Journal profile · SOCIOLOGY
European Societies
ISSN 1461-6696 · eISSN 1469-8307 · Taylor & Francis
European Societies: CAS Zone 2 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.79; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; 75 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
European Societies is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 2 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Social Policy and Reform Studies, Employment and Welfare Studies and Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies, together about 34% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
European Societies is the flagship journal of the European Sociological Association and is published with the MIT Press. The journal includes peer-reviewed research from or about Europe. European Societies welcomes all sociological methods and approaches in sociological theory, as well as contributions from other disciplines that substantially advance sociological knowledge.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIOLOGY
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Germany 1, Italy 1, United Arab Emirates 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences17.5%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions11.1%
- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality StudiesSocial Sciences5.5%
- European Union Policy and GovernanceSocial Sciences4.9%
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingSocial Sciences4.4%
- Social and Cultural DynamicsSocial Sciences4.3%
- Youth Education and Societal DynamicsSocial Sciences4.2%
- Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Sciences4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: CNKI Scholar, EBSCO Discovery, Ex Libris Primo, IBZ, Naver Academic, OCLC Discovery, ProQuest Summon
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.79LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2024
- 44Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 84OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 607OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.56OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 65.69%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,130 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 29 | 3 |
| 2025 | 75 | 75 | 132 |
| 2024 | 20 | 15 | 182 |
| 2023 | 53 | 35 | 617 |
| 2022 | 44 | 28 | 575 |
| 2021 | 29 | 19 | 394 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1
- research articleEuropean Societies publishes the following article types: Research ArticleLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright
CC BY-NC license Model summary
Be sure all authors agree that your article will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) license, which allows free and unlimited reuse of articles for noncommercial purposes without permission or fees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Diamond open access, online-only journal Model summary
European Societies is a diamond open access, online-only journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer-reviewed research from or about Europe. Model summary
The journal includes peer-reviewed research from or about Europe.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1461-6696
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-8307
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 28, Issue 4 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about European Societies
What CAS zone is European Societies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, European Societies is in Zone 2 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Sociology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of European Societies?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.79; CiteScore 6.2, h-index 84.
Where are the editorial board members of European Societies based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (1), Italy (1) and United Arab Emirates (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index European Societies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, European Societies is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is European Societies open access, and what is the APC?
European Societies is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .