Sociological Journal
Last updated ISSN 1562-2495
Sociological Journal is published by Institute of Sociology in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Sociological Journal concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia
- Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends
- Socioeconomic and Demographic Analysis
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
- Social and Behavioral Studies
- Educational Innovations and Challenges
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Psychology of Development and Education
- Security, Politics, and Digital Transformation
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Institute of Sociology |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1562-2495, 1684-1581 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 612 |
| Publishing since | 2013 |
| Journal website | www.jour.isras.ru/index.php/socjour |
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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