Sociological Theory
Last updated ISSN 0735-2751
Sociological Theory is published by SAGE Publishing in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,900.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Sociological Theory concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
- Management and Organizational Studies
- Critical Realism in Sociology
- Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
- Religion and Society Interactions
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Legal case studies and regulations
- Emile Durkheim and Sociology
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0735-2751, 1467-9558 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,900 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,014 |
| Publishing since | 1983 |
| Journal website | us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/sociological-theory |
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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