Journal rankings · indicator year 2001
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Field ranking · 2001
Social Sciences journal rankings 2001
1,451 ranked journals · Field in Social Sciences
Social Sciences has 1,451 ranked journals in 2001. The median journal has an OJR of 0.91, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.05 on 2000; Q1 starts at OJR 1.92. The top three are World Politics, Comparative Political Studies, and Politics & Society.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2001. 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 1998–2000, the window the 2001 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 in Social Sciences (22)
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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 2000. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 1998–2000, the window the 2001 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 1998–2000 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 2001. | Compare |
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1World PoliticsCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 18.49Q1 | 5.07 1.17 up from 2000 | 83 | 22% | — | ||
2Comparative Political StudiesSAGE Publishing · United States | 17.09Q1 | 4.68 1.83 up from 2000 | 100 | 4% | $3,900 | ||
3Politics & SocietySAGE Publishing · United States | 14.74Q1 | 5.03 2.03 up from 2000 | 58 | 0% | $3,650 | ||
4American Journal of Political ScienceWiley · United States | 13.58Q1 | 5.05 2.66 up from 2000 | 178 | 0% | $4,100 | ||
5Journal of European Public PolicyRoutledge · United Kingdom | 13.27Q1 | 2.80 1.67 down from 2000 | 122 | 7% | — | ||
6Millennium Journal of International StudiesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 12.26Q1 | 1.77 1.18 up from 2000 | 106 | 2% | $3,650 | ||
7European Journal of International RelationsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 11.85Q1 | 2.66 1.11 up from 2000 | 50 | 22% | $3,900 | ||
8Environmental PoliticsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 11.40Q1 | 5.39 4.35 up from 2000 | 170 | 2% | — | ||
9Administrative Science QuarterlySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 11.07Q1 | 5.31 0.95 up from 2000 | 126 | 8% | $3,900 | ||
10Comparative PoliticsCity University of New York · United States | 10.52Q1 | 3.35 2.41 up from 2000 | 74 | 0% | — | ||
11MIS QuarterlyMIS Quarterly · United States | 10.46Q1 | 5.24 0.12 down from 2000 | 87 | 4% | — | ||
12International SecurityThe MIT Press · United States | 10.44Q1 | 4.36 1.53 up from 2000 | 105 | 3% | — | ||
13Review of International StudiesCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 10.13Q1 | 2.08 1.31 up from 2000 | 171 | 8% | $3,550 | ||
14American Journal of SociologyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 9.58Q1 | 3.84 0.47 up from 2000 | 150 | 3% | — | ||
15Review of International Political EconomyRoutledge · United Kingdom | 9.18Q1 | 2.33 0.52 up from 2000 | 78 | 16% | — | ||
16British Journal of Political ScienceOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 8.71Q1 | 2.84 0.71 up from 2000 | 98 | 3% | $3,550 | ||
17International Feminist Journal of PoliticsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 8.31Q1 | 2.85 2.58 up from 2000 | 59 | 0% | — | ||
18International Studies QuarterlyOxford University Press · United States | 8.19Q1 | 2.95 1.40 up from 2000 | 94 | 25% | $4,320 | ||
19Foreign AffairsCouncil on Foreign Relations · United States | 8.07Q1 | 2.51 0.32 up from 2000 | 1,282 | 0% | — | ||
20Public CultureDuke University Press · United States | 8.06Q1 | 1.61 0.41 up from 2000 | 105 | 5% | — | ||
21Political StudiesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 7.95Q1 | 2.26 0.15 up from 2000 | 150 | 6% | $3,650 | ||
22Post-Soviet AffairsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 7.77Q1 | 2.81 1.56 up from 2000 | 48 | 0% | — | ||
23Alternatives Global Local PoliticalSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 7.62Q1 | 2.44 1.98 up from 2000 | 69 | 0% | $3,650 | ||
24Theory and SocietySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 7.32Q1 | 1.96 0.75 down from 2000 | 85 | 0% | $2,890 | ||
25European Journal of Industrial RelationsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 7.23Q1 | 4.74 2.64 up from 2000 | 46 | 37% | $3,650 | ||
26Sociology of EducationSAGE Publishing · United States | 7.13Q1 | 2.64 0.14 up from 2000 | 44 | 0% | $3,650 | ||
27Journal of Theoretical PoliticsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 7.12Q1 | 3.20 2.00 up from 2000 | 73 | 14% | $3,650 | ||
28CriminologyWiley · United Kingdom | 7.06Q1 | 2.59 0.66 down from 2000 | 114 | 8% | $3,570 | ||
29Information Systems ResearchInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 6.97Q1 | 3.47 0.33 up from 2000 | 66 | 7% | — | ||
30Journal of democracyJohns Hopkins University Press · United States | 6.92Q1 | 1.64 0.60 up from 2000 | 234 | 0% | — | ||
31Nations and NationalismWiley · United Kingdom | 6.82Q1 | 1.19 0.53 up from 2000 | 77 | 3% | $3,750 | ||
32American Sociological ReviewSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 6.66Q1 | 2.16 0.58 down from 2000 | 273 | 13% | $3,900 | ||
33The Canadian Journal of SociologyOAUniversity of Alberta · Canada | 6.61Q1 | 2.99 1.99 up from 2000 | 144 | 100% | — | ||
34Review of Research in EducationSAGE Publishing · United States | 6.57Q1 | 2.54 0.76 down from 2000 | 53 | — | $2,500 | ||
35GovernanceWiley · United Kingdom | 6.45Q1 | 1.89 0.42 up from 2000 | 69 | 6% | $3,730 | ||
36JCMS Journal of Common Market StudiesWiley · United Kingdom | 6.38Q1 | 2.11 0.52 down from 2000 | 144 | 15% | $4,170 | ||
37Cultural AnthropologyOAWiley · United States | 6.38Q1 | 1.82 0.21 down from 2000 | 59 | 100% | — | ||
38Journal of Economic GrowthSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 6.16Q1 | 2.79 1.29 up from 2000 | 47 | 14% | $4,290 | ||
39International Journal of Urban and Regional ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 6.10Q1 | 2.23 0.56 up from 2000 | 148 | 13% | $4,150 | ||
40Journal of Public PolicyOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 6.01Q1 | 1.97 0.32 down from 2000 | 45 | 0% | $3,550 | ||
41British Journal of SociologyWiley · United Kingdom | 6.00Q1 | 1.57 0.21 down from 2000 | 224 | 10% | $3,840 | ||
42Online LearningOAOnline Learning Consortium · United States | 5.97Q1 | 1.59 1.34 down from 2000 | 37 | 100% | — | ||
43Ethnic and Racial StudiesRoutledge · United Kingdom | 5.94Q1 | 1.90 0.48 up from 2000 | 133 | 9% | — | ||
44Discourse & SocietySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 5.92Q1 | 1.78 0.13 up from 2000 | 74 | 0% | $3,650 | ||
45Harvard Educational ReviewHarvard University Press · United States | 5.77Q1 | 1.92 0.22 down from 2000 | 57 | 0% | — | ||
46Environment and Planning D Society and SpaceSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 5.70Q1 | 1.49 0.18 down from 2000 | 144 | 9% | $3,900 | ||
47Legislative Studies QuarterlyWiley · United States | 5.69Q1 | 1.10 0.58 up from 2000 | 76 | 4% | $3,190 | ||
48Transactions of the Institute of British GeographersWiley · United Kingdom | 5.69Q1 | 2.69 0.14 up from 2000 | 93 | 5% | $4,070 | ||
49European Journal of Political ResearchOAWiley · United Kingdom | 5.55Q1 | 1.34 0.51 up from 2000 | 303 | 1% | $3,550 | ||
| 5.54Q1 | 2.78 0.93 up from 2000 | 202 | 10% | $3,190 |
Subfields of Social Sciences, compared.
- Sociology and Political Science615
- Education314
- Political Science and International Relations187
- Public Administration39
- Communication30
- Gender Studies29
- Health28
- Linguistics and Language28
- Safety Research28
- Anthropology27
- Library and Information Sciences26
- Law24
- Transportation21
- Urban Studies17
- Demography16
- Geography, Planning and Development14
- Cultural Studies7
- Development1
- Archeology0
- General Social Sciences0
- Human Factors and Ergonomics0
- Life-span and Life-course Studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2001. Corpus-wide, 67.0% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
561 additional Social Sciences journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 1998–2000, 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: 2001. Publication window: 1998–2000. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 1,451
- Window papers (baseline)
- 481,120 Change unavailable from indicator year 1998
- Median OJR
- 0.91 Change unavailable from indicator year 1998
- Rising journals (2025)
- 134Comparison-group list (134)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 1998–2000 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 | 1,406 | 1,451 | 1,539 | 1,622 | 1,698 | 1,765 | 1,844 | 1,932 | 2,018 | 2,111 | 2,231 | 2,335 | 2,450 | 2,548 | 2,662 | 2,755 | 2,851 | 2,959 | 2,994 | 3,028 | 3,056 | 3,141 | 3,149 | 3,144 | 3,107 | 3,066 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 443,953 | 481,120 | 524,797 | 573,040 | 615,403 | 666,449 | 723,952 | 792,817 | 867,532 | 946,631 | 1,027,940 | 1,103,353 | 1,185,358 | 1,256,728 | 1,323,833 | 1,400,086 | 1,483,492 | 1,554,301 | 1,600,611 | 1,663,801 | 1,760,718 | 1,914,483 | 2,065,185 | 2,148,493 | 2,214,535 | 2,302,259 | |
| Median OJR | 0.86 | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.97 | 1.03 | 1.09 | 1.16 | 1.30 | 1.365 | 1.382 | 1.43 | 1.42 | 1.40 | 1.377 | 1.356 | 1.352 | 1.353 | 1.346 | 1.31 | 1.33 | 1.32 | 1.23 | 1.194 | 1.187 | 1.18 | 1.20 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 4.7% | 1,882 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 0.498 per 1,000 | 1,610 journals |
| Output growth | Median: -2.6% | 2,852 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 58.5% | 3,066 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,400 | 1,164 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 18.2% | 2,785 journals |
| Review share | Median: 0.0% | 3,066 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 1.22 | 3,041 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 44.4% | 3,066 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 49.7% | 3,059 journals |
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.