Journal profile · SOCIOLOGY
SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW
ISSN 0038-0261 · eISSN 1467-954X · SAGE
SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW: CAS Zone 2 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.82; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,900; 96 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW is published by SAGE 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 Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice, Social and Cultural Dynamics and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 27.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Sociological Review is one of the world’s foremost journals for sociological inquiry in all traditions, with over 100 years of publishing high quality and innovative articles. It offers a space to question taken for granted understandings of the … | 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): SOCIOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and PracticeSocial Sciences10.7%
- Social and Cultural DynamicsSocial Sciences9.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering7.4%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.4%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences5.4%
- Youth Education and Societal DynamicsSocial Sciences4.8%
- Labor Movements and UnionsSocial Sciences4.6%
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.4%
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 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 3 |
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
- 2.82LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.07LetPub ·
- h-index
- 163OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,123OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 75.2%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 85LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,094 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 68 | 50 | 67 |
| 2025 | 96 | 83 | 285 |
| 2024 | 73 | 67 | 361 |
| 2023 | 94 | 79 | 934 |
| 2022 | 82 | 68 | 1,023 |
| 2021 | 80 | 48 | 1,136 |
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
- 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 3,900 / GBP 2,859 | — | — | |
| 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.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- original articleOriginal Articles Original articles submitted to The Sociological Review should normally be within the maximum word limit of 8,000 words for the main essay incl…main text ≤ 8,000 words
- original articlesOriginal Articles Original articles submitted to The Sociological Review should normally be within the maximum word limit of 8,000 words for the main essay incl…Length not stated
- reviewOriginal Articles Original articles submitted to The Sociological Review should normally be within the maximum word limit of 8,000 words for the main essay incl…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- 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
The Sociological Review expects authors to demonstrate that they carried out their research in an ethical manner. Therefore, The Sociological Review strongly encourages authors to demonstrate how they addressed ethical issues within their paper, including power inequalities between researchers and participants, minimising risk and harm to participants, assuring confidentiality, anonymity and mitig…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. Open Access agreement …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
To ensure fair and anonymous peer review, your manuscript must be fully anonymized. Model summary
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 does not accept submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers.
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
- 0038-0261
- Electronic ISSN
- 1467-954X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW
What CAS zone is SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW is in Zone 2 of Sociology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Sociology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.82; CiteScore 4.9, h-index 163.
What are the manuscript requirements of SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: APA; 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.
Which databases index SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW open access, and what is the APC?
SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,900.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .