Theory and Society
Last updated ISSN 0304-2421
Theory and Society is published by Springer Science+Business Media in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $2,890.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Theory and Society concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
- Political Economy and Marxism
- Management and Organizational Studies
- Critical Theory and Philosophy
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Critical Realism in Sociology
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
Key facts
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0304-2421, 1573-7853 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $2,890 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,884 |
| Publishing since | 1974 |
| Journal website | www.springer.com/journal/11186 |
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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