Journal profile · Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Journal of Mathematical Sociology
ISSN 0022-250X · eISSN 1545-5874 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · ENGLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1971
Journal of Mathematical Sociology: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.74; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 544 days to acceptance (18 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 10 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Mathematical Sociology is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence, Complex Network Analysis Techniques and Game Theory and Applications, together about 39.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The goal of the Journal of Mathematical Sociology is to publish models and mathematical techniques that would likely be useful to professional sociologists. The Journal also welcomes papers of mutual interest to social scientists and other social and behavioral scientists, as well as papers by non-social scientists that may encourage fruitful connections between sociology and other disciplines. Reviews of new or developing areas of mathematics and mathematical modeling that may have significant applications in sociology will also be considered. The Journal of Mathematical Sociology is published in association with the International Network for Social Network Analysis, the Japanese Association for Mathematical Sociology, the Mathematical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association, and the Methodology Section of the American Sociological Association. Because Journal of Mathematical Sociology is addressed primarily to sociologists it is anticipated that most articles will be oriented toward a mathematical understanding of emergent complex social structures rather than to an analysis of individual behavior. These structures include, for example, informal groups, social networks, organizations, and global systems. Papers on sociological and statistical methods are also welcome. Peer Review Policy: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Editor-in-chief Zack W. AlmquistPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Opinion Dynamics and Social InfluencePhysics and Astronomy17.6%
- Complex Network Analysis TechniquesPhysics and Astronomy14.2%
- Game Theory and ApplicationsDecision Sciences7.9%
- Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationSocial Sciences7.8%
- Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesSocial Sciences5.4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePubMedMathSciNetCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, EBSCOhost Academic Search Complete, Academic Search Premier, Academic Search Corporate, Academic Search Corporate Plus, Current Abstracts, FRANCIS, Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies, Science and Technology Collection, SocINDEX, SocINDEX with Full Text, TOC Premier (Table of Contents), Elsevier BV GEOBASE, Gale Academic OneFile, Book Review Index Plus, InfoTrac Custom, OCLC Sociological Abstracts (Online), Core, Personal Alert (E-mail), ProQuest Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database, Computing Database, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Core, Materials Science & Engineering Database, Professional ProQuest Central, ProQuest 5000, ProQuest 5000 International, ProQuest Central, ProQuest Engineering Collection, ProQuest Science Journals
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
- 0.74LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.35Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.93LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.93Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 67OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 356OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 17.24%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 33,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 33,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 835 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 7 | 24 |
| 2023 | 8 | 6 | 39 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3 | 27 |
| 2021 | 19 | 10 | 159 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
544 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 450 days – 686 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 46 days (18 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 620 days
- Sample
- 18 articles with submission and acceptance dates (24 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 133 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 133 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 236 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 236 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
The Journal of Mathematical Sociology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the disco…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy:
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Model summary
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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 and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1971
- ISSN
- 0022-250X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-5874
- Society / sponsor
- International Network for Social Network Analysis
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 50, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Mathematical Sociology
What CAS zone is Journal of Mathematical Sociology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Mathematical Sociology is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications / Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods / Sociology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Mathematical Sociology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.74; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 67.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Mathematical Sociology?
Based on the dates recorded on 18 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 544 days (interquartile range 450–686 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Journal of Mathematical Sociology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Mathematical Sociology is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PubMed, MathSciNet and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Mathematical Sociology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Mathematical Sociology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .