Select Sociology, Political Science, and Law journals you want to follow

Ranked by 1-year Impact Factor from the JCI 2012.

1. Harvard Law Review impact factor: 5.306 details
2. Annual Review of Sociology impact factor: 5.019 details
3. Stanford Law Review impact factor: 4.796 details
4. The Yale Law Journal impact factor: 4.380 details
5. Columbia Law Review impact factor: 4.130 details
6. American Sociological Review impact factor: 4.077 details
7. American Political Science Review impact factor: 3.933 details
8. Annals of Tourism Research impact factor: 3.683 details
9. American Journal of Sociology impact factor: 3.414 details
10. Social Networks impact factor: 3.381 details
11. Michigan Law Review impact factor: 3.367 details
12. Virginia Law Review impact factor: 3.240 details
13. Sociological Methodology impact factor: 3.167 details
14. Journal of Marriage and the Family impact factor: 3.006 details
15. Common Market Law Review impact factor: 3.000 details
16. Georgetown Law J impact factor: 2.976 details
17. University of Pennsylvania Law Review impact factor: 2.817 details
18. American Journal of Political Science impact factor: 2.811 details
19. Journal of Consumer Culture impact factor: 2.793 details
20. Psychology Public Policy and Law impact factor: 2.711 details
21. Global Environmental Politics impact factor: 2.630 details
22. Ucla Law Rev impact factor: 2.621 details
23. Tex Law Rev impact factor: 2.609 details
24. Sociological Theory impact factor: 2.594 details
25. Political Communication impact factor: 2.415 details
26. Law and Human Behavior impact factor: 2.388 details
27. California Law Review impact factor: 2.365 details
28. Duke Law Journal impact factor: 2.356 details
29. Political Analysis impact factor: 2.231 details
30. Minn Law Rev impact factor: 2.223 details
31. Journal of Peace Research impact factor: 2.191 details
32. New York U Law Rev impact factor: 2.174 details
33. Cornell Law Rev impact factor: 2.169 details
34. Political Geography impact factor: 2.108 details
35. Population and Development Review impact factor: 2.085 details
36. Socio-Economic Review impact factor: 2.059 details
37. Gender & Society impact factor: 2.000 details
38. International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics impact factor: 2.000 details
39. Perspectives on Politics impact factor: 1.963 details
40. New Political Economy impact factor: 1.930 details
41. Cornell Hospitality Quarterly impact factor: 1.892 details
42. Annual Review of Political Science impact factor: 1.884 details
43. Vanderbilt Law Rev impact factor: 1.868 details
44. Global Networks impact factor: 1.863 details
45. European Sociological Review impact factor: 1.860 details
46. Sociological Methods & Research impact factor: 1.844 details
47. Politics & Society impact factor: 1.833 details
48. Law & Society Review impact factor: 1.828 details
49. International Journal of Transitional Justice impact factor: 1.791 details
50. Social Problems impact factor: 1.782 details
51. European Union Politics impact factor: 1.774 details
52. Sociology of Health & Illness impact factor: 1.735 details
53. Legal and Criminological Psychology impact factor: 1.708 details
54. Journal of Conflict Resolution impact factor: 1.701 details
55. Sociology of Education impact factor: 1.697 details
56. British Journal of Sociology impact factor: 1.684 details
57. Comparative Political Studies impact factor: 1.673 details
58. Social Forces impact factor: 1.672 details
59. Review of International Political Economy impact factor: 1.661 details
60. Body & Society impact factor: 1.651 details
61. Regulation & Governance / REGULATION AND GOVERNANCE impact factor: 1.625 details
62. Journal of Political Philosophy / The Journal of Political Philosophy impact factor: 1.609 details
63. Harvard Environ Law impact factor: 1.607 details
64. Governance impact factor: 1.604 details
65. JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies impact factor: 1.603 details
66. Rural Sociology impact factor: 1.585 details
67. The Journal of Politics impact factor: 1.577 details
68. Economy and Society impact factor: 1.551 details
69. Sociological Quarterly impact factor: 1.545 details
70. Indiana Law J impact factor: 1.544 details
71. Public Opinion Quarterly impact factor: 1.522 details
72. The Review of International Organizations impact factor: 1.514 details
73. The University of Chicago Law Review impact factor: 1.511 details
74. Sociology impact factor: 1.504 details
75. Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology impact factor: 1.500 details
76. Qualitative Research impact factor: 1.487 details
77. New Left Rev impact factor: 1.485 details
78. British Journal of Political Science impact factor: 1.477 details
79. African Affairs impact factor: 1.474 details
80. Political Behavior impact factor: 1.474 details
81. Notre Dame Law Rev impact factor: 1.472 details
82. Environmental Politics impact factor: 1.467 details
83. Am J Law Med impact factor: 1.444 details
84. Political Psychology impact factor: 1.418 details
85. Poetics impact factor: 1.414 details
86. Discourse & Society impact factor: 1.410 details
87. International Political Sociology impact factor: 1.405 details
88. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion impact factor: 1.396 details
89. The International Journal of Press/Politics impact factor: 1.396 details
90. International Studies Quarterly impact factor: 1.391 details
91. European Journal of Political Research impact factor: 1.382 details
92. Harvard Int Law J impact factor: 1.381 details
93. Biodemography and Social Biology impact factor: 1.368 details
94. West European Politics impact factor: 1.368 details
95. Human Ecology impact factor: 1.361 details
96. Agriculture and Human Values impact factor: 1.355 details
97. Rev Cercet Interv So impact factor: 1.354 details
98. Iowa Law Rev impact factor: 1.352 details
99. J Am Acad Psychiatry impact factor: 1.342 details
100. Behavioral Sciences & the Law / BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AND THE LAW impact factor: 1.337 details
101. Harvard Civil Rights impact factor: 1.333 details
102. Work and Occupations impact factor: 1.324 details
103. Post-Soviet Affairs impact factor: 1.310 details
104. Psychology, Crime & Law impact factor: 1.305 details
105. Journal of Sport and Social Issues impact factor: 1.300 details
106. Fordham Law Rev impact factor: 1.289 details
107. Political Studies Review impact factor: 1.286 details
108. European Political Science Review impact factor: 1.275 details
109. American Business Law Journal impact factor: 1.273 details
110. Social Science Research impact factor: 1.266 details
111. Social Indicators Research impact factor: 1.264 details
112. Work, Employment and Society impact factor: 1.255 details
113. Sociological Inquiry impact factor: 1.241 details
114. Chinese Sociological Review impact factor: 1.222 details
115. Journal of Law and Society impact factor: 1.220 details
116. Wisc Law Rev impact factor: 1.208 details
117. Global Policy impact factor: 1.206 details
118. Harvard J Law Publ P impact factor: 1.187 details
119. Du Bois Review Social Science Research on Race impact factor: 1.174 details
120. Ethnic and Racial Studies impact factor: 1.169 details
121. The Journal of Law Medicine &amp Ethics impact factor: 1.169 details
122. J Democr impact factor: 1.147 details
123. Party Politics: The International Journal for the Study of Political Parties and Political Organizations impact factor: 1.141 details
124. Harvard J Legis impact factor: 1.133 details
125. European Journal of Political Economy impact factor: 1.132 details
126. International Theory impact factor: 1.129 details
127. International Review for the Sociology of Sport impact factor: 1.125 details
128. American Law and Economics Review impact factor: 1.125 details
129. Law &amp Policy impact factor: 1.125 details
130. Quarterly Journal of Political Science impact factor: 1.120 details
131. Review of Policy Research impact factor: 1.113 details
132. Media, Culture & Society impact factor: 1.092 details
133. Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism impact factor: 1.089 details
134. Annual Review of Law and Social Science impact factor: 1.080 details
135. Sociology of Religion impact factor: 1.079 details
136. George Wash Law Rev impact factor: 1.075 details
137. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies impact factor: 1.067 details
138. International Studies Review impact factor: 1.063 details
139. Public Administration impact factor: 1.062 details
140. Antitrust Law J impact factor: 1.048 details
141. Political Research Quarterly impact factor: 1.044 details
142. Society & Natural Resources impact factor: 1.034 details
143. Journal of Public Policy impact factor: 1.033 details
144. Sociologia Ruralis impact factor: 1.022 details
145. Leisure Sciences impact factor: 1.018 details
146. Boston U Law Rev impact factor: 1.014 details
147. Hastings Law J impact factor: 1.014 details
148. Policy Studies Journal impact factor: 1.014 details
149. Anthrozoos A Multidisciplinary Journal of The Interactions of People & Animals impact factor: 1.000 details
150. Journal of Sociology impact factor: 1.000 details
151. Publius The Journal of Federalism impact factor: 1.000 details
152. Journal of International Economic Law impact factor: 0.985 details
153. The American Journal of International Law impact factor: 0.977 details
154. British Journal of Sociology of Education impact factor: 0.976 details
155. Legislative Studies Quarterly impact factor: 0.976 details
156. International and Comparative Law Quarterly impact factor: 0.962 details
157. Ocean Development & International Law impact factor: 0.944 details
158. International Journal of Intercultural Relations impact factor: 0.940 details
159. Bus Lawyer impact factor: 0.935 details
160. Journal of Law Economics and Organization impact factor: 0.932 details
161. Social Science Quarterly impact factor: 0.930 details
162. Language in Society impact factor: 0.929 details
163. Political Studies impact factor: 0.917 details
164. Admin Law Rev impact factor: 0.910 details
165. Journal of Competition Law and Economics impact factor: 0.899 details
166. Youth & Society impact factor: 0.897 details
167. Electoral Studies impact factor: 0.887 details
168. Politics and Gender impact factor: 0.882 details
169. Public Choice impact factor: 0.878 details
170. Journal of Mathematical Sociology impact factor: 0.875 details
171. The American Journal of Comparative Law impact factor: 0.873 details
172. Hum Ecol Rev impact factor: 0.871 details
173. J Leisure Res impact factor: 0.870 details
174. The Journal of Legal Studies impact factor: 0.867 details
175. Review of African Political Economy impact factor: 0.862 details
176. European Journal of Sociology impact factor: 0.857 details
177. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science impact factor: 0.856 details
178. Am Crim Law Rev impact factor: 0.854 details
179. The Washington Quarterly impact factor: 0.851 details
180. City and Community impact factor: 0.850 details
181. South Calif Law Rev impact factor: 0.846 details
182. New Republic impact factor: 0.844 details
183. Sociological Forum impact factor: 0.833 details
184. Social Justice Research impact factor: 0.829 details
185. The Journal of Law and Economics impact factor: 0.828 details
186. Columbia J Trans Law impact factor: 0.828 details
187. Journal of Strategic Studies impact factor: 0.817 details
188. Parliamentary Affairs impact factor: 0.814 details
189. European Journal of Social Theory impact factor: 0.811 details
190. Symbolic Interaction impact factor: 0.811 details
191. U Illinois Law Rev impact factor: 0.808 details
192. Sociological Review impact factor: 0.806 details
193. European Law Journal impact factor: 0.803 details
194. Comparative Studies in Society and History impact factor: 0.800 details
195. Government and Opposition impact factor: 0.800 details
196. Am Bankrupt Law J impact factor: 0.793 details
197. Food Culture and Society An International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research impact factor: 0.778 details
198. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography impact factor: 0.776 details
199. Journal of Environmental Law impact factor: 0.767 details
200. Terrorism and Political Violence impact factor: 0.766 details
201. Sociological Perspectives impact factor: 0.763 details
202. Policy & Politics impact factor: 0.758 details
203. Rationality and Society impact factor: 0.757 details
204. Medical Law Review impact factor: 0.755 details
205. Mobilization impact factor: 0.750 details
206. The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context impact factor: 0.750 details
207. Comparative Politics impact factor: 0.750 details
208. Geopolitics impact factor: 0.744 details
209. Scandinavian Political Studies impact factor: 0.743 details
210. Current Sociology impact factor: 0.741 details
211. Citizenship Studies impact factor: 0.738 details
212. International Sociology impact factor: 0.732 details
213. State Politics & Policy Quarterly impact factor: 0.732 details
214. Sociol Sport J impact factor: 0.727 details
215. British Journal of Politics & International Relations impact factor: 0.725 details
216. Polit Ekon impact factor: 0.722 details
217. Studies in Comparative International Development impact factor: 0.722 details
218. Mediterranean Politics impact factor: 0.722 details
219. Acta Sociologica impact factor: 0.714 details
220. Survival impact factor: 0.712 details
221. Human Rights Quarterly impact factor: 0.710 details
222. Journal of International Criminal Justice impact factor: 0.705 details
223. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry impact factor: 0.704 details
224. Political Theory: An International Journal of Political Philosophy impact factor: 0.703 details
225. Information Communication & Society impact factor: 0.700 details
226. Sexualities impact factor: 0.690 details
227. Buffalo Law Rev impact factor: 0.690 details
228. Local Government Studies impact factor: 0.690 details
229. British Politics impact factor: 0.689 details
230. Chinese Journal of International Law impact factor: 0.672 details
231. American Politics Research impact factor: 0.667 details
232. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies impact factor: 0.662 details
233. European Journal of International Law impact factor: 0.659 details
234. International Journal of Comparative Sociology impact factor: 0.652 details
235. Czech Sociological Review impact factor: 0.652 details
236. Law & Social Inquiry impact factor: 0.644 details
237. Contemporary Politics impact factor: 0.635 details
238. Wash Law Rev impact factor: 0.634 details
239. Cooperation and Conflict impact factor: 0.627 details
240. Mon Rev impact factor: 0.625 details
241. Sociological Research Online impact factor: 0.619 details
242. Theory and Society impact factor: 0.614 details
243. Feminist Legal Studies impact factor: 0.609 details
244. The Political Quarterly impact factor: 0.605 details
245. Z Soziol impact factor: 0.604 details
246. Politics impact factor: 0.604 details
247. Qualitative Sociology impact factor: 0.603 details
248. Rutgers Law Rev impact factor: 0.600 details
249. Democratization impact factor: 0.598 details
250. International Review of Law and Economics impact factor: 0.594 details
251. University of Pittsburgh Law Review impact factor: 0.591 details
252. Economics and Politics impact factor: 0.583 details
253. Judicature impact factor: 0.583 details
254. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism impact factor: 0.577 details
255. Nations and Nationalism impact factor: 0.566 details
256. European Journal of Migration and Law impact factor: 0.564 details
257. Studies in American Political Development impact factor: 0.562 details
258. Journal of Policy History impact factor: 0.553 details
259. Journal of International Relations and Development impact factor: 0.553 details
260. Ethnography impact factor: 0.551 details
261. Young impact factor: 0.550 details
262. European Societies impact factor: 0.548 details
263. Journal of Theoretical Politics impact factor: 0.548 details
264. Men and Masculinities impact factor: 0.547 details
265. Comparative European Politics impact factor: 0.547 details
266. Int J Confl Violence impact factor: 0.512 details
267. International Journal of Constitutional Law impact factor: 0.506 details
268. Compet Policy Int impact factor: 0.500 details
269. European Constitutional Law Review impact factor: 0.500 details
270. Leiden Journal of International Law impact factor: 0.494 details
271. Deviant Behavior impact factor: 0.492 details
272. Social & Legal Studies impact factor: 0.489 details
273. Medicine, Science and the Law impact factor: 0.484 details
274. KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie impact factor: 0.481 details
