Social Sciences journals, ORBIT Tier 2

5,939 Social Sciences journals in ORBIT Tier 2 with at least 10 papers in 2025, split by subfield so each page stays readable. ORBIT Tier 2: second quarter of Social Sciences by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.

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.

• Education (1,863 journals)
• Sociology and Political Science (1,569 journals)
• Political Science and International Relations (740 journals)
• Demography (443 journals)
• Law (398 journals)
• Transportation (212 journals)
• Cultural Studies (136 journals)
• Urban Studies (91 journals)
• Anthropology (82 journals)
• Geography, Planning and Development (77 journals)
• Human Factors and Ergonomics (71 journals)
• Development (53 journals)
• Linguistics and Language (41 journals)
• Communication (40 journals)
• Gender Studies (38 journals)
• General Social Sciences (29 journals)
• Other subfields (56 journals)

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