International Journal of Sociology
Last updated ISSN 0020-7659
International Journal of Sociology is published by Taylor & Francis in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in International Journal of Sociology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- Labor Movements and Unions
- Social Capital and Networks
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Legal case studies and regulations
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0020-7659, 1557-9336 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,259 |
| Publishing since | 1971 |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com/toc/mijs20/current |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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