Social research 14.5k citations
1.2k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in Migration, Refugees, and Integration Religion and Society Interactions Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Crime Patterns and Interventions Political Conflict and Governance Religion, Society, and Development Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy Papers in i Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy 63 American Constitutional Law and Politics 33 Islamic Studies and History 28 Political Theology and Sovereignty 39 Religion and Society Interactions 33 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Social research
Comparison fields: 5 of 202 Sociology and Political Science 7.3k Political Science and International Relations 3.2k Social Psychology 1.8k Philosophy 975 Gender Studies 789 Communication 512 Public Administration 250 Clinical Psychology 1.2k Anthropology 591 Safety Research 500 Health 403 Geography, Planning and Development 271 Development 176 General Decision Sciences 87 Urban Studies 275 General Health Professions 1.0k Cultural Studies 362 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 432 Demography 493 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 515 Law 397 Cognitive Neuroscience 678 Applied Psychology 160 Economics and Econometrics 923 Information Systems and Management 234 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 162 History and Philosophy of Science 149 History 341 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 278 Literature and Literary Theory 352 Strategy and Management 458 Business and International Management 60 Education 821 General Psychology 35 Finance 261 General Social Sciences 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Sociology and Political Science 7.3k Political Science and International Relations 3.2k Social Psychology 1.8k Philosophy 975 Gender Studies 789 European Journal of Social Theory United Kingdom
South Atlantic Quarterly United States
Social Identities United States
Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales France
Ethnicities United Kingdom
Sociology of Religion United States
European Journal of Sociology United States
Contemporary Political Theory United Kingdom
Human Studies United States
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About Social research The 1.2k papers published in Social research in the last decades have received a total of 14.5k indexed citations . Papers published in Social research usually cover Political Science and International Relations (342 papers), Sociology and Political Science (472 papers), Philosophy (119 papers), Law (55 papers) and General Decision Sciences (10 papers) specifically the topics of Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy (63 papers), Political Theology and Sovereignty (39 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (33 papers), Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (33 papers), Religion and Society Interactions (33 papers), Economic Theory and Institutions (30 papers), Islamic Studies and History (28 papers) and Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (23 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Social research are Jerome S. Bruner , Alain Touraine , Hannah Arendt , Andrew Abbott , Paul Gilbert , Harold Maurice Collins , Bo Rothstein , Susan Harding , José Casanova and Mary Douglas .
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