The ''Journal of Sociology'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...

covering

sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

with a focus on Australia. The journal's

editors-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

are Steve Matthewman (

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

) and Kate Huppatz (

University of Western Sydney Western Sydney University, formerly the University of Western Sydney, is an Australian multi-campus university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, Australia. The university in its current form was founded in 1989 as a federated network ...

). It was established in 1965 and is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of

The Australian Sociological Association The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) organisation of Sociology, sociologists throughout Australia. TASA was founded in 1963 as the Sociological Association of Australia and New Zealand (SAANZ). In 1988 with the New Zealand branch splittin ...

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the ''

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'', its 2013

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is 1.455.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.sagepub.com/journals/Journal201492/title Sociology journals Publications established in 1965 SAGE Publishing academic journals Quarterly journals English-language journals