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Acta Sociologica ''Acta Sociologica'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all areas of sociology. It is an official journal of the Nordic Sociological Association and was established in 1955. It publishes papers on original research, book revie ...

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The American Journal of Economics and Sociology ''The American Journal of Economics and Sociology'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1941 by Will Lissner with support from the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation. The purpose of the journal was to create a forum for continuing disc ...

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American Journal of Sociology The ''American Journal of Sociology'' is a peer-reviewed bi-monthly academic journal that publishes original research and book reviews in the field of sociology and related social sciences. It was founded in 1895 as the first journal in its disci ...

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American Sociological Review The ''American Sociological Review'' is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of sociology. It is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the American Sociological Association. It was established in 1936. The editors- ...

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Annales. Histoire, Sciences sociales ''Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales'' is a French academic journal covering social history that was established in 1929 by Marc Bloch and Lucien Febvre. The journal gave rise to an approach to history known as the ''Annales'' School. The journ ...

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Annual Review of Sociology The ''Annual Review of Sociology'' is an annual peer-reviewed review journal published by Annual Reviews since 1975. It is abstracted and indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index. As of 2022, ''Journal Citation Reports'' gives the journal a ...

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Armed Forces & Society ''Armed Forces & Society'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic publication that publishes articles and book reviews on a wide variety of topics including civil–military relations, military sociology, veterans, military psychology, military ins ...

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Articulo – Journal of Urban Research ''Articulo – Journal of Urban Research'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering urban issues and publishes both theoretical and empirical articles. It is abstracted and indexed in several online directories, including Scopus, the Fren ...

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British Journal of Sociology ''The British Journal of Sociology'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1950 at the London School of Economics. It represents the mainstream of sociological thinking and research and publishes high quality papers on all asp ...

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City and Community ''City & Community'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by SAGE Publishing on behalf of the Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association. It was established in 2002 with Anthony Orum as the fou ...

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Comparative Studies in Society and History ''Comparative Studies in Society and History'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published quarterly by Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent b ...

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Contemporary Jewry ''Contemporary Jewry'' is a peer reviewed academic journal published by the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry since 1977. The journal mostly publishes articles on the subject of the sociology of Jewry The sociology of Jewry i ...

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Contemporary Sociology ''Contemporary Sociology'' is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed academic journal of sociology published by SAGE Publications in association with the American Sociological Association since 1972. Each issue of the journal publishes many in-depth as well as ...

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Contributions to Indian Sociology ''Contributions to Indian Sociology'' is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering sociology with an emphasis on South Asian societies and cultures. It was established in 1957 by Louis Dumont and David Francis Pocock. It is published by S ...

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Contexts ''Contexts'': ''Understanding People in their Social Worlds'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal and an official publication of the American Sociological Association. It is designed to be a more accessible source of sociological ideas ...

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Criminology Criminology (from Latin , "accusation", and Ancient Greek , ''-logia'', from λόγος ''logos'' meaning: "word, reason") is the study of crime and deviant behaviour. Criminology is an interdisciplinary field in both the behavioural and so ...

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Critical Sociology A critical theory is any approach to social philosophy that focuses on society and culture to reveal, critique and challenge power structures. With roots in sociology and literary criticism, it argues that social problems stem more from soci ...

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Current Sociology ''Current Sociology'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of sociology. It is an official journal of the International Sociological Association

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Demography Demography () is the statistics, statistical study of populations, especially human beings. Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and Population dynamics, dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups ...

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Electronic Journal of Sociology The ''Electronic Journal of Sociology'' was an online open access academic journal of sociology. It was established in 1994 by Michael Sosteric. Andreas Scheider was editor-in-chief until 2004, when Sosteric returned and Adam Rafalovich became co- ...

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Ethnic and Racial Studies ''Ethnic and Racial Studies'' is a peer-reviewed social science academic journal that publishes scholarly articles and book reviews on anthropology, cultural studies, ethnicity and race, and sociology. The editors-in-chief are Martin Bulmer ( U ...

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European Sociological Review ''European Sociological Review'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Oxford University Press focusing on all sociology fields. It is the official journal of the European Consortium for Sociological Research. The editor-in-c ...

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Gender and Society ''Gender & Society'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in the field of gender studies. The editor-in-chief is Jo Reger (Oakland University). It was established in 1987 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in associ ...

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International Review of Social History International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ...

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Journal of Applied Social Science The ''Journal of Applied Social Science'' is the official peer-reviewed academic journal of the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology. It covers research in applied social science fields. It was established in 2007 and is published by SAG ...

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Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation The ''Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation'' (JASSS) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal created by Nigel Gilbert (University of Surrey). The current editor is Flaminio Squazzoni. The journal publishes articles in compu ...

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Journal of Contemporary Ethnography The ''Journal of Contemporary Ethnography'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in ethnography. The journal's editors-in-chief are Charles Edgley and Jeffrey E. Nash (University of Arkansas, Little Rock). It was established in ...

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Journal of Family Issues ''Journal of Family Issues'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of family studies. The journal's editor-in-chief is Constance L. Shehan (University of Florida). It was established in 1980 and is currently publ ...

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Journal of Health and Social Behavior The ''Journal of Health and Social Behavior'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the American Sociological Association. It covers the application of sociological concepts and methods to the ...

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Journal of Homosexuality The ''Journal of Homosexuality'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research into sexual practices and gender roles in their cultural, historical, interpersonal, and modern social contexts. History The founding editor-in-chief was Char ...

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Journal of Marriage and Family The ''Journal of Marriage and Family'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the National Council on Family Relations. It was established in 1939 as ''Living'', renamed to ''Marriage and Family Living'' in 19 ...

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Journal of Mundane Behavior The ''Journal of Mundane Behavior'' was a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal of sociology covering everyday behavior and experiences. It was published online with three issues a year. The journal's first issue came out in February 2000 and th ...

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Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency ''Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Criminology. The journal's editors Jean McGloin (University of Maryland) and Chris Sullivan (University of Missouri–St. L ...

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Journal of Sociology The ''Journal of Sociology'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering sociology with a focus on Australia. The journal's editors-in-chief are Steve Matthewman (University of Auckland) and Kate Huppatz (University of Western Sydney). ...

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Journal of World-Systems Research The ''Journal of World-Systems Research'' (''JWSR'') is a biannual, open access, peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of world-systems analysis, established in 1995 by founding editor Christopher Chase-Dunn at the Institute for World-Sy ...

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Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie The ''Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie (Cologne Journal for Sociology and Social Psychology)'' is a German academic journal for sociology. It has an empirical focus on social research, both qualitatively and quantitativel ...

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Men and Masculinities ''Men and Masculinities'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering men's studies. It was established in 1998 and is published by Sage Publications. The Co-Editors are Drs Kristen Barber, Tristan Bridges, and Joseph D. Nelson. Abstra ...

'' * '' Migration Letters'' * '' Mobilization: The International Quarterly Review of Social Movement Research''

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Population and Development Review ''Population and Development Review'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Population Council. It was established in 1975 and the journal is co-edited by Raya Muttarak and Joshua Wilde. The j ...

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Public Culture ''Public Culture'' is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary academic journal of cultural studies, published three times a year—in January, May, and September—by Duke University Press. It is sponsored by the Department of Media, Culture, and Commu ...

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Qualitative Sociology ''Qualitative Sociology'' is an academic journal dealing with sociology. It publishes research papers on the qualitative interpretation of social life. This includes photographic studies, historical analysis, comparative analysis, and ethnography ...

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Quality & Quantity ''Quality & Quantity'' is an interdisciplinary double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal dealing with methodological issues in the fields of economics, psychology and sociology, mathematics, and statistics. The journal is published by Springer ...

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Research and Practice in Social Sciences Research and Practice in Social Sciences is an academic online journal on social science whose objective is to give scientists a forum to publish their research and involve readers from around the world. The journal aims to promote an engaging aca ...

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Rural Sociology Rural sociology is a field of sociology traditionally associated with the study of social structure and conflict in rural areas. It is an active academic field in much of the world, originating in the United States in the 1910s with close ties ...

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Science and Society Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...

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Social Forces ''Social Forces'' (formerly ''The Journal of Social Forces'') is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of social science published by Oxford University Press for the Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ...

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Social Justice Social justice is justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. In Western and Asian cultures, the concept of social justice has often referred to the process of ensuring that individuals fu ...

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Social Networks A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other social interactions between actors. The social network perspective provides a set of methods for an ...

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Social Problems A social issue is a problem that affects many people within a society. It is a group of common problems in present-day society and ones that many people strive to solve. It is often the consequence of factors extending beyond an individual's cont ...

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Social Psychology Quarterly ''Social Psychology Quarterly'' is a Peer review, peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes theoretical and empirical papers in the field of Social psychology (sociology), social psychology. The editors-in-chief are Jody Clay-Warner, Dawn Robin ...

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Social Research Social research is a research conducted by social scientists following a systematic plan. Social research methodologies can be classified as quantitative and qualitative. * Quantitative designs approach social phenomena through quantifiable ...

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Society A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Socie ...

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Socio-Economic Review The ''Socio-Economic Review'' (SER) is a peer-reviewed academic journal, published quarterly by Oxford Journals for the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE). It is a journal dedicated to the analytical, political and moral quest ...

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Sociological Forum ''Sociological Forum'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley on behalf of the Eastern Sociological Society. The journal was established in 1986 with Robin M. Williams Jr as founding editor-in-chief. Subsequent editors we ...

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Sociological Inquiry ''Sociological Inquiry'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of Alpha Kappa Delta. The journal explores the human condition through a sociological lens. It was established in 1928 as ''The Quarterl ...

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Sociological Perspectives ''Sociological Perspectives'' is the official publication of the Pacific Sociological Association. It is a peer-reviewed academic journal published in six issues each year by SAGE. It was first published in 1957 as ''The Pacific Sociological Revie ...

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Sociological Research Online ''Sociological Research Online'' is a sociological journal, published quarterly (March, June, September, December) since March 1996. It is an online-only, peer-reviewed journal. It was originally published by a consortium of the British Sociolog ...

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Sociological Theory A sociological theory is a that intends to consider, analyze, and/or explain objects of social reality from a sociological perspective,Macionis, John and Linda M. Gerber. 2010. ''Sociology'' (7th Canadian ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson E ...

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

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Sociology of Education The sociology of education is the study of how public institutions and individual experiences affect education and its outcomes. It is mostly concerned with the public schooling systems of modern industrial societies, including the expansion of ...

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Symbolic Interaction Symbolic interactionism is a sociological theory that develops from practical considerations and alludes to particular effects of communication and interaction in people to make images and normal implications, for deduction and correspondence w ...

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Teaching Sociology ''Teaching Sociology'' is a quarterly academic journal in the field of sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspe ...

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Youth & Society ''Youth & Society'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of sociology. The journal's editor iMarc Zimmerman(University of Michigan). It has been in publication since 1969 and is currently published by SAGE Publ ...

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