Journal profile · Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)
Swiss Journal of Sociology
ISSN 0379-3664 · eISSN 2297-8348 · Schweizerische Gesellschaft fur Soziologie · Poland
Swiss Journal of Sociology: fully open access; no APC; review about 50 weeks (community reports); 31 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Swiss Journal of Sociology is published by Schweizerische Gesellschaft fur Soziologie. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Migration, Refugees, and Integration, Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies and Sociology and Education Studies, together about 24.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Sciences8.9%
- Employment, Labor, and Gender StudiesSocial Sciences7.9%
- Sociology and Education StudiesSocial Sciences7.6%
- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality StudiesSocial Sciences7.3%
- Family Dynamics and RelationshipsSocial Sciences4.6%
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identitySocial Sciences4.3%
- Social and Cultural DynamicsSocial Sciences4.1%
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and PracticeSocial Sciences4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Sciences | Q2 | 129/285 | 54th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.5OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 288 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 113 |
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | 180 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 158 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 167 |
| 2022 | 29 | 29 | 134 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 109 |
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 50 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Schweizerische Gesellschaft fur Soziologie
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English, French, German
- ISSN
- 0379-3664
- Electronic ISSN
- 2297-8348
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Swiss Journal of Sociology
How long does peer review take at Swiss Journal of Sociology?
Authors report an average review time of about 50 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 Swiss Journal of Sociology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Swiss Journal of Sociology is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Swiss Journal of Sociology open access, and what is the APC?
Swiss Journal of Sociology is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .