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Best Social Sciences (miscellaneous) journals

740 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Social Sciences (miscellaneous). The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 100 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 Nature Climate Change 39 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
2 Journal of Metaverse 17 99th Q1 ESCI Yes
3 Virtual Economics 16.3 99th Q1 Yes
4 Sociological Methods and Research 16.2 99th Q1 SSCI No
5 International Journal for Educational Integrity 15.8 99th Q1 ESCI Yes
6 Adolescent Research Review 15.7 99th Q1 SSCI No
7 Social Issues and Policy Review 15 99th Q1 SSCI No
8 Business and Society 14.9 98th Q1 SSCI A No
9 Journal of Mixed Methods Research 13.8 98th Q1 SSCI No
10 Energy Research and Social Science 12.6 98th Q1 SSCI No
11 Ijtihad: Jurnal Wacana Hukum Islam dan Kemanusiaan 12.6 98th Q1 No
12 Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 12.4 98th Q1 ESCI No
13 Postdigital Science and Education 12 98th Q1 No
14 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 11.5 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
15 IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems 10.8 98th Q1 SCIE No
16 Qualitative Research 10.5 97th Q1 SSCI No
17 RSF 10.4 97th Q1 SSCI Yes
18 International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks 10.2 97th Q1 ESCI Yes
19 Review of Economics and Statistics 10 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
20 Social Responsibility Journal 9.6 97th Q1 ESCI B No
21 PSU Research Review 9.4 97th Q1 Yes
22 Computers and Education: X Reality 9.3 97th Q1 ESCI Yes
23 Project Leadership and Society 9.2 96th Q1 ESCI C Yes
24 World Development Sustainability 8.8 96th Q1 Yes
25 Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society 8.7 96th Q1 No
26 Journal of Family Violence 8.7 96th Q1 SSCI No
27 Journal of Islamic Law 8.6 96th Q1 Yes
28 Behavioural Public Policy 8.5 96th Q1 ESCI No
29 Journal of Digital Economy 8.4 96th Q1 B No
30 Cleaner and Responsible Consumption 8.4 96th Q1 ESCI Yes
31 Science Technology and Human Values 8.1 95th Q1 SSCI A No
32 European Journal of Futures Research 8.1 95th Q1 SSCI Yes
33 Communication and Sport 8 95th Q1 SSCI B No
34 Al-Manahij: Jurnal Kajian Hukum Islam 8 95th Q1 Yes
35 Al-Ihkam: Jurnal Hukum dan Pranata Sosial 7.8 95th Q1 Yes
36 Career Development International 7.7 95th Q1 SSCI A No
37 Kybernetes 7.7 95th Q1 SCIE No
38 Politics and Society 7.6 94th Q1 SSCI B No
39 Journal of Youth and Adolescence 7.6 94th Q1 SSCI No
40 Forum Scientiae Oeconomia 7.5 94th Q1 Yes
41 Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 7.5 94th Q1 ESCI No
42 Earth System Governance 7.4 94th Q1 ESCI Yes
43 Police Quarterly 7.3 94th Q1 SSCI No
44 Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review 7.2 94th Q1 Yes
45 Journal of Happiness Studies 7.1 94th Q1 SSCI No
46 Journal of Social Policy 7 93th Q1 SSCI A No
47 Daedalus 7 93th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
48 Language Testing 7 93th Q1 AHCI, SSCI No
49 Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 6.9 93th Q1 SSCI A No
50 Minerva 6.9 93th Q1 SSCI No
51 International Journal of Behavioral Development 6.8 93th Q1 SSCI No
52 Journal of Family Theory and Review 6.8 93th Q1 SSCI No
53 Bestuur 6.8 92th Q1 Yes
54 Volksgeist: Jurnal Ilmu Hukum dan Konstitusi 6.8 92th Q1 Yes
55 Health and Social Care in the Community 6.7 92th Q1 SSCI No
56 Journal of Marriage and Family 6.4 92th Q1 SSCI No
57 International Journal of Bullying Prevention 6.3 92th Q1 No
58 Sleep Health 6.3 92th Q1 SCIE No
59 Kharisma 6.2 92th Q1 No
60 Legality: Jurnal Ilmiah Hukum 6.2 92th Q1 No
61 Journal of Contemporary Asia 6.2 91th Q1 SSCI No
62 Sports Coaching Review 6.2 91th Q1 ESCI No
63 Digital Geography and Society 6.1 91th Q1 Yes
64 Life Medicine 6.1 91th Q1 ESCI Yes
65 System Dynamics Review 6 91th Q1 SSCI A No
66 Asian Association of Open Universities Journal 6 91th Q1 ESCI Yes
67 Tourism on the Verge 5.9 91th Q1 No
68 Asian Journal of Business Ethics 5.9 90th Q1 ESCI C No
69 Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 5.9 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A* No
70 Journal of Early Adolescence 5.8 90th Q1 SSCI No
71 Mathematical Finance 5.7 90th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
72 Journal of Research on Adolescence 5.7 90th Q1 SSCI No
73 Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 5.7 90th Q1 SSCI No
74 International Review for the Sociology of Sport 5.6 90th Q1 SSCI B No
75 Consumption and Society 5.6 89th Q1 ESCI No
76 Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science: Bridging Asia and the World 5.5 89th Q1 ESCI B No
77 Journal of Gender Studies 5.5 89th Q1 SSCI No
78 Samarah 5.5 89th Q1 No
79 Journal of Applied Econometrics 5.4 89th Q1 SSCI A* No
80 Human-Machine Communication 5.3 89th Q1 Yes
81 Youth and Society 5.3 89th Q1 SSCI No
82 Journal of Family Studies 5.2 89th Q1 SSCI No
83 AERA Open 5.2 88th Q1 SSCI Yes
84 ASEAN Journal of Educational Research and Technology 5.2 88th Q1 No
85 Evidence and Policy 5.2 88th Q1 SSCI No
86 Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research 5.1 88th Q1 SSCI B No
87 Journal of Family Issues 5.1 88th Q1 SSCI No
88 Journal of Occupational Science 5.1 88th Q1 ESCI No
89 Punishment and Society 5.1 88th Q1 SSCI No
90 International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics 5.1 87th Q1 ESCI C No
91 Discourse 5.1 87th Q1 SSCI No
92 Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal 4.9 87th Q1 SSCI No
93 Economics and Sociology 4.9 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
94 Family Process 4.9 87th Q1 SSCI No
95 Social Politics 4.9 87th Q1 SSCI No
96 Al-Istinbath: Jurnal Hukum Islam 4.7 87th Q1 Yes
97 SSM - Mental Health 4.7 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
98 Australian Social Work 4.7 86th Q1 SSCI No
99 SSM - Qualitative Research in Health 4.7 86th Q1 ESCI Yes
100 Forest and Society 4.6 86th Q1 ESCI Yes

Rank and percentile are within the Social Sciences (miscellaneous) 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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