Human Studies

Aims & Scope

Human Studies is an international quarterly journal dedicated primarily to take forward and enlarge the dialogue between philosophy and the human sciences.

Therefore the journal addresses theoretical and empirical topics as well as philosophical investigations in different areas of the human sciences.

Phenomenological perspectives and hermeneutical orientations, broadly defined, are the primary focus and frame for published papers.

The journal benefits from scholars working in a variety of fields and who seek a forum to address these issues, in order to bridge the gap between philosophical and other modes of inquiry in the human sciences.

Considering this as the main conceptual aim of Human Studies its wide-ranging interdisciplinary coverage includes contributions from sociology, philosophy, psychology, political science, communication studies, social geography, anthropology, history, and qualitative social research (especially ethnomethodology).

A particular accent is set upon communication possibilities between these different perspectives.

Thus, interdisciplinary approaches using phenomenology as starting point and reference in trying to analyze and explain the social reality are encouraged and welcome.

Both established lines of interpretation and contemporary questions can be used either as basis or subject-matter.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1
2024	0.80

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10891

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	170

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.533

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	39

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Extreme case formulations: A way of legitimizing claims

  Citation: 1299

  Authors: Anita

• Throwing like a girl: A phenomenology of feminine body comportment motility and spatiality

  Citation: 563

  Authors: Iris Marion

• Some guidelines for the phenomenological analysis of interview data

  Citation: 560

  Authors: Richard H.

• The routine as achievement

  Citation: 508

  Authors: Emanuel A.

• Between and within: Alternative sequential treatments of continuers and assessments

  Citation: 271

  Authors: Charles

• Financialisation of Valuation

  Citation: 241

  Authors: Eve

• The Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse (SKAD)

  Citation: 219

  Authors: Reiner

• Notes on ?latency? in overlap onset

  Citation: 203

  Authors: Gail

• The lived experience of disability

  Citation: 155

  Authors: S. Kay

• Obstetric Ultrasound and the Technological Mediation of Morality: A Postphenomenological Analysis

  Citation: 142

  Authors: Peter-Paul

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