Top Peer Reviewed Journals – Social Sciences
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Top Peer Reviewed Journals – Social Sciences Presented to Iowa State University Presented by Thomson Reuters Social Sciences (General) The subject discipline for Social Sciences (General) is made of 49 narrow subject categories from the Web of Science. The 49 categories that make up Social Sciences (General) are: 1. Anthropology 25. Industrial Relations & Labor 2. Architecture 26. Information Science & Library Science 3. Archaeology 27. International Relations 4. Area Studies 28. Language & Linguistics 5. Asian Studies 29. Law 6. Communication 30. Linguistics 7. Criminology & Penology 31. Medical Ethics 8. Demography 32. Medicine, Legal 9. Education & Educational Research 33. Nursing 10. Education, Disciplines 34. Planning & Development 11. Education, Special 35. Political Science 12. Environmental Studies 36. Psychology, Educational 13. Ethics 37. Public Administration 14. Ethnic Studies 38. Public, Environ. & Occupational Health 15. Family Studies 39. Rehabilitation 16. Film, Radio, Television 40. Religion 17. Geography 41. Social Issues 18. Geriatrics & Gerontology 42. Social Sciences, Biomedical 19. Gerontology 43. Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary 20. Health Care Sciences & Services 44. Social Work 21. Health Policy & Services 45. Sociology 22. History 46. Substance Abuse 23. History & Philosophy of Science 47. Transportation 24. History of Social Sciences 48. Urban Studies 25. Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism 49. Women’s Studies The chart below provides an ordered view of the top peer reviewed journals within the 1st quartile for Social Sciences (General) based on Impact Factors (IF), three year averages and their quartile ranking. Journal 2009 IF 2010 IF 2011 IF Average IF Energy Education Science and Technology 9.33 31.67 20.50 ANNUAL REVIEW OF PUBLIC HEALTH 7.91 8.6 5.45 7.32 AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS 5.62 9 6.17 6.93 MILBANK QUARTERLY 3.87 4.76 5.62 4.75 HARVARD LAW REVIEW 4.04 5.59 3.94 4.52 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS 4 3.98 4.08 4.02 ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY 3.7 3.59 4.44 3.91 HEALTH AFFAIRS 3.58 3.79 4.31 3.89 YALE LAW JOURNAL 4.1 3.9 3.66 3.89 EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY 3.38 4.53 3.59 3.83 AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW 3.22 3.69 4.42 3.78 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS 3.65 3.91 3.73 3.76 SOCIETY RESEARCH IN ORGANIZATIONAL 4.37 4.83 2.05 3.75 BEHAVIOR STANFORD LAW REVIEW 3.52 3.24 4.32 3.69 RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL 4.41 3.2 3.4 3.67 DISABILITIES PROGRESS IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 3.59 3.79 3.54 3.64 COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW 3.61 3.91 3.36 3.63 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 3.93 3.66 3.26 3.62 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL 3.97 3.08 3.6 3.55 INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION 2.98 3.84 3.63 3.48 ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY 3.45 3.02 3.97 3.48 Educational Researcher 3.77 2.93 3.35 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY 3.47 3.35 3.16 3.33 TOBACCO CONTROL 3.85 3.07 3.01 3.31 MEDICAL CARE 3.24 3.18 3.41 3.28 Health Reports 3.26 3.26 TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF 3.41 2.67 3.53 3.20 BRITISH GEOGRAPHERS REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH 3.32 3.12 3.16 3.20 AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW 3.2 3.27 3.05 3.17 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW 2.61 3.46 3.41 3.16 REVIEW CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3.35 3.14 2.95 3.15 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY 3.24 3.44 2.33 3.00 Sociological Methodology 3 3.00 VIRGINIA LAW REVIEW 2.94 3.55 2.47 2.99 Anatomical Sciences Education 2.97 2.97 LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION 