Sociology (journal)

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This article is about the journal. For the discipline, see Sociology.
Sociology  
File:Sociology.jpg
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
 Sociology
Discipline Sociology
Language English
Edited by Andrew King, Karim Murji, Sarah Neal, Sophie Watson, Kath Woodward
Publication details
Publisher
Sage Publications on behalf of the British Sociological Association (United Kingdom)
Publication history
 1967-present
Frequency Bimonthly
1.348
Indexing
ISSN 0038-0385 (print)
1469-8684 (web)
LCCN 73012649
OCLC no. 1765950
Links

Sociology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the British Sociological Association. The journal's editors-in-chief are Andrew King, Sarah Neal (both University of Surrey), Karim Murji, Sophie Watson, and Kath Woodward (all Open University).

Sociology is regarded as one of the three "main sociology journals in Britain," along with the The Sociological Review and the British Journal of Sociology.[1]

The journal was established in 1967 as "the clearest intellectual representative of the social aspirations of the Butskellite era,"[2] with Michael Banton serving as its first editor. It was formerly published by Cambridge University Press and has been published by Sage Publications since 2002. Shortly after its establishment, it became the official journal of the British Sociological Association, replacing the British Journal of Sociology.[3]

Abstracting and indexing

Sociology is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2013 impact factor is 1.348, ranking it 28 out of 137 journals in the category "Sociology".[4]

Former editors

Notable articles

According to Google Scholar, the most-cited articles published in Sociology are:

  • John Scott, "Social network analysis", Sociology 1988 vol. 22 no. 1 109-127
  • John Child, "Organizational Structure, Environment and Performance: The Role of Strategic Choice", Sociology 1972 vol. 6 no. 1 1-22
  • Sylvia Walby, "Theorising patriarchy", Sociology 1989 vol. 23 no. 2 213-234
  • Bryan S. Turner, "Outline of a Theory of Citizenship", Sociology 1990 vol. 24 no. 2 189-217
  • John Goldthorpe, "Women and Class Analysis: In Defence of the Conventional View", Sociology 1983 vol. 17 no. 4 465-488

As of April 2012, the most highly cited article, "Social network analysis" by John Scott, had been cited over 5500 times.

References

  1. ↑ A. H. Halsey, A History of Sociology in Britain, Oxford University Press, 2004, p. 183
  2. ↑ Nikolai Genov, National Traditions in Sociology, Sage, 1989, p. 204
  3. ↑ A. H. Halsey, A History of Sociology in Britain, Oxford University Press, 2004, p. 183
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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