Social Forces

524.8k citations
10.4k papers · indexed · active since 1950

Social Forces

6.2k papers receiving 242.5k citations

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Social Forces
Comparison fields: 5 of 244
  • Sociology and Political Science 286.2k
  • General Health Professions 67.7k
  • Gender Studies 59.1k
  • Political Science and International Relations 58.4k
  • Education 56.2k
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About Social Forces

The 10.4k papers published in Social Forces in the last decades have received a total of 524.8k indexed citations . Papers published in Social Forces usually cover Sociology and Political Science (4.1k papers), Gender Studies (762 papers) and Public Administration (212 papers) specifically the topics of Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (666 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (413 papers) and Crime Patterns and Interventions (398 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Social Forces are Helmut R. Wagner, Barney G. Glaser, Anselm L. Strauss, Anthony Giddens, William A. Corsaro, Pierre Bourdıeu, Charles H. Powers, Kenneth A. Bollen, Peter V. Marsden and Douglas S. Massey.

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