Journal profile · SOCIOLOGY
Sociologiceskoe Obozrenie
ISSN 1728-192X · eISSN 1728-1938 · National Research University Higher School of Economics · Russian Federation
Sociologiceskoe Obozrenie: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 31 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sociologiceskoe Obozrenie is published by National Research University Higher School of Economics 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 Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Military Technology and Strategies, together about 58.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): SOCIOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences19.7%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences19.5%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering19.5%
- Sociopolitical Dynamics in RussiaSocial Sciences9%
- Critical Theory and PhilosophySocial Sciences2.9%
- Regional Socio-Economic Development TrendsSocial Sciences2.8%
- Weber, Simmel, Sociological TheorySocial Sciences2.7%
- Religion and Society InteractionsSocial Sciences2.4%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.96OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 74.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 38LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,218 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 21 |
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | 10 |
| 2024 | 68 | 68 | 79 |
| 2023 | 58 | 58 | 66 |
| 2022 | 50 | 50 | 90 |
| 2021 | 103 | 103 | 100 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- National Research University Higher School of Economics
- Country or region
- Russian Federation
- Language
- English, French, Russian
- ISSN
- 1728-192X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1728-1938
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sociologiceskoe Obozrenie
What CAS zone is Sociologiceskoe Obozrenie in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Sociologiceskoe Obozrenie 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.
How long does peer review take at Sociologiceskoe Obozrenie?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Sociologiceskoe Obozrenie?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sociologiceskoe Obozrenie is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Sociologiceskoe Obozrenie open access, and what is the APC?
Sociologiceskoe Obozrenie 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, 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: .