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Best Health (social science) journals

386 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Health (social science). The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 97 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 MMWR Recommendations and Reports 131.2 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 MMWR Surveillance Summaries 93.2 99th Q1 SCIE No
3 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 35.2 99th Q1 SCIE No
4 The Lancet Planetary Health 31.4 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
5 The Lancet Healthy Longevity 24.2 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
6 Trauma, Violence, and Abuse 16.7 98th Q1 SSCI No
7 Virtual Economics 16.3 98th Q1 Yes
8 International Journal of Transgender Health 15.1 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
9 Sustainability Science 12.4 97th Q1 SCIE No
10 Reviews on Environmental Health 11.5 97th Q1 SCIE No
11 Tobacco Control 10.6 97th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
12 Foods 10.3 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
13 Obesity Facts 9.9 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
14 Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 9.1 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
15 European Journal of Ageing 8.9 96th Q1 SSCI No
16 Global Health Research and Policy 8.4 95th Q1 ESCI Yes
17 Policy and Internet 8.3 95th Q1 SSCI No
18 Social Science and Medicine 8.2 95th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
19 Journal of Learning Disabilities 8.1 95th Q1 SSCI No
20 BioScience Trends 8 94th Q1 SCIE No
21 International Journal of Health Policy and Management 8 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
22 Ageing and Society 7.8 94th Q1 SSCI No
23 Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health 7.7 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
24 Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 7.7 93th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
25 Health Communication 7.5 93th Q1 SSCI B No
26 Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 7.5 93th Q1 SCIE No
27 Health and Place 7.4 93th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
28 Clinical Gerontologist 7.4 92th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
29 Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 7.1 92th Q1 SSCI No
30 Science and Engineering Ethics 7 92th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
31 SSM - Population Health 7 92th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
32 Journal of Medical Ethics 6.9 91th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
33 Journal of Family Theory and Review 6.8 91th Q1 SSCI No
34 Journal of Urban Health 6.8 91th Q1 SCIE No
35 Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 6.8 91th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
36 Conflict and Health 6.6 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
37 Asian Journal of Social Health and Behavior 6.5 90th Q1 ESCI Yes
38 Disability and Society 6.4 90th Q1 SSCI No
39 JMIR Aging 6.4 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
40 European Union Politics 6.4 89th Q1 SSCI No
41 Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 6.3 89th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
42 Mindfulness 6.3 89th Q1 SSCI No
43 Sleep Health 6.3 89th Q1 SCIE No
44 Science as Culture 6.1 88th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
45 Transcultural Psychiatry 6.1 88th Q1 SSCI No
46 Sexuality Research and Social Policy 6 88th Q1 SSCI No
47 American Journal of Community Psychology 6 87th Q1 SSCI No
48 Games for Health Journal 5.9 87th Q1 SSCI No
49 Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health 5.9 87th Q1 ESCI No
50 BMC Medical Ethics 5.7 87th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
51 Learning and Motivation 5.7 86th Q1 SSCI No
52 Journal of Egyptian Public Health Association 5.6 86th Q1 ESCI Yes
53 Journal of Cannabis Research 5.5 86th Q1 ESCI Yes
54 Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science 5.5 86th Q1 SSCI No
55 International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services 5.4 85th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
56 Journal of Aging and Health 5.4 85th Q1 SSCI No
57 Psychology and Sexuality 5.4 85th Q1 SSCI No
58 Sociology of Health and Illness 5.4 85th Q1 SSCI No
59 Research on Aging 5.4 84th Q1 SSCI No
60 Human-Machine Communication 5.3 84th Q1 Yes
61 Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy 5.3 84th Q1 ESCI No
62 Research Involvement and Engagement 5.3 84th Q1 ESCI Yes
63 Journal of Community Health 5.3 83th Q1 SSCI No
64 Omega: Journal of Death and Dying 5.2 83th Q1 SSCI No
65 Bioethics 5.1 83th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
66 Health Promotion Perspectives 5.1 83th Q1 ESCI Yes
67 Global Transitions 5.1 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
68 Health Sociology Review 5.1 82th Q1 SSCI No
69 Drug and Alcohol Review 5 82th Q1 SSCI No
70 International Health 4.9 81th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
71 Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies 4.9 81th Q1 SSCI No
72 Health Promotion International 4.8 81th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A Yes
73 Journal of Migration and Health 4.8 81th Q1 ESCI Yes
74 Women's Health Issues 4.7 81th Q1 SSCI No
75 Innovation in Aging 4.7 80th Q1 SCIE, SSCI Yes
76 Permanente Journal 4.7 80th Q1 No
77 SSM - Qualitative Research in Health 4.7 80th Q1 ESCI Yes
78 American Journal of Health Promotion 4.7 79th Q1 SSCI No
79 Australian Social Work 4.7 79th Q1 SSCI No
80 Contemporary Drug Problems 4.6 79th Q1 ESCI No
81 Health (United Kingdom) 4.6 79th Q1 SSCI No
82 Clinical Social Work Journal 4.5 78th Q1 SSCI No
83 Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy 4.5 78th Q1 SSCI No
84 European Addiction Research 4.5 78th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
85 International Journal of Disability, Development and Education 4.4 78th Q1 SSCI No
86 Culture, Health and Sexuality 4.4 77th Q1 SSCI No
87 Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine 4.4 77th Q1 ESCI Yes
88 Qualitative Social Work 4.4 77th Q1 SSCI No
89 Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science 4.3 77th Q1 No
90 BioSocieties 4.3 76th Q1 SSCI No
91 NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 4.3 76th Q1 SSCI Yes
92 Journal of Disability Policy Studies 4.2 76th Q1 SSCI No
93 Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities 4.2 76th Q1 SSCI No
94 Geriatrics and Gerontology International 4.1 75th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
95 Health Equity 4.1 75th Q1 ESCI Yes
96 Journal of Health Communication 4.1 75th Q1 SSCI No
97 Victims and Offenders 4.1 75th Q1 SSCI No
98 Child Indicators Research 4.1 74th Q2 SSCI No
99 Community Mental Health Journal 4.1 74th Q2 SSCI No
100 International Journal of Integrated Care 4.1 74th Q2 SCIE, SSCI Yes

Rank and percentile are within the Health (social science) 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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