LibGuides: Sociology: Journals

Sociological journals serve as essential platforms for scholarly discourse and the dissemination of sociological research. These publications feature peer-reviewed articles, essays, and reviews authored by experts in the field, offering invaluable insights, analysis, and perspectives on various sociological topics, theories, and methodologies. They are pivotal in advancing sociological scholarship, fostering intellectual exchange, and shaping the trajectory of sociological inquiry.

Researchers and students rely on these journals to stay abreast of current sociological research, engage with cutting-edge theories, and explore emerging trends in the field. Additionally, sociological journals provide a forum for publishing original research, enabling scholars to share their findings, interpretations, and methodologies with a broader audience.

Sociological journals significantly advance our understanding of human society through their rigorous editorial processes and commitment to academic excellence. They are indispensable repositories of scholarly research, critical analysis, and intellectual discourse within sociology.

Covering diverse topics, theories, and methodologies, sociological journals provide invaluable insights into the complexities of social phenomena, fostering a deeper understanding of societal structures, dynamics, and processes. By publishing articles, essays, and reviews authored by experts in the field, these journals contribute to advancing sociological scholarship and refining theoretical debates.

Moreover, sociological journals play a pivotal role in shaping the direction of sociological inquiry, identifying emerging trends, and promoting interdisciplinary dialogue. Whether accessed in print or online, sociological journals serve as essential resources for researchers, students, and enthusiasts seeking to engage critically with the complexities of human society.

Annual Review of Sociology The Annual Review of Sociology®, in publication since 1975, covers the significant developments in the field of Sociology. Topics covered in the journal include major theoretical and methodological developments as well as current research in the major subfields. Review chapters typically cover social processes, institutions and culture, organizations, political and economic sociology, stratification, demography, urban sociology, social policy, historical sociology, and major developments in sociology in other regions of the world. This journal is intended for sociologists and other social scientists, as well as those in the fields of urban and regional planning, social policy and social work. It is also useful for those in government.
Annals of Tourism Research Annals of Tourism Research is a social sciences journal focusing upon academic perspectives on tourism. For the purposes of determining areas of interest, tourism is defined as a global economic activity comprising travel behaviour, the management and marketing activities of service industries that arise to meet consumer demand, the effects of tourism activities on communities and policy and governance at local, national and international levels. While striving for a balance of theory and application, Annals is ultimately dedicated to developing theoretical constructs that span business and the social and behavioural sciences. Disciplinary areas include, but are not limited to: service industries management, marketing science, consumer marketing, decision-making and behaviour, business ethics, economics and forecasting, environment, geography and development, education and knowledge development, political science and administration, consumer-focused psychology, and anthropology and sociology. Its strategies are to invite and encourage offerings from various disciplines; to serve as a forum through which these may interact; and thus to expand frontiers of knowledge in and contribute to the literature on tourism social science from a multidisciplinary perspective.
American Sociological Review The official flagship journal of the American Sociological Association (ASA), American Sociological Review (ASR) publishes works of interest to the discipline in general, new theoretical developments, results of research that advance our understanding of fundamental social processes, and important methodological innovations. All areas of sociology are welcome. Emphasis is on exceptional quality and general interest. Published bi-monthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December.
European Societies European Societies publishes sociological research from or about Europe. The journal is the flagship journal of the European Sociological Association and shares its aims and objectives. European Societies contributes to plurality and openness within the discipline of sociology. We observe ethical standards in academic independence and conduct the doubly-anonymous review of submitted manuscripts. While being a generalist sociology journal that is open to all sociological research, European Societies has a focus on the socio-economic and socio-political challenges that European societies face and on all aspects of European social life and socioculture. We welcome all sociological methods and all approaches in sociological theory. Articles may approach their topics in a historical perspective. Comparative research involving Europe as a whole or specific European countries makes for a significant part of our published articles. We also welcome comparisons with societies beyond Europe. Although anchored in sociology, European Societies welcomes contributions from any discipline, provided that they substantially advance sociological knowledge or extensively exploit that knowledge to the benefit of other approaches.
Sociological Methods & Research Sociological Methods & Research is a quarterly journal devoted to sociology as a cumulative empirical science. The objectives of SMR are multiple, but emphasis is placed on articles that advance the understanding of the field through systematic presentations that clarify methodological problems and assist in ordering the known facts in an area. Review articles will be published, particularly those that emphasize a critical analysis of the status of the arts, but original presentations that are broadly based and provide new research will also be published. Intrinsically, SMR is viewed as substantive journal but one that is highly focused on the assessment of the scientific status of sociology. The scope is broad and flexible, and authors are invited to correspond with the editors about the appropriateness of their articles.
Journal of Marriage and Family The Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF), published by the National Council on Family Relations, has been the leading research journal in the family field for more than 75 years and is consistently the most highly cited journal in Family Science. JMF features original research and theory using the variety of methods reflective of the full range of social sciences, including quantitative, qualitative, and multi-method designs; research interpretation; integrative review; reports on methodological and statistical advances; and critical discussion concerning all aspects of marriage, other forms of close relationships, and families. The journal also publishes brief reports.
Gender & Society Gender & Society promotes feminist scholarship and the social scientific study of gender. Gender & Society publishes theoretically engaged and methodologically rigorous articles that make original contributions to gender theory. The journal takes a multidisciplinary, intersectional, and global approach to gender analyses.
Society and Mental Health Society and Mental Health (SMH) publishes original and innovative peer-reviewed research and theory articles that link social structure and sociocultural processes with mental health and illness in society. It will also provide an outlet for sociologically relevant research and theory articles that are produced in other disciplines and subfields concerned with issues related to mental health and illness. The aim of the journal is to advance knowledge in the sociology of mental health and illness by publishing the leading work that highlights the unique perspectives and contributions that sociological research and theory can make to our understanding of mental health and illness in society.
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility The study of social inequality is and has been one of the central preoccupations of social scientists. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility is dedicated to publishing the highest, most innovative research on issues of social inequality from a broad diversity of theoretical and methodological perspectives. The journal is also dedicated to cutting edge summaries of prior research and fruitful exchanges that will stimulate future research on issues of social inequality.
Journal of Health and Social Behavior Journal of Health and Social Behavior is a medical sociology journal that publishes empirical and theoretical articles that apply sociological concepts and methods to the understanding of health and illness and the organization of medicine and health care. Its editorial policy favors manuscripts that are grounded in important theoretical issues in medical sociology or the sociology of mental health and that advance theoretical understanding of the processes by which social factors and human health are inter-related.