Journal rankings · indicator year 2006
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Domain ranking · 2006
Social Sciences journal rankings 2006
3,847 ranked journals · Domain
Social Sciences has 3,847 ranked journals in 2006. The median OJR rose 0.06 on 2005 to 1.06, above the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 2.08. The top three are The Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Political Science Review, and MIS Quarterly.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2006. 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 2003–2005, the window the 2006 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 2005. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2003–2005, the window the 2006 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2003–2005 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 2006. | Compare |
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1The Quarterly Journal of EconomicsOxford University Press · United States | 17.02Q1 | 7.64 2.09 down from 2005 | 149 | 17% | $7,619 | ||
2American Political Science ReviewCambridge University Press · United States | 16.76Q1 | 4.38 4.21 down from 2005 | 134 | 8% | $3,550 | ||
3MIS QuarterlyMIS Quarterly · United States | 16.73Q1 | 7.85 0.06 down from 2005 | 167 | 3% | — | ||
4Journal of MarketingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 15.33Q1 | 8.36 2.15 up from 2005 | 147 | 2% | $5,400 | ||
5Strategic Management JournalWiley · United States | 12.73Q1 | 5.09 0.52 down from 2005 | 212 | 10% | $4,250 | ||
6Organization ScienceInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 12.56Q1 | 5.70 1.06 up from 2005 | 177 | 9% | — | ||
7Educational Evaluation and Policy AnalysisSAGE Publishing · United States | 12.37Q1 | 4.78 1.97 down from 2005 | 63 | 0% | $2,500 | ||
8Natural Language & Linguistic TheorySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 12.29Q1 | 4.20 0.91 up from 2005 | 52 | 7% | $3,090 | ||
9Journal of Accounting ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 11.61Q1 | 5.30 0.96 up from 2005 | 76 | 19% | $4,420 | ||
10Information Systems ResearchInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 11.56Q1 | 6.44 0.68 up from 2005 | 74 | 13% | — | ||
11Journal of Economic GrowthSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 11.40Q1 | 2.93 0.39 down from 2005 | 42 | 8% | $4,290 | ||
12The Journal of Economic PerspectivesOAAmerican Economic Association · United States | 11.37Q1 | 5.13 0.18 down from 2005 | 164 | 39% | — | ||
13Journal of Political EconomyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 11.35Q1 | 6.43 2.49 up from 2005 | 185 | 14% | — | ||
14The Journal of FinanceWiley · United States | 10.95Q1 | 6.41 1.69 up from 2005 | 308 | 16% | $4,430 | ||
15The World Bank Research ObserverOxford University Press | 10.65Q1 | 7.25 2.06 up from 2005 | 38 | 83% | $3,986 | ||
16Journal of International Business StudiesPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 10.58Q1 | 5.28 1.33 up from 2005 | 143 | 15% | $4,790 | ||
17Journal of Financial EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 10.41Q1 | 3.38 0.11 down from 2005 | 319 | 9% | $4,740 | ||
18International OrganizationUniversity of Cambridge · United States | 10.41Q1 | 4.52 0.57 up from 2005 | 97 | 21% | $3,550 | ||
19Progress in Human GeographySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 10.17Q1 | 4.12 0.58 up from 2005 | 167 | 1% | $3,900 | ||
20Educational ResearcherSAGE Publishing · United States | 10.16Q1 | 3.12 1.16 down from 2005 | 234 | 2% | $2,500 | ||
21The Pacific ReviewTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 10.08Q1 | 2.52 1.62 up from 2005 | 75 | 8% | — | ||
22Administrative Science QuarterlySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 9.94Q1 | 2.86 0.17 up from 2005 | 113 | 9% | $3,900 | ||
23Journal of European Public PolicyRoutledge · United Kingdom | 9.84Q1 | 3.02 0.27 up from 2005 | 179 | 19% | — | ||
24Industry and InnovationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 9.73Q1 | 2.63 0.06 down from 2005 | 66 | 0% | — | ||
25American Journal of SociologyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 9.65Q1 | 4.03 0.02 down from 2005 | 141 | 5% | — | ||
26Academy of Management ReviewAcademy of Management · United States | 9.63Q1 | 5.67 0.57 up from 2005 | 301 | 6% | — | ||
27American Educational Research JournalSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 9.44Q1 | 5.14 1.67 up from 2005 | 78 | 0% | $2,500 | ||
28Philosophy & Public AffairsWiley · United States | 9.40Q1 | 3.33 1.94 up from 2005 | 61 | 8% | $3,460 | ||
29Journal of Accounting and EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 9.24Q1 | 4.66 1.82 up from 2005 | 90 | 12% | $4,170 | ||
30Research PolicyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 9.23Q1 | 3.70 0.18 down from 2005 | 331 | 13% | $4,280 | ||
