Web of Science Indexed Social Sciences Journals List 2024

Are you looking for a list of Web of Science Indexed Social Sciences Journals? Then you are in the right place.

Here, we provide an updated list of scholarly, peer-reviewed web of science indexed social sciences journals.

In this post, we are providing a selection of top web of science-indexed social sciences publications with high impact.

All of these journals are approved by web of science and are peer-reviewed scholarly journals.

Some of them are open access journals, while others have a high impact factor. Additionally, many of these journals are indexed in various databases like PubMed, Scopus, Embase, DOAJ, Google Scholar, and Web of Science (WOS).

In our list, you can find a collection of web of science indexed social sciences journals without publication fees (APC).

This list includes the best national and international social sciences academic journals. Some of them are top-ranking and highly scientific, with a high H-index and ranking.

Web of Science Social Sciences Journals List

For the most recent list of Web of Science Indexed Social Sciences Journals, see the list below.

Journal title	Access Type	ISSN	Payment (APC)
MMWR Recommendations and Reports	Open Access	1545-8601	❌
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report	Subscription Journal	1545-861X	❌
Administrative Science Quarterly	Subscription Journal	1930-3815	❌
Asian Journal of Social Health and Behavior	Open Access	2772-4204	❌
South Asia Research	Open Access	1741-3141	❌
Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	Open Access	0974-3006	✅
Journal of Education and Health Promotion	Open Access	2319-6440	✅
Global Transitions	Open Access	2589-7918	✅
Digital Communications and Networks	Open Access	2352-8648	❌
Energy and Built Environment	Open Access	2666-1233	❌
Journal of Mid Life Health	Open Access	0976-7819	❌
MMWR Surveillance Summaries	Open Access	1545-8636	❌
China Report	Subscription Journal	0973-063X	❌
DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology	Open Access	0976-4658	❌
Education for Health Change in Learning and Practice	Open Access	1469-5804	❌
Regional Sustainability	Open Access	2666-660X	❌
Journal of Safety Science and Resilience	Open Access	2096-7527	✅
India Quarterly	Subscription Journal	0975-2684	❌
Journal of Mountain Science	Subscription Journal	1993-0321	❌
Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries	Open Access	1681-4835	✅
Journal of South Asian Development	Subscription Journal	0973-1733	❌
Journal of Human Values	Subscription Journal	0973-0737	❌
Resonance	Subscription Journal	0973-712X	❌
International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences	Open Access	0973-5089	✅
Review of Economics and Statistics	Subscription Journal	1530-9142	❌
American Sociological Review	Subscription Journal	1939-8271	✅
Review of Educational Research	Subscription Journal	1935-1046	✅
Journal of Service Research	Subscription Journal	1552-7379	✅
American Political Science Review	Open Access	0003-0554	✅
Nature Climate Change	Subscription Journal	1758-6798	✅
Nature Sustainability	Open Access	2398-9629	✅
Leadership Quarterly	Subscription Journal	1873-3409	✅
Analytic Methods in Accident Research	Subscription Journal	2213-6665	✅
American Journal of Political Science	Open Access	1540-5907	✅
International Journal of Information Management	Open Access	0268-4012	✅
International Organization	Open Access	1531-5088	✅
Strategic Organization	Subscription Journal	1741-315X	❌
Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health	Subscription Journal	2159-6778	✅
Research Synthesis Methods	Subscription Journal	1759-2887	✅
British Journal of Political Science	Open Access	1469-2112	✅
Journal of Organizational Behavior	Subscription Journal	1099-1379	✅
Computers and Education	Open Access	0360-1315	✅
The Lancet Healthy Longevity	Open Access	2666-7568	✅
Progress in Human Geography	Subscription Journal	1477-0288	❌
European Journal of Political Research	Subscription Journal	1475-6765	✅
