The Canadian Journal of Sociology

Last updated ISSN 0318-6431

The Canadian Journal of Sociology is published by University of Alberta in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.

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Key facts

PublisherUniversity of Alberta
ISSN0318-6431, 1710-1123
Subject areaSocial Sciences
AccessOpen access
Article processing chargeNot published
Indexed inWeb of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus
Articles published3,225
Publishing since1969
Journal websiteejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/CJS/index

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