275. International Political Science Review impact factor: 0.474 details
276. Latin American Perspectives: A Journal on Capitalism and Socialism impact factor: 0.474 details
277. Political Science Quarterly impact factor: 0.465 details
278. Europe Asia Studies impact factor: 0.464 details
279. World Trade Review impact factor: 0.459 details
280. Nation impact factor: 0.454 details
281. Canadian Journal of Sociology impact factor: 0.448 details
282. Canadian Review of Sociology impact factor: 0.444 details
283. Crime, Media, Culture impact factor: 0.441 details
284. Sociological Spectrum impact factor: 0.441 details
285. Osterr Z Politwiss impact factor: 0.438 details
286. Health Sociology Review impact factor: 0.435 details
287. Armed Forces & Society impact factor: 0.426 details
288. Swiss Political Science Review impact factor: 0.425 details
289. Polity impact factor: 0.422 details
290. Dissent impact factor: 0.421 details
291. Asian J Wto Int Heal impact factor: 0.419 details
292. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law impact factor: 0.418 details
293. Rev Cienc Polit Sant impact factor: 0.413 details
294. J Aust Polit Econ impact factor: 0.412 details
295. Politische Vierteljahresschrift impact factor: 0.412 details
296. Econ Soc Rev impact factor: 0.409 details
297. Modern Law Review / the modern law review impact factor: 0.407 details
298. South European Society & Politics impact factor: 0.406 details
299. Canadian Journal of Political Science impact factor: 0.405 details
300. East European Politics and Societies impact factor: 0.400 details
301. Political Science impact factor: 0.400 details
302. Lex localis - Journal of Local Self Government impact factor: 0.400 details
303. Law and Philosophy impact factor: 0.392 details
304. Cultural Sociology impact factor: 0.391 details
305. Ethics & Global Politics impact factor: 0.391 details
306. American Journal of Economics and Sociology impact factor: 0.389 details
307. Australian Journal of Political Science impact factor: 0.388 details
308. PS Political Science & Politics impact factor: 0.379 details
309. Society and Animals impact factor: 0.378 details
310. Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional impact factor: 0.377 details
311. Innovation The European Journal of Social Science Research impact factor: 0.375 details
312. Cathol U Law Rev impact factor: 0.375 details
313. Food Drug Law J impact factor: 0.373 details
314. European Political Science impact factor: 0.373 details
315. Communist and Post-Communist Studies / Communist and Post Communist Studies impact factor: 0.369 details
316. Eur Law Rev impact factor: 0.368 details
317. Race & Class impact factor: 0.367 details
318. Scottish Journal of Political Economy impact factor: 0.367 details
319. Journal of Human Rights impact factor: 0.365 details
320. International Feminist Journal of Politics impact factor: 0.364 details
321. Acta Politica impact factor: 0.361 details
322. J Copyright Soc Usa impact factor: 0.360 details
323. Urban Lawyer impact factor: 0.356 details
324. Problems of Post-Communism impact factor: 0.353 details
325. Politics, Philosophy & Economics impact factor: 0.351 details
326. Politikon South African Journal of Political Studies impact factor: 0.351 details
327. Sociologie du Travail impact factor: 0.341 details
328. J Legal Educ impact factor: 0.340 details
329. Review of Religious Research impact factor: 0.339 details
330. Contemporary Sociology impact factor: 0.333 details
331. Mil Law Rev impact factor: 0.333 details
332. Latin American Politics and Society impact factor: 0.327 details
333. Historical Materialism impact factor: 0.321 details
334. Journal of Legal Medicine impact factor: 0.314 details
335. Fam Law Quart impact factor: 0.311 details
336. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas impact factor: 0.308 details
337. German Politics impact factor: 0.306 details
338. Journal of the History of Sexuality impact factor: 0.300 details
339. European Journal of Law and Economics impact factor: 0.292 details
340. Cornell Int Law J impact factor: 0.289 details
341. Cambridge Review of International Affairs impact factor: 0.288 details
342. Rom J Polit Sci impact factor: 0.286 details
343. Berliner Journal für Soziologie impact factor: 0.283 details
344. International Politics impact factor: 0.278 details
345. Indep Rev impact factor: 0.273 details
346. Denver U Law Rev impact factor: 0.268 details
347. Issues Law Med impact factor: 0.267 details
348. U Cinci Law Rev impact factor: 0.263 details
349. Japanese Journal of Political Science impact factor: 0.263 details
350. The Forum impact factor: 0.259 details
351. Society impact factor: 0.257 details
352. Revista Internacional de Sociología impact factor: 0.254 details
353. Rev Esp Derecho Cons impact factor: 0.254 details
354. Social Compass impact factor: 0.250 details
355. Human Studies impact factor: 0.244 details
356. Sociologia impact factor: 0.240 details
357. Politics and Religion impact factor: 0.238 details
358. Contemporary Political Theory impact factor: 0.237 details
359. The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law impact factor: 0.235 details
360. Journal of Cold War Studies impact factor: 0.231 details
361. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights impact factor: 0.227 details
362. Journal of World Trade impact factor: 0.226 details
363. International Review of the Red Cross impact factor: 0.220 details
364. The Journal of World Energy Law & Business impact factor: 0.214 details
365. Journal of Women Politics & Policy / Journal of Women Politics and Policy impact factor: 0.214 details
366. Polit Gob impact factor: 0.211 details
367. Philippine Political Science Journal impact factor: 0.200 details
368. Drustvena istrazivanja impact factor: 0.189 details
369. Curr Hist impact factor: 0.189 details
370. Kriminol J impact factor: 0.185 details
371. Studies in Symbolic Interaction impact factor: 0.182 details
372. Stanford J Int Law impact factor: 0.176 details
373. Policy Rev impact factor: 0.175 details
374. Journal of Historical Sociology impact factor: 0.170 details
375. Melbourne University Law Review impact factor: 0.164 details
376. Columbia J Law Soc P impact factor: 0.156 details
377. Juvenile and Family Court Journal impact factor: 0.156 details
378. Hong Kong Law J impact factor: 0.154 details
379. International Insolvency Review impact factor: 0.150 details
380. Contributions to Indian Sociology impact factor: 0.148 details
381. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice impact factor: 0.147 details
382. Politix impact factor: 0.147 details
383. Convergencia impact factor: 0.145 details
384. European Business Organization Law Review impact factor: 0.143 details
385. Sotsiol Issled+ impact factor: 0.139 details
386. Revue Française de Sociologie impact factor: 0.137 details
387. Sociologus impact factor: 0.133 details
388. Hist Polit impact factor: 0.130 details
389. Rev Clad Reforma Dem impact factor: 0.119 details
390. J E Asia Int Law impact factor: 0.105 details
391. European History Quarterly impact factor: 0.093 details
392. Estudios constitucionales impact factor: 0.093 details
393. Rev Estud Polit impact factor: 0.093 details
394. Secur Regul Law J impact factor: 0.075 details
395. Commentary impact factor: 0.071 details
396. Filos Sociol impact factor: 0.068 details
397. Soziale Welt impact factor: 0.062 details
398. Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d Histoire du Droit / The Legal History Review impact factor: 0.059 details
399. Rev Econ Polit impact factor: 0.057 details
400. Deviance et Societe impact factor: 0.056 details
401. S Afr J Hum Rights impact factor: 0.051 details
402. Review of Central and East European Law impact factor: 0.050 details
403. Eastern European Countryside impact factor: 0.045 details
404. Russian Politics and Law impact factor: 0.044 details
405. Issues Stud impact factor: 0.043 details
406. Pol Sociol Rev impact factor: 0.038 details
407. Sociol Forsknin impact factor: 0.038 details
408. Chinese Sociology & Anthropology impact factor: 0.033 details
409. Int Polit Oslo impact factor: 0.033 details
410. Telos impact factor: 0.029 details
411. Sws Rundsch impact factor: 0.025 details
412. Stud Socjologiczne impact factor: 0.024 details
413. U Pa J Int Law impact factor: 0.022 details
414. Pensee impact factor: 0.018 details
415. J Afr Law impact factor: 0.000 details