Tourism Management	Subscription Journal	0261-5177	✅
Human Relations	Subscription Journal	1741-282X	✅
Annals of Tourism Research	Subscription Journal	0160-7383	✅
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology	Subscription Journal	1939-1315	✅
Comparative Political Studies	Subscription Journal	1552-3829	✅
Communication Methods and Measures	Subscription Journal	1931-2466	✅
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory	Subscription Journal	1477-9803	✅
Internet and Higher Education	Subscription Journal	1096-7516	✅
Public Administration Review	Subscription Journal	1540-6210	✅
Educational Research Review	Subscription Journal	1878-0385	✅
Journal of Travel Research	Subscription Journal	1552-6763	✅
Transportation Research Part B Methodological	Subscription Journal	0191-2615	✅
Educational Psychology Review	Subscription Journal	1573-336X	✅
Political Communication	Subscription Journal	1091-7675	✅
Journal of Politics	Subscription Journal	1468-2508	✅
Structural Equation Modeling	Subscription Journal	1532-8007	✅
Transportation Research, Part E Logistics and Transportation Review	Subscription Journal	1366-5545	✅
Political Behavior	Subscription Journal	1573-6687	✅
Journal of Sustainable Tourism	Subscription Journal	1747-7646	✅
Business and Society	Subscription Journal	1552-4205	❌
Global Environmental Change	Subscription Journal	1872-9495	✅
Transport Reviews	Subscription Journal	1464-5327	✅
Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies	Subscription Journal	0968-090X	✅
Business Strategy and the Environment	Subscription Journal	1099-0836	✅
Long Range Planning	Subscription Journal	1873-1872	✅
Child Development Perspectives	Subscription Journal	1750-8606	✅
Educational Researcher	Subscription Journal	1935-102X	✅
Information Systems Research	Subscription Journal	1526-5536	✅
Research and Politics	Open Access	2053-1680	✅
MMWR Surveillance Summaries	Open Access	1545-8636	❌
Analytic Methods in Accident Research	Subscription Journal	2213-6665	✅
World Politics	Subscription Journal	1086-3338	❌
Sociological Theory	Subscription Journal	1467-9558	❌
Digital Journalism	Subscription Journal	2167-082X	✅
Political Psychology	Subscription Journal	1467-9221	✅
Contemporary Educational Psychology	Subscription Journal	1090-2384	✅
Tourism Geographies	Subscription Journal	1470-1340	✅
Political Science Research and Methods	Subscription Journal	2049-8489	✅
Journal of the American Planning Association	Subscription Journal	0194-4363	✅
World Bank Research Observer	Subscription Journal	1564-6971	✅
Antipode	Subscription Journal	1467-8330	✅
World Development	Subscription Journal	0305-750X	✅
Journal of Applied Econometrics	Subscription Journal	1099-1255	✅
European Journal of Information Systems	Subscription Journal	1476-9344	✅
Journal of Urban Economics	Subscription Journal	1095-9068	✅
West European Politics	Subscription Journal	1743-9655	✅
Journal of Peace Research	Subscription Journal	0022-3433	❌
Trauma Violence and Abuse	Subscription Journal	1552-8324	❌
Accounting Organizations and Society	Subscription Journal	0361-3682	✅
Scientific data	Open Access	2052-4463	✅
Survey Research Methods	Open Access	1864-3361	❌
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change	Subscription Journal	1757-7799	✅
Learning and Instruction	Subscription Journal	0959-4752	✅
Progress in Planning	Subscription Journal	1873-4510	✅
Big Data and Society	Open Access	2053-9517	✅
Journal of Vocational Behavior	Subscription Journal	1095-9084	✅
Journal of Sustainable Tourism	Subscription Journal	1747-7646	✅
European Journal of Political Research	Subscription Journal	1475-6765	✅
Computers and Education	Open Access	0360-1315	✅
American Journal of Sociology	Subscription Journal	1537-5390	✅
Journal of Marriage and Family	Subscription Journal	1741-3737	✅
Policy and Society	Open Access	1449-4035	✅
Socio Economic Review	Subscription Journal	1475-1461	✅
Review of International Political Economy	Subscription Journal	1466-4526	✅
Tobacco Control	Subscription Journal	1468-3318	✅
