The following is a partial list of social science journals, including
history
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...
and
area studies
Area studies (also known as regional studies) are interdisciplinary fields of research and scholarship pertaining to particular geographical, national/ federal, or cultural regions. The term exists primarily as a general description for what ...
. There are thousands of
academic journals
An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...
covering the
social science
Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of so ...
s in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past. The list given here is far from exhaustive, and contains the most influential, currently publishing journals in each field. As a rule of thumb, each field should be represented by at most ten positions, chosen by their
impact factor
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as ...
s and other ratings. There are many important academic magazines that are not true peer-reviewed journals. They are not listed here.
For a list of periodicals in the physical, life, and applied sciences, see
List of scientific journals
The following is a partial list of scientific journals. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past. The list given here is far from exhaustive, only containing some of ...
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Anthropology
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American Anthropologist
''American Anthropologist'' is the flagship journal of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), published quarterly by Wiley. The "New Series" began in 1899 under an editorial board that included Franz Boas, Daniel G. Brinton, and John W ...
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Chungara''
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Cultural Survival''
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Current Anthropology
''Current Anthropology'' is a peer-reviewed anthropology academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press for the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Founded in 1959 by the anthropologist Sol Tax1907-1995. ''Current A ...
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Evolutionary Anthropology
Evolutionary anthropology, the interdisciplinary study of the evolution of human physiology and human behaviour and of the relation between hominids and non-hominid primates, builds on natural science and on social science. Various fields and ...
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Social Evolution & History
''Social Evolution & History'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal focused on the development of human societies in the past, present, and future. In addition to original research articles, ''Social Evolution & History'' includes critical notes a ...
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Structure and Dynamics: eJournal of the Anthropological and Related Sciences''
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Terrain
Terrain or relief (also topographical relief) involves the vertical and horizontal dimensions of land surface. The term bathymetry is used to describe underwater relief, while hypsometry studies terrain relative to sea level. The Latin wo ...
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Archaeology
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African Archaeological Review''
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American Antiquity
The professional journal ''American Antiquity'' is published by Cambridge University Press for the Society for American Archaeology, an organization of professional archaeologists of the Americas. The journal is considered to be the flagship jou ...
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American Journal of Archaeology''
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Ancient TL''
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Antiquity''
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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy''
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International Journal of South American Archaeology''
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Journal of Archaeological Science
The ''Journal of Archaeological Science'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers "the development and application of scientific techniques and methodologies to all areas of archaeology". The journal was established in 1974 by Acad ...
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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology''
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Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory''
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Latin American Antiquity
''Latin American Antiquity'' is a professional journal published by the Society for American Archaeology, the largest organization of professional archaeologists of the Americas in the world. Published since 1990 as a sister journal to '' Americ ...
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Area studies
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Abbia: Cameroon Cultural Review''
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American Journal of Chinese Studies
The ''American Journal of Chinese Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Association for Chinese Studies. It covers research in all social science disciplines "dealing with Taiwan, China and locales with significa ...
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American Quarterly''
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Azure''
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Central Asia Monitor''
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Central Asian Review''
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Central European Journal of International and Security Studies''
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Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe''
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Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies''
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Iranian Studies Journal''
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Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt''
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Journal of Asian Studies
''The Journal of Asian Studies'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Association for Asian Studies, covering Asian studies, ranging from history, the arts, social sciences, to phil ...
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Journal of Japanese Studies
''The Journal of Japanese Studies'' (JJS) is the most influential journal dealing with research on Japan in the United States. It is a multidisciplinary forum for communicating new information, new interpretations, and recent research results con ...
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Journal of Latin American Studies''
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Journal of Modern Greek Studies
The ''Journal of Modern Greek Studies'' is an academic journal founded in 1983, and is the official publication of the Modern Greek Studies Association. It is devoted to the study of social, cultural, and political affairs in modern Greece, define ...
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Journal of Near Eastern Studies
The ''Journal of Near Eastern Studies'' is an academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press, covering research on the ancient and medieval civilisations of the Near East, including their archaeology, art, history, literature, lin ...
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Monumenta Nipponica
''Monumenta Nipponica'' is a semi-annual academic journal of Japanese studies. Published by Sophia University (Tokyo), it is one of the oldest English-language academic journals in the field of Asian studies, being founded in 1938. Although the jo ...
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Norte Grande Geography Journal
''Norte Grande Geography Journal'' or ''Revista de geografía Norte Grande'' is an academic journal published by the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (''PUC or UC Chile'') ( es, Pontificia ...
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Pacific Northwest Quarterly
''Pacific Northwest Quarterly'' (commonly referred to as ''PNQ'') is a peer-reviewed academic journal of history that publishes scholarship relating to the Pacific Northwest of the United States, including Alaska, and adjacent areas of western Can ...
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Palestine-Israel Journal''
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Problems of Post-Communism''
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Revista Universum
''Universum'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal specialising in social sciences and humanities of Latin America. It is published by the Instituto de Estudios Humanísticos Abate Juan Ignacio Molina (University of Talca) and is also financed by th ...
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Sarmatian Review
The ''Sarmatian Review'' () is an English-language peer-reviewed academic tri-quarterly journal devoted to Slavistics (the study of the histories, cultures, and societies of the Slavic nations of Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe).
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SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research
The ''SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research'' is an academic journal specializing in Burma studies and history that was published twice a year at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. It was last published in 2008.
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Business, management & organization theory
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Academy of Management Review''
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Academy of Management Journal''
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Business and Professional Communication Quarterly''
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Business Process Management Journal''
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International Marketing Review''
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International Small Business Journal''
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Journal of Media Business Studies
The ''Journal of Media Business Studies'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers business aspects of media enterprises. Aspects including media economics, strategic management, marketing, entrepreneurship , and finance . The j ...
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Management Science
Management science (or managerial science) is a wide and interdisciplinary study of solving complex problems and making strategic decisions as it pertains to institutions, corporations, governments and other types of organizational entities. It is ...
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Measuring Business Excellence''
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Organization Development Journal''
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Organization Science''
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Administrative Science Quarterly
''Administrative Science Quarterly'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of organizational studies. The journal was established in 1956 and is published by SAGE Publications for the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Mana ...
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Journal of Management''
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Strategic Management Journal''
Communication
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Communication Monographs''
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Communication Research
Communication studies or communication science is an academic discipline that deals with processes of human communication and behavior, patterns of communication in interpersonal relationships, social interactions and communication in different ...
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Communication Theory''
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Human Communication Research''
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Journal of Communication
The ''Journal of Communication'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles and book reviews on a broad range of issues in communication theory and research. It was established in 1951 and the current editor-in-chief ...
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Demography
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Canadian Studies in Population''
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Demography
Demography () is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings.
Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups defined by criteria such as edu ...
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International Migration Review''
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Journal of Population Economics
The ''Journal of Population Economics'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research on economic and demographic problems. It is the official journal of the European Society of Population Economics and is published by Springe ...
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Population and Development Review
''Population and Development Review'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell
Wiley-Blackwell is an international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons. It was f ...
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Economics
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American Economic Review''
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Economic Journal
''The Economic Journal'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal of economics published on behalf of the Royal Economic Society by Oxford University Press. The journal was established in 1891 and publishes papers from all areas of economics.The edito ...
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Journal of Economic Literature
The ''Journal of Economic Literature'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal, published by the American Economic Association, that surveys the academic literature in economics. It was established in 1963 as the ''Journal of Economic Abstracts'', ''
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Journal of Financial Economics
The ''Journal of Financial Economics'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Elsevier, covering the field of finance. It is considered to be one of the premier finance journals. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journa ...
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Journal of Political Economy''
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Quarterly Journal of Economics
''The Quarterly Journal of Economics'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Oxford University Press for the Harvard University Department of Economics. Its current editors-in-chief are Robert J. Barro, Lawrence F. Katz, Nathan ...
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Education and educational technology
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American Educational Research Journal
The ''American Educational Research Journal '' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of educational research. The editors are Ellen Goldring (Vanderbilt University), Angela Calabrese-Barton (University of Michigan), Mike Cunning ...
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American Journal of Education''
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College Teaching
''College Teaching'' (formerly ''Improving College & University Teaching'') is a quarterly cross-disciplinary academic journal focused on the subject of teaching in higher education and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, with special focus o ...
