Open Access Social science Journals
A list of Open Access Social science journals for you to publish your manuscript in
Social science is academic discipline concerned with society and the relationships
A journal article is 'open access' when there are no financial, legal or technical barriers to accessing it - that is to say when anyone can read, download, distribute, print, and search it.
This list of Social science OA journals will hopefully make it easier for you to have a better idea regarding where your want to publish your Social science manuscript.
We made this list which includes all the high-impact factor Social science journals that might be relevant to your field of study.We've made this extensive list of open access Social science journals so you can get a better overview of all the journals where you can publish open access.Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Social science venue for your manuscript.
The DOAJ columns refers to the The Directory of Open Access Journals, a list of open access journals, maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access.
There are certain criteria a journal must meet to be indexed by DOAJ, and thus inclusion in the DOAJ index is seen by scholars as a mark of quality.
All the open access Social science journals in this list are indexed in OA.mg.
If you spot any mistakes in this table of Social science OA journals, don’t hesitate to send us an email.
Name | ISSN | DOAJ | Publisher | No. of Papers | Citations | Relevance▼ | Website |
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International journal of philosophical research | 2688-5352 | eSciPub LLC | 1 | 0 | 100 | ||
The open family studies journal | 1874-9224 | Bentham Science | 2 | 1 | 100 | ||
Sustainable energy | 2372-2134 | Science and Education Publishing Co., Ltd. | 1 | 1 | 100 | ||
American journal of social research | 2641-3302 | eSciPub LLC | 1 | 0 | 100 | ||
Proceedings of the International Conference on multidisciplinary Research | 1694-3597 | Society for Research and Knowledge Management | 2 | 0 | 100 | ||
Innovation & management review | 2515-8961 | ☑ | 135 | 336 | 85.2 | Website | |
The qualitative report | 2160-3715 | ☑ | Nova Southeastern University | 481 | 128 | 71.7 | Website |
Journal of mediation & applied conflict analysis | 2009-7107 | Maynooth University | 115 | 41 | 71.3 | ||
International journal of tourism & hospitality reviews | 2395-7654 | GIAP Journals | 20 | 19 | 70 | ||
European journal of management and business economics | 2444-8451 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 76 | 305 | 68.4 | Website |
Higher education evaluation and development | 2514-5789 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 50 | 130 | 68 | Website |
International journal of supply chain management | 2518-4709 | IPR Journals and Books (International Peer Reviewed Journals and Books) | 12 | 2 | 66.7 | ||
Informes | 2386-9860 | Universitat de Valencia | 3 | 0 | 66.7 | ||
Nepalese Journal of Qualitative Research Methods | 2071-3258 | Nepal Journals Online | 6 | 37 | 66.7 | ||
Engineer | 1800-1122 | Sri Lanka Journals Online | 98 | 11 | 64.3 | ||
International Journal of Contemporary Islamic Education | 2715-4572 | IAIN Palu | 39 | 9 | 64.1 | ||
Asia Pacific journal of innovation and entrepreneurship | 2071-1395 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 125 | 1235 | 63.2 | Website |
Journal of research in innovative teaching & learning | 2397-7604 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 118 | 500 | 62.7 | Website |
Journal of work-applied management | 2205-149X | ☑ | 120 | 733 | 62.5 | Website | |
International journal of qualitative methods | 1609-4069 | ☑ | SAGE | 447 | 891 | 62.4 | Website |
AAOU Journal | 1858-3431 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP ) | 50 | 93 | 62 | Website |
Revista de análisis turístico | 1885-2564 | ☑ | 31 | 116 | 61.3 | ||
Research in Accounting Journal | 2715-7881 | Yayasan Riset dan Pengembangan Intelektual | 5 | 1 | 60 | ||
Humanities & social sciences reviews | 2395-6518 | 853 | 347 | 59 | |||
Seikei ronsō (Tokyo. 1926) | 0387-3285 | ☑ | 19 | 60 | 57.9 | ||
