Sociology SSCI Journals

As of October 2026, JournalCompass lists 2140 journals in the Sociology major category of the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition): 101 in Zone 1, 208 in Zone 2, 416 in Zone 3 and 1344 in Zone 4, 123 of them Top journals. By database: SCIE 18, SSCI 816, A&HCI 136 and ESCI 1179 (a journal can be indexed in more than one).

By impact factor, the Zone 1 journals in Sociology include European Journal of International Security (impact factor 79), Environmental Impact Assessment Review (impact factor 12.16), Dialogues in Human Geography (impact factor 9.78), Annual Review of Political Science (impact factor 8.39), Annual Review of Sociology (impact factor 8.26), 101 in all; see the full list of Zone 1 Sociology journals.

Across the 1177 Sociology journals with review-time data, the median review time is about 23 weeks. Among Zone 1–2 journals, fast ones include Work and Occupations (about 0.1 weeks, publisher figure), American Ethnologist (about 0.6 weeks, publisher figure), Child Maltreatment (about 0.9 weeks, publisher figure), Gender & Society (about 1.7 weeks, publisher figure), Comparative European Politics (about 1.7 weeks, publisher figure). Review times come first from article statistics (the median from submission to acceptance over the last 24 months), then from publisher figures and community reports; a single manuscript can take much longer or shorter.

507 journals in Sociology charge authors no article processing charge (APC); those with the highest impact factors include AJIL Unbound (impact factor 39), Environmental & Socio-Economic Studies (impact factor 13), ReiDoCrea-Revista Eectronica de Investigacion y Docencia Creativa (impact factor 12.9), Quaestiones Geographicae (impact factor 12), Journal of Legal Analysis (impact factor 7.13); see the list of Sociology journals with no APC. Subscription journals usually charge no APC but may charge for colour figures or extra pages; check the journal's website before submitting.