Journals 100

2026 Edition

Social Sciences

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Rank Name Publisher Publication volume Diversity of authoring institutions Typical FWCI Median FWCI of best work Gravitas Diversity of citing institutions Open access Overall Score
1 Journal of Medical Internet Research JMIR Publications 96.7 95.5 92.0 93.7 100.0 94.8 89.0 95.2
2 Computers in Human Behavior Elsevier BV 72.4 90.8 99.7 99.4 100.0 96.8 34.1 94.9
3 Social Media + Society SAGE Publishing 59.3 90.8 98.2 97.2 97.7 95.7 87.3 94.6
4 Education Sciences Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 94.6 98.1 91.7 90.1 99.5 98.3 86.7 94.3
4 Education and Information Technologies Springer Nature 76.2 95.6 98.6 97.2 98.9 98.0 33.2 94.3
6 Cities Elsevier BV 90.5 95.7 98.0 94.0 98.2 98.8 32.6 94.1
7 American Political Science Review Cambridge University Press 38.4 84.4 99.9 99.4 100.0 97.8 69.3 94.0
8 New Media & Society SAGE Publishing 73.6 92.9 97.1 95.7 99.4 96.4 38.2 93.5
9 Teaching and Teacher Education Elsevier BV 60.3 92.3 99.1 95.8 99.0 96.3 33.5 93.0
10 Perspectives on Psychological Science SAGE Publishing 57.8 63.7 98.8 99.6 99.8 87.7 57.2 92.8
11 Nature Human Behaviour Springer Nature 43.8 67.5 99.7 100.0 100.0 93.9 45.0 92.4
12 International Affairs Oxford University Press 56.7 77.6 98.4 99.5 98.4 99.3 27.5 92.3
13 Computers & Education Elsevier BV 40.4 84.8 100.0 99.4 98.7 95.4 27.6 92.0
14 Journal of European Public Policy Routledge 38.5 90.6 99.9 99.9 89.7 99.0 78.1 91.8
15 BMC Public Health Springer Nature 99.2 96.8 86.1 81.6 100.0 97.3 89.3 91.4
16 Higher Education Springer Nature 45.2 85.8 98.2 97.7 93.4 94.8 55.0 91.0
16 Public Administration Review Wiley 82.7 85.2 97.0 97.5 90.5 94.2 34.0 91.0
18 Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Taylor & Francis 44.4 90.9 96.6 92.2 97.9 95.6 51.6 90.9
19 International Journal of Qualitative Methods SAGE Publishing 43.7 80.6 95.4 99.5 91.1 93.7 89.1 90.8
20 Frontiers in Psychology Frontiers Media 100.0 99.6 82.9 81.5 100.0 98.6 88.8 90.6
21 Digital Journalism Taylor & Francis 50.8 92.7 98.9 97.2 91.1 95.6 39.3 90.5
22 Frontiers in Education Frontiers Media 92.4 97.6 85.0 83.4 98.4 96.5 86.3 90.4
22 Social Science & Medicine Elsevier BV 90.1 91.9 90.2 82.1 100.0 93.9 54.6 90.4
24 Gender Work and Organization Wiley 61.8 90.5 93.0 91.6 95.4 93.5 60.5 90.1
24 Information Communication & Society Routledge 56.3 84.1 95.9 95.6 94.4 93.1 41.0 90.1
26 Ethnic and Racial Studies Routledge 59.7 90.0 90.8 95.1 99.5 94.5 25.6 89.9
27 Educational Psychology Review Springer Nature 36.0 65.8 99.5 99.2 93.8 89.0 48.3 89.6
27 Urban Studies SAGE Publishing 60.8 92.6 96.2 94.5 90.0 97.7 42.3 89.6
29 Political Geography Elsevier BV 45.3 89.4 97.1 94.0 91.8 97.2 50.3 89.5
29 The Journal of Politics University of Chicago Press 42.4 88.6 96.3 93.2 98.5 95.9 15.8 89.5
31 BMC Psychiatry Springer Nature 84.3 91.4 85.6 78.9 100.0 93.0 90.0 89.3
32 Geoforum Elsevier BV 51.2 90.7 96.8 93.4 89.5 97.4 50.2 89.1
33 Psychiatry Research Elsevier BV 72.7 89.8 85.1 91.5 100.0 90.5 45.4 89.0
34 Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media — 57.9 89.5 91.2 96.3 86.6 91.9 91.3 88.8
