Journal profile · SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Social research
ISSN 0037-783X · New School University
Social research: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.55; subscription journal; 57 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Social research is published by New School University 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 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Legal Cases and Commentary and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 27.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.9%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine9%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering9%
- Hannah Arendt's Political PhilosophySocial Sciences7.4%
- Academic Freedom and PoliticsSocial Sciences5.6%
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and PracticeSocial Sciences4.8%
- Higher Education Governance and DevelopmentSocial Sciences4.1%
- American Constitutional Law and PoliticsSocial Sciences4%
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 | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 3 |
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 | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 0.55LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 77OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 585OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.75OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 45LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,856 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 57 | 7 | 34 |
| 2024 | 69 | 1 | 89 |
| 2023 | 51 | 5 | 69 |
| 2022 | 71 | 4 | 226 |
| 2021 | 52 | 5 | 243 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- New School University
- ISSN
- 0037-783X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Social research
What CAS zone is Social research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Social research is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary. 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 Social research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.55; CiteScore 1.1, h-index 77.
Which databases index Social research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Social research is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Social research open access, and what is the APC?
Social research is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .