The Social Science Journal


The Social Science Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering social science. It was established in 1963 as The Rocky Mountain Social Science Journal, obtaining its current name in 1976. The journal is published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Western [Social Science Association], of which it is the official journal. The editor-in-chief are Mandi Bates Bailey, Gladys Mitchell-Walthour, and Anne Price.

Abstracting and indexing

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 2.1.