Journal profile · Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)
Sociological Science
ISSN 2330-6696 · Society for Sociological Science · United States
Sociological Science: CAS Zone 1 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 2.71; fully open access; APC about USD 575; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 40 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sociological Science is published by Society for Sociological Science and is in Zone 1 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies, Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies and Social and Cultural Dynamics, together about 23.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sociological Science publishes work of primary interest to sociological researchers and other social scientists interested in sociological topics. By encouraging work from all subfields of sociology, but not requiring that papers be of general sociological interest, the journal facilitates the advancement of knowledge through specialization while allowing for the discovery of connections between subfields.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)
Editor-in-chief Ari AdutPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality StudiesSocial Sciences8.8%
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesSocial Sciences7.9%
- Social and Cultural DynamicsSocial Sciences7.1%
- School Choice and PerformanceSocial Sciences6.4%
- Gender, Labor, and Family DynamicsSocial Sciences5.3%
- Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Sciences5.1%
- Social Capital and NetworksSocial Sciences4.7%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview 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
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.71LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 63OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 243OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 95.5%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 420 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41 | 41 | 57 |
| 2025 | 40 | 40 | 94 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 294 |
| 2023 | 35 | 35 | 322 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 309 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | 445 |
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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial review, Single 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 575 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 575 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 575 | Yes | — |
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 websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access
- Data availability
Reproducibility packages openly available for articles Model summary
Reproducibility Package: All data, code, and documentation necessary to reproduce every empirical result in this article are openly available at https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/S28Y4
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Articles published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Model summary
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open access journal committed to rigor and relevance. Model summary
All work published by Sociological Science is subject to the Creative Commons Attributions License. Under this license, authors retain ownership of the copyright to their work, but allow anyone to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute, and/or copy their work in Sociological Science, provided that the original authors and source are cited.
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
- Society for Sociological Science
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2330-6696
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sociological Science
What CAS zone is Sociological Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Sociological Science is in Zone 1 of Sociology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Sociology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Sociological Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.71; CiteScore 3.1, h-index 63.
How long does peer review take at Sociological Science?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 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 Sociological Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sociological Science is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Sociological Science open access, and what is the APC?
Sociological Science is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 575.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .