Social Justice

Social justice is a multidisciplinary academic concept and field of study concerned with the equitable distribution of resources, opportunities, and rights within society, critically analyzing systemic power structures and inequalities to understand and address social disadvantage and promote fairness and human dignity.

60.2K

Publications

3.3M

Citations

66.6K

Authors

7.3K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

12.2K

Parents

African American FreedomAfrican American HistoryMulticultural School PsychologyChild Well-beingCommunication Social ChangeCommunity GeographyCross-cultural School PsychologyCultural StudiesCybersecurityTechnology Policy

Publications

60.2K

Research papers and scholarly works on Social Justice.

		Year	Citations
1	Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color Kimberlé W. Crenshaw · Stanford Law Review Queer Of Color CritiqueCritical Race TheoryQueer PoliticsRace Relation	1991	27.1K
2	Homo sacer: sovereign power and bare life Choice Reviews Online Queer PoliticsColonialismDecolonialitySovereign Body	1999	8K
3	Foundations of Social Theory Frederick C. Gamst · Anthropology of Work Review Social IdentityHarvard University PressSociological ResearchSocial Theory	1991	8K
4	Are There Universal Aspects in the Structure and Contents of Human Values? Shalom H. Schwartz · Journal of Social Issues Cultural RelationValue TheoryEducationHuman Condition	1994	5.6K
5	Taking Rights Seriously Jules L. Coleman, Ronald Dworkin · California Law Review Constitutional LawLawJurisprudence 2Civil Rights Actions	1978	5.5K

1–5 of 60.2K

Authors

66.6K

Leading researchers in Social Justice. Counts cover only their work on this concept, not their overall record.

		Publications	Citations	H-Index
1	TR Tom R. Tyler New York University	30	5.8K	23
2	MZ Michalinos Zembylas Open University of Cyprus	33	1.7K	23
3	AS Amartya Sen Harvard University Press	25	7.1K	21
4	JB John Braithwaite Australian National University	24	2.2K	21
5	WK Will Kymlicka Queen's University	23	3.5K	21

1–5 of 66.6K

Institutions

7.3K

Leading universities and research organizations in Social Justice. Counts cover only their work on this concept, not their overall record.

		Publications	Citations	H-Index
1	University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom	496	27.8K	77
2	Columbia University New York, United States	376	36.4K	77
3	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, United States	502	35K	75
4	University of Toronto Toronto, Canada	593	28.9K	72
5	University of Michigan Ann Arbor, United States	408	25.3K	71

1–5 of 7.3K

Venues

Leading journals and conferences in Social Justice. Counts cover only their publications on this concept, not their overall record.

		Publications	Citations	H-Index
1	Choice Reviews Online	2.6K	323.1K	251
2	Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews	558	82.9K	131
3	Human Rights Quarterly	534	33.7K	92
4	Journal of American History	549	32.2K	82
5	Social Forces	362	26.7K	81

1–5