Government Information Quarterly	Subscription Journal	0740-624X	✅
Journal of Second Language Writing	Subscription Journal	1060-3743	✅
Journal of Peasant Studies	Subscription Journal	1743-9361	✅
Social Issues and Policy Review	Subscription Journal	1751-2409	✅
Gender Work and Organization	Subscription Journal	1468-0432	✅
Transportation Science	Subscription Journal	1526-5447	✅
Communication Research	Subscription Journal	1552-3810	✅
Big Data and Society	Open Access	2053-9517	✅
Language Learning	Subscription Journal	1467-9922	✅
Energy Research and Social Science	Subscription Journal	2214-6296	✅
Journal of School Psychology	Subscription Journal	1873-3506	✅
Public Management Review	Open Access	1471-9037	✅
International Security	Subscription Journal	1531-4804	✅
Developmental Review	Subscription Journal	1090-2406	✅
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research	Subscription Journal	0309-1317	✅
Perspectives on Politics	Subscription Journal	1537-5927	✅
Journal of Experimental Political Science	Subscription Journal	2052-2649	✅
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management	Subscription Journal	1535-3966	✅
Journal of Advertising	Subscription Journal	1557-7805	❌
Social Forces	Subscription Journal	1534-7605	✅
Public Opinion Quarterly	Subscription Journal	1537-5331	✅
Journal of Communication	Subscription Journal	1460-2466	✅
Annual Review of Criminology	Subscription Journal	2572-4568	❌
Linguistic Inquiry	Subscription Journal	1530-9150	✅
Journal of Educational Psychology	Subscription Journal	1939-2176	❌
Criminology	Subscription Journal	1745-9125	✅
IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification	Subscription Journal	2332-7782	✅
Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review	Subscription Journal	1573-2827	✅
Modern Language Journal	Subscription Journal	1540-4781	✅
International Journal of Press Politics	Subscription Journal	1940-1620	✅
British Journal of Educational Technology	Subscription Journal	1467-8535	✅
Dialogues in Human Geography	Subscription Journal	2043-8214	✅
Quarterly Journal of Political Science	Subscription Journal	1554-0634	❌
Information Processing and Management	Subscription Journal	1873-5371	✅
Urban Studies	Subscription Journal	1360-063X	✅
Journal of Teacher Education	Subscription Journal	1552-7816	✅
Sociology of Education	Subscription Journal	1939-8573	✅
New Media and Society	Subscription Journal	1461-7315	✅
International Journal of Advertising	Subscription Journal	1759-3948	✅
Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education	Subscription Journal	1469-297X	✅
Studies in Second Language Acquisition	Subscription Journal	0272-2631	✅
Journal of Democracy	Subscription Journal	1086-3214	❌
Journals of Gerontology Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences	Subscription Journal	1758-5368	✅
Current Issues in Tourism	Subscription Journal	1747-7603	✅
Review of Public Personnel Administration	Subscription Journal	1552-759X	✅
European Societies	Subscription Journal	1469-8307	✅
Sustainable Development	Subscription Journal	1099-1719	✅
Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice	Subscription Journal	0965-8564	✅
Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment	Subscription Journal	1361-9209	✅
Environment and Planning D Society and Space	Subscription Journal	1472-3433	✅
Journal of the Learning Sciences	Subscription Journal	1532-7809	✅
Information and Organization	Subscription Journal	1471-7727	✅
Sociological Methodology	Subscription Journal	1467-9531	✅
Journal of the Learning Sciences	Subscription Journal	1532-7809	✅
Work Employment and Society	Subscription Journal	1469-8722	✅
Social Science and Medicine	Subscription Journal	1873-5347	✅
Sociological Methods and Research	Subscription Journal	1552-8294	✅
Perspectives on Public Management and Governance	Subscription Journal	2398-4929	✅
American Educational Research Journal	Subscription Journal	1935-1011	✅
Oeconomia Copernicana	Open Access	2353-1827	✅
Global Food Security	Subscription Journal	2211-9124	✅