Cleaner and responsible consumption | 2666-7843 | ☑ | Elsevier | 71 | 118 | 57.7 | Website |
African journal of education and practice | 2519-0296 | IPR Journals and Books (International Peer Reviewed Journals and Books) | 37 | 3 | 56.8 | ||
Spanish Journal of Marketing - ESIC | 2444-9695 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 127 | 1471 | 56.7 | Website |
Journal of industry-university collaboration | 2631-357X | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 23 | 66 | 56.5 | Website |
SSM - Qualitative Research in Health | 2667-3215 | ☑ | Elsevier | 141 | 41 | 56 | Website |
Journal of exploratory studies in law and management | 2375-9887 | Definitive International Institute of Life Science (DIILI Publication) | 9 | 3 | 55.6 | ||
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being | 1748-2623 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 1121 | 13120 | 54.8 | Website |
Applied economic analysis | 2632-7627 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 39 | 46 | 53.8 | Website |
Global qualitative nursing research | 2333-3936 | ☑ | SAGE | 239 | 1812 | 53.6 | Website |
International journal of crowd science | 2398-7294 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 43 | 35 | 53.5 | Website |
RAUSP Management Journal | 2531-0488 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 192 | 613 | 52.6 | Website |
Educational Research | 2141-5161 | International Research Journals (OMICS) | 61 | 13 | 52.5 | ||
International hospitality review | 2516-8142 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 101 | 198 | 52.5 | Website |
Social Inclusion | 2183-2803 | ☑ | Cogitatio | 828 | 4365 | 51.9 | Website |
Journal of humanities and applied social sciences | 2632-279X | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 83 | 100 | 51.8 | Website |
Journal of tourism futures | 2055-5911 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 348 | 2436 | 50.3 | Website |
International journal of humanities and social science research. (Delhi) | 2455-2070 | AkiNik Publications | 2 | 0 | 50 | ||
Bridging humanities | 2542-5099 | Brill | 2 | 1 | 50 | ||
The advance journal | 2643-7031 | 48 | 11 | 50 | |||
Indonesian Journal of Community Empowerment | 2745-6951 | Faculty of Entrepreneurship Universitas Garut | 6 | 0 | 50 | ||
Modern supply chain research and applications | 2631-3871 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 42 | 272 | 50 | Website |
Manthiq : jurnal filsafat agama dan pemikiran Islam | 2527-3337 | Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Bengkulu | 2 | 0 | 50 | ||
International journal of multidisciplinary education and research | 2455-4588 | AkiNik Publications | 2 | 0 | 50 | ||
Journal of advanced research in economics and administrative sciences | 2708-9320 | Baynoon Centre for Studies and Development | 52 | 18 | 50 | ||
Vilakshan | 0973-1954 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 62 | 65 | 50 | Website |
West East journal of social sciences | 2168-7307 | West East Institute LLC | 26 | 8 | 50 | ||
Wedana | 2460-965X | UIR Press | 10 | 0 | 50 | ||
Revista gestión universitaria | 2523-2495 | ECORFAN | 14 | 1 | 50 | ||
International journal of entrepreneurship and project management | 2518-2838 | IPR Journals and Books (International Peer Reviewed Journals and Books) | 6 | 1 | 50 | ||
Studier i pædagogisk filosofi | 2246-8587 | Aarhus University Library | 2 | 0 | 50 | ||
International Journal of Synergy and Research | 2083-0025 | Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-SkÅodowskiej w Lublinie | 56 | 82 | 50 | ||
Bridges | 2291-6490 | McMaster University Library | 8 | 4 | 50 | ||
Asian Journal of Economics and Banking | 2615-9821 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 65 | 53 | 49.2 | Website |
China political economy | 2516-1652 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 76 | 54 | 48.7 | Website |
American journal of qualitative research | 2576-2141 | Modestum Limited | 97 | 291 | 48.5 | ||
Studies in engineering education | 2690-5450 | ☑ | Virginia Tech Libraries | 33 | 47 | 48.5 | Website |
Electronic journal of business research methods | 1477-7029 | Academic Conferences International Ltd | 31 | 14 | 48.4 | ||
