1,569 Sociology and Political Science journals (Social Sciences) in ORBIT Tier 2 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 For Multidisciplinary Research | 2582-2160 | 12,821 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| E-Commerce Letters | 2168-5843 | 4,717 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Advances in Economics Management and Political Sciences | 2754-1169 | 3,031 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media | 2753-7048 | 1,349 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| 智慧教育 = | 3029-2719 | 1,286 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Slovenia |
| She hui qi ye jing ji fa zhan = | 3029-2700 | 1,281 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Slovenia |
| Communications in Humanities Research | 2753-7064 | 1,175 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Investytsiyi praktyka ta dosvid | 2306-6814 | 1,011 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| 医学研究 = | 3029-2808 | 862 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Slovenia |
| El-Mal Jurnal Kajian Ekonomi & Bisnis Islam | 2620-2956 | 776 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Indonesia |
| Philology Theory & Practice | 1997-2911 | 734 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Agrosvit | 2306-6792 | 554 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| 教育研究与实践 | 3058-3349 | 534 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | South Korea |
| 现代教育探索 | 2717-5561 | 473 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Singapore |
| 国际护理与健康 | 2717-5650 | 472 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Singapore |
| 地质研究与环境保护 | 2811-0595 | 454 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | |
| Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies | 2959-6149 | 446 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| 工程技术创新与发展 | 2972-4333 | 437 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | |
| Dirasat Human and Social Sciences | 1026-3721 | 402 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Jordan |
| 教育学 | 3058-9118 | 352 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| 经济管理前沿 | 3058-9193 | 351 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Теория и практика общественного развития | 1815-4964 | 334 | 2 | RUB 45,500 to publish | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| 教育理论与应用 | 2705-0653 | 326 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Singapore |
| Quantum Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities | 2716-6481 | 325 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| 智能城市应用 | 2630-5305 | 321 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Singapore |
| European Economic Letters (EEL) | 2323-5233 | 312 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Finland |
| International Journal of Global Economics and Management | 3005-8090 | 300 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Marshall Islands |
| Gong cheng shi gong ji shu = | 2972-404X | 294 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Slovenia |
| SCIENTIA SINICA Terrae | 1006-9267 | 292 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | China |
| Moscow Economic Journal | 2413-046X | 291 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Journal of Arts, Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences | 2414-3383 | 283 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United Arab Emirates |
| Enrichment Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development | 2987-3398 | 281 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Indonesia |
| Operations Research and Fuzziology | 2163-1476 | 261 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| 教育科技前沿 | 3058-910X | 259 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Research Journal of Psychology | 3006-7200 | 251 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Pakistan |
| Advances in Social Behavior Research | 2753-7102 | 247 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Manuscript | 2618-9690 | 243 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Voprosy filosofii | 0042-8744 | 241 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Bulletin of Chelyabinsk State University | 1994-2796 | 237 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| 学知 Xue Zhi | 3029-0740 | 233 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Siberian Journal of Life Sciences and Agriculture | 2658-6649 | 229 | 2 | ≈ ₹43,348 to publish | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Innovations | 1267-4982 | 228 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE STUDIES | 2616-6224 | 211 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Iraq |
| AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research | 2162-3317 | 210 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | |
| Scientia Sinica Vitae | 1674-7232 | 205 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | China |
| Education and Teaching Innovation | 2995-4894 | 203 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Frontiers in Sustainable Development | 2710-0723 | 200 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Vanuatu |
| Frontiers in Science and Engineering | 2710-0588 | 197 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Vanuatu |
| 自然科学前沿 | 3058-8979 | 180 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Advances in Humanities Research | 2753-7080 | 175 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Journal La Sociale | 2721-0847 | 174 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Pacific Affairs | 0030-851X | 172 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Canada |
| Russian Journal of Education and Psychology | 2658-4034 | 171 | 2 | RUB 15,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Dragoman Journal | 2295-1210 | 169 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Proceedings of the Komi Science Centre of the Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences | 1994-5655 | 167 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Journal of Media Critiques | 2056-9785 | 165 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United Kingdom |
| Leadership and Management | 2410-1664 | 165 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Higher education today | 1726-667X | 162 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| 城市建设与规划 | 3041-0525 | 162 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Italy |
| Математические заметки | 0025-567X | 161 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Journal of Global Economy Business and Finance | 2141-5595 | 155 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Nigeria |
| 临床与护理 | 3058-9223 | 155 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| International Journal of Law Government and Communication | 0128-1763 | 154 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Malaysia |
| Academic Journal of Research and Scientific Publishing | 2706-6495 | 153 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Kuwait |
| Aging Research | 2334-3419 | 153 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| International Journal of Sociology and Humanities | 2664-8679 | 152 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Ganaya Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Humaniora | 2615-0913 | 149 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Bulletin of the South-Russian state technical University (NPI) Series Socio-economic Sciences | 2075-2067 | 148 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| NEWS OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS CONSTRUCTION | 0536-1052 | 148 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Проблеми сучасних трансформацій Серія право публічне управління та адміністрування | 2786-5746 | 148 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ukraine |
| Arts for Linguistic & Literary Studies | 2707-5508 | 147 | 2 | YER 30,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Yemen |
| Культура и искусство | 2222-1956 | 146 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Slovakia |
| Revista Estudos Hum(e)anos | 2177-1006 | 142 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Brazil |
| 财经管理 | 3058-8243 | 141 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Journal of Business and Economic Research | 3058-9576 | 140 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| MUKASI Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi | 2828-3449 | 140 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Questions de communication | 1633-5961 | 138 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Vostok Afro-Aziatskie obshchestva istoriia i sovremennost | 0869-1908 | 138 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| International Journal of Research and Studies Publishing | 2709-7064 | 133 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Jordan |
| Revista Direito e Práxis | 2179-8966 | 133 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Cromohs - Cyber Review of Modern Historiography | 1123-7023 | 129 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| African Multidisciplinary Journal of Research | 2518-2986 | 128 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Izvestiâ KazUMOiMÂ im. Abylaj hana. Seriâ "Filologičeskie nauki". | 2411-8745 | 124 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Kazakhstan |
| International Journal of Economics (IJEC) | 2961-712X | 123 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| La Revue Nouvelle | 0035-3809 | 120 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Belgium |
| Studies in East European Thought | 0039-3797 | 120 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,97,655 to publish | No | No | Netherlands |
| Право и политика | 1811-9018 | 119 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Slovakia |
| 理论研究学刊 | 3080-0412 | 113 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Ideas and Ideals | 2075-0862 | 110 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| HUMANITIES OF THE SOUTH OF RUSSIA | 2227-8656 | 109 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| The International Journal of the History of Sport | 0952-3367 | 109 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Turk Turizm Arastirmalari Dergisi | 2587-0890 | 109 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Türkiye |
| Христианское чтение | 1814-5574 | 109 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Finance | 2161-0967 | 108 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Cadernos EBAPE BR | 1679-3951 | 107 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Journal of Physical Education | 2073-6452 | 105 | 2 | ≈ ₹9,633 to publish | Yes | Yes | Iraq |
| Вестник Тверского государственного университета Серия Экономика и управление | 2219-1453 | 103 | 2 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Journal of Christian Nursing | 0743-2550 | 102 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Jurnal Nuansa Publikasi Ilmu Manajemen dan Ekonomi Syariah | 3021-8691 | 102 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Indonesia |
| Métropolitiques | 2114-5350 | 102 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No |
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