Journal of Conflict Resolution	Subscription Journal	3250	✅
International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning	Subscription Journal	1556-1615	✅
System	Subscription Journal	0346-251X	✅
Policy Studies Journal	Subscription Journal	1541-0072	✅
Biology of Sex Differences	Open Access	2042-6410	✅
Accident Analysis and Prevention	Subscription Journal	1879-2057	✅
Child Development	Subscription Journal	1467-8624	✅
Demography	Subscription Journal	1533-7790	✅
Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies	Open Access	2578-1863	✅
Journal of Economic Geography	Subscription Journal	1468-2710	✅
Science Education	Subscription Journal	1098-237X	✅
Social Media and Society	Open Access	2056-3051	✅
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management	Subscription Journal	1520-6688	✅
Party Politics	Subscription Journal	1460-3683	✅
Journal of European Public Policy	Subscription Journal	1466-4429	✅
Planning Theory	Subscription Journal	1741-3052	✅
Journal of Memory and Language	Subscription Journal	1096-0821	✅
RSF	Open Access	2377-8261	✅
Food Policy	Subscription Journal	0306-9192	✅
Food Policy	Subscription Journal	0306-9192	✅
Food Policy	Subscription Journal	0306-9192	✅
European Journal of Teacher Education	Subscription Journal	1469-5928	✅
Reading Research Quarterly	Subscription Journal	1936-2722	✅
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy	Subscription Journal	2040-5804	✅
Learning Media and Technology	Subscription Journal	1743-9892	✅
Distance Education	Subscription Journal	1475-0198	✅
Telematics and Informatics	Subscription Journal	1879-324X	✅
Tourism Review	Subscription Journal	1759-8451	✅
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism	Subscription Journal	1367-0050	✅
Resources Policy	Subscription Journal	0301-4207	✅
Journal of Youth and Adolescence	Subscription Journal	1573-6601	✅
Review of International Organizations	Subscription Journal	1559-744X	✅
Research on Language and Social Interaction	Subscription Journal	1532-7973	✅
Journal of Transport Geography	Subscription Journal	0966-6923	✅
Transport Policy	Subscription Journal	1879-310X	✅
Environmental Politics	Subscription Journal	0964-4016	✅
Economic Geography	Subscription Journal	0013-0095	✅
Information Communication and Society	Subscription Journal	1369-118X	✅
Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics	Open Access	2307-387X	❌
Journal of Computer Mediated Communication	Open Access	1083-6101	❌
Educational and Psychological Measurement	Subscription Journal	1552-3888	✅
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management	Subscription Journal	0960-0035	✅
Democratization	Subscription Journal	1743-890X	❌
SSM Population Health	Open Access	2352-8273	✅
European Political Science Review	Subscription Journal	1755-7747	✅
Academy of Management Learning and Education	Subscription Journal	1944-9585	❌
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development	Subscription Journal	1464-5114	✅
Social Problems	Subscription Journal	1533-8533	✅
Journal of Archaeological Research	Subscription Journal	1573-7756	✅
Educational Administration Quarterly	Subscription Journal	1552-3519	✅
Science Communication	Subscription Journal	1552-8545	✅
Journal of Research in Science Teaching	Subscription Journal	1098-2736	✅
Human Communication Research	Subscription Journal	1468-2958	✅
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory	Subscription Journal	1557-9654	✅
SSM Population Health	Open Access	2352-8273	✅
Gender and Society	Subscription Journal	1552-3977	✅
European Sociological Review	Subscription Journal	1468-2672	✅
Regional Studies	Subscription Journal	1360-0591	✅
Crime Science	Open Access	2193-7680	✅
Sustainability Science Practice and Policy	Open Access	1548-7733	✅
Sustainability Science Practice and Policy	Open Access	1548-7733	✅
Computer Assisted Language Learning	Subscription Journal	1744-3210	✅
Vehicular Communications	Subscription Journal	2214-210X	✅
Journal of Industrial Ecology	Subscription Journal	1530-9290	✅
