Best Journals for Social Sciences (2026)

We track 57 journals in Social Sciences, with an average citation rate of 2.48 and average APC of $109073. 55 are open access.

Top 10 Social Sciences Journals by Citation Rate

#1
Nature-Nurture Journal of Psychology
Nature-Nurture Publisher (NNP) · ISSN: 2788-5801 OA
CR: 64.80
$100
#2
Psychological Bulletin
American Psychological Association · ISSN: 0033-2909
CR: 23.00
$4000
#3
The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Oxford University Press · ISSN: 0033-5533
CR: 14.20
$3500
#4
PNAS Nexus
Oxford University Press · ISSN: 2752-6542 OA
CR: 11.10
$4202
#5
Revista de Investigación en Didáctica de las Ciencias Sociales
Universidad de Extremadura · ISSN: 2531-0968 OA Free
CR: 1.74
Free
#6
Journal of Numerical Cognition
PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Insitute for Psychology · ISSN: 2363-8761 OA Free
CR: 1.61
Free
#7
CR: 0.98
$577
#8
Malaysian Journal of Syariah and Law
Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia · ISSN: 1985-7454 OA
CR: 0.95
$2500
#9
South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud · ISSN: 1960-6060 OA Free
CR: 0.77
Free
#10
Ascarya
Perkumpulan Alumni dan Santri Mahyajatul Qurro' · ISSN: 2798-5083 OA
CR: 0.71
$1500000

All Social Sciences Journals

Jurnal Ilmiah Didaktika: Media Ilmiah Pendidikan dan Pengajaran

Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry

1411-612X
IF 0.24 OA
Politeja

Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing

1733-6716
IF 0.23 OA
Sortuz

Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law

1988-0847
IF 0.21 OA
St-Open

University of Split

2718-3734
IF 0.19 OA
Jurnal Indria: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Prasekolah dan Sekolah Awal

Universitas Muhammadiyah Ponorogo

2579-7255
IF 0.19 OA
Conexões: Ciência e Tecnologia

Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará

2176-0144
IF 0.18 OA
Revista Española de Desarrollo y Cooperación

Ediciones Complutense

2794-0462
IF 0.18 OA
Forum Prawnicze

Utriusque Iuris Foundation and Jagiellonian University

2081-688X
IF 0.17 OA
Preschool Education: Global Trends

Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav

2786-703X
IF 0.14 OA
Teoria e Prática em Administração

Universidade Federal da Paraíba

2238-104X
IF 0.14 OA
Antropologías del Sur

Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano

0719-4498
IF 0.13 OA
Études Caribéennes

Université des Antilles

1779-0980
IF 0.12 OA
Harmoni Sosial: Jurnal Pendidikan IPS

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta

2460-7916
IF 0.11 OA
Revista Naţională de Drept

University of Political and Economic European Studies 'C. Stere'

1811-0770
IF 0.11 OA
Derecho Animal

Tirant lo Blanch

3020-1063
IF 0.09 OA
Doxa

Universidade Estadual Paulista

1413-2060
IF 0.09 OA
Khazanah Pendidikan Islam

UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung

2715-968X
IF 0.09 OA
Revista de Drept Constituţional

Universul Juridic

2457-8754
IF 0.07 OA
Revista de Derecho (Coquimbo)

Universidad Católica del Norte

0718-9753
IF 0.06 OA
Temps d'Educació

Edicions UB

0214-7351
IF 0.05 OA
Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

Pascasarjana Universitas Negeri Malang

2502-471X
IF 0.05 OA
Hybrida

Universitat de València

2660-6259
IF 0.01 OA
Akadèmeia

Universidad Gabriela Mistral (UGM)

0717-9936
OA
Cultura giuridica e diritto vivente

Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo

2384-8901
OA
Ravānshināsī-i Afrād-i Istis̠nāyī

Allameh Tabataba'i University Press

2252-0031
OA

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The best journals for Social Sciences are ranked by impact factor on this page. We track 57 journals in this field, with an average impact factor of 2.48.

There are currently 55 open access journals in Social Sciences indexed in our database.

The average Article Processing Charge for Social Sciences journals is approximately $109073 USD.
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