Sociology
Last updated ISSN 0038-0385
Sociology 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 Sociology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
- Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
- Labor Movements and Unions
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Management and Organizational Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0038-0385, 1469-8684 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,900 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 7,733 |
| Publishing since | 1967 |
| Journal website | www.uk.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journ |
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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