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Best Arts and Humanities (all) journals

175 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Arts and Humanities (all). The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 44 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Journal of Archaeological Research 11.3 99th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
2 Life Medicine 6.1 99th Q1 ESCI – Yes
3 Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 5.7 98th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
4 China Information 4.6 98th Q1 SSCI B No
5 Journal of Aging Studies 3.8 97th Q1 SSCI – No
6 SAGE Open 3.5 96th Q1 SSCI – Yes
7 Antiquity 3.3 96th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
8 Al-Jami'ah 3.2 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
9 Arts and the Market 3 95th Q1 ESCI C No
10 Critical Inquiry 2.5 94th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
11 Polar Journal 2.5 94th Q1 ESCI – No
12 Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 2.3 93th Q1 AHCI – No
13 Critical African Studies 2.2 92th Q1 ESCI – No
14 Cogent Arts and Humanities 2.1 92th Q1 ESCI – Yes
15 Knowledge and Space 2 91th Q1 – – No
16 SEARCH Journal of Media and Communication Research 1.9 91th Q1 ESCI – No
17 International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing 1.8 90th Q1 AHCI – No
18 OBETS 1.7 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
19 South Asia Research 1.7 89th Q1 ESCI – No
20 Latin American Research Review 1.7 88th Q1 SSCI – Yes
21 Journal of the History of Economic Thought 1.6 88th Q1 AHCI, SSCI B No
22 New Global Studies 1.6 87th Q1 ESCI – No
23 Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 1.6 87th Q1 ESCI – No
24 International Journal of Islamic Thought 1.5 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
25 Journal of Near Eastern Studies 1.5 86th Q1 AHCI – No
26 International Journal of Education Through Art 1.5 85th Q1 ESCI – No
27 Digital Humanities Quarterly 1.5 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
28 Social Analysis 1.4 84th Q1 SSCI – Yes
29 European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 1.4 83th Q1 SSCI B No
30 International Journal of Asian Studies 1.4 83th Q1 AHCI B No
31 Acta Academica 1.4 82th Q1 – – Yes
32 Open Cultural Studies 1.4 82th Q1 ESCI – Yes
33 Law, Ethics and Technology 1.3 81th Q1 – – No
34 Representations 1.3 80th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
35 South Asian History and Culture 1.3 80th Q1 ESCI – No
36 Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences 1.2 79th Q1 – – Yes
37 Trames 1.2 79th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – Yes
38 Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education 1.2 78th Q1 ESCI – No
39 Iran 1.2 78th Q1 AHCI – No
40 Peace Review 1.2 77th Q1 ESCI – No
41 Journal of Open Humanities Data 1.2 76th Q1 ESCI – Yes
42 Korea Observer 1.2 76th Q1 SSCI – No
43 Open Library of Humanities 1.1 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
44 Palabra Clave 1.1 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
45 Africa Today 1 74th Q2 – – No
46 Sound Studies 1 74th Q2 ESCI – No
47 Wacana 1 73th Q2 ESCI – Yes
48 Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 0.9 72th Q2 AHCI – No
49 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 0.9 72th Q2 AHCI – No
50 Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory 0.9 71th Q2 ESCI – Yes
51 Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture 0.9 71th Q2 AHCI – No
52 Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8, Uralic and Central Asian Studies 0.9 70th Q2 – – No
53 Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Studies 0.8 70th Q2 – – No
54 Global Journal Al-Thaqafah 0.8 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
55 International Journal of Humanities Education 0.8 68th Q2 – – No
56 Journal of Aesthetic Education 0.8 68th Q2 AHCI – No
57 Classical Receptions Journal 0.8 67th Q2 AHCI – No
58 Centro Journal 0.7 67th Q2 – – No
59 Umanistica Digitale 0.7 66th Q2 – – Yes
60 Arbor 0.6 66th Q2 AHCI – Yes
61 Imago Mundi 0.6 65th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
62 Bilig 0.6 64th Q2 SSCI – No
63 Iberoamericana - Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 0.6 64th Q2 – – Yes
64 Central Europe 0.6 63th Q2 AHCI – No
65 Journal of American Studies 0.6 63th Q2 AHCI – No
66 International Journal of the Classical Tradition 0.6 62th Q2 AHCI – No
67 Strategic Design Research Journal 0.6 62th Q2 – – Yes
68 Manusya 0.6 61th Q2 – – No
69 Asparkia 0.6 60th Q2 – – Yes
70 Digital Studies/ Le Champ Numerique 0.6 60th Q2 – – Yes
71 Dutch Crossing 0.6 59th Q2 AHCI, SSCI – No
72 Seoul Journal of Korean Studies 0.6 59th Q2 ESCI – No
73 Transcultural Studies 0.6 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
74 Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology 0.5 58th Q2 – C No
75 Greece and Rome 0.5 57th Q2 AHCI – No
76 Asian and African Studies 0.5 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
77 Universum 0.5 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
78 History of Humanities 0.5 55th Q2 – – No
79 Journal of Contemporary Iraq and the Arab World 0.5 55th Q2 – – No
80 Women's Studies 0.5 54th Q2 AHCI – No
81 Ancient Cultures of Sciences and Knowledge 0.5 53th Q2 – – No
82 Convergencias: Revista de Investigacao e Ensino das Artes 0.5 53th Q2 – – Yes
83 New German Critique 0.5 53th Q2 AHCI – No
84 Utopian Studies 0.5 52th Q2 AHCI – No
85 Andamios 0.5 51th Q2 SSCI – No
86 Studia Orientalia Slovaca 0.5 51th Q2 – – No
87 Humanities (Switzerland) 0.5 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
88 Oceanide 0.5 50th Q2 – – No
89 Estudios Irlandeses 0.5 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
90 Environment, Space, Place 0.5 48th Q3 – – No
91 Revista de Humanidades (SPAIN) 0.4 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
92 Evolution Psychiatrique 0.4 47th Q3 SSCI – No
93 Revista Colombiana de Sociologia 0.4 47th Q3 ESCI – No
94 Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe 0.4 46th Q3 SSCI – No
95 Verge: Studies in Global Asias 0.4 46th Q3 ESCI – No
96 Logos (Lithuania) 0.4 45th Q3 AHCI – No
97 Acta Koreana 0.4 44th Q3 AHCI – No
98 Comparative American Studies 0.4 44th Q3 ESCI – No
99 Clio. Revista de Historia, Ciencias Humanas y Pensamiento Critico. 0.4 43th Q3 – – Yes
100 Revue d'Histoire des Sciences Humaines 0.4 43th Q3 – – Yes

Rank and percentile are within the Arts and Humanities (all) Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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