Journal profile · Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)
Socius
ISSN 2378-0231 · SAGE · United States
Socius: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.9 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,000; review about 8 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 26.8% (journal website); 125 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Socius 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 Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies, Work-Family Balance Challenges and Employment and Welfare Studies, together about 19.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, ASA's open access journal, aims to make new research readily available. It provides an online forum for the rapid dissemination of peer-reviewed empirical work, produced in time to be relevant to ongoing debates. Socius is a place to find fresh ideas, early discoveries, and open theoretical problems that can pose new challenges for social science. View full journal description
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 25, United Kingdom 2, France 1, Canada 1 (29 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesSocial Sciences7.4%
- Work-Family Balance ChallengesSocial Sciences6%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions6%
- Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Sciences5.9%
- Gender, Labor, and Family DynamicsSocial Sciences5.5%
- Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial Sciences4.7%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences4.7%
- Racial and Ethnic Identity ResearchSocial Sciences4.7%
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 | Sociology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview 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)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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 387OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.89OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 124LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,076 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 54 | 11 |
| 2025 | 125 | 125 | 302 |
| 2024 | 162 | 162 | 672 |
| 2023 | 121 | 121 | 801 |
| 2022 | 128 | 128 | 1,401 |
| 2021 | 119 | 119 | 3,385 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 26.8%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 36 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,000 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,000 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,000 / USD 2,000 / USD 250 / USD 500 / USD 200 / USD 400 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- 25
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
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- AMA
Article types accepted3
- data visualizationsSocius accepts original research articles and data visualizations.Length not stated
- editorialManuscripts are first reviewed internally by two editorial staff members who make a recommendation to the editor. At this point, a manuscript may be desk reject…Length not stated
- original research articlesSocius accepts original research articles and data visualizations.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright
Creative Commons by Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) license Model summary
Socius publishes manuscripts under Creative Commons licenses. The standard Socius license is Creative Commons by Attribution NonCommerical (CC BY-NC)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access journal Model summary
As an open access journal, articles accepted by Socius are freely available online immediately upon publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review process Model summary
Socius implements a double-blind peer review process.
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
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2378-0231
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- 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 Socius
What CAS zone is Socius in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Socius is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Sociology. 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 Socius?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.9; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 66.
How long does peer review take at Socius?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 26.8%. 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 Socius?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: AMA. 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 Socius based?
Of the 29 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (25), United Kingdom (2) and France (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Socius?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Socius is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Socius open access, and what is the APC?
Socius is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .