24 Social Sciences journals in ORBIT Tier 3 from subfields with fewer than 20 journals here with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 3: third 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuadernos Médico Sociales | 0716-1336 | 76 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Chile |
| IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine | 1942-065X | 50 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Research in Health Science | 2470-6205 | 41 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| SpringerBriefs in Advancing Social Work and Social Work Education. | 2731-9660 | 38 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Eswatini |
| Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work | 1084-7219 | 33 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Health Spirituality and Medical Ethics | 2322-4304 | 32 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Iran |
| Including Disability | 2817-6731 | 32 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Canada |
| International Union Rights | 1018-5909 | 32 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Revista GeoPantanal | 1517-4999 | 28 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Revista Chilena de Salud Pública | 0717-3652 | 25 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Revista Mexicana de Ciencias de la Cultura Física | 2992-7048 | 22 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Mexico |
| RIAF Revista internacional de actividad física | 2953-6693 | 22 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Ecuador |
| The new real magazine. | 3029-0139 | 22 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Materiales para la historia del deporte | 1887-9586 | 21 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| e-Motion Revista de Educación Motricidad e Investigación | 2341-1473 | 18 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Groupwork | 0951-824X | 18 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| i-manager s Journal on Humanities & Social Sciences | 2583-9381 | 18 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Journal of Rock Art | 2976-2421 | 18 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| National Fire Research Institute of Korea | 2765-124X | 17 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | South Korea |
| Impetus | 2011-4680 | 13 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Colombia |
| Journal of Technology Innovation and Society | 3067-7505 | 12 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| Acción Motriz | 1989-2837 | 11 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Spain |
| Ágora/Ágora para la educación física y el deporte | 1578-2174 | 11 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Spain |
| Wicazo Sa Review | 0749-6427 | 11 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |