Social Studies of Science
Last updated ISSN 0036-8539
Social Studies of Science is published by SAGE Publishing in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,650.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Social Studies of Science concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Information Systems Theories and Implementation
- scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- History of Science and Medicine
- Race, Genetics, and Society
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
- History of Science and Natural History
- Twentieth Century Scientific Developments
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0036-8539, 0306-3127, 1460-3659 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,650 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Arts & Humanities Citation Index · Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,316 |
| Publishing since | 1975 |
| Journal website | sss.sagepub.com/ |
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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