Sociology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the British Sociological Association.
Sociology is the highest impact ranked journal in the UK for the subject area. Sociology is regarded as one of the three "main sociology journals in Britain," along with The Sociological Review and the British Journal of Sociology.
The journal was established in 1967 as "the clearest intellectual representative of the social aspirations of the Butskellite era," with Michael Banton serving as its first editor. It was formerly published by Cambridge University Press and has been published by SAGE Publications since 2002. Shortly after its establishment, it became the official journal of the British Sociological Association, replacing the British Journal of Sociology.
Abstracting and indexing
Sociology is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2022 impact factor is 2.9, ranking it 39th out of 149 journals in the category "Sociology".
Former editors
Michael Banton 1967–1970
John Goldthorpe 1970–1973
Gordon Horobin 1973-
Philip Abrams
Joan Chandler
David S. Byrne
Martin Albrow 1981–1984
Jennifer Platt 1985–1987
David Morgan 1992–1993
Stephanie Lawlor 2003–2006
Simin Fadaee 2019–2022
Helen Holmes 2018–2022
Notable articles
According to Google Scholar, the most-cited articles published in Sociology are: John Scott, "Social network analysis", Sociology 1988 vol. 22 no. 1 109-127 John Child, "Organizational Structure, Environment and Performance: The Role of Strategic Choice", Sociology 1972 vol. 6 no. 1 1-22 Sylvia Walby, "Theorising patriarchy", Sociology 1989 vol. 23 no. 2 213-234 Bryan S. Turner, "Outline of a Theory of Citizenship", Sociology 1990 vol. 24 no. 2 189-217 John Goldthorpe, "Women and Class Analysis: In Defence of the Conventional View", Sociology 1983 vol. 17 no. 4 465-488
, the most highly cited article, "Social network analysis" by John Scott, had been cited over 5500 times.