35 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction Elsevier BV 59.7 95.7 93.4 82.1 97.6 98.6 43.4 88.7
35 Psychological Science SAGE Publishing 44.6 65.0 93.9 93.1 98.8 79.3 59.3 88.7
37 Frontiers in Public Health Frontiers Media 99.7 97.5 81.5 74.4 100.0 97.4 87.8 88.6
38 JMIR Mental Health JMIR Publications 65.6 80.9 87.8 86.7 96.7 83.8 89.7 88.4
39 BMC Psychology Springer Nature 75.4 86.8 87.6 84.8 92.9 91.6 90.2 88.1
40 The Journals of Gerontology Series B Oxford University Press 94.0 83.6 83.7 82.6 99.2 83.7 58.9 87.8
41 Jurnal Basicedu Universitas Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai 40.8 75.8 87.5 92.6 96.9 82.3 78.3 87.3
42 Land Use Policy Elsevier BV 58.1 94.8 98.6 95.5 80.8 98.9 23.3 87.0
43 Thinking Skills and Creativity Elsevier BV 47.4 78.8 97.8 97.6 87.7 85.9 17.1 86.9
44 Interactive Learning Environments Taylor & Francis 45.5 86.0 94.6 97.1 90.0 91.4 10.7 86.8
44 International Studies Quarterly Oxford University Press 37.2 87.7 96.0 97.5 85.0 93.6 41.1 86.8
46 American Psychologist American Psychological Association 97.8 50.5 80.3 96.8 99.9 78.9 15.8 86.4
47 Studies in Higher Education Routledge 39.7 80.2 97.5 97.5 83.0 92.8 40.6 86.3
48 Journal of Environmental Psychology Elsevier BV 42.3 69.7 97.3 95.5 84.9 88.8 49.5 86.2
49 International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction Springer Nature 54.7 75.4 82.2 92.7 99.5 82.9 44.9 86.0
50 Educational Technology Research and Development Springer Nature 35.6 81.7 96.4 97.3 85.0 90.8 29.3 85.8
51 JMIR mhealth and uhealth JMIR Publications 63.5 84.8 89.5 79.7 90.0 86.0 89.7 85.7
51 Journal of Transport Geography Elsevier BV 82.0 84.7 90.8 78.0 94.2 80.8 35.9 85.7
53 Addictive Behaviors Elsevier BV 63.2 79.8 82.1 88.1 99.1 83.5 42.4 85.6
54 Psychological Medicine Cambridge University Press 60.6 85.0 83.1 78.0 100.0 84.8 70.1 85.5
55 Social Psychological and Personality Science SAGE Publishing 43.4 74.4 87.4 87.9 97.0 80.9 50.4 85.3
55 Jurnal Obsesi Jurnal Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini Universitas Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai 38.3 75.8 87.8 89.8 93.1 76.3 78.2 85.3
55 Media and Communication Cogitatio 52.1 85.2 93.5 87.1 81.0 90.3 90.2 85.3
58 European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Springer Nature 36.1 74.6 83.3 88.9 99.1 83.8 63.3 85.1
58 Child Development Wiley 44.8 80.3 89.9 78.1 97.7 83.4 58.9 85.1
60 Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 40.2 71.1 92.3 91.3 93.6 84.9 18.3 85.0
60 Child Abuse & Neglect Elsevier BV 77.3 90.1 84.2 74.2 99.9 89.3 32.6 85.0
62 International Journal of Instruction Osmangazi University 40.3 84.5 93.2 90.1 83.1 80.3 81.5 84.8
63 Public Management Review Taylor & Francis 76.7 89.0 97.0 91.5 72.6 94.9 43.6 84.7
64 The Gerontologist Oxford University Press 90.0 79.4 81.6 86.9 90.9 84.6 47.7 84.6
64 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology American Psychological Association 70.7 56.8 81.5 90.4 99.7 76.9 30.4 84.6
66 Journal of Youth and Adolescence Springer Nature 51.9 73.3 90.9 76.2 98.6 84.4 36.0 84.5
