 |
2.600 | 4.000 | 1.550 | Q1 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
| International Review for the Sociology of Sport 1012-6902 |
2.600 | 3.000 | 0.880 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Sociological Methodology 0081-1750 |
2.500 | 4.500 | 1.410 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW 0038-0261 |
2.400 | 3.200 | 1.150 | Q1 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Frontiers in Sociology N/A |
2.200 | 2.600 | 1.110 | Q1 | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA |
| SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT JOURNAL 0741-1235 |
2.200 | 2.100 | 0.820 | Q1 | HUMAN KINETICS PUBL INC |
| Qualitative Sociology 0162-0436 |
2.100 | 3.900 | 1.020 | Q1 | SPRINGER |
| Sociological Science N/A |
2.100 | 4.900 | 1.280 | Q1 | SOC SOCIOLOGICAL SCIENCE |
| Sociology Compass 1751-9020 |
2.100 | 3.600 | 1.210 | Q1 | WILEY |
| International Journal of Japanese Sociology 0918-7545 |
2.000 | 1.200 | 0.640 | Q2 | WILEY |
| JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY 1440-7833 |
2.000 | 2.900 | 0.820 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| RURAL SOCIOLOGY 0036-0112 |
1.900 | 3.000 | 1.100 | Q2 | WILEY |
| Chinese Journal of Sociology 2057-150X |
1.800 | 0.000 | 0.720 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Cultural Sociology 1749-9755 |
1.800 | 2.200 | 0.860 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Critical Sociology 0896-9205 |
1.700 | 2.200 | 0.790 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION 1069-4404 |
1.700 | 2.500 | 2.650 | Q2 | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC |
| CURRENT SOCIOLOGY 0011-3921 |
1.600 | 2.500 | 0.860 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRY 0038-0245 |
1.600 | 2.400 | 0.900 | Q2 | WILEY |
| European Journal of Sociology-Archives Europeennes de Sociologie 0003-9756 |
1.500 | 1.800 | 0.730 | Q2 | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY 0020-7152 |
1.500 | 2.600 | 0.990 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| SOCIOLOGICAL FORUM 0884-8971 |
1.500 | 2.100 | 0.840 | Q2 | WILEY |
| ACTA SOCIOLOGICA 0001-6993 |
1.400 | 1.900 | 0.610 | Q2 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Chinese Sociological Review 2162-0555 |
1.400 | 3.200 | 0.870 | Q2 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| SOCIOLOGICAL QUARTERLY 0038-0253 |
1.400 | 1.600 | 0.730 | Q2 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC |
| International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 0144-333X |
1.300 | 2.000 | 0.700 | Q3 | EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD |
| International Review of Sociology-Revue Internationale de Sociologie 0390-6701 |
1.300 | 1.600 | 0.660 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Journal of Chinese Sociology N/A |
1.300 | 1.900 | 0.640 | Q3 | SPRINGERNATURE |
| SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ONLINE 1360-7804 |
1.300 | 1.800 | 0.700 | Q3 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| American Journal of Cultural Sociology 2049-7113 |
1.200 | 2.000 | 0.560 | Q3 | PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD |
| Canadian Review of Sociology-Revue Canadienne de Sociologie 1755-6171 |
1.200 | 1.700 | 0.580 | Q3 | WILEY |
| International Journal of the Sociology of Language 0165-2516 |
1.200 | 0.000 | 0.790 | Q2 | WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH |
| AMERICAN SOCIOLOGIST 0003-1232 |
1.100 | 0.900 | 0.550 | Q3 | SPRINGER |
| International Journal of Sociology 0020-7659 |
1.100 | 2.000 | 0.830 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Revista Espanola de Investigaciones Sociologicas 0210-5233 |
1.100 | 1.300 | 0.430 | Q3 | CENTRO INVESTIGACIONES SOCIOLOGICAS |
| SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 0731-1214 |
1.100 | 2.800 | 0.900 | Q3 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| SOCIOLOGICAL SPECTRUM 0273-2173 |
1.100 | 2.200 | 0.790 | Q3 | TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC |
| Papers-Revista de Sociologia 0210-2862 |
1.000 | 0.800 | 0.300 | Q3 | UNIV AUTONOMA BARCELONA |
| BMS-Bulletin of Sociological Methodology-Bulletin de Methodologie Sociologique 0759-1063 |
0.900 | 1.100 | 0.330 | Q3 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGY 0268-5809 |