31Journal of Economic LiteratureAmerican Economic Association · United States | 8.98Q1 | 4.37 0.25 up from 2005 | 154 | 10% | — | ||
32Intercultural PragmaticsDe Gruyter · Germany | 8.96Q1 | 2.39 1.70 up from 2005 | 36 | 3% | $2,712 | ||
33Linguistic InquiryThe MIT Press · United States | 8.94Q1 | 3.45 1.25 up from 2005 | 101 | 7% | — | ||
34British Journal of Political ScienceOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 8.89Q1 | 2.68 0.18 down from 2005 | 117 | 16% | $3,550 | ||
35Information Systems JournalWiley · United Kingdom | 8.80Q1 | 4.53 1.72 up from 2005 | 56 | 15% | $5,110 | ||
36American Sociological ReviewSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 8.80Q1 | 4.63 1.34 up from 2005 | 183 | 8% | $3,900 | ||
37West European PoliticsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 8.79Q1 | 2.34 0.90 down from 2005 | 144 | 18% | — | ||
38The Accounting ReviewAmerican Accounting Association · United States | 8.72Q1 | 4.09 0.11 up from 2005 | 135 | 10% | — | ||
39Harvard Educational ReviewHarvard University Press · United States | 8.72Q1 | 2.17 0.02 up from 2005 | 48 | 3% | — | ||
40Linguistics and PhilosophySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 8.64Q1 | 3.38 0.35 up from 2005 | 57 | 5% | $3,090 | ||
41Annual Review of Applied LinguisticsCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 8.55Q1 | 3.56 0.66 up from 2005 | 47 | 6% | $3,550 | ||
42CriminologyWiley · United Kingdom | 8.53Q1 | 4.44 1.19 up from 2005 | 119 | 5% | $3,570 | ||
43Journal of Economic GeographyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 8.45Q1 | 2.65 0.27 up from 2005 | 126 | 30% | $4,638 | ||
44Transactions of the Institute of British GeographersWiley · United Kingdom | 8.44Q1 | 4.97 2.19 up from 2005 | 104 | 16% | $4,070 | ||
45Psychological BulletinAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 8.34Q1 | 12.67 2.96 up from 2005 | 168 | 22% | — | ||
46Industrial and Corporate ChangeOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 8.25Q1 | 2.95 0.69 down from 2005 | 145 | 10% | $4,299 | ||
47American Economic ReviewAmerican Economic Association · United States | 8.23Q1 | 4.05 0.19 up from 2005 | 609 | 20% | — | ||
48Comparative Political StudiesSAGE Publishing · United States | 8.23Q1 | 1.88 2.88 down from 2005 | 135 | 6% | $3,900 | ||
49Journal of Teacher EducationSAGE Publishing · United States | 8.12Q1 | 2.04 0.04 down from 2005 | 134 | 5% | $3,900 | ||
50Accounting HorizonsAmerican Accounting Association · United States | 8.09Q1 | 2.32 1.28 down from 2005 | 75 | 4% | — |
Fields of Social Sciences, compared.
- Social Sciences1,844
- Psychology650
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance531
- Business, Management and Accounting410
- Arts and Humanities310
- Decision Sciences102
Journals
Citations made in 2006. Corpus-wide, 71.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
1,371 additional Social Sciences journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2003–2005, 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: 2006. Publication window: 2003–2005. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 3,847
- Window papers (baseline)
- 1,541,994 +19.5% from indicator year 2003
- Median OJR
- 1.063 +15.1% from indicator year 2003
- Rising journals (2025)
- 301
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2003–2005 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 |
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| Ranked journals | 2,933 | 3,074 | 3,257 | 3,421 | 3,551 | 3,684 | 3,847 | 4,034 | 4,222 | 4,411 | 4,638 | 4,858 | 5,103 | 5,326 | 5,550 | 5,769 | 5,975 | 6,155 | 6,251 | 6,310 | 6,367 | 6,458 | 6,516 | 6,519 | 6,456 | 6,382 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 973,082 | 1,101,576 | 1,187,966 | 1,289,835 | 1,324,068 | 1,431,668 | 1,541,994 | 1,678,086 | 1,825,065 | 1,985,403 | 2,148,912 | 2,303,999 | 2,468,040 | 2,603,480 | 2,734,303 | 2,869,634 | 3,018,278 | 3,128,445 | 3,209,329 | 3,319,936 | 3,489,326 | 3,755,807 | 4,010,665 | 4,149,019 | 4,247,103 | 4,426,831 | |
| Median OJR | 0.81 | 0.86 | 0.88 | 0.92 | 0.96 | 1.0001 | 1.063 | 1.14 | 1.196 | 1.22 | 1.242 | 1.25 | 1.26 | 1.241 | 1.236 | 1.204 | 1.179 | 1.181 | 1.165 | 1.183 | 1.158 | 1.09 | 1.067 | 1.057 | 1.065 | 1.08 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 4.6% | 4,027 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 1.605 per 1,000 | 3,404 journals |
| Output growth | Median: -2.2% | 5,924 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 56.3% | 6,382 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,390 | 2,626 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 20.9% | 5,817 journals |
| Review share | Median: 0.0% | 6,382 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 1.12 | 6,330 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 42.6% | 6,382 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 49.1% | 6,369 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.