416 Social Sciences journals published by SAGE Publishing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAGE Open | 2158-2440 | 2,032 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,54,126 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board | 0361-1981 | 870 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Interpersonal Violence | 0886-2605 | 415 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Qualitative Methods | 1609-4069 | 392 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,55,271 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews | 0094-3061 | 264 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | No | No | United States |
| New Media & Society | 1461-4448 | 257 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Violence Against Women | 1077-8012 | 255 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Qualitative Health Research | 1049-7323 | 197 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Social Media + Society | 2056-3051 | 193 | 1 | ≈ ₹96,329 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Trauma Violence & Abuse | 1524-8380 | 186 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Asian and African Studies | 0021-9096 | 183 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin | 0146-1672 | 179 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Research on Social Work Practice | 1049-7315 | 164 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journalism | 1464-8849 | 158 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Qualitative Research | 1468-7941 | 153 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | Yes | No | United Kingdom |
| International Migration Review | 0197-9183 | 152 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science | 2399-8083 | 149 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Index on Censorship | 0306-4220 | 149 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Big Data & Society | 2053-9517 | 136 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,92,657 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Dialogues in Human Geography | 2043-8206 | 135 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| European Journal of Cultural Studies | 1367-5494 | 132 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Tourism and Hospitality Research | 1467-3584 | 131 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Travel Research | 0047-2875 | 130 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Critical Sociology | 0896-9205 | 129 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Environment and Planning E Nature and Space | 2514-8486 | 127 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| AERA Open | 2332-8584 | 126 | 1 | ≈ ₹96,329 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World | 2378-0231 | 125 | 1 | ≈ ₹96,329 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Tourism Economics | 1354-8166 | 125 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies | 1354-8565 | 122 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Educational Management Administration & Leadership | 1741-1432 | 122 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Maritime History | 0843-8714 | 118 | 3 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Thesis Eleven | 0725-5136 | 117 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Missiology An International Review | 0091-8296 | 116 | 3 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Sociology | 0038-0385 | 115 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking | 2152-2715 | 114 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Scandinavian Journal of Public Health | 1403-4948 | 112 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Environment and Planning D Society and Space | 0263-7758 | 110 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Review for the Sociology of Sport | 1012-6902 | 110 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| American Journal of Men s Health | 1557-9883 | 108 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,55,271 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Crime & Delinquency | 0011-1287 | 107 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Party Politics | 1354-0688 | 107 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Policy Futures in Education | 1478-2103 | 107 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Bilingualism | 1367-0069 | 106 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Criminal Justice and Behavior | 0093-8548 | 104 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly | 1077-6990 | 102 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Librarianship and Information Science | 0022-2232 | 101 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Families in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services | 1044-3894 | 100 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| British Journalism Review | 0956-4748 | 99 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| IFLA Journal | 0340-0352 | 99 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Transcultural Nursing | 1043-6596 | 97 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Communication & Sport | 2167-4795 | 96 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| European History Quarterly | 0014-3111 | 96 | 3 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| The Sociological Review | 0038-0261 | 96 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Media Culture & Society | 0163-4437 | 95 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Political Research Quarterly | 1065-9129 | 95 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research | 1738-3005 | 94 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | South Korea |
| Contemporary Voice of Dalit | 2455-328X | 92 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | No | No | India |
| AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples | 1174-1740 | 91 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Social Work | 1468-0173 | 91 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Political Studies | 0032-3217 | 89 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal Of Vacation Marketing | 1356-7667 | 87 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly | 0094-0607 | 87 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Latin American Perspectives | 0094-582X | 86 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| European Journal of Communication | 0267-3231 | 85 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Political Theory | 0090-5917 | 85 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | No | No | United States |
| Comparative Political Studies | 0010-4140 | 84 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Contemporary History | 0022-0094 | 84 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,51,599 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Social Psychological and Personality Science | 1948-5506 | 84 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Youth & Society | 0044-118X | 83 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Family Issues | 0192-513X | 82 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| World Affairs | 0043-8200 | 82 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| American Behavioral Scientist | 0002-7642 | 80 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Crime Media Culture An International Journal | 1741-6590 | 80 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Ethnography | 1466-1381 | 80 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Social Work | 0020-8728 | 80 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Phi Delta Kappan | 0031-7217 | 80 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Environment and Planning C Politics and Space | 2399-6544 | 79 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Ethnicities | 1468-7968 | 79 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Gender & Society | 0891-2432 | 79 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Media War & Conflict | 1750-6352 | 79 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Social Science Computer Review | 0894-4393 | 79 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Urban Education | 0042-0859 | 79 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research | 0741-5095 | 78 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Contexts | 1536-5042 | 77 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,32,334 to publish | No | No | United States |
| Philosophy & Social Criticism | 0011-2860 | 77 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Educational Researcher | 0013-189X | 76 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Environmental Justice | 1937-5174 | 76 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology | 0020-7497 | 76 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Work Employment and Society | 0950-0170 | 76 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Peace Research | 0022-3433 | 75 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Urban Affairs Review | 1078-0874 | 75 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Research on Aging | 0164-0275 | 74 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Sociology | 0268-5809 | 73 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Feminist Theory | 1464-7001 | 72 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Indian Journal of Public Administration | 0019-5561 | 72 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,27,517 to publish | No | No | India |
| Review of Radical Political Economics | 0486-6134 | 72 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| European Educational Research Journal | 1474-9041 | 71 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Acta Sociologica | 0001-6993 | 70 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Cultural Geographies | 0967-4608 | 70 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Educational Reform | 1056-7879 | 70 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
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