Journal rankings · indicator year 2002
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Field ranking · 2002
Social Sciences journal rankings 2002
1,539 ranked journals · Field in Social Sciences
Social Sciences has 1,539 ranked journals in 2002. The median journal has an OJR of 0.92, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.01 on 2001; Q1 starts at OJR 1.94. The top three are Post-Soviet Affairs, European Union Politics, and Administrative Science Quarterly.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2002. 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 1999–2001, the window the 2002 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.
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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 2001. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 1999–2001, the window the 2002 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 1999–2001 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 2002. | Compare |
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1Post-Soviet AffairsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 22.31Q1 | 9.00 6.19 up from 2001 | 50 | 0% | — | ||
2European Union PoliticsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 16.30Q1 | 4.33 1.77 up from 2001 | 30 | 18% | $3,650 | ||
3Administrative Science QuarterlySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 13.99Q1 | 4.84 0.47 down from 2001 | 92 | 9% | $3,900 | ||
4Journal of European Public PolicyRoutledge · United Kingdom | 13.34Q1 | 3.03 0.23 up from 2001 | 137 | 10% | — | ||
5JCMS Journal of Common Market StudiesWiley · United Kingdom | 12.15Q1 | 3.58 1.47 up from 2001 | 173 | 38% | $4,170 | ||
6CriminologyWiley · United Kingdom | 11.23Q1 | 4.15 1.56 up from 2001 | 113 | 10% | $3,570 | ||
7MIS QuarterlyMIS Quarterly · United States | 10.95Q1 | 5.45 0.20 up from 2001 | 87 | 17% | — | ||
8European Journal of International RelationsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 10.54Q1 | 2.35 0.30 down from 2001 | 49 | 10% | $3,900 | ||
9American Journal of Political ScienceWiley · United States | 10.05Q1 | 3.03 2.02 down from 2001 | 175 | 3% | $4,100 | ||
10Politics & SocietySAGE Publishing · United States | 9.64Q1 | 2.97 2.05 down from 2001 | 57 | 5% | $3,650 | ||
11Party PoliticsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 9.56Q1 | 2.21 1.35 up from 2001 | 91 | 5% | $3,650 | ||
12World PoliticsCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 9.30Q1 | 2.19 2.88 down from 2001 | 93 | 26% | — | ||
13American Journal of SociologyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 9.19Q1 | 2.56 1.28 down from 2001 | 162 | 2% | — | ||
14West European PoliticsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 8.89Q1 | 2.46 1.33 up from 2001 | 150 | 14% | — | ||
15Journal of Economic GrowthSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 8.88Q1 | 3.90 1.11 up from 2001 | 42 | 6% | $4,290 | ||
16International Journal of Urban and Regional ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 8.65Q1 | 2.19 0.04 down from 2001 | 157 | 5% | $4,150 | ||
17TESOL QuarterlyWiley · United States | 8.64Q1 | 1.90 0.34 up from 2001 | 232 | 7% | $2,850 | ||
18Ethnic and Racial StudiesRoutledge · United Kingdom | 8.33Q1 | 1.57 0.33 down from 2001 | 125 | 11% | — | ||
19Comparative Political StudiesSAGE Publishing · United States | 8.10Q1 | 2.32 2.36 down from 2001 | 115 | 4% | $3,900 | ||
20International SecurityThe MIT Press · United States | 7.80Q1 | 2.63 1.72 down from 2001 | 81 | 7% | — | ||
21Comparative PoliticsCity University of New York · United States | 7.69Q1 | 2.67 0.69 down from 2001 | 72 | 8% | — | ||
22Transportation Research Part B MethodologicalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 7.60Q1 | 2.25 0.83 up from 2001 | 118 | 7% | $3,810 | ||
23Foreign AffairsCouncil on Foreign Relations · United States | 7.57Q1 | 1.85 0.65 down from 2001 | 1,183 | 1% | — | ||
24Journal of Research in Crime and DelinquencySAGE Publishing · United States | 7.36Q1 | 2.58 0.73 up from 2001 | 50 | 5% | $3,650 | ||
25International Studies QuarterlyOxford University Press · United States | 7.18Q1 | 2.57 0.37 down from 2001 | 84 | 32% | $4,320 | ||
26British Journal of Political ScienceOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 7.05Q1 | 1.67 1.16 down from 2001 | 105 | 14% | $3,550 | ||
