Sociology 131.0k citations
3.8k papers ·
indexed · active since 1950
Impact in Gender, Feminism, and Media Papers in Labor Movements and Unions 153 Social and Cultural Dynamics 432 Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice 219 Youth Education and Societal Dynamics 163 Migration, Refugees, and Integration 110 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Sociology
Comparison fields: 5 of 241 Public Administration 5.7k Gender Studies 15.5k Sociology and Political Science 69.0k Urban Studies 5.7k Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10.0k Communication 5.0k Demography 8.1k Political Science and International Relations 16.1k General Health Professions 16.4k Health 4.5k Social Psychology 10.4k Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 759 Geography, Planning and Development 2.7k Music 1.5k Education 13.7k Safety Research 3.7k Clinical Psychology 9.1k Strategy and Management 6.1k Marketing 3.3k Management of Technology and Innovation 2.5k Finance 3.6k Museology 1.2k General Social Sciences 1.0k Linguistics and Language 1.3k Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 448 Management Information Systems 2.6k General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2.3k Language and Linguistics 2.8k Anthropology 2.4k Literature and Literary Theory 2.6k Human Factors and Ergonomics 540 Cultural Studies 1.9k Philosophy 2.5k Economics and Econometrics 6.3k Business and International Management 442 Information Systems and Management 1.6k Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2.8k Accounting 2.3k Human-Computer Interaction 1.1k History 2.0k Transportation 1.2k Management Science and Operations Research 2.2k Applied Psychology 913 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 794 Pharmacy 821 General Psychology 192 Research and Theory 129 Reproductive Medicine 1.1k Development 460 Law 1.2k Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3.6k Developmental and Educational Psychology 1.5k History and Philosophy of Science 539 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 490 Food Science 2.0k Computer Science Applications 577 Conservation 350 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1.2k General Decision Sciences 183 Life-span and Life-course Studies 84 Health Information Management 452 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 446 Psychiatry and Mental health 1.2k Cognitive Neuroscience 1.4k Issues, ethics and legal aspects 89 Speech and Hearing 470 Religious studies 338 Library and Information Sciences 98 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 540 Emergency Medical Services 464 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 762 Information Systems 1.4k Global and Planetary Change 1.2k Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 408 Occupational Therapy 238 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1.1k Family Practice 121 Epidemiology 1.9k Health Informatics 70 Archeology 500 Archeology 51 Nature and Landscape Conservation 545 Artificial Intelligence 1.4k Statistics and Probability 352 Building and Construction 539 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 522 Genetics 1.0k Media Technology 322 Plant Science 1.3k Space and Planetary Science 44 Geriatrics and Gerontology 133 Obstetrics and Gynecology 252 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 246 Pharmacology 251 Infectious Diseases 449 Soil Science 225 Complementary and alternative medicine 192 Modeling and Simulation 106 Pharmacology 385 Physiology 588 Rehabilitation 154 Leadership and Management 25 Medical Terminology 5 Ecology 493 General Energy 19 Paleontology 135 Ecological Modeling 78 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 178 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 364 Pollution 199 Automotive Engineering 206 Oncology 459 Developmental Biology 36 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 149 Emergency Medicine 160 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 288 Toxicology 51 Small Animals 109 Industrial relations 8 Classics 49 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 28 Nutrition and Dietetics 197 Computer Networks and Communications 290 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 233 Sensory Systems 51 Aging 18 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 162 Environmental Engineering 137 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 154 Architecture 14 General Arts and Humanities 10 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 79 Signal Processing 94 Neurology 72 Periodontics 39 Ocean Engineering 127 Behavioral Neuroscience 27 Medical Laboratory Technology 11 Agronomy and Crop Science 73 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 37 Forestry 25 Software 23 Environmental Chemistry 60 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 135 Computational Theory and Mathematics 93 Insect Science 72 Geology 31 Mechanical Engineering 207 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 127 Geochemistry and Petrology 30 Water Science and Technology 70 Atmospheric Science 89 Theoretical Computer Science 5 Chemical Health and Safety 3 Molecular Biology 307 Surgery 192 Virology 20 Transplantation 11 Dermatology 36 Complementary and Manual Therapy 9 Genetics 42 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 22 Astronomy and Astrophysics 63 Neurology 59 Civil and Structural Engineering 82 Immunology and Allergy 22 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 116 Computational Mathematics 2 General Dentistry 6 Biological Psychiatry 8 Rheumatology 46 Equine 5 Control and Systems Engineering 67 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 52 Hematology 31 Biomedical Engineering 116 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 9 Geometry and Topology 22 Biophysics 14 Hepatology 19 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 134 Oceanography 28 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 7 Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 15 Geophysics 29 Gastroenterology 12 Analytical Chemistry 21 Animal Science and Zoology 22 Anatomy 3 Applied Mathematics 22 Microbiology 13 Earth-Surface Processes 14 Otorhinolaryngology 8 Nephrology 12 Aquatic Science 12 Cancer Research 24 Polymers and Plastics 22 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 14 Urology 10 Oral Surgery 11 Developmental Neuroscience 6 Aerospace Engineering 34 Immunology 27 Cell Biology 18 Ophthalmology 10 Horticulture 1 Mechanics of Materials 25 Parasitology 6 Organic Chemistry 23 Radiation 7 Mathematical Physics 7 Hardware and Architecture 5 Computational Mechanics 15 Biochemistry 5 Biomaterials 9 Biochemistry 4 Spectroscopy 11 General Materials Science 2 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 20 Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 2 Materials Chemistry 28 Condensed Matter Physics 7 Molecular Medicine 3 Clinical Biochemistry 4 Endocrinology 3 Catalysis 4 Nuclear and High Energy Physics 7 Internal Medicine 2 Inorganic Chemistry 7 Filtration and Separation 1 Orthodontics 2 Physiology 2 Metals and Alloys 1 Process Chemistry and Technology 1 Pharmaceutical Science 2 Electrochemistry 2 Instrumentation 1 Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 1 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 3 Surfaces, Coatings and Films 1 Biotechnology 1
Public Administration 5.7k Gender Studies 15.5k Sociology and Political Science 69.0k Urban Studies 5.7k Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10.0k Southern Economic Journal United States
The Sociological Review United Kingdom
British Journal of Sociology United Kingdom
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management United States
Journal of American History United States
Social Problems United States
American Behavioral Scientist United States
The Economic Journal United Kingdom
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science United States
World Development United States
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Southern Economic Journal · 1× This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Sociology. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in Sociology with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Sociology more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers published in Sociology. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers published in Sociology.
About Sociology The 3.8k papers published in Sociology in the last decades have received a total of 131.0k indexed citations . Papers published in Sociology usually cover Public Administration (182 papers), Sociology and Political Science (1.9k papers), Gender Studies (398 papers), Urban Studies (129 papers) and Political Science and International Relations (436 papers) specifically the topics of Social and Cultural Dynamics (432 papers), Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (219 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (175 papers), Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (163 papers), Labor Movements and Unions (153 papers), Employment and Welfare Studies (147 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (137 papers) and Migration, Refugees, and Integration (110 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Sociology are John Child , Gianfranco Poggi , Erik Cohen , Ian Hutchby , Janet Finch , Martin Bulmer , Diane Reay , John Wakeford , Sylvia Walby and John Urry .
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