56 Social Sciences journals in ORBIT Tier 2 from subfields with fewer than 20 journals here with at least 10 papers in 2025. 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.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Journal of Research in Library Science | 2455-104X | 176 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| GADE Revista Científica | 2745-2891 | 166 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Spiritual Care | 2193-3804 | 89 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,61,243 to publish | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Library Services and Technologies | 2616-1354 | 78 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Nigeria |
| Podium | 1390-5473 | 68 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Ecuador |
| CogNexus | 3067-0233 | 65 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America | 0006-128X | 58 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Transactions on Engineering and Computing Sciences | 2756-2638 | 58 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Maine policy review | 1064-2587 | 53 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Journal of Social Work and Social Welfare Policy | 3049-0243 | 50 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| SpringerBriefs in modern perspectives on disability research. | 3004-9709 | 47 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Slovenia |
| Vaccine Insights | 2752-5422 | 47 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Annals of Library and Information Studies | 0003-4835 | 44 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Comparative labor law & policy journal | 1043-5255 | 38 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| African Science Frontiers Initiatives Research Journal ASFIRJ | 3043-4262 | 34 | 2 | ≈ ₹9,633 to publish | Yes | Yes | Nauru |
| Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske | 0507-1925 | 34 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Croatia |
| Information & Culture | 2164-8034 | 30 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development | 1481-9112 | 30 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| MAI Journal A New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship | 2230-6862 | 30 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | New Zealand |
| Integratus | 2833-0889 | 29 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Transformative Social Work | 2817-870X | 26 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Canada |
| Social Work and Social Sciences Review | 0953-5225 | 25 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Scientific reports in medicine. | 3023-8226 | 24 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | TU |
| Social Work | 2946-5052 | 24 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship | 2369-937X | 23 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Canada |
| Critical Disability Discourses | 1918-6215 | 23 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Canada |
| Canadian social work review | 0820-909X | 22 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Canada |
| Ghana Library Journal | 0855-3033 | 22 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ghana |
| Academic Research Journal of Science and Technology (ARJST) | 3048-9644 | 20 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond | 2349-3003 | 20 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | India |
| Journal of New Librarianship | 2471-3880 | 20 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Research insights | 2653-7281 | 20 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Revista digital Actividad Física y Deporte | 2462-8948 | 20 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| The Journal of Practice Teaching in Health and Social Work | 1460-6690 | 19 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Adoption & Culture | 1944-4990 | 18 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Martial Arts Studies | 2057-5696 | 18 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Rehabilitation Research Policy and Education | 2168-6653 | 18 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| The Rehabilitation Professional | 2328-6202 | 17 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Gerencia y Políticas de Salud | 1657-7027 | 16 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Colombia |
| 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 |
| The New RE view | 2832-1685 | 16 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Journal of Graduate Librarianship | 2995-9063 | 15 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| KENYATTA UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT (KU-WEE) JOURNAL | 3079-0271 | 15 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Historical Studies in Industrial Relations | 1362-1572 | 14 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Australian indigenous issues | 1440-5202 | 14 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| SLIS Connecting | 2330-2917 | 14 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Historical Metallurgy | 0142-3304 | 13 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United Kingdom |
| International journal of information studies | 1911-8406 | 13 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| International Journal of Social Relevance & Concern | 2347-9698 | 13 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| Journal of ICT Development Applications and Research | 2636-7432 | 13 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement | 2690-2672 | 13 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| International Journal of Social Work | 2332-7278 | 12 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Health Advocacy | 2997-3589 | 12 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Discussion Paper | 1415-4765 | 11 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Brazil |
| Public Service. | 3063-6590 | 11 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | British Indian Ocean Territory |