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics	Subscription Journal	1468-0084	✅
Criminology and Public Policy	Subscription Journal	1745-9133	✅
Cognition and Instruction	Subscription Journal	1532-690X	✅
Child Abuse and Neglect	Subscription Journal	1873-7757	❌
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis	Subscription Journal	1935-1062	✅
Applied Developmental Science	Subscription Journal	1532-480X	✅
Cities	Subscription Journal	1873-6084	✅
Studies in Higher Education	Subscription Journal	1470-174X	✅
Applied Linguistics	Subscription Journal	1477-450X	✅
Quaternary Science Reviews	Subscription Journal	1873-457X	✅
Journal of Mixed Methods Research	Subscription Journal	1558-6901	✅
Economy and Society	Subscription Journal	1469-5766	✅
Urban Geography	Subscription Journal	1938-2847	✅
Active Learning in Higher Education	Subscription Journal	1741-2625	✅
Policy Design and Practice	Open Access	2574-1292	✅
Developmental Psychology	Subscription Journal	1939-0599	❌
New Technology Work and Employment	Subscription Journal	1468-005X	✅
Land Use Policy	Subscription Journal	1873-5754	✅
Annals of the American Association of Geographers	Subscription Journal	2469-4460	❌
Geography Compass	Subscription Journal	1749-8198	✅
Internet Research	Open Access	1066-2243	✅
Journal of Aging and Social Policy	Subscription Journal	1545-0821	✅
Journal of Planning Literature	Subscription Journal	1552-6593	✅
Media Culture and Society	Subscription Journal	1460-3675	✅
European Journal of International Relations	Subscription Journal	1354-0661	✅
Econometric Theory	Subscription Journal	1469-4360	✅
Television and New Media	Subscription Journal	1552-8316	✅
Media Culture and Society	Subscription Journal	1460-3675	✅
Econometric Theory	Subscription Journal	1469-4360	✅
European Journal of International Relations	Subscription Journal	1354-0661	✅
Group Processes and Intergroup Relations	Subscription Journal	1461-7188	✅
Early Childhood Research Quarterly	Subscription Journal	1873-7706	✅
Journal of Cheminformatics	Open Access	1758-2946	✅
Journal of Cheminformatics	Open Access	1758-2946	✅
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	Subscription Journal	1365-2729	✅
Medical Education	Subscription Journal	1365-2923	✅
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives	Open Access	2590-1982	✅
Work Aging and Retirement	Subscription Journal	2054-4650	✅
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health	Subscription Journal	1931-2393	✅
Canadian Journal of Political Science	Subscription Journal	1744-9324	✅
Global Environmental Politics	Subscription Journal	1536-0091	✅
Journal of Educational Computing Research	Subscription Journal	1541-4140	✅
Journal of Professional Capital and Community	Subscription Journal	2056-9556	✅
Teaching and Teacher Education	Subscription Journal	1879-2480	✅
Journal of Family Theory and Review	Subscription Journal	1756-2589	✅
Electoral Studies	Subscription Journal	1873-6890	✅
Computers and Security	Subscription Journal	1872-6208	✅
New Political Economy	Subscription Journal	1469-9923	✅
Journalism Studies	Subscription Journal	1469-9699	✅
Environment and Planning A	Subscription Journal	1472-3409	✅
Building and Environment	Subscription Journal	1873-684X	✅
The International Journal of Qualitative Methods	Open Access	1609-4069	✅
Journal of Intellectual Capital	Subscription Journal	1469-1930	✅
Journal of Criminal Justice	Open Access	1873-6203	✅
Social Science Computer Review	Subscription Journal	1552-8286	✅
Environment and Urbanization	Subscription Journal	1746-0301	✅
Studies in Science Education	Subscription Journal	1940-8412	✅
Computers Environment and Urban Systems	Subscription Journal	1873-7587	✅
Political Studies	Subscription Journal	1467-9248	✅
African Affairs	Subscription Journal	1468-2621	✅
Justice Quarterly	Subscription Journal	1745-9109	✅
TESOL Quarterly	Subscription Journal	1545-7249	✅
Public Administration	Subscription Journal	1467-9299	✅
Theory and Research in Social Education	Subscription Journal	2163-1654	✅
Journal of Higher Education	Subscription Journal	1538-4640	✅