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Educational Administration Quarterly''
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Educational Researcher
''Educational Researcher'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of education. The editors-in-chief are Carolyn D. Herrington (Florida State University) and Jason A. Grissom (Vanderbilt University). It was established in 1972 an ...
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Educational Technology & Society''
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Harvard Educational Review
The ''Harvard Educational Review'' is an academic journal of opinion and research dealing with education, associated with the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and published by the Harvard Education Publishing Group. The journal was established ...
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Journal of Higher Education
''The Journal of Higher Education'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering higher education. The journal was established in 1930. It is published by Taylor & Francis. Previously, it was published by Ohio State University Press. The ...
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Research in Learning Technology
''Research in Learning Technology'' (''RLT'') is an open access peer-reviewed academic journal covering research in learning technology. The journal is currently known as ''Research in Learning Technology'' (since 2011), formerly known as ''ALT-J ...
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Review of Educational Research
The ''Review of Educational Research'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed review journal published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the American Educational Research Association. It was established in 1931 and covers all aspects of education and educat ...
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Studies in Higher Education''
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Teachers College Record''
Environmental social science
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Ecology and Society
''Ecology and Society'' (formerly ''Conservation Ecology'') is a quarterly open access interdisciplinary academic journal published by the Resilience Alliance. It covers an array of disciplines from the natural sciences, social sciences, and the ...
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Environmental Research Letters''
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Environmental Values
''Environmental Values'' started as a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal closely associated with the ecological economics movement, but also firmly based in applied ethics. Subjects covered are philosophy, economics, politics, sociology, geo ...
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Journal of Political Ecology
The ''Journal of Political Ecology'' is an annual open access peer-reviewed academic journal covering political ecology. It was established in 1994 as one of the first open access journals in the social sciences, by James B. Greenberg and Thoma ...
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Nature and Culture''
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Organization & Environment
''Organization & Environment'' (''O&E'') is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the fields of "sustainability management, policy and related social science.” The current editor-in-chief is Michael Russo (University of Oregon). Formerly i ...
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Population and Environment''
Geography
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Antipode''
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Area
Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an ope ...
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The Geographical Journal
''The Geographical Journal'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). It publishes papers covering research on all aspects of geography. It also publishes shorter ...
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Journal of Biogeography''
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Journal of Quaternary Science''
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Polar Research''
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The Professional Geographer
''The Professional Geographer'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal publishing short articles on all aspects of geography. The journal is published by Taylor and Francis on behalf of the American Association of Geographers. According t ...
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Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
The ''Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society.
According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2019 impa ...
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History
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American Historical Review
''The American Historical Review'' is a quarterly academic history journal and the official publication of the American Historical Association. It targets readers interested in all periods and facets of history and has often been described as the ...
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Journal of American History
''The Journal of American History'' is the official academic journal of the Organization of American Historians. It covers the field of American history and was established in 1914 as the ''Mississippi Valley Historical Review'', the official j ...
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Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt''
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Past & Present''
Interdisciplinary Social Science
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Asian Journal of Social Science''
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Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian
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Information & Media''
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The Social Science Journal''
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Surveillance & Society''
Law
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California Law Review
''California Law Review'' (also referred to as ''CLR'') is the journal of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. It was established in 1912. The application process consists of an anonymous write-on competition, with grades playing ...
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Harvard Law Review''
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Law & Critique''
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Michigan Law Review
The ''Michigan Law Review'' is an American law review and the flagship law journal of the University of Michigan Law School.
History
The ''Michigan Law Review'' was established in 1902, after Gustavus Ohlinger, a student in the Law Department ...
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Stanford Law Review
The ''Stanford Law Review'' (SLR) is a legal journal produced independently by Stanford Law School students. The journal was established in 1948 with future U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher as its first president. The review produces s ...
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Yale Law Journal''
Medicine
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Social Science & Medicine''
Planning
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Environment and Planning''
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Journal of Planning Education and Research''
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Journal of Planning History''
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Journal of Planning Literature
The ''Journal of Planning Literature'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes critical review articles and abstracts of recent literature in the field of urban and regional planning. The journal's editor-in-chief is Rachel Kleit (Ohio ...
