132 Social Sciences journals published by Elsevier BV with at least 10 papers in 2025. Publisher family is the top of the publisher's lineage in OpenAlex.
As of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccine | 0264-410X | 1,282 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Social Sciences & Humanities Open | 2590-2911 | 1,071 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,30,044 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Social Science & Medicine | 0277-9536 | 1,025 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Transportation research procedia | 2352-1457 | 1,016 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Netherlands |
| Cities | 0264-2751 | 981 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction | 2212-4209 | 757 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Energy Research & Social Science | 2214-6296 | 603 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review | 1366-5545 | 555 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Children and Youth Services Review | 0190-7409 | 536 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives | 2590-1982 | 473 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,05,180 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Transport Policy | 0967-070X | 438 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization | 0167-2681 | 435 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies | 0968-090X | 417 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice | 0965-8564 | 394 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Transport Geography | 0966-6923 | 372 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Teaching and Teacher Education | 0742-051X | 351 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Educational Research | 0883-0355 | 337 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Computers in Human Behavior Reports | 2451-9588 | 333 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,33,115 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Habitat International | 0197-3975 | 332 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| World Development | 0305-750X | 322 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Case Studies on Transport Policy | 2213-624X | 319 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Computers in Human Behavior | 0747-5632 | 272 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Geoforum | 0016-7185 | 255 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Educational Development | 0738-0593 | 234 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Transport & Health | 2214-1405 | 227 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Current Opinion in Psychology | 2352-250X | 220 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Travel Behaviour and Society | 2214-367X | 217 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Tourism Management | 0261-5177 | 216 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Criminal Justice | 0047-2352 | 204 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of the National Medical Association | 0027-9684 | 196 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Women s Studies International Forum | 0277-5395 | 189 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Health & Place | 1353-8292 | 184 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Intercultural Relations | 0147-1767 | 181 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| The Lancet Public Health | 2468-2667 | 170 | 1 | ≈ ₹7,57,142 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Annals of Tourism Research | 0160-7383 | 167 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Political Geography | 0962-6298 | 161 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Vacunas | 1576-9887 | 159 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Spain |
| Vaccine X | 2590-1362 | 158 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,42,748 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Journal of Orthopaedic Science | 0949-2658 | 156 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Japan |
| SSM - Population Health | 2352-8273 | 152 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,47,746 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management | 1447-6770 | 148 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Australia |
| Research in Transportation Economics | 0739-8859 | 147 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Transportation Research Part B Methodological | 0191-2615 | 146 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| The Journal of Academic Librarianship | 0099-1333 | 138 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Public Health in Practice | 2666-5352 | 137 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,18,666 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Educational Research Open | 2666-3740 | 135 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,50,273 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics | 2214-8043 | 135 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences | 0125-8370 | 133 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Thailand |
| Decision Support Systems | 0167-9236 | 132 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology | 0193-3973 | 129 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Experimental Social Psychology | 0022-1031 | 120 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus | 2950-3078 | 116 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,02,290 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Transportation Engineering | 2666-691X | 116 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,01,508 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Social Science Research | 0049-089X | 114 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Insurance Mathematics and Economics | 0167-6687 | 110 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Progress in Disaster Science | 2590-0617 | 109 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,19,629 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Electoral Studies | 0261-3794 | 103 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Early Childhood Research Quarterly | 0885-2006 | 100 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Social and Emotional Learning Research Practice and Policy | 2773-2339 | 100 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,63,759 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| World Development Perspectives | 2452-2929 | 100 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Computers Environment and Urban Systems | 0198-9715 | 99 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Public Relations Review | 0363-8111 | 98 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Economics of Education Review | 0272-7757 | 95 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Studies In Educational Evaluation | 0191-491X | 95 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Electronic Commerce Research and Applications | 1567-4223 | 88 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Economics & Human Biology | 1570-677X | 86 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health | 1326-0200 | 85 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,70,683 to publish | Yes | Yes | Australia |
| Journal of Human Evolution | 0047-2484 | 85 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Sociologie du Travail | 0038-0296 | 84 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| Telematics and Informatics | 0736-5853 | 81 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Performance Enhancement & Health | 2211-2669 | 79 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Australia |
| Journal of Economic Criminology | 2949-7914 | 78 | 1 | ≈ ₹78,026 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| International journal of law, crime and justice | 0194-6595 | 77 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology | 2046-0430 | 77 | 1 | ≈ ₹96,329 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Urban Mobility | 2667-0917 | 77 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,05,180 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Assessing Writing | 1075-2935 | 73 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Research in Social Stratification and Mobility | 0276-5624 | 73 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Tourism Management Perspectives | 2211-9736 | 72 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Government Information Quarterly | 0740-624X | 71 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Multimodal Transportation | 2772-5863 | 70 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,73,391 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Destination Marketing & Management | 2212-571X | 64 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| L Anthropologie | 0003-5521 | 61 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | France |
| Aggression and Violent Behavior | 1359-1789 | 59 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales | 0185-1918 | 59 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Mexico |
| Emotion, space and society | 1755-4586 | 57 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction | 2212-8689 | 56 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| First Nations Health and Wellbeing - The Lowitja Journal | 2949-8406 | 55 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Poetics | 0304-422X | 54 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| The Internet and Higher Education | 1096-7516 | 54 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| The Journal of Mathematical Behavior | 0732-3123 | 54 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| African Transport Studies | 2950-1962 | 53 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,49,309 to publish | No | No | |
| Aging and Health Research | 2667-0321 | 51 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,45,638 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Policy and Society | 1449-4035 | 50 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,51,236 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research | 2950-1059 | 49 | 1 | ≈ ₹93,439 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Asian journal of social science | 0303-8246 | 48 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Journal of Economic Psychology | 0167-4870 | 46 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Slavic Literatures | 2950-3965 | 45 | 3 | ≈ ₹2,46,601 to publish | No | No | |
| Methods in Psychology | 2590-2601 | 44 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,98,437 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Digital Geography and Society | 2666-3783 | 43 | 1 | ≈ ₹92,475 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Vacunas (English Edition) | 2445-1460 | 43 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Spain |
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