0.900 | 1.800 | 0.460 | Q3 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Journal of Classical Sociology 1468-795X |
0.600 | 0.900 | 0.400 | Q3 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| South African Review of Sociology 2152-8586 |
0.600 | 0.800 | 0.360 | Q3 | ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF REVIEWS 0094-3061 |
0.500 | 0.600 | 0.080 | Q4 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| Polish Sociological Review 1231-1413 |
0.500 | 0.900 | 0.220 | Q4 | POLSKIE TOWARZYSTWO SOCJOLOGICZNE-POLISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOC |
| Politeia-Journal of Political Theory Political Philosophy and Sociology of Politics 2078-5089 |
0.500 | 0.300 | 0.110 | Q4 | ZHURNAL POLITICHESKOI FILOSOFII & SOTSIOLOGII POLITIKI POLITIYA |
| COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY 1569-1322 |
0.400 | 0.600 | 0.290 | Q4 | BRILL |
| SOCIOLOGIA 0049-1225 |
0.400 | 0.400 | 0.280 | Q4 | INST SOCIOLOGY SLOVAK ACAD SCIENCES |
| Sociologija 0038-0318 |
0.400 | 0.300 | 0.130 | Q4 | UNIV BELGRADE, FAC PHILOSOPHY |
| SOCIOLOGISK FORSKNING 0038-0342 |
0.400 | 0.700 | 0.220 | Q4 | SOCIOLOGISK FORSKNING |
| Cuestiones de Sociologia 1668-1584 |
0.300 | 0.300 | 0.020 | Q4 | UNIV NAC LA PLATA, FAC HUMANIDADES & CIENCIAS EDUC |
| RUDN Journal of Sociology-Vestnik Rossiiskogo Universiteta Druzhby Narodov Seriya Sotsiologiya 2313-2272 |
0.300 | 0.400 | 0.130 | Q4 | PEOPLES FRIENDSHIP UNIV RUSSIA |
| Sociologia Nauki i Tehnologij-Sociology of Science & Technology 2079-0910 |
0.300 | 0.200 | 0.170 | Q4 | INST HISTORY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, SAINT PETERSBURG BRANCH, RUSS ACAD SCI |
| Sociologia y Tecnociencia 1989-8487 |
0.300 | 0.500 | 0.120 | Q4 | UNIV VALLADOLID, DEPT SOCIOLOGIA & TRABAJO SOCIAL |
| Sociologiceskoe Obozrenie 1728-192X |
0.300 | 0.300 | 0.160 | Q4 | NATL RESEARCH UNIV HIGHER SCH ECONOMICS |
| SOCIOLOGIE DU TRAVAIL 0038-0296 |
0.300 | 0.400 | 0.030 | Q4 | REVUES ORG |
| Annales-Anali za Istrske in Mediteranske Studije-Series Historia et Sociologia 1408-5348 |
0.200 | 0.200 | 0.500 | N/A | HISTORICAL SOC SOUTHERN PRIMORSKA KOPER-HSSP |
| Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 2061-5558 |
0.200 | 0.300 | 0.110 | Q4 | CORVINUS UNIV BUDAPEST, DOCTORAL SCH SOCIOLOGY |
| Debates en Sociologia 0254-9220 |
0.200 | 0.300 | 0.140 | Q4 | PONTIFICIA UNIV CATOLICA PERU |
| Filosofija-Sociologija 0235-7186 |
0.200 | 0.200 | 0.500 | Q4 | LITHUANIAN ACAD SCIENCES |
| History and Sociology of South Asia 2230-8075 |
0.200 | 0.200 | 0.130 | Q4 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF THE AESTHETICS AND SOCIOLOGY OF MUSIC 0351-5796 |
0.200 | 0.200 | 0.480 | N/A | CROATIAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOC |
| Japanese Journal of Sociology 2769-1365 |
0.200 | 0.200 | 0.290 | Q4 | WILEY |
| Revista Colombiana de Sociologia 0120-159X |
0.200 | 0.300 | 0.050 | Q4 | UNIV NACL COLOMBIA, DEPT SOCIOLOGIA |
| REVUE FRANCAISE DE SOCIOLOGIE 0035-2969 |
0.200 | 0.400 | 0.090 | Q4 | PRESSES SCIENCES PO |
| Contemporanea-Revista de Sociologia da UFSCar 2236-532X |
0.100 | 0.100 | 0.020 | Q4 | UNIV SAO CARLOS, DEPT SOCIOLOGY FEDERAL |
| CONTRIBUTIONS TO INDIAN SOCIOLOGY 0069-9659 |
0.100 | 0.600 | 0.150 | Q4 | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INDIA PVT LTD |
| Historicka Sociologie 1804-0616 |
0.100 | 0.200 | 0.040 | Q4 | CHARLES UNIV-PRAGUE |
| Istanbul Universitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi-Istanbul University Journal of Sociology 1304-2998 |
0.100 | 0.200 | 0.100 | Q4 | ISTANBUL UNIV, FAC LETTERS, DEPT SOCIOLOGY |
| Revista de Investigaciones Politicas y Sociologicas 1577-239X |
0.100 | 0.200 | 0.050 | Q4 | UNIV SANTIAGO COMPOSTELA |
| SocietaMutamentoPolitica-Rivista Italiana di Sociologia 2038-3150 |
0.100 | 0.200 | 0.040 | Q4 | FIRENZE UNIV PRESS |
| Vestnik Tomskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta-Filosofiya-Sotsiologiya-Politologiya-Tomsk State University Journal of Philosophy Sociology and Political Science 1998-863X |
0.100 | 0.100 | 0.080 | Q4 | TOMSK STATE UNIV |
| Virajes-Revista de Antropologia y Sociologia 0123-4471 |
0.100 | 0.100 | 0.020 | Q4 | UNIV CALDAS |
| Sociology Lens 2832-5796 |
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.190 | N/A | WILEY |
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