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Planning Theory''
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Urban Geography
Urban geography is the subdiscipline of geography that derives from a study of cities and urban processes. Urban geographers and urbanists examine various aspects of urban life and the built environment. Scholars, activists, and the public have ...
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Political science
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American Journal of Political Science
The ''American Journal of Political Science'' is a journal published by the Midwest Political Science Association. It was formerly known as the ''Midwest Journal of Political Science''. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal ...
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American Political Science Review
The ''American Political Science Review'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all areas of political science. It is an official journal of the American Political Science Association and is published on their behalf by Cambri ...
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Annual Review of Political Science''
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Comparative Politics
Comparative politics is a field in political science characterized either by the use of the ''comparative method'' or other empirical methods to explore politics both within and between countries. Substantively, this can include questions relatin ...
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Journal of Conflict Resolution
The ''Journal of Conflict Resolution'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on international conflict and conflict resolution. It was established in 1957 and is published by Sage Publications. The editor-in-chief is Paul ...
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Journal of Democracy
The ''Journal of Democracy'' is a quarterly academic journal established in 1990 and an official publication of the National Endowment for Democracy's International Forum for Democratic Studies. It covers the study of democracy, democratic regim ...
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Journal of Politics & Society''
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Political Geography''
Psychology
Semiotics
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The American Journal of Semiotics ''The American Journal of Semiotics'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering semiotics. It was established in 1981 and is the official journal of the Semiotic Society of America. The journal publishes articles, responses or comments, and crit ...
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Semiotica
''Semiotica'' is an academic journal covering semiotics. It is the official journal of the International Association for Semiotic Studies.
Publication
Since 2000, the journal publishes five issues per year. It is published in English and French.
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Sign Systems Studies
''Sign Systems Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal on semiotics edited at the Department of Semiotics of the University of Tartu and published by the University of Tartu Press. It is the oldest periodical in the field. It was initially ...
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Social policy
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Critical Social Policy''
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Global Social Policy''
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International Journal of Social Welfare''
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Journal of Disability Policy Studies''
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Journal of European Social Policy''
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Social Choice and Welfare''
Social work
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Children & Society''
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Clinical Social Work Journal''
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International Social Work''
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Journal of Social Work
The ''Journal of Social Work'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in the field of social work. The editor-in-chief is Steven M. Sharlow. It was established in 2001 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
Abstracting ...
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Qualitative Social Work''
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Research on Social Work Practice
''Research on Social Work Practice'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in the field of social work, including community practice, organizational management, and the evaluation of social policies. The journal's editor-in-chief ...
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Sociology
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American Journal of Sociology''
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American Sociological Review
The ''American Sociological Review'' is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of sociology. It is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the American Sociological Association. It was established in 1936. The editors- ...
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Annual Review of Sociology
The ''Annual Review of Sociology'' is an annual peer-reviewed review journal published by Annual Reviews since 1975. It is abstracted and indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index. As of 2022, ''Journal Citation Reports'' gives the journal a ...
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British Journal of Sociology
''The British Journal of Sociology'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1950 at the London School of Economics. It represents the mainstream of sociological thinking and research and publishes high quality papers on all asp ...
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Social Forces
''Social Forces'' (formerly ''The Journal of Social Forces'') is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of social science published by Oxford University Press for the Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ...
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Tourism
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International Journal of Tourism Sciences''
Women's studies
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Asian Women
The evolution and history of women in Asia coincide with the evolution and history of Asian continent itself. They also correspond with the cultures that developed within the region. Asian women can be categorically grouped as women from the Asia ...
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Gender & Society
''Gender & Society'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in the field of gender studies. The editor-in-chief is Jo Reger (Oakland University). It was established in 1987 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in associ ...
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Journal of Women's Health''
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Psychology of Women Quarterly
''Psychology of Women Quarterly'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the fields of psychology and women's studies, focusing on the psychological health of women. The journal's editor is Dawn M. Szymanski, PhD (University of T ...
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Sex Roles
A gender role, also known as a sex role, is a social role encompassing a range of behaviors and attitudes that are generally considered acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for a person based on that person's sex. Gender roles are usually cente ...
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Women & Health''
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Women's Health Issues''
See also
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