67 SSM - Population Health Elsevier BV 58.0 81.0 84.3 78.8 93.5 85.2 87.3 84.4
67 Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice Elsevier BV 78.8 82.4 89.9 76.2 91.9 81.4 41.6 84.4
67 Personality and Individual Differences Elsevier BV 91.3 90.6 78.9 75.1 100.0 88.4 31.0 84.4
70 Journalism Studies Routledge 54.3 91.9 94.5 86.5 81.8 92.2 40.0 84.3
71 Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews SAGE Publishing 65.0 67.6 83.0 98.7 92.1 86.1 8.3 84.2
71 Behavioral Sciences Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 90.7 91.1 79.5 74.0 91.0 93.9 89.8 84.2
73 Third World Quarterly Taylor & Francis 48.1 87.1 92.8 87.5 83.8 93.9 42.6 84.1
74 Psychology Research and Behavior Management Dove Medical Press 61.1 77.7 86.9 81.5 86.6 88.4 89.3 83.9
75 Higher Education Research & Development Taylor & Francis 36.7 75.9 96.3 92.7 82.7 86.4 31.1 83.8
75 Journal of Adolescent Health Elsevier BV 70.0 79.5 77.0 81.5 99.7 85.7 51.2 83.8
77 International Journal of Eating Disorders Wiley 47.9 76.3 85.0 78.5 98.6 80.5 53.0 83.6
78 Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction Association for Computing Machinery 76.4 81.7 91.3 84.8 79.7 83.9 58.4 83.5
79 Media Culture & Society SAGE Publishing 42.7 74.6 95.6 94.7 77.9 89.5 40.0 83.4
79 Social Sciences Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 89.9 92.6 76.7 70.6 93.2 93.0 90.5 83.4
79 Children and Youth Services Review Elsevier BV 93.0 96.2 76.7 72.1 99.9 91.8 25.7 83.4
82 European journal of psychotraumatology Taylor & Francis 40.5 76.0 84.3 74.0 97.1 81.4 90.1 83.1
83 Current Psychology Springer Nature 99.7 96.3 74.0 70.9 100.0 94.5 27.6 83.0
84 Journal of Social Issues Wiley 37.7 64.1 98.2 92.0 79.3 82.8 40.4 82.9
85 Transport Policy Elsevier BV 67.0 78.7 90.8 84.9 82.6 79.6 39.7 82.5
86 Politics and Governance Cogitatio 39.7 85.2 95.4 90.6 68.4 94.5 93.5 82.4
86 Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Wiley 35.3 80.0 97.3 93.5 75.6 88.2 33.7 82.4
88 Behavior Research Methods Springer Nature 53.5 71.0 80.4 84.4 90.5 79.5 79.6 82.1
88 Cogent Education Taylor & Francis 58.7 89.6 90.9 88.8 70.1 92.1 86.8 82.1
88 International Journal of Educational Research Elsevier BV 42.2 78.7 92.1 84.8 84.8 86.0 33.6 82.1
88 Annals of the American Association of Geographers Taylor & Francis 40.2 81.8 94.9 93.3 75.2 90.7 34.5 82.1
92 Body Image Elsevier BV 45.3 62.4 93.1 85.9 86.4 72.7 36.2 82.0
93 AI & Society Springer Nature 61.4 84.0 91.0 94.5 68.3 93.1 66.2 81.9
94 Learning and Individual Differences Elsevier BV 35.9 65.0 93.8 87.5 84.1 75.7 36.8 81.5
95 Journal of Happiness Studies Springer Nature 60.1 71.5 84.5 78.3 91.8 78.6 42.8 81.3
95 Social Indicators Research Springer Nature 51.8 86.0 87.2 79.1 85.2 90.6 46.0 81.3
95 International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction Taylor & Francis 62.0 82.8 92.4 92.5 73.1 91.6 16.6 81.3
98 Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin SAGE Publishing 48.4 77.5 84.8 71.5 96.5 82.4 39.7 81.2
99 Health Communication Taylor & Francis 62.3 78.7 86.0 82.2 88.2 84.6 13.3 81.1
100 Public Administration Wiley 68.3 80.2 96.6 93.5 61.2 93.4 54.8 81.0