2.37 2.76 3.73 2.95 JOURNAL OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE 2.9 2.8 3.13 2.94 TREATMENT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 2 3.55 2.98 2.84 JOURNAL OF HEAD TRAUMA 2.39 2.77 3.33 2.83 REHABILITATION JOURNAL OF FLUENCY DISORDERS 2.18 2.22 4.05 2.82 MICHIGAN LAW REVIEW 2.12 3.27 3 2.80 Trauma Violence & Abuse 2.53 2.6 3.26 2.80 SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE 2.71 2.74 2.69 2.71 Implementation Science 2.48 2.51 3.1 2.70 WORLD POLITICS 2.11 2.88 3.02 2.67 Globalization and Health 2.65 2.65 MEDICAL CARE RESEARCH AND REVIEW 2.79 2.19 2.95 2.64 HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING 2.47 2.79 2.65 2.64 TEXAS LAW REVIEW 2.62 2.72 2.56 2.63 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL 2.55 2.58 2.75 2.63 SCIENCE ANNUAL REVIEW OF INFORMATION 2.92 2 2.95 2.62 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GEORGETOWN LAW JOURNAL 2.94 2.95 1.96 2.62 CORNELL LAW REVIEW 1.98 2.47 3.39 2.61 POLITICAL ANALYSIS 3.75 1.86 2.19 2.60 ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH 1.94 3.25 2.60 ENERGY POLICY 2.43 2.62 2.72 2.59 FOREIGN AFFAIRS 3.15 2.55 2.03 2.58 CRIMINOLOGY 2.6 2.65 2.46 2.57 CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY 2.23 2.44 2.93 2.53 AIDS PATIENT CARE AND STDS 2.68 2.33 2.41 2.47 International Journal of Health Geographics 2.45 2.34 2.61 2.47 Journal of Politeness Research-Language 1.85 3.04 2.45 Behaviour Culture ANNUAL REVIEW OF POLITICAL SCIENCE 2.61 3 1.7 2.44 APPLIED GEOGRAPHY 2.32 1.9 3.08 2.43 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2.31 2.26 2.72 2.43 INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH 1.79 3.35 2.14 2.43 JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN SCIENCE 1.91 2.72 2.63 2.42 TEACHING JOURNAL OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL 2.35 2.18 2.72 2.42 BEHAVIOR CRIME AND JUSTICE-A REVIEW OF 1.38 3.56 2.18 2.37 RESEARCH INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT 2.28 2.62 2.21 2.37 AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH 2.24 2.47 2.39 2.37 JOURNAL SOCIAL NETWORKS 2.34 1.82 2.93 2.36 Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy 2.35 2.35 JOURNAL OF MANAGED CARE 2.41 2.39 2.25 2.35 PHARMACY TRANSPORTATION JOURNAL 2.34 2.34 AMERICAN JOURNAL ON MENTAL 2.5 2.17 2.34 RETARDATION PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION 2.74 2.07 2.16 2.32 EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN 2.36 2.27 2.29 2.31 COMMON MARKET LAW REVIEW 2.19 2.42 2.31 UCLA LAW REVIEW 1.68 2.44 2.78 2.30 JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION 2.41 2.02 2.45 2.29 COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS 2.02 2.54 2.28 HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 2.4 2.29 2.15 2.28 DEMOGRAPHY 2.39 2.46 1.93 2.26 STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL 2.56 1.76 2.44 2.25 RESEARCH CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2.33 1.94 2.47 2.25 LAND USE POLICY 2.35 2.07 2.29 2.24 DUKE LAW JOURNAL 1.59 2.05 3.04 2.23 JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B- PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL 2.09 1.96 2.61 2.22 SCIENCES ANNALS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF 2.56 1.88 2.17 2.20 AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS BMC PUBLIC HEALTH 2.22 2.36 1.99 2.19 SCANDINAVIAN POLITICAL STUDIES 2.18 2.18 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW 2.13 2.16 2.23 2.17 REVIEW JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND 2.3 2.13 2.08 2.17 TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES 2.34 2.53 1.63 2.17 PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 1.97 2.23 2.3 2.17 EUROPEAN ADDICTION RESEARCH 1.78 2.52 2.15 SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY & HUMAN 1.9 2.21 2.33 2.15 VALUES Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 2.06 2.12 2.25 2.14 HEALTH EXPECTATIONS 1.8 2.31 2.31 2.14 HARVARD INTERNATIONAL LAW 1.73 2.04 2.65 2.14 JOURNAL Decision Analysis 2.14 2.14 RESOURCES POLICY 2.14 2.14 International Journal of Computer-Supported 2.69 1.48 2.24 2.14 Collaborative Learning RISK ANALYSIS 1.95 2.09 2.36 2.13 QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH 1.92 2.26 2.18 2.12 JOURNAL OF SPEECH LANGUAGE AND 2.34 2.14 1.87 2.12 HEARING RESEARCH LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING 2.17 2 2.17 2.11 BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL 2.13 2.09 2.11 TECHNOLOGY Administration and Policy in Mental Health 1.78 2.45 2.09 2.11 and Mental Health Services Research Politics & Gender 2.1 2.10 Planning Theory 2.09 2.09 JOURNAL OF PEASANT STUDIES 1.61 2.54 2.08 Journal of Psychiatric Practice 1.98 2.15 2.07 AJIDD-American Journal on Intellectual and 2.06 2.07 2.07 Developmental Disabilities Body Image 2.19 2.1 1.9 2.06 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING 1.91 2.1 2.17 2.06 STUDIES Journal of Mixed Methods Research 2.21 1.91 2.06 BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 2.03 2.09 2.06 ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANTHROPOLOGY 1.92 1.7 2.55 2.06 HEALTH CARE FINANCING REVIEW 2.05 2.05 READING RESEARCH QUARTERLY 1.62 1.83 2.69 2.05 JOURNAL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION 2.57 1.52 2.05 IN THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY 2.26 1.77 2.1 2.04 FUTURE OF CHILDREN 2.11 1.53 2.48 2.04 Metacognition and Learning 2.03 2.03 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EVALUATION 2.02 2.02 JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY 2.02 2.02 SCIENTOMETRICS 2.16 1.9 1.96 2.01 JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 1.77 2.08 2.17 2.01 RESEARCH AND THEORY AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW 2.11 1.9 2.01 JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE 2 2.00 JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE 1.48 2.37 2.12 1.99 CRIMINOLOGY JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL 1.38 1.8 2.79 1.99 REHABILITATION IOWA LAW REVIEW 2.07 1.91 1.99 LANGUAGE LEARNING & TECHNOLOGY 2.53 1.69 1.74 1.99 LANGUAGE 1.88 2.02 2.06 1.99 JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN CRIME AND 2.03 1.69 2.23 1.98 DELINQUENCY AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH 1.54 2.02 2.37 1.98 PROMOTION AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPEECH- 1.87 2.01 2.03 1.97 LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE 1.83 2.24 1.84 1.97 JOURNAL OF PEACE RESEARCH 2.46 1.47 1.98 1.97 NOTRE DAME LAW REVIEW 1.79 2.13 1.98 1.97 JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 1.87 2.06 1.97 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR QUALITY 1.88 2.06 1.95 1.96 IN HEALTH CARE MANUAL THERAPY 2.31 1.68 1.88 1.96 ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 1.64 2.35 1.86 1.95 SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF READING 2 1.97 1.86 1.94 HUMAN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH 2.2 1.8 1.83 1.94 GENDER & SOCIETY 1.33 2.08 2.41 1.94 EUROPEAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW 1.93 1.93 EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH 1.92 2.19 1.67 1.93 QUARTERLY SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2.04 1.85 1.88 1.92 ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING D- 1.78 2.07 1.92 1.92 SOCIETY & SPACE PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY 1.58 1.93 2.24 1.92 CANCER NURSING 1.87 2.06 1.79 1.91 ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A 1.76 2.07 1.88 1.90 Judgment and Decision Making 1.46 1.63 2.62 1.90 PERSPECTIVES ON SEXUAL AND 2.22 2.07 1.41 1.90 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Global Environmental Politics 1.3 2.23 2.17 1.90 Journal of Physical Activity & Health 1.85 1.95 1.90 JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND 1.54 2.24 1.89 MANAGEMENT POLICY SCIENCES 1.51 2.27 1.89 PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE 1.98 1.83 1.86 1.89 HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCH 2.14 1.88