ORBIT35 Social Sciences journals listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals from subfields with fewer than 20 journals here with at least 10 papers in 2025. DOAJ is an independent, openly published list of open-access journals that meet its criteria.
As of 27 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GADE Revista Científica | 2745-2891 | 166 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Podium | 1390-5473 | 68 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ecuador |
| Jurnal Aplikasi Manajemen | 1693-5241 | 66 | 1 | ≈ ₹10,482 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Nordic Social Work Research | 2156-857X | 63 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Jurnal Manajemen | 2086-7840 | 62 | 2 | ≈ ₹4,193 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Evidence Based Library and Information Practice | 1715-720X | 59 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Canada |
| North Carolina Libraries | 0029-2540 | 55 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| International Journal of Librarianship | 2474-3542 | 49 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| African Journal of Social Work | 1563-3934 | 48 | 1 | ≈ ₹28,556 to publish | Yes | Yes | Zimbabwe |
| Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk | 0037-8054 | 47 | 1 | ≈ ₹19,576 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Africa |
| ACCESS Access to science business innovation in digital economy | 2683-1007 | 39 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,22,468 to publish | Yes | Yes | Bulgaria |
| Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske | 0507-1925 | 34 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Croatia |
| Journal of Comparative Social Work | 0809-9936 | 27 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Norway |
| Journal of Information Literacy | 1750-5968 | 26 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Social Intervention Theory and Practice | 1876-8830 | 25 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship | 2369-937X | 23 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Canada |
| Global Labour Journal | 1918-6711 | 22 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Canada |
| Journal of New Librarianship | 2471-3880 | 20 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Revista digital Actividad Física y Deporte | 2462-8948 | 20 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Communications in Information Literacy | 1933-5954 | 19 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration | 2001-7405 | 19 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Sweden |
| e-Motion Revista de Educación Motricidad e Investigación | 2341-1473 | 18 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Journal of Rock Art | 2976-2421 | 18 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Regional journal of information and knowledge management. | 2412-6535 | 17 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Nordic Journal of Library and Information Studies | 2597-0593 | 16 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Denmark |
| Pennsylvania Libraries Research & Practice | 2324-7878 | 16 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Journal of Graduate Librarianship | 2995-9063 | 15 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Sociología del Deporte | 2660-8456 | 15 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Journal of Human Services | 2689-7040 | 14 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,856 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement | 2690-2672 | 13 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| School of Information Student Research Journal | 2575-2499 | 13 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Annual of Social Work | 1846-5412 | 12 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Croatia |
| Educación Física y Deporte | 0120-677X | 12 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Revista Română de Biblioteconomie și Știința Informării = Romanian Journal of Library and Information Science | 1841-1940 | 10 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Romania |
| The International Journal of Information Diversity & Inclusion (IJIDI) | 2574-3430 | 10 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |