Sociological Forum
Last updated ISSN 0884-8971
Sociological Forum is published by Wiley in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,240.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Sociological Forum concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Social Capital and Networks
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Religion and Society Interactions
- Management and Organizational Studies
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Key facts
| Publisher | Wiley |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0884-8971, 1573-7861 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,240 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,630 |
| Publishing since | 1979 |
| Journal website | onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1573-7 |
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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