27Review of Research in EducationSAGE Publishing · United States | 6.96Q1 | 0.85 1.69 down from 2001 | 37 | 0% | $2,500 | ||
28Sociology of EducationSAGE Publishing · United States | 6.78Q1 | 1.16 1.49 down from 2001 | 65 | 0% | $3,650 | ||
29Educational Evaluation and Policy AnalysisSAGE Publishing · United States | 6.56Q1 | 2.31 0.62 up from 2001 | 107 | 0% | $2,500 | ||
30Progress in Human GeographySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 6.51Q1 | 3.39 1.30 up from 2001 | 139 | 2% | $3,900 | ||
31The China QuarterlyCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 6.46Q1 | 1.77 0.89 up from 2001 | 163 | 3% | $3,550 | ||
32Communist and Post-Communist StudiesElsevier BV · United States | 6.45Q1 | 1.59 0.84 up from 2001 | 69 | 0% | $1,800 | ||
33Public CultureDuke University Press · United States | 6.44Q1 | 1.64 0.03 up from 2001 | 127 | 4% | — | ||
34World DevelopmentElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 6.40Q1 | 2.98 0.23 up from 2001 | 381 | 11% | $5,895 | ||
35Personality and Social Psychology ReviewSAGE Publishing · United States | 6.39Q1 | 6.06 3.15 up from 2001 | 70 | 0% | $3,900 | ||
36Modern Law ReviewWiley · United Kingdom | 6.29Q1 | 1.27 1.06 up from 2001 | 167 | 45% | $3,400 | ||
37Journal of Theoretical PoliticsSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 6.23Q1 | 2.14 1.06 down from 2001 | 67 | 9% | $3,650 | ||
38Cultural AnthropologyOAWiley · United States | 6.18Q1 | 1.44 0.38 down from 2001 | 60 | 100% | — | ||
39Development Policy ReviewWiley · United Kingdom | 6.17Q1 | 1.37 0.54 up from 2001 | 71 | 65% | $3,470 | ||
40Educational ResearcherSAGE Publishing · United States | 6.13Q1 | 2.19 0.08 up from 2001 | 319 | 0% | $2,500 | ||
41Journal of democracyJohns Hopkins University Press · United States | 6.03Q1 | 1.40 0.24 down from 2001 | 240 | 1% | — | ||
42American Sociological ReviewSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 6.01Q1 | 2.40 0.24 up from 2001 | 311 | 17% | $3,900 | ||
43Journal of Marriage and the FamilyWiley · United Kingdom | 5.97Q1 | 2.92 0.03 up from 2001 | 295 | 9% | $4,050 | ||
44American Educational Research JournalSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 5.93Q1 | 2.85 1.56 up from 2001 | 164 | 3% | $2,500 | ||
45Information Systems ResearchInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 5.91Q1 | 3.41 0.05 down from 2001 | 68 | 16% | — | ||
46Journal of Experimental Social PsychologyElsevier BV · United States | 5.85Q1 | 3.08 0.39 down from 2001 | 106 | 8% | $3,220 | ||
47Environment and Planning D Society and SpaceSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 5.85Q1 | 2.24 0.75 up from 2001 | 149 | 16% | $3,900 | ||
48GovernanceWiley · United Kingdom | 5.80Q1 | 2.30 0.40 up from 2001 | 66 | 16% | $3,730 | ||
49Journal of Teacher EducationSAGE Publishing · United States | 5.75Q1 | 2.25 0.81 up from 2001 | 114 | 8% | $3,900 | ||
50Electoral StudiesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.75Q1 | 1.00 0.59 down from 2001 | 135 | 3% | $2,840 |
Subfields of Social Sciences, compared.
- Sociology and Political Science642
- Education333
- Political Science and International Relations198
- Public Administration44
- Gender Studies35
- Communication32
- Safety Research30
- Health29
- Linguistics and Language29
- Library and Information Sciences28
- Anthropology26
- Law26
- Demography22
- Transportation21
- Urban Studies19
- Geography, Planning and Development15
- Cultural Studies7
- Development2
- General Social Sciences1
- Archeology0
- Human Factors and Ergonomics0
- Life-span and Life-course Studies0
Journals
Citations made in 2002. Corpus-wide, 69.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
563 additional Social Sciences journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 1999–2001, 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: 2002. Publication window: 1999–2001. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 1,539
- Window papers (baseline)
- 524,797 Change unavailable from indicator year 1999
- Median OJR
- 0.92 Change unavailable from indicator year 1999
- Rising journals (2025)
- 134Comparison-group list (134)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 1999–2001 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.