16 established journals publish at least 20 % of their articles in General Social Sciences. 9 of them are fully open access, and at least 1 of those charge authors nothing (diamond open access). Highest recent citation rates: Journal of Social Work, International Social Work, Social Work.
16 journals
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| International Social WorkSAGE Publishing | 28 % | 95 | 1.36 | 74 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| European Journal of Social WorkTaylor & Francis | 26 % | 114 | 1.27 | 58 | Subscription |
| Journal of Social WorkSAGE Publishing | 21 % | 76 | 1.61 | 61 | Subscription; open access option 3 650 USD |
| Social WorkOxford University Press | 22 % | 53 | 1.33 | 125 | Subscription |
| Computational Communication Researchdiamond OAAmsterdam University Press | 21 % | 17 | 1.43 | 19 | None (diamond OA) |
| Journal of Appalachian StudiesUniversity of Illinois Press | 42 % | 24 | 0.30 | 18 | Subscription |
| Cuadernos de Trabajo SocialComplutense University of Madrid | 38 % | 38 | 0.28 | 15 | Open access, fee unknown |
| China Journal of Social WorkTaylor & Francis | 22 % | 22 | 0.75 | 23 | Subscription |
| Journal of Comparative Social WorkUniversity of Stavanger | 25 % | 14 | 0.62 | 14 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Ehquidad Revista Internacional de Políticas de Bienestar y Trabajo SocialAsociación Para el Progreso de la Biomedicina | 25 % | 32 | 0.36 | 10 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Trabajo SocialNational University of Colombia | 28 % | 35 | 0.28 | 11 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Social Work and Social WelfarePublisher unknown | 27 % | 10 | 0.44 | 7 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Janus Sosiaalipolitiikan ja sosiaalityön tutkimuksen aikakauslehtiInformaatiotutkimuksen yhdistys ITY | 22 % | 45 | 0.13 | 8 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Nsukka Journal of Religion and Cultural StudiesAfrican Journals OnLine | 22 % | 16 | 0.08 | 1 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Social work & societySocial Work & Society | 23 % | 27 | 0.02 | 28 | Open access, fee unknown |
| The Hong Kong Journal of Social WorkWorld Scientific | 22 % | 9 | 0.00 | 11 | Subscription |
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Journals in CWTS Journal Indicators Core or the Directory of Open Access Journals that published at least 20 articles in the last five years, mostly in English. "In this field" is the share of a journal's articles that OpenAlex classifies in General Social Sciences. Citation rate is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness, an open measure similar to the journal impact factor. Fees are taken from OpenAlex and DOAJ and can be out of date: always check the journal's own website before you submit.