Social Work Journals

Open Access Journal Databases

DOAJ Sociology Journals(external link)
A collection of Journals on sociology from the World’s leading open access journal indexing service, Directory of Open Access Journals. Users can search for journals in their subject areas using relevant keywords. With limited precision, article level search can also be done using keywords.

ROAD- ISSN- Social Work Collections(external link)
ROAD: Directory of Open Access Scholarly collections is an initiative by International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) centre. This directory lists open access scholarly collection, which includes journals, conference proceedings, repositories and blogs. One can expand the results by selecting more broad discipline areas such as sociology(external link). Here the results are filtered down to English resources. More filters are available at the left-hand side. Though duplication can be found with DOAJ, ROAD has got a much bigger collection than DOAJ. By clicking on the link provided along with each journal in the results list, journal can be accessed. In the detailed record of each journal, more links are given, and the top one is the journal website link. Unlike DOAJ, article level search using key words is not available on ROAD.

Journals- Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand Journal collections includes not just journals from social work, but from all related disciplines, such as region studies, history, psychology and sociology. 

Aboriginal History Journal(external link)
Published by Australian National University, this interdisciplinary open access journal focuses on indigenous studies.

Access: Contemporary Issues in Education(external link)
A peer reviewed, open access Journal published by the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia(external link)

Advances in Social Work and Welfare Education(external link)
Published by the Australian Association for Social Work and Welfare Education and Research(external link), this open access, peer reviewed journal is accessible through the Sociology Source Ultimate database.

Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal, which specialises in public policy in Australia and New Zealand, is published by the College of Business and Economics, The Australian National University.

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples(external link)
This multidisciplinary journal publishes scholarship across the social sciences, humanities, education, health, business, and law. The Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research ExcellenceAlterNative launched AlterNative. 

ANU Historical Journal II(external link)
A peer-reviewed, open access journal of The Australian National University.

Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work (external link)
This open access journal, which is available through the EBSCO with the title recorded as NZ social work review, is also accessible through the Journal website(external link).

Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies(external link)
Published on behalf of Crawford School of Public Policy, Australia National University, this journal is a peer reviewed, open access one that deals with public policy in Asia and the Pacific.

Ata: Journal of Psychotherapy Aotearoa New Zealand(external link)
Published by the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP) and supported by the School of Public Health & Psychosocial Studies at Auckland University of Technology, this journal is a peer reviewed, open access journal.

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies(external link)
Published by the Massey University, AJDTS is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal for collating and distributing original research into social aspects of natural hazards, disasters and related psychological trauma, with a focus on Australasia.

Australasian Journal of Regional Studies(external link)
is a journal published by Australia New Zealand Regional Science International(external link). Except the latest one, all back issues are fully accessible.

Australasian Parliamentary Review(external link)
APR is an open access journal published by the Australasian Study of Parliament Group(external link). The online version of this journal becomes available publicly six months after its release.

Australasian Review of African Studies(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal is the official publication of the African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific(external link).

Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Psychodrama Association Journal(external link)
This Open Access AANZPA Journal is published by the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Psychodrama Association(external link) (AANZPA). AANZPA is an organisation of people trained in Dr J.L. Moreno’s psychodrama theory and methods, and their application and developments in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Australian and New Zealand Journal of European Studies(external link)
A peer reviewed open access journal of European studies.

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy(external link)
This journal is accessible from the ANZ reference centre database with a 12-month delay.

Australian Community Psychologist(external link)
This official journal of the Australian Psychological Society College of Community Psychologists is fully downloadable from the issue archive.

Australian Counselling Research Journal(external link)
ACRJ is the official research publication of the Australian Counselling Association. The journal replaces Counselling Psychotherapy and Health (CPH) online journal.

Australian Educational Researcher(external link)
Published by Springer on behalf of the Australian Association for Research in Education, is a hybrid open access journal. Though officially not a fully open access journal, almost all articles are fully downloadable.

Australian Feminist Studies(external link)
This journal is accessible through the EBSCO databases.

Australian Geographer(external link)
This journal is accessible with a 15 month delay from EBSCO databases.

Australian Journal of Biography and History(external link)
Published by Australian National University, AJBH is an open access, peer reviewed journal that specialises in political and feminist biography.

Australian Journal of Educational Technology(external link)
The (AJET) is the open access journal of ASCLITE, the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. It aims to promote research and scholarship on the integration of technology in tertiary education, promote effective practice, and inform policy.

Australian Journal of Indigenous Education(external link)
Published by Cambridge University press, this journal is available one year later on the ProQuest. Being a hybrid journal, full text of some new articles are also available from the CUP site(external link).

Australian Journal of Islamic Studies(external link)
An open access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the scholarly study of Islam.

Australian Journal of Psychology(external link)           
An open Access journal published by Taylor and Francis on behalf of the Australian Psychological Society. Australasian Journal of Organisational Psychology is no longer publishing.

Australian Journal of Social Issues(external link)
This journal, which is published by Wiley on behalf of the Australian Social Policy Association, is accessible with a one year delay through EBSCO databases and without delay from the journal website(external link). This Journal publishes most articles as open access from January 2022.

Australian Population Studies(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal on Australian population issues.

Australian Psychologist(external link)
An Open access Journal by Australian Psychological Society.

Bible and Critical Theory(external link)
A peer reviewed open access journal that explores the intersections between critical theory and biblical studies.

Bond Law Review(external link)
An open access law journal published by the Bond University Australia.

Canterbury Law Review(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal is published by the University of Canterbury Law School.

Cerae: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal published by University of Western Australia. For full download of the issues, click on the journal tab at the top right hand side of the homepage.

Commoning Ethnography(external link)
Published by the Victoria University of Wellington, CE is a peer reviewed, open access, online journal dedicated to ethnographic research.

Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal that deals with local governance.

Continental Thought and Theory(external link)
This open access journal is published by the Canterbury School of Continental Philosophy, University of Canterbury.

Cosmopolitan Civil Societies(external link)
This open access, refereed journal opens up debate about cosmopolitan engagement in civil societies, addressing a range of subjects such as social movements and collective action, migration, cultural diversity, racism and promotion of human rights and social justice.

Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy(external link)
A peer-reviewed, open access journal of natural and social philosophy published by Cosmos and History Publishing Co-op in Australia.

East Asia Forum Quarterly(external link)
This open access journal published by the Australian National University is a platform for Asian analysis, research and policy comment on the Asia Pacific region in world affairs.

Ethnographic Edge(external link)
An open access journal published by the Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, University of Waikato.

eTropic: Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics(external link)
This open access journal based in Australia, publishes new research from Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and allied fields on the variety and interrelatedness of nature, culture, and society in the Tropics.

Evidence Base(external link)
Published by the Australia and New Zealand School of Government is an open access, refereed journal that publishes reviews of the evidence informing decision-making in specific policy areas.

Fibreculture Journal(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal that explores issues related to digital and networked media and emerging identities.

Fusion Journal(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal is co-founded by the Faculty of Arts and Education, Charles Sturt University (Australia).

Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement(external link)
Gateways, which is jointly managed by the Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and the Office of the President, Albion College, Michigan, USA, deals with community engagement and public policy.

Gestalt Journal of Australia & New Zealand(external link)
This journal is accessible through the EBSCO database

Historical Encounters(external link)
This double-blind peer reviewed, diamond open access journal is published by the Department of Education, University of New Castle, Australia.

Human Ecology Review(external link)
HER is an open access journal published by the Australian National University that covers peer-reviewed interdisciplinary research on all aspects of human–environment interactions.

Intercultural Communication Education(external link)
This open access journal is published by Castledown, Australia.

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy(external link)
Published by the Queensland University of Technology, this open access, blind peer reviewed journal deals with criminal justice systems in a global perspective.

International Journal for Intersectional Feminist Studies(external link)
This journal is an open access, peer reviewed journal published by Project Monma, a research collaborative which aims to raise awareness about violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world. This project includes researchers New Zealand, especially from the University of Canterbury.

International Journal of Law, Language and Discourse(external link)
Published by the English Language Education publishing, Australia, this journal is a peer reviewed, open access journal that integrates academic areas of law, linguistics, psychology and sociology.

International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work(external link)
Published by Dulvich Centre, Adelaide, this journal is available through the ProQuest database.

International Review of Environmental History(external link)
This interdisciplinary journal on environmental history is an open access, peer reviewed journal published by the Australian National University.

Journal of Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies(external link)
A peer reviewed, open access journal published by the Australian, Canadian and New Zealand Studies Network.

Journal of Criminology(external link)
Previously known as Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, this journal is now published by Sage on behalf of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology(external link). Their newsletter PacifiCrim(external link) is available for free download.

Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing(external link)
Though published in partnership with Canadian indigenous organisations, this open access, peer reviewed journal primarily focuses on issues related to New Zealand and Australian indigenous population. The previous name of this journal was Pimatiziwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health.

Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies(external link)
A fully peer reviewed, open access journal dedicated to the publishing of articles from practitioners of international, regional, area, migration, and ethnic studies.

Journal of New Zealand Studies(external link)
Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies(external link) at Victoria University of Wellington publishes this peer reviewed, open access journal.

Journal of Pacific History(external link)
A hybrid journal published by Taylor and Francis.

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology(external link)
This Open access, peer reviewed journal is published by Sage, and it focuses on psychology research in the Pacific rim region.

Journal of Samoan Studies(external link)
Published by the Centre for Samoan Studies, National University of Samoa, this journal is devoted to the study of Samoa.

Journal of Social Inclusion(external link)
Published by the School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University, this journal is an open access, peer reviewed journal that deals with issues related to marginalised.

Journal of Spatial Information Science(external link)
An interdisciplinary open access journal that publishes peer reviewed research spanning  the theoretical foundations of spatial and geographical information science, through computation with geospatial information, to technologies for geographical information use.

Journal of Sociology(external link)
Published by Sage on behalf of the Australian Sociological Association., a few articles in this hybrid OA journal are available for free download.

Journal of Sustainability and Resilience(external link)
Published by the Sustainability and Resilience Institute (SRI) of New Zealand, JSR is an open access, peer reviewed journal that focuses on intersectional areas related to sustainability.

Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability(external link)
Published by the Deakin University, Australia, JTLGE is a scholarly forum for the dissemination of research and evidence-based practice in teaching and learning for graduate employability.

Journal of the Polynesian Society(external link)
Full text of this journal with an almost 18-month delay is available on this new website. The archive of this journal, which provides access to full-text articles up to 2016, is temporarily not available. You can send an inter-loan request for older articles.

Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue(external link)
Published by Otago Polytechnic Press, this journal is an open access, peer reviewed journal that publishes multidisciplinary articles on a theme selected for each issue.

Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online(external link)
This open access journal published by Taylor and Francis specialises on research related to New Zealand. This journal is accessible through both EBSCO databases as well as through the journal website(external link).

Law, Technology and Humans(external link)
An international, open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing research concerned with the humanity of law and technology.

Lilith: A Feminist History Journal(external link)
Published by the Australian National University, this open access journal publishes research in all areas of feminist and gender history.

Limina: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies(external link)
This open access, double peer reviewed journal is managed by the University of Western Australia.

Made in China Journal(external link)
Published by the Australian National University, this open access journal focuses on Chinese politics and society.

MAI: A New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship(external link)  
This is an Open access and peer reviewed journal published on behalf of the Māori Association of Social Science that addresses indigenous and Pacific issues in the context of New Zealand. An earlier version of this journal, MAI Review, which was published from 2006 to 2011 is accessible from this archive(external link).

Matters of Substance(external link)
An online magazine published by the New Zealand Drug foundation, its back issues before the introduction of online only version are accessible from here(external link). If the above page is not directly leading you to the magazine main page, it is accessible from the left hand side of the page that you have reached. 

Museums Australia Magazine(external link)
This magazine, which is published by the Australian Museums and Galleries Association, is accessible through EBSCO databases.

New Zealand Journal of Counselling(external link)  
This official journal of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors is available through the EBSCO ANZ database. 

New Zealand Journal of History(external link)
Full text of this journal is accessible through the EBSCO ANZ database.

New Zealand Journal of Psychology(external link)
This  open access journal(external link),  which is published by the New Zealand Psychological Society(external link) is also available through many databases in our library(external link)

New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law(external link)
A peer reviewed open access journal published by the New Zealand Centre for Public Law(external link), Victoria University.

New Zealand Population Review(external link)
A peer reviewed, open access journal published by the Population Association of New Zealand(external link).

New Zealand Sociology(external link)
This official Journal of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand is accessible through EBSCO ANZ and ProQuest(external link) databases.

Oceania(external link)
This journal which focuses on anthropology and aboriginal studies in the Oceania region is accessible with a 12-month delay through EBSCO databases.

Pacific Dynamics(external link)
An online open access journal published by the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies with the support of the UC Arts Digital Lab, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Pacific Journalism Review(external link)
Published by the Asia Pacific Network, in collaboration with Tuwhera at Auckland University of Technology PJR is a peer reviewed open access journal that specialises in Pacific Journalism theory and practice.

Persona Studies(external link)
Published by Deakin University, Australia, Persona Studies is an academic open access journal that explores the construction of the public self.

PRism(external link)
Published by the Centre for Culture-Centred Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE) at Massey University, this is a communications and public relations journal.

Provenance: The journal of Public Record Office Victoria(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed annual journal features general research papers based mainly on archival collections.

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law(external link)
This journal published by Taylor and Francis on behalf of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (ANZAPPL) is accessible through the PubMed Central with a 12-month delay.

Psychology Aotearoa(external link)
This journal replaced the New Zealand Psychological Society biannual publication called Bulletin in 2009. All issues, except the latest one, are available for download.

Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia(external link)
Established by the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia, PACJA is an open access, peer reviewed journal that specifically focuses on questions related to theory and practice of psychotherapy, counselling and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healing practices.

(external link)Psychotherapy and Counselling Today(external link)(external link)
published in magazine format, PCT is the professional journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia. The latest issues of this journal are accessible online.

Public History Review(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal specialises on interactions of history with the present.

Salus Journal: A journal of law enforcement, national security, and emergency management(external link)
An open access journal published by the Charles Stuart University, Australia.

Scholia: Studies in Classical Antiquity(external link)
The archived copy of this journal, which was published by the University of Otago, is available.

Scope: Kaupapa Kai Tahu(external link)
This open access journal, published by the Otago Polytechnic Press, covers contemporary research topics from a Māori perspective.

Scope: Learning and Teaching(external link)
This open access, double peer reviewed journal is published by the Otago Polytechnic Press.

Scope: Work-based Learning(external link)
Published by the Otago Polytechnic Press, this open access journal’s earlier issues, which were published under a different name, Scope: Flexible Learning(external link), are also available for download.

Set: Research Information for Teachers(external link)
Being an open access hybrid journal, some articles are freely available, and the availability of print version is recorded in the library catalogue(external link).

Sexual Abuse in Australia & New Zealand(external link)
SAANZ is the journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse. It is available up to 2018 through different databases in our library.

Shima Journal(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal on culture studies, anthropology and history of communities integrated with aquatic environments.

Sites: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies(external link)
This journal is a double-blind peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to publishing scholarly papers which explore aspects of Pacific societies and cultures. Accessible with a 12-month delay, this journal is published by the Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Social Behaviour and Personality(external link)
Published from Palmerston North, this journal that started publishing in 1973 is accessible through the many databases in our library.

Social Policy Journal of New Zealand(external link)
Published by the Ministry of Social Development, this journal, which ceased its publication in 2011, is accessible through the EBSCO ANZ  and the MSD journal website(external link).

Stimulus: The New Zealand Journal of Christian Thought and Practice(external link)
This journal, which is Published by the Laidlaw College, is an open access journal on Christian thought.

Student Success(external link)
Published by the Queensland University of Technology, this open access, peer reviewed journal explores the experiences of students in tertiary education.

Te Reo(external link)
The official journal of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand(external link).

Te Tai Haruru Journal of Māori and Indigenous Issues(external link)
An open access law journal published by the Faculty of Law, University of Auckland.

Te wharenga: New Zealand Criminal Law Review(external link)
This open access journal is supported by academics at every Law School in Aotearoa New Zealand and the Criminal Bar Association of New Zealand.

Teachers and Curriculum(external link)
An open access journal published by the Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, University of Waikato.

Technology in Language Teaching and Learning(external link)
Published by Castledown, Australia.

Training and Development in Australia(external link)
This magazine is accessible through EBSCO databases.

Transformations(external link)
Published by the University of Sydney, this journal deals with the interdisciplinary space of media, culture and technology.

Victoria University Law and Justice Journal(external link)
Published by the College of Law and Justice, Victoria university, Melbourne this journal is aimed at promoting high quality legal scholarship.

Victoria University of Wellington Law Review(external link)
This open access journal is published by the Victoria University of Wellington.

Women's Studies Journal(external link)
This peer reviewed, open access journal is the official publication of Women's Studies Association of New Zealand(external link).

Journals with High Rankings

Among quartile one journals (top 25%), links from library databases are given only for the first 50 journals. After the top 50, only open access, quartile one journals are included. Social sciences journals from disciplines ranging from anthropology to sociology are included. See counselling journal list for more counselling/ psychology related journals.

Acta Sociologica(external link)
Though not a fully open access journal, majority of articles in this Sage journal are free.

Addiction Science and Clinical Practice(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal is published by the Biomed Central.

Africa Spectrum(external link)
Published by Sage on behalf of the GIGA institute for African affairs, this open access, peer reviewed journal disseminates research on African area studies.

African Studies Review(external link)
Published by Cambridge University Press, ASR is accessible through the ProQuest database with a one-year delay.

Aggression and Violent Behaviour(external link)
Accessible through the Science Direct database.

American Anthropologist(external link)
American Anthropologist is accessible through the ProQuest database.

Annual Review of Anthropology(external link)
This ‘subscribe to open’ journal is accessible through the journal website.

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal is published by Springer.

Big Data and Society(external link)
Published by Sage, this open access journal publishes interdisciplinary work principally in the social sciences, humanities and computing and their intersections with the arts and natural sciences about the implications of Big Data for societies.

Biology of Sex Differences(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal focuses on sex differences in physiology, behaviour, and disease, from molecules to phenotypes, and incorporates basic and clinical research.

British Journal of Social Work(external link)
Published by Oxford University Press, this journal is available with a 12-month delay through EBSCO databases.

Campbell Systematic Reviews(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal that publishes systematic reviews, gap maps, and research methods research papers. This journal is published by Wiley on behalf of the Campbell Collaboration(external link), an international social science research network, that produces systematic reviews in the field of social sciences like Cochrane and Joanna Briggs Institute do in health related disciplines.

Child and Family Social Work(external link)
Full text is available with a 12-month delay through the CINAHL database.

Child and Youth Care Forum(external link)
Accessible through the ProQuest Database with a one-year delay.

Comparative Migration Studies(external link)
This is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Contemporary Educational Psychology(external link)
This journal is accessible through the Science Direct database.

Crime Science(external link)
Published by Springer nature, this open access, peer reviewed journal publishes multidisciplinary research on crime and disorder.

Cultural Anthropology(external link)
Cultural Anthropology, the peer-reviewed, open access journal of the Society for Cultural Anthropology, a section of the American Anthropological Association, is accessible through the ProQuest database and the Journal website(external link).

Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry(external link)
This culture which focuses on medical and psychiatric anthropology and cross-cultural psychiatry, is accessible through the ProQuest database with a 12-month delay.

Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal that publishes research on psycho-social aspects of cyberspace.

Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage(external link)
This journal is accessible through the Science Direct database.

Du Bois Review(external link)
Published by Cambridge University Press, this journal is accessible with a 12-month delay through the ProQuest database.

Environment and Society(external link)
Articles in this ‘subscribe to open’ journal are available for free access.

European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context(external link)
This is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Evolutionary Human Sciences(external link)
Published by Cambridge University Press, EBS is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Family Process(external link)
This journal is accessible through the EBSCO psychology collections database with a one-year delay.

Forensic Sciences Research(external link)
Published by Taylor and Francis, FSR is an open access, peer reviewed journal that specialises on forensic science and criminology.

Frontiers in Sociology(external link)
Published by Frontiers, this open access, peer reviewed journal focuses on social theory and social issues.

Geography and Sustainability(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal that publishes interdisciplinary research on sustainable development from a geography perspective, is accessible either through the Science Direct database and the Journal website(external link).

Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal that focuses on environmental management and social implications.

HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory(external link)
HAU is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Health and Social Care in the Community(external link)
Published jointly by Wiley and Hindawi, this is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Human Ecology(external link)
This journal is accessible with a one year delay through the ProQuest database.

Human nature: An Interdisciplinary Bio-social Perspective(external link)
This journal is accessible through different databases in our library (with a 12 month delay) databases.

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal published by Nature Portfolio.

Interest groups and advocacy(external link)
Published by Palgrave Macmillan, this transformative journal, a journal that is expected to become fully open access soon, publishes on the dynamics of advocacy groups.

International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal that disseminates sociological research done with an interdisciplinary perspective.

International Journal for Educational Integrity(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal publishes research on educational integrity.

International Journal of Integrated Care(external link)
IJIC is an open access, peer reviewed journal that publishes on policy issues related to integrated care delivery.

International Journal of Qualitative Methods(external link)
Published by Sage on behalf of the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, IJQM is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

International Journal of the Commons(external link)
IJC is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed open-access journal, dedicated to furthering the understanding of institutions for use and management of collective resources.

