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SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SUR LES SCIENCES SOCIALES
ISSN 0539-0184 · eISSN 1461-7412 · SAGE
SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SUR LES SCIENCES SOCIALES: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.92; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; review about 204 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 10% (journal website); 25 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SUR LES SCIENCES SOCIALES is published by SAGE and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are French Urban and Social Studies, Education, sociology, and vocational training and Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice, together about 26.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Social Science Information (SSI) is a major international forum for the analysis and debate of trends and approaches in social science research and teaching. Fully peer reviewed, it publishes articles in both English and French. Social Science Information presents research … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 4%); most named France 11, United States 3, Spain 2, Canada 2, Brazil 2 (24 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- French Urban and Social StudiesSocial Sciences11.7%
- Education, sociology, and vocational trainingSocial Sciences8.3%
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and PracticeSocial Sciences6.3%
- Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, GenderSocial Sciences5.3%
- Social and Cultural DynamicsSocial Sciences4.8%
- Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisArts and Humanities4.4%
- Emotions and Moral BehaviorPsychology4.1%
- Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Information Science & Library Science | 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 | Information Science & Library Science | 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
- 1.92LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- h-index
- 92OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 734OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.75OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 32%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,700 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 25 | 16 | 20 |
| 2024 | 21 | 17 | 82 |
| 2023 | 28 | 18 | 154 |
| 2022 | 23 | 12 | 173 |
| 2021 | 40 | 26 | 603 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
204 dayssubmission to acceptance
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 111 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 204 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 89 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — | |
| 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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 12,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- book reviewSocial Science Information is an international, interdisciplinary, generalist journal that publishes the highest quality original research in the social science…Length not stated
- full paperSocial Science Information is an international, interdisciplinary, generalist journal that publishes the highest quality original research in the social science…main text ≤ 12,000 words
- original researchSocial Science Information is an international, interdisciplinary, generalist journal that publishes the highest quality original research in the social science…Length not stated
- review articleSocial Science Information is an international, interdisciplinary, generalist journal that publishes the highest quality original research in the social science…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. If you wish to have color figures in the printed version, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice p…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal endorses the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment. However, consistent with the AllTrials campaign, retrospectively registered trials will be considered if the justification for late registration is acceptable. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be …
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0539-0184
- Electronic ISSN
- 1461-7412
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SUR LES SCIENCES SOCIALES
What CAS zone is SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SUR LES SCIENCES SOCIALES in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SUR LES SCIENCES SOCIALES is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary / Information Science & Library Science. 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 SCIENCE INFORMATION SUR LES SCIENCES SOCIALES?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.92; CiteScore 2.4, h-index 92.
How long does peer review take at SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SUR LES SCIENCES SOCIALES?
The publisher reports about 204 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10%. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SUR LES SCIENCES SOCIALES?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 12,000 words; Reference style: Harvard; Suggested reviewers: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SUR LES SCIENCES SOCIALES based?
Of the 24 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are France (11), United States (3) and Spain (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SUR LES SCIENCES SOCIALES?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SUR LES SCIENCES SOCIALES is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SUR LES SCIENCES SOCIALES open access, and what is the APC?
SOCIAL SCIENCE INFORMATION SUR LES SCIENCES SOCIALES is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
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: .