Journal profile · SOCIOLOGY
SOCIOLOGIA
ISSN 0049-1225 · eISSN 1336-8613 · Editora Mundos Sociais · Portugal
SOCIOLOGIA: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.86; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 21 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
SOCIOLOGIA is published by Editora Mundos Sociais 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 Education, Psychology, and Social Research, Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies and Eastern European Communism and Reforms, together about 59.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sociológia publishes original peer-reviewed articles covering a wide area of sociological thought and research. It provides a space for debates about current social issues in Slovak, European and world society.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Jozef ZagrapanPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Education, Psychology, and Social ResearchSocial Sciences44.5%
- Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational StudiesSocial Sciences7.8%
- Eastern European Communism and ReformsSocial Sciences7.1%
- Social Issues in PolandSocial Sciences3.1%
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingSocial Sciences2.8%
- Economic and Fiscal StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.8%
- Religious, Philosophical, and Educational StudiesSocial Sciences2.8%
- Post-Communist Economic and Political TransitionSocial Sciences2.6%
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 | Sociology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | 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 | Sociology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Central and Eastern European Online Library (C.E.E.O.L), Social Services Abstracts (CSA / ProQuest), SocINDEX (EBSCO), Sociological Abstracts (CSA / ProQuest), Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (CSA / ProQuest)Publisher website
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
- 0.86LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.75OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 22.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 462 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | 14 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | 27 |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | 30 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | 79 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 28 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright Open-access statement, licensing, and copyright
Open-access statement Licensing terms for content published from 1 January 2026 onward Licensing terms https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Copyright Licensing terms for content published up to 31 December 2025 Licensing terms https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Copyright
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Diamond open access; no fees for submission, peer review, or publication. Model summary
Sociológia is a diamond open-access journal. All articles are freely available online immediately upon publication. The journal does not charge any fees to authors for submission, peer review, or publication.
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
- Editora Mundos Sociais
- Country or region
- Portugal
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0049-1225
- Electronic ISSN
- 1336-8613
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about SOCIOLOGIA
What CAS zone is SOCIOLOGIA in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, SOCIOLOGIA is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Sociology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of SOCIOLOGIA?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.86; CiteScore 1.2, h-index 10.
How long does peer review take at SOCIOLOGIA?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. 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 SOCIOLOGIA?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, SOCIOLOGIA is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is SOCIOLOGIA open access, and what is the APC?
SOCIOLOGIA 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .