Sociology and Political Science · 638 journals indexed
Best open-access journals for Sociology and Political Science
The top Sociology and Political Science journals open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile then cites/paper, 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).
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- 2Humanities and Social Sciences Communications4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Palgrave MacmillanOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3International Journal of Qualitative Methods4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4Computers in Human Behavior Reports4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 7Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 8Demography2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 10Frontiers in Sociology1.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 11Politics and Religion1.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 12GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites1.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Editura Universitatii din OradeaOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 13Revista de Estudios Sociales1.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Universidad de Los AndesOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 14Surveillance & Society1.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Surveillance Studies NetworkOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 15Religions0.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16Refuge Canada s Journal on Refuge0.8 cites/paper · Q1 · York UniversityOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 17Monitoring obŝestvennogo mneniâ: èkonomičeskie i socialʹnye peremeny0.8 cites/paper · Q1 · VTSIOMOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 18Sotsiologicheskoe Obozrenie / Russian Sociological Review0.7 cites/paper · Q1 · National Research University – Higher School of EconomicsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 20Estudios Eclesiásticos Revista de investigación e información teológica y canónica0.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Comillas Pontifical UniversityOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 21The New Research of Tuva0.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Novye Issledovaniâ TuvyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 22Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia0.2 cites/paper · Q1 · BrillOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 23Tydskrif vir letterkunde0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Tydskrif vir Letterkunde AssociationOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 24Studia Litterarum0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Gorky Institute of World LiteratureOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 26проект байкал0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction SciencesOpen AccessDOAJScopus
- 27Societies3.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 30Social Sciences2.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 31Obstetrics & Gynecology Science2.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Indonesian Society of Obstetrics and GynecologyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 32Journal of Science Communication2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Sissa MedialabOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 33Frontiers in Communication2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Frontiers MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 34tripleC Communication Capitalism & Critique Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · tripleCOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 35Tourism and hospitality management1.6 cites/paper · Q2 · Faculty of tourism and hospitality managementOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 38Dados0.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 40Психология Журнал Высшей школы экономики0.8 cites/paper · Q2 · National Research University – Higher School of EconomicsOpen AccessScopusWeb of Science
“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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