Social Science · 2,871 journals indexed
Highest-impact journals for Social Science
The top Social Science journals Scimago Q1-Q2 only, ranked by cites/paper, drawn from an 88,000-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 free Journal Finder.
- 1Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development111.9 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2New England Journal of Medicine25.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Massachusetts Medical SocietyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3Science16.9 cites/paper · Q1 · American Association for the Advancement of ScienceScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4The Lancet16.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 5The Review of Economic Studies14.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 6Technological Forecasting and Social Change13.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 7American Economic Review12.9 cites/paper · Q1 · American Economic AssociationScopusWeb of Science
- 8International Journal of Information Management12.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9British Journal of Educational Technology12.5 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services11.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 11Nature Human Behaviour11.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature PortfolioScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 12Educational Psychology Review11.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 13Technology in Society10.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 14Computers & Education10.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 15Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing10.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of Science
- 16Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity9.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 17Journal of Economic Literature9.7 cites/paper · Q1 · American Economic AssociationScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 18International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management9.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
- 19Computers in Human Behavior9.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 20Australasian Marketing Journal (AMJ)8.9 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of Science
- 21Reliability Engineering & System Safety8.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22Business Horizons8.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 23Education and Information Technologies8.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 24Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science8.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of Science
- 25ReCALL8.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University PressScopusWeb of Science
- 26Tourism Management8.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 27The Journal of Strategic Information Systems8.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 28Government Information Quarterly8.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 29Academy of Management Learning and Education8.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Academy of ManagementScopusWeb of Science
- 30Tourism Review7.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Emerald Publishing LimitedScopusWeb of Science
- 31Journal of Educational Computing Research7.8 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 32Service Industries Journal7.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of Science
- 33The Internet and Higher Education7.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 34Ethics and Information Technology7.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 35Perspectives on Psychological Science7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 36Counseling and Values7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 37Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management7.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of Science
- 38Computers Environment and Urban Systems7.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 39Smart Cities7.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 40Organization & Environment7.1 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
“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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