Sociology

3.7k papers and 115.8k indexed citations i.

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The 3.7k papers published in Sociology in the last decades have received a total of 115.8k indexed citations. Papers published in Sociology usually cover Sociology and Political Science (1.9k papers), Political Science and International Relations (429 papers) and Gender Studies (398 papers) specifically the topics of Social and Cultural Dynamics (428 papers), Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (213 papers) and Social Policy and Reform Studies (174 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Sociology are John Child, Gianfranco Poggi, Erik Cohen, Martin Bulmer, Janet Finch, Ian Hutchby, Diane Reay, Sylvia Walby, John Urry and Carl May.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in Sociology

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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.

Countries where authors publish in Sociology

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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).

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar’s output or impact.

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