(New) Social Sciences Journals with high impact factor


This blog post aims to provide a list of high impact factor Social Sciences journals.

The Impact factor, calculated by Clarivate is commonly used to evaluate the relative importance of a journal within its field and to measure the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular time period.

Impact factor data has a strong influence on the scientific community, affecting decisions on where to publish, whom to promote or hire, the success of grant applications, and even salary bonuses. Through this web page, we will help you by providing a list of Social Sciences journals having impact factor more than 6.

Top Social Sciences journals by high impact factor 2024

168 Social Sciences Journals founded with the latest impact factors

List of high impact factor Social Sciences journals
S. No.Journal TitleE-ISSNTotal CitationsJournal Impact Factor
1ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION1873-64241194459.988
2Social Issues and Policy Review1751-240912029.857
3Current Climate Change Reports2198-606117429.711
4LAB ANIMAL1548-447516069.667
5Environmental Science-Nano2051-8161117809.473
6npj Climate and Atmospheric Science2397-372215439.448
7CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY1879-0356186729.396
8Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions2210-423244929.377
9Environmental Science and Ecotechnology2666-49844049.371
10Water Research X2589-91476859.365
11Research Synthesis Methods1759-288754799.308
12BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY1520-0477300659.116
13Journal of Integrative Plant Biology1744-790984569.106
14NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS1873-7528408139.052
15HEALTH AFFAIRS0278-2715233779.048
16CHEMOSPHERE1879-12981729198.943
17JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT1095-8630859558.910
18Earths Future2328-427753078.852
19WASTE MANAGEMENT1879-2456521098.816
20Big Data & Society2053-951728938.731
21Plant Communications2590-34627438.625
22International Journal of Transgenderism1434-459917448.606
23Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific2666-60655288.559
24Scientific Data2052-4463177548.501
25Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems1942-246683188.469
26JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY1939-13151004298.460
27ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH1096-0953457898.431
28Current Pollution Reports2198-659217188.097
29JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH-PART B-CRITICAL REVIEWS1521-695025328.071
30VETERINARY QUARTERLY1875-594119278.071
31PLANT PHYSIOLOGY1532-25481062298.005
32Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability1877-344380987.964
33Implementation Science1748-5908162467.960
34PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT1365-3040333797.947
35JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION1527-974X150557.942
36Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology2197-655433737.900
37ACADEMIC MEDICINE1938-808X244007.840
38Weather and Climate Extremes2212-094726247.761
39Environmental Technology & Innovation2352-186477047.758
40PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS1572-980X52877.741
41GigaScience2047-217X81207.658
42MEDICAL EDUCATION1365-2923139847.647
43Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health2159-677825937.591
44ENERGY POLICY1873-6777704897.576
45CONSERVATION BIOLOGY1523-1739267297.563
46BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION1873-2917440697.497
47International Soil and Water Conservation Research2589-059X22277.481
48Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water2049-194832147.428
49BMJ Quality & Safety2044-542389017.418
50JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY1878-5921444517.407
51JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY1460-2431676097.298
52Horticulture Research2052-727646177.291
53Communications Earth & Environment2662-44358907.290
54Advances in Experimental Social Psychology1557-841084507.263
55QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY1477-870X238947.237
56JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY1530-929092207.202
57ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS1680-7324732927.197
58Sustainability Science1862-405759787.196
59ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY1090-2414560147.129
60Environmental Health1476-069X92667.123
61PLANT JOURNAL1365-313X588397.091
62JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCHN/A365147.076
63AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE1552-3365476417.010
64MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN1879-3363631787.001
65EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY1099-098455317.000
66NATURE1476-4687100854469.504
67SCIENCE1095-920388383463.714
68Plant Phenomics2643-65153796.961
69Environmental Research Letters1748-9326369906.947
70AMBIO1654-7209134916.943
71BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY2044-830969836.920
72Ecosystem Services2212-0416101326.910
73TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY1879-327451116.879
74Journal of Environmental Sciences1878-7320214686.796
75Financial Innovation2199-473013576.793
76Sports Medicine-Open2198-976117176.766
77Urban Climate2212-095549636.663
78PHYTOMEDICINE1618-095X182906.656
79EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCES REVIEWS1538-300842816.642
80Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X949226.627
81Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences1976-795118246.623
82Trauma Violence & Abuse1552-832459676.595
83AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT1873-2305350916.576
84Journal of Management Analytics2327-00398366.554
85ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS1873-6106360966.536
86GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES1944-9224185776.500
87ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES1749-6632536426.499
88REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS1530-9142222396.481
89JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE1525-1497308066.473
90ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY1873-6416147106.424
91AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY1873-2240288466.424
92Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences2090-247617556.393
93ECONOMETRICA1468-0262477626.383
94JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY1365-2745266516.381
95ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION1879-2057301686.376
96Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology1559-064X62526.371
97JOURNAL OF TELEMEDICINE AND TELECARE1758-110963316.344
98GeoHealth2471-14038216.343
99MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE1530-0315465576.289
100CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES1549-783651756.289
101JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC & SPORTS PHYSICAL THERAPY1938-1344108566.276
102ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS1872-7034444406.263
103MILBANK QUARTERLY1468-000947796.237
104STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING-A MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL1532-8007264746.181
105WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH1944-7973720956.159
106Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking2152-272380076.135
107iScience2589-0042132936.107
108ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS1939-5582262736.105
109Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology2296-4185162046.064
110Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering2095-221X44896.048
111NanoImpact2452-074818036.038
112ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY1873-7307182846.028
113Machine Learning-Science and Technology2632-21537916.013
114Energy & Environmental Science1754-570611319839.714
115Nature Reviews Earth & Environment2662-138X194237.214
116Lancet Planetary Health2542-5196479428.750
117Nature Climate Change1758-67984397028.660
118Annual Review of Plant Biology1545-21232580328.310
119Nature Sustainability2398-96291071127.157
120TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES1879-307X3668824.482
121Nature Human Behaviour2397-33741120424.252
122National Science Review2053-714X1050823.178
123TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE1878-43723249222.012
124Molecular Plant1752-98672024221.949
125BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES1469-18251287221.357
126Science Bulletin2095-92811351720.577
127BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE1473-04803669018.473
128Annual Review of Environment and Resources1545-2050687017.909
129Nature Communications2041-172360473517.694
130Nature Plants2055-02781300717.352
131PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW1532-7957984316.161
132npj Digital Medicine2398-6352516715.357
133Science Advances2375-254810406814.957
134One Earth2590-3322221514.944
135AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS1536-0075361214.676
136REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY1572-9826518514.284
137JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS1873-333618710214.224
138REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT1879-07048610313.850
139FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT1540-93091520913.780
140RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING1879-06583786113.716
141Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry2214-1588115413.622
142Environmental Chemistry Letters1610-36611079113.615
143WATER RESEARCH1879-244814888813.400
144ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL1873-67506183413.352
145Annual Review of Animal Biosciences2165-8110194413.341
146PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL1467-76521634513.263
147GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY1365-24866641013.211
148Journal of Sport and Health Science2213-2961377313.077
149Journal of Advanced Research2090-1224820712.822
150PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA1091-649086045012.779
151npj Clean Water2059-7037123112.190
152PLANT CELL1532-298X6731912.085
153SPORTS MEDICINE1179-20352802311.928
154Earth System Science Data1866-3516846211.815
155CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY1547-65371153811.750
156Environmental Science & Technology LettersN/A844411.558
157Biochar2524-786785111.452
158ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY1520-585125994511.357
159GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS1872-94952615311.160
160Journal of Cleaner Production1879-178625023111.072
161EXERCISE IMMUNOLOGY REVIEW1077-5552117011.067
162Research2639-5274346711.036
163ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES1552-99245175211.035
164Annual Review of Phytopathology1545-21071107610.850
165SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT1879-102632822810.753
166NEW PHYTOLOGIST1469-81378271410.323
167Journal of Environmental Informatics1684-8799101610.220
168Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change1757-7799623810.072

Top 10 journals

1. CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS
2. LANCET
3. NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
4. JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
5. NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY
6. NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY
7. NATURE REVIEWS IMMUNOLOGY
8. Lancet Respiratory Medicine
9. BMJ-British Medical Journal
10. NATURE MEDICINE