Social Science · 6,274 journals indexed
Best journals for Social Science
The top Social Science journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
- 1Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development112.7 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2Science19.0 cites/paper · Q1 · American Association for the Advancement of ScienceScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 5International Journal of Information Management14.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 10Education and Information Technologies10.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 13Journal of Educational Computing Research9.3 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 16Ethics and Information Technology8.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 20Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education7.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 21Journal of Management Information Systems7.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 28Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication6.8 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 29Educational Technology Research and Development6.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 30The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning6.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Athabasca University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 32Journal of Chinese Political Science6.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 33Computers & composition/Computers and composition6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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