Journal rankings · indicator year 2000
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Subfield ranking · 2000
Sociology and Political Science journal rankings 2000
588 ranked journals · Subfield in Social Sciences
Sociology and Political Science has 588 ranked journals in 2000. The median journal has an OJR of 0.92, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.86. The top three are MIS Quarterly, World Politics, and Administrative Science Quarterly.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2000. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 1997–1999, the window the 2000 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Social Sciences (22)
588 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 1999. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 1997–1999, the window the 2000 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 1997–1999 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2000. | Compare |
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1MIS QuarterlyMIS Quarterly · United States | 12.25Q1 | 5.36no 1999 value | 80 | 18% | — | — | |
2World PoliticsCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 11.93Q1 | 3.91no 1999 value | 85 | 33% | — | — | |
3Administrative Science QuarterlySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 9.78Q1 | 4.37no 1999 value | 155 | 5% | $3,900 | — | |
4Cultural AnthropologyOAWiley · United States | 9.44Q1 | 2.02no 1999 value | 65 | 100% | — | — | |
5American Journal of SociologyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 8.42Q1 | 3.37no 1999 value | 142 | 2% | — | — | |
6CriminologyWiley · United Kingdom | 8.09Q1 | 3.25no 1999 value | 96 | 10% | $3,570 | — | |
7American Sociological ReviewSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 7.46Q1 | 2.74no 1999 value | 229 | 5% | $3,900 | — | |
8Politics & SocietySAGE Publishing · United States | 7.00Q1 | 3.00no 1999 value | 59 | 0% | $3,650 | — | |
9British Journal of SociologyWiley · United Kingdom | 6.82Q1 | 1.77no 1999 value | 269 | 5% | $3,840 | — | |
10Comparative PoliticsCity University of New York · United States | 6.50Q1 | 0.94no 1999 value | 76 | 0% | — | — | |
11Post-Soviet AffairsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 6.39Q1 | 1.25no 1999 value | 50 | 17% | — | — | |
12Journal of Research in Crime and DelinquencySAGE Publishing · United States | 6.33Q1 | 2.68no 1999 value | 59 | 0% | $3,650 | — | |
13Environment and Planning D Society and SpaceSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 6.30Q1 | 1.67no 1999 value | 138 | 8% | $3,900 | — | |
14Transactions of the Institute of British GeographersWiley · United Kingdom | 6.24Q1 | 2.55no 1999 value | 83 | 9% | $4,070 | — | |
15Theory and SocietySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 6.21Q1 | 2.72no 1999 value | 89 | 3% | $2,890 | — | |
16AntipodeWiley · United Kingdom | 6.04Q1 | 1.29no 1999 value | 60 | 7% | $3,520 | — | |
17Information Systems ResearchInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 5.65Q1 | 3.14no 1999 value | 71 | 7% | — | — | |
18Gender Place & CultureTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 5.44Q1 | 1.48no 1999 value | 60 | 8% | — | — | |
19Discourse & SocietySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 5.40Q1 | 1.65no 1999 value | 72 | 0% | $3,650 | — | |
20Journal of Conflict ResolutionSAGE Publishing · United States | 5.40Q1 | 1.34no 1999 value | 117 | 5% | $3,650 | — | |
21Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteWiley · United Kingdom | 5.38Q1 | 1.44no 1999 value | 743 | 10% | $4,120 | — | |
22International Studies QuarterlyOxford University Press · United States | 5.29Q1 | 1.55no 1999 value | 96 | 26% | $4,320 | — | |
23DemographyOASpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 5.15Q1 | 2.61no 1999 value | 126 | 28% | $2,750 | — | |
| 4.87Q1 | 1.85no 1999 value | 248 | 11% | $3,190 | — | ||
25Journal of Marriage and the FamilyWiley · United Kingdom | 4.82Q1 | 3.08no 1999 value | 334 | 12% | $4,050 | — | |
26Journal of Experimental Social PsychologyElsevier BV · United States | 4.78Q1 | 2.32no 1999 value | 81 | 9% | $3,220 | — | |
27Annals of the Association of American GeographersAmerican Association of Geographers · United States | 4.55Q1 | 2.23no 1999 value | 112 | 2% | — | — | |
28European Sociological ReviewOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 4.50Q1 | 1.72no 1999 value | 61 | 16% | $5,323 | — | |
29Capital & ClassSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 4.50Q1 | 1.72no 1999 value | 199 | 6% | $3,650 | — | |
30Anthropological QuarterlyGeorge Washington University · United States | 4.49Q1 | 0.85no 1999 value | 101 | 20% | — | — | |
31New Review of Hypermedia and MultimediaTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.46Q1 | 3.48no 1999 value | 31 | 22% | — | — | |
32Personality and Social Psychology ReviewSAGE Publishing · United States | 4.45Q1 | 3.05no 1999 value | 63 | 15% | $3,900 | — | |
33GeoforumElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.43Q1 | 1.96no 1999 value | 78 | 9% | $3,390 | — | |
34Social ForcesOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 4.37Q1 | 1.45no 1999 value | 672 | 2% | $4,152 | — | |
35World DevelopmentElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.21Q1 | 2.07no 1999 value | 428 | 9% | $5,895 | — | |
36Qualitative InquirySAGE Publishing · United States | 4.14Q1 | 1.37no 1999 value | 89 | 2% | $3,900 | — | |
37Geographical ReviewTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.96Q1 | 1.00no 1999 value | 297 | 1% | $2,500 | — | |
38International Migration ReviewSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.95Q1 | 0.87no 1999 value | 169 | 10% | $3,650 | — | |
39Public CultureDuke University Press · United States | 3.84Q1 | 1.19no 1999 value | 82 | 6% | — | — | |
40AreaWiley · United Kingdom | 3.72Q1 | 1.24no 1999 value | 119 | 7% | $3,760 | — | |
41Anthropology & Education QuarterlyWiley · United States | 3.71Q1 | 1.23no 1999 value | 181 | 0% | $3,400 | — | |
42Journal of Interactive MarketingSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.69Q1 | 1.53no 1999 value | 80 | 5% | $5,400 | — | |
43Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)Springer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.60Q1 | 2.00no 1999 value | 53 | 5% | $3,190 | — | |
44Personality and Social Psychology BulletinSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.53Q1 | 2.19no 1999 value | 331 | 9% | $3,900 | — | |
45The Information SocietyTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.51Q1 | 0.77no 1999 value | 95 | 3% | — | — | |
46Journal of Comparative EconomicsElsevier BV · United States | 3.50Q1 | 1.13no 1999 value | 141 | 9% | $3,510 | — | |
47Ethnic and Racial StudiesRoutledge · United Kingdom | 3.49Q1 | 1.42no 1999 value | 129 | 6% | — | — | |
48The Journal of Development StudiesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.47Q1 | 1.40no 1999 value | 124 | 13% | — | — | |
49Journal of Applied PsychologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 3.45Q1 | 2.00no 1999 value | 410 | 3% | — | — | |
50The Canadian Journal of SociologyOAUniversity of Alberta · Canada | 3.44Q1 | 1.00no 1999 value | 166 | 100% | — | — |
Subfields of Social Sciences, with Sociology and Political Science highlighted.
- Sociology and Political Science588
- Education306
- Political Science and International Relations185
- Public Administration39
- Communication28
- Gender Studies28
- Linguistics and Language28
- Safety Research27
- Health26
- Law26
- Library and Information Sciences26
- Anthropology24
- Transportation22
- Urban Studies17
- Demography16
- Geography, Planning and Development12
- Cultural Studies7
- Development1
- Archeology0
- General Social Sciences0
- Human Factors and Ergonomics0
- Life-span and Life-course Studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2000. Corpus-wide, 66.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
198 additional Sociology and Political Science journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 1997–1999, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2000. Publication window: 1997–1999. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 588
- Window papers (baseline)
- 127,769 Change unavailable from indicator year 1997
- Median OJR
- 0.92 Change unavailable from indicator year 1997
- Rising journals (2025)
- 56
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 1997–1999 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 588 | 615 | 642 | 679 | 716 | 742 | 776 | 826 | 861 | 899 | 960 | 1,005 | 1,049 | 1,090 | 1,140 | 1,184 | 1,233 | 1,300 | 1,315 | 1,325 | 1,333 | 1,377 | 1,389 | 1,403 | 1,402 | 1,388 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 127,769 | 139,962 | 155,545 | 173,690 | 189,148 | 206,415 | 224,690 | 248,047 | 274,644 | 301,558 | 326,495 | 347,409 | 369,647 | 386,451 | 401,728 | 420,106 | 443,739 | 460,936 | 466,601 | 478,291 | 498,577 | 539,978 | 579,161 | 604,240 | 617,692 | 634,590 | |
| Median OJR | 0.92 | 0.98 | 0.95 | 0.99 | 1.09 | 1.1344 | 1.27 | 1.34 | 1.380 | 1.3830 | 1.44 | 1.43 | 1.47 | 1.42 | 1.3831 | 1.35 | 1.3317 | 1.3322 | 1.28 | 1.31 | 1.32 | 1.22 | 1.17 | 1.14 | 1.11 | 1.1341 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.