List of Best Open Access Social Sciences Journal
| Rankings | Journal Title | Publisher | h5-index |
| 1 | International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences | Scientific Publishing House “DARWIN” | 33 |
| 2 | Asian Social Science | Canadian Center of Science and Education | 32 |
| 3 | Social Problems | International Agency for Development of Culture, Education and Science | 24 |
| 4 | Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences | Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research (MCSER) | 24 |
| 5 | International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences | Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS) | 22 |
| 6 | Crime, Law and Social Change | Springer Netherlands | 21 |
| 7 | Servico Social & Sociedade | Cortez Editora Ltda | 19 |
| 8 | Estudos Avancados | Universidade de Sao Paulo | 19 |
| 9 | Review of European Studies | Canadian Center of Science and Education | 18 |
| 10 | Revista Estudos Feministas | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | 17 |
| 11 | Cadernos EBAPE.BR | Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Escola Brasileira de Administracao Pública e de Empresas | 17 |
| 12 | Revista de Estudios Sociales | Universidad de los Andes | 14 |
| 13 | Aquichan | Universidad de La Sabana | 14 |
| 14 | Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race | Cambridge University Press | 14 |
| 15 | Caderno CRH | Universidade Fderal da Bahia | 13 |
| 16 | Journal of Competitiveness | Tomas Bata University, Zlín | 13 |
| 17 | Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais | Associacao Nacional de Pós-Graduacao e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais (ANPOCS) | 13 |
| 18 | Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Populacao | Associacao Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais | 13 |
| 19 | International Journal of Social Science and Humanity | International Economics Development and Research Center (IEDRC) | 13 |
| 20 | Journal of Social Sciences | Science Publications | 13 |
| 21 | Journal of Contemporary European Research | University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) | 13 |
| 22 | Open Journal of Social Sciences | Scientific Research Publishing | 12* |
| 23 | Panoeconomicus | Economists’ Association of Vojvodina | 12 |
| 24 | International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy | Queensland University of Technology | 12 |
| 25 | Sociedade e Estado | Universidade de Brasília | 12 |
| 26 | Athenea Digital | Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona | 12 |
| 27 | Dados: Revista de Ciências Sociais | Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro | 12 |
| 28 | Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais | Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra | 11 |
| 29 | Palabra Clave | Universidad de La Sabana | 11 |
| 30 | Advances in Social Work | Indiana University | 10 |
| 31 | Current Research Journal of Social Sciences | Maxwell Scientific Organization | 10 |
| 32 | Canadian Social Science | Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture | 10 |
| 33 | Análise Social | Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa | 10 |
| 34 | El ágora USB | Universidad de San Buenaventura | 10 |
| 35 | Ra Ximhai | Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México | 10 |
| 36 | Tempo Social | Universidade de Sao Paulo | 10 |
| 37 | Journal of Studies in Social Sciences | Infinity Press | 10 |
| 38 | International Review of Social Research | De Gruyter Open | 9 |
| 39 | LogForum | Poznań School of Logistics | 9 |
| 40 | Socialist Studies | Society for Socialist Studies | 9 |
| 41 | Civitas | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul | 9 |
| 42 | Journal of Social and Development Sciences | International Foundation for Research and Development (IFRD) | 9 |
| 43 | Revista de Estudios Cooperativos | AECOOP Escuela de Estudios Cooperativos | 9 |
| 44 | Trabajo y Sociedad | Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero | 9 |
| 45 | International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences | International Journals of Multidisciplinary Research Academy | 9 |
| 46 | Estudios Sociales | Universidad de Sonora | 9 |
| 47 | Social Inclusion | Cogitatio | 8 |
| 48 | AD-minister | Universidad EAFIT | 8 |
| 49 | Revista Facultad de Ciencias Económicas | Universidad Militar Nueva Granada | 8 |
| 50 | Rege : Revista de Gestao | Universidade de Sao Paulo | 8 |
As per Google Scholar h-Index | Date – 15.05.2018