Island Studies Journal(external link)
ISJ is an open access, peer reviewed journal that focuses on issues related to island communities.

IZA Journal of Development and Migration(external link)
This is a peer reviewed, open access journal.

JASSS: The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal for interdisciplinary exploration of social processes by means of computer simulation.

Journal of Anthropological Sciences(external link)
This journal is an open access, peer reviewed journal that specialises on paleo-anthropology while also covering issues related to contemporary societies.

Journal of Behavioural Addictions(external link)
A full member of the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors, this journal is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Journal of Child and Family Studies(external link)
This journal is accessible with a one- year delay through the ProQuest database.

Journal of Criminal Justice(external link)
This journal is accessible through the Science Direct database.

Journal of Cultural Heritage(external link)
Published by Elsevier, this journal is accessible through the Science Direct database.

Journal of Ethnic Foods(external link)
This is an open access, peer reviewed journal that publishes articles on food habits over different cultures and traditional knowledge of foods.

Journal of Eurasian Studies(external link)
Published by Sage, this journal is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Journal of Family Violence(external link)
This journal is accessible through the ProQuest database with a one-year delay.

Journal of Human Evolution(external link)
This journal is accessible through the Science Direct database.

Journal of Marriage and Family(external link)
This Wiley-Blackwell publication is available through the ProQuest database.

Journal of Memory and Language(external link)
This open access peer reviewed journal is accessible through the Science Direct database and the journal website(external link).

Journal of Physiological Anthropology(external link)
This is an open access, peer reviewed journal that publishes research on the physiological functions of modern mankind.

Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics(external link)
Published by Cambridge University Press, this journal is accessible with a one-year delay through the ProQuest database. Though not a fully open access journal, most of the articles are freely downloadable through the journal website(external link) too.

Journal of Social and Political Psychology(external link)
JSPP is a peer-reviewed open-access journal that publishes articles at the intersection of social and political psychology.

Latin American Research Review(external link)
Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Latin American Research Organisation, LARR is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Leadership Quarterly(external link)
This journal is accessible through the Science Direct database.

Methodology(external link)
This official journal of the European Association of Methodology publishes articles on the research methodology of social and behavioural sciences.

Non-Profit Policy Forum(external link)
Published by De Gruyter, this open access, peer reviewed journal publishes original research and analysis on public policy issues and the public policy process critical to the work of non-profit organizations.

Open Quaternary(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal which focuses on biological anthropology and palaeolithic archaeology.

Policy and Society(external link)
Published by Taylor and Francis, this is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Political Psychology(external link)
This Wiley Blackwell publication is accessible through the EBSCO psychology collections database.

Politics and Governance(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal publishes articles that focuses on policy issues related to social problems.

Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal that focuses on issues related to forced migration at an international level.

Regional Studies, Regional Science(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal that focuses on regional issues in geography, governance, and policy as well as urbanization and economic development.

Research and Politics(external link)
This journal, published by Sage, is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal that has got a thematic focus in each of its issues.

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research(external link)
This open access, peer reviewed journal published by Stockholm University provides critical reflection on the position of people with disabilities in different societal contexts.

Scientific Data(external link)
Published by Nature Portfolio, Scientific data publishes descriptions of datasets, and research that advances the sharing and reuse of scientific data.

Social Analysis: The international Journal of Anthropology(external link)
This is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Social Forces(external link)
This journal is accessible through the EBSCO psychology collections database.

Social Media and Society(external link)
Published by Sage, this open access, peer reviewed journal focuses on advancing the understanding of social media and its impact on societies.

Social Work(external link)
Published by OUP, this journal is available with 12- month delay through many databases in our library.

Sociological Research Online(external link)
Most articles in this online only journal published by Sage are not behind paywall.

Sociological Science(external link)
This is an open access, peer reviewed journal.

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World(external link)
This is an open access, peer reviewed journal published by Sage on behalf of the American Sociological Association.

Survey Research Methods(external link)
This is an open access, peer reviewed journal published by the European Survey Research Association.

Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy(external link)
An open access, peer reviewed journal that focuses on sustainability transformations of societal systems.

Journals with Physical Copies(external link)

Journals with subscription for physical copies can be accessed from here. You can also access  journals with ceased subscription but with old physical copies in the library collection from this link to the catalogue. Please note that the new issues of some of these titles, such as Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work(external link),  can only be accessed online. These titles are included in the above lists meant for online journals.