Social Sciences journals

52 journals whose published work sits mainly in social sciences, with what each charges and how it is indexed.

Journals

52

Median charge

$3,290

Across 7 journals that publish a fee.

Free to publish

10

No article processing charge recorded in DOAJ.

Offer waivers

2

Journals that say they will waive the fee on request.

Social Sciences journals that charge nothing

10 of these journals record no article processing charge. Most are funded by a society, university or national body.

Lowest publication charges

JournalChargeWeeksh-index
Medicina (Ribeirão Preto)University of São PauloNo charge2429
Medicine Anthropology TheoryNo charge3824
ABCS Health SciencesFaculdade de Medicina do ABCNo charge2520
Anthropologie et santéAssociation Anthropologie Médicale Appliquée au Développement et à la SantéNo charge2414
Revista Brasileira de Farmácia Hospitalar e Serviços de SaúdeNo charge1011
Biological Products Prevention Diagnosis TreatmentNo charge89
Revista de Ciências da Saúde Nova EsperançaNo charge167
Revista Científica da Faculdade de Medicina de CamposNo charge217
Perspectivas em medicina legal e pericias medicasNo charge122
Slauga Mokslas ir praktikaNo charge122
Health sport rehabilitationH.S. Skovoroda Kharkov National Pedagogical University$150614
Etikk i praksis - Nordic Journal of Applied EthicsNorwegian University of Science and Technology Library$6181617
Journal of Ageing and Longevity$1,20769
Economics & Human BiologyElsevier BV$3,29088
The Medical Journal of AustraliaWiley$3,400261

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Most-cited social sciences journals

Journalh-indexCitednessAccessCharge
The LancetElsevier BV1,20819.9Subscription$7,890
The Medical Journal of AustraliaWiley2613.0Subscription$3,400
Journal of Urban HealthSpringer Science+Business Media1312.7Subscription$4,790
Culture Health & SexualityTaylor & Francis1011.6Subscription
Nurse ResearcherRoyal College of Nursing961.3Subscription
Economics & Human BiologyElsevier BV882.1Subscription$3,290
Journal of Korean Academy of NursingKorean Society of Nursing Science451.3Subscription
Kinesiology ReviewHuman Kinetics321.8Subscription
Medicina (Ribeirão Preto)University of São Paulo290.1OpenFree
Medicine Anthropology Theory240.9OpenFree
Learning Disability PracticeRoyal College of Nursing220.1Subscription
ABCS Health SciencesFaculdade de Medicina do ABC200.4OpenFree
Jurnal Keperawatan Silampari180.1Open
Etikk i praksis - Nordic Journal of Applied EthicsNorwegian University of Science and Technology Library170.4Open$618
Revista de Atenção à Saúde160.3Open
Revista de Ciências Médicas e BiológicasUniversidade Federal da Bahia150.1Open
Tijdschrift voor bedrijfs- en verzekeringsgeneeskundeBohn Stafleu van Loghum140.0Subscription
Anthropologie et santéAssociation Anthropologie Médicale Appliquée au Développement et à la Santé140.3OpenFree
Health sport rehabilitationH.S. Skovoroda Kharkov National Pedagogical University140.8Open$150
Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics130.4Open
JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCE120.1Open
Revista Brasileira de Farmácia Hospitalar e Serviços de Saúde110.7OpenFree
Pielegniarstwo XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st CenturyDe Gruyter Open100.4Open
Biological Products Prevention Diagnosis Treatment90.7OpenFree
Journal of Ageing and Longevity91.2Open$1,207

Ranked by h-index, an OpenAlex citation statistic. This is not a Journal Impact Factor and the two are not interchangeable — see our methodology.

All 52 social sciences journals