The American Sociologist
Last updated ISSN 0003-1232
The American Sociologist is published by Springer Science+Business Media in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,290.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The American Sociologist concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
- Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences
- Management and Organizational Studies
- Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
- Critical Realism in Sociology
- Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Sociology and Norbert Elias
- Religion and Society Interactions
- Academic Freedom and Politics
Key facts
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0003-1232, 1936-4784 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,290 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Emerging Sources Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,359 |
| Publishing since | 1969 |
| Journal website | www.springer.com/journal/12108 |
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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