Scopus indexed social science journals

We will also be providing monthly published Scopus indexed social science journals and a free scopus indexed journals list in social science.

Researchers trust Scopus to provide reliable and comprehensive research performance data and analytics. Scopus is Elsevier’s citation database, launched in 2004.

This blog post aims to provide a list of social science journals indexed in Scopus. Below are the top 50 social science journals based on their CiteScore. We describe below, in the Frequently Asked Questions section, how to download the complete list of Scopus indexed social science journals.

Free publishing Social Sciences journals

Fast publishing Social Sciences journals

Top 50 Scopus indexed journals in social science

Below, we have listed the top 50 Scopus indexed social science journals. Many of these research journals are also indexed on the Web of Science. To check the indexing of research journals, visit journalsearches.com

S. No	Journal	CiteScore	SNIP	SJR	Publisher
1	MMWR Surveillance Summaries	53.6	24.805	19.961	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
2	MMWR Recommendations and Reports	51.6	39.292	40.949	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
3	National Vital Statistics Reports	48.6	25.219	28.083	US Department of Health and Human Services
4	Nature Climate Change	31.3	5.732	6.749	Springer Nature
5	Global Environmental Change	20.2	3.687	4.659	Elsevier
6	The Lancet Planetary HealthOpen Access	18.5	4.841	3.535	Elsevier
7	Review of Educational Research	18.4	9.342	5.969	SAGE
8	International Journal of Information Management	18.1	4.828	2.77	Elsevier
9	Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies	17.9	12.259	1.492	Morgan & Claypool Publishers
10	Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report	17.7	6.492	7.992	US Department of Health and Human Services
11	Analytic Methods in Accident Research	17.6	3.648	6.221	Elsevier
12	Social Issues and Policy Review	17.1	4.619	3.798	Wiley-Blackwell
13	Tourism Management	16.5	4.163	3.328	Elsevier
14	Nature Sustainability	15.8	4.912	4.514	Springer Nature
15	Administrative Science Quarterly	15.3	5.389	15.098	Cornell University Press
16	Internet and Higher Education	15.1	4.484	3.143	Elsevier
17	Educational Research Review	14.5	7.31	3.277	Elsevier
18	Computers and Education	14.4	4.411	3.026	Elsevier
19	Transport Reviews	14.3	4.128	3.046	Taylor & Francis
20	Journal of Service Research	14.1	3.968	4.434	SAGE
21	Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies	14.0	3.547	3.185	Elsevier
22	Journal of Travel Research	13.3	3.604	3.403	SAGE
23	Leadership Quarterly	13.2	4.326	4.989	Elsevier
24	Journal of Industrial Ecology	12.8	2.106	2.377	Wiley-Blackwell
25	Progress in Human Geography	12.7	5.019	4.283	SAGE
26	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change	12.5	2.68	2.678	Wiley-Blackwell
27	American Sociological Review	11.8	5.546	6.277	SAGE
28	Journal of Consumer Research	11.8	3.985	8.916	Oxford University Press
29	Journal of Organizational Behavior	11.8	3.598	3.938	Wiley-Blackwell
30	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	11.7	2.015	2.029	Elsevier
31	Government Information Quarterly	11.6	3.393	2.121	Elsevier
32	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology	11.6	3.705	4.455	APA
33	Landscape and Urban Planning	11.6	2.476	1.938	Elsevier
34	Long Range Planning	11.5	3.072	3.852	Elsevier
35	Transportation Research Part B: Methodological	11.5	2.94	3.15	Elsevier
36	New Media and Society	11.4	3.915	3.501	SAGE
37	Journal of Advertising	11.3	3.957	3.092	Taylor & Francis
38	Journal of Information Technology	11.3	3.247	1.939	Springer Nature
39	Ecosystem Services	11.2	1.984	2.053	Elsevier
40	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	11.2	3.011	3.028	Elsevier
41	Trauma, Violence, and Abuse	11.1	4.015	2.166	SAGE
42	Business and Society	11.0	2.966	2.983	SAGE
43	IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification	11.0	2.24	1.338	IEEE
44	IEEE Communications Standards Magazine	10.9	2.47	1.509	IEEE
45	Tobacco Control	10.9	2.483	2.715	BMJ Publishing Group
46	European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal ContextOpen Access	10.7	2.085	2.021	Elsevier
47	Sustainable Cities and Society	10.7	2.347	1.645	Elsevier
48	User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction	10.5	3.793	1.092	Springer Nature
49	Annual Review of Sociology	10.4	7.424	3.866	Annual Reviews Inc.
50	Artificial Intelligence Review	10.4	3.824	1.195	Springer Nature

Frequently Asked Questions

Source: Scopus