Journal of Accounting and Investment | 2622-3899 | ☑ | Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta | 131 | 62 | 48.1 | Website |
Qualitative sociology review | 1733-8077 | ☑ | Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz) | 715 | 1392 | 48.1 | Website |
Asian Journal of Islamic Management | 2722-2330 | ☑ | 42 | 15 | 47.6 | Website | |
SEISENSE business review | 2788-7561 | SEISENSE Private, Ltd. | 19 | 12 | 47.4 | ||
Journal of sustainable marketing | 2766-0117 | Luminous Insights LLC | 19 | 8 | 47.4 | ||
Sustainable business and society in emerging economies | 2708-2172 | ☑ | CSRC Publishing, Center for Sustainability Research and Consultancy | 116 | 10 | 47.4 | Website |
International Journal of Contemporary Islamic Law and Society | 2715-4580 | IAIN Palu | 38 | 4 | 47.4 | ||
Journal of social inclusion | 1836-8808 | ☑ | School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University | 184 | 597 | 47.3 | Website |
Journal of transformative praxis | 2717-5081 | Nepal Journals Online | 17 | 1 | 47.1 | ||
RMC journal of social sciences and humanities | 2708-499X | RMC Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Research and Management Consultants (Pvt) Ltd | 17 | 5 | 47.1 | ||
European journal of management issues | 2519-8564 | ☑ | Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University | 51 | 7 | 47.1 | Website |
Religion and Gender | 1878-5417 | Brill | 438 | 537 | 46.8 | ||
International journal of supply chain and logistics | 2520-3983 | CARI Journals Limited | 105 | 16 | 46.7 | ||
African Journal of Disability | 2223-9170 | ☑ | AOSIS | 317 | 1960 | 46.7 | Website |
South African journal of business management | 2078-5585 | ☑ | AOSIS | 84 | 27 | 46.4 | Website |
Journal of business and strategic management | 2520-0402 | CARI Journals Limited | 69 | 24 | 46.4 | ||
Review of communication research | 2255-4165 | ☑ | International Society for Interdisciplinary Communication Studies | 41 | 497 | 46.3 | Website |
PSU research review | 2398-4007 | ☑ | 136 | 497 | 46.3 | Website | |
Journal of Asian business and economic studies | 2515-964X | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 99 | 493 | 45.5 | Website |
Al-Falah | 2548-3102 | ☑ | STAIN Curup | 77 | 8 | 45.5 | Website |
The Irish journal of occupational therapy | 0791-8437 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 66 | 98 | 45.5 | |
Rajagiri Management Journal | 0972-9968 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 53 | 101 | 45.3 | Website |
Open Review of Educational Research | 2326-5507 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 73 | 749 | 45.2 | Website |
el-Buhuth | 2621-9972 | IAIN Samarinda | 20 | 2 | 45 | ||
Public administration and policy | 1727-2645 | ☑ | Emerald (MCB UP) | 99 | 133 | 44.4 | Website |
Serendipities | 2521-0947 | ☑ | Aarhus University Library | 45 | 18 | 44.4 | Website |
Indonesian Journal of Medical Anthropology | 2745-536X | Universitas Sumatera Utara | 18 | 2 | 44.4 | ||
Journal of Airline and Airport Management | 2014-4865 | ☑ | Omnia Publisher SL | 61 | 147 | 44.3 | Website |
Managere | 2721-1045 | ☑ | Perkumpulan Manajer Pendidikan Islam (PERMAPENDIS) Indonesia | 77 | 13 | 44.2 | Website |
Al-Tanzim : jurnal manajemen pendidikan Islam | 2549-3663 | ☑ | Universitas Nurul Jadid | 163 | 82 | 44.2 | Website |
ECNU review of education | 2096-5311 | ☑ | SAGE | 220 | 548 | 44.1 | Website |
Quality, Innovation, Prosperity | 1335-1745 | ☑ | Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling | 256 | 952 | 44.1 | Website |
Australian Journal of Clinical Education | 2207-4791 | ☑ | Bond University | 69 | 9 | 43.5 | Website |
Methodological innovations | 2059-7991 | ☑ | SAGE | 69 | 95 | 43.5 | Website |
International Journal of Educational Management and Innovation | 2716-2338 | Universitas Ahmad Dahlan | 67 | 10 | 43.3 | ||
Journal of Leadership in Organizations | 2656-8810 | ☑ | Universitas Gadjah Mada | 37 | 26 | 43.2 | Website |
Journal of critical thought & praxis | 2325-1204 | Iowa State University | 169 | 341 | 43.2 | ||
Journal of local government issues | 2620-3812 | Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang | 44 | 5 | 43.2 |