70 Social Sciences journals in ORBIT Tier 4 from subfields with fewer than 20 journals here with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 4: bottom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disability Compliance for Higher Education | 1086-1335 | 227 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Women in Higher Education | 1060-8303 | 130 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Management Report for Nonunion Organizations | 0745-4880 | 86 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Cuadernos Fronterizos | 2007-1248 | 79 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | |
| AUDIT | 2616-4310 | 65 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| International Journal of Research & Technology | 2321-7510 | 64 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| Estudios filosofía historia letras | 0185-6383 | 60 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Mexico |
| The Journal of Inclusion and Disability – Research Neuro Rehabilitation and Empowerment | 3051-2956 | 60 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Revista Ártemis | 1807-8214 | 58 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Football(s) Histoire culture économie société | 2967-0837 | 53 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Salud Mental y Comunidad | 2250-5768 | 50 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Argentina |
| Agora papeles de Filosofía | 0211-6642 | 49 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Spain |
| Revista InterCulturas | 2966-3997 | 48 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Brazil |
| Medic ro | 1584-3513 | 47 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Romania |
| The Library | 0024-2160 | 40 | 4 | ≈ ₹3,64,507 to publish | No | No | United Kingdom |
| ATLA Summary of Proceedings | 0066-0868 | 39 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| RUHS Journal of Health Science | 2456-8309 | 37 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | India |
| Duoda | 1132-6751 | 36 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | SP |
| SOURCE the Magazine of the University of Florida George A Smathers Libraries | 2576-5817 | 35 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Information Theories and Applications | 1310-0513 | 29 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Canadian journal of native studies | 0715-3244 | 28 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Canada |
| COR LGBTQIA+ | 2764-0426 | 27 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Library & Information History | 1758-3489 | 27 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Wissenschaft - Hochschule - Bildung | 2945-980X | 27 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Caderno Espaço Feminino | 1516-9286 | 25 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Quaderns de Filosofia | 2341-1414 | 25 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Humanology international Journal for Advanced and Applied Philosophy for 21st Centur | 3104-2570 | 23 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Protrepsis | 2007-9273 | 23 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Mexico |
| Mutatis Mutandis Revista Internacional de Filosofía | 0719-4773 | 22 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| Rocznik Lubuski. | 0485-3083 | 22 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Poland |
| Journal of Contemporary Studies in library and Information Science | 1119-149X | 21 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| The Paris Journal on AI & Digital Ethics | 3098-7849 | 21 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Voprosy dermatologii i venerologii/Dermatologiâ ža̋ne veneralogiâ ma̋selelerì | 1680-9149 | 20 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi | 2792-0925 | 19 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| SASH. Revista argentina de sexualidad humana/SASH Revista Argentina de Sexualidad Humana | 0326-9825 | 19 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Argentina |
| Clinical innovations in health research-HJM | 2938-6586 | 18 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | SP |
| Journal of Information Resource Management (JIRM) | 2141-2014 | 18 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Síntesis Revista de Filosofía | 2452-4476 | 18 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| CUADERNOS DE PENSAMIENTO | 0214-0284 | 17 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Littera Scripta Revista de filosofía | 2735-6140 | 17 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE FILOSOFÍA | 0325-0725 | 17 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Cadernos de Gênero e Diversidade | 2525-6904 | 16 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Brazil |
| Journal of Indian Library Association | 2277-5145 | 16 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| Mora | 0328-8773 | 16 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Revista Geográfica | 0031-0581 | 16 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | |
| Rivers State University Journal of Librarianship Information and Contemporary Studies (RSU-JOLICS) | 3092-8486 | 16 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Spor Tarihi Araştırmaları Dergisi | 3062-1305 | 16 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Научное обозрение Экономические науки (Scientific Review Economic Sciences) | 2500-3410 | 16 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Ecofronteras | 2007-4549 | 15 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Mexico |
| Sociología del Deporte | 2660-8456 | 15 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| The Canadian Journal of Indigenous Studies | 2819-6104 | 15 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Canada |
| Journal of Child and Youth Care Work | 0741-9481 | 14 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| KIIT Journal of Library and Information Management | 2348-0858 | 13 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| La Aljaba | 0328-6169 | 13 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Revista I+i | 1996-7551 | 13 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Peru |
| Revista Internacional de Salud Bienestar y Sociedad | 2386-7507 | 13 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Dialektika Revista de Investigación Filosófica y Teoría Social | 2707-3386 | 12 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Cuba |
| Educación Física y Deporte | 0120-677X | 12 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| HorizonTes Territoriales | 2683-2895 | 12 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Mexico |
| Relectiones Revista interdisciplinar de filosofía y humanidades | 2386-2912 | 12 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Spain |
| Research on Information Science and Public Libraries | 2959-1848 | 12 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Revista Teoría y praxis | 1870-1582 | 12 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Mexico |
| Heartbeat Journal of Library and Information Science | 2756-5335 | 11 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Revista de la Facultad de Trabajo Social | 0121-1722 | 11 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Colombia |
| Revista Relatos | 2810-6253 | 11 | 4 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Chile |
| Rynek Pracy | 1233-4103 | 11 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Sociologia del trabajo/Sociología del trabajo | 0210-8364 | 11 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Zona Franca | 0329-8019 | 11 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Revista Géneros, Feminismos y Diversidades. | 2953-7568 | 10 | 4 | Fee not published | No | No | Costa Rica |
| Voces desde el Trabajo Social | 2372-2673 | 10 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Puerto Rico |