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Annual Review of Sociology
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Annual Review of Sociology

0360-0572

Published by: Annual Reviews Inc.

https://www.annualreviews.org/journal/soc

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 218 26 25 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 47
Documents by Best Scientists*: 42
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Annual Review of Sociology?

The primary areas of discussion in Annual Review of Sociology are Stratification (mathematics), Cross-national research, Economic geography, Social mobility and Socioeconomics.

  • Stratification (mathematics) (100.00%)
  • Cross-national research (100.00%)
  • Economic geography (100.00%)

Papers citation over time

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The top authors publishing in Annual Review of Sociology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Donald J. Treiman (1 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Wout Ultee (1 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Harry B. G. Ganzeboom (1 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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Publication chance based on affiliation

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Returning Authors Index

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The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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Top Publications

  • What Do Platforms Do? Understanding the Gig Economy

    Steven Vallas;Juliet B. Schor

    (2020)
    1079 Citations
  • Climate Change and Society

    Thomas Dietz;Rachael L. Shwom;Cameron T. Whitley

    (2020)
    180 Citations
  • Trust in Social Relations

    Oliver Schilke;Martin Reimann;Karen S. Cook

    (2021)
    175 Citations
  • Norms: An Integrated Framework

    Christine Horne;Stefanie Mollborn

    (2020)
    155 Citations
  • The Sharing Economy: Rhetoric and Reality

    Juliet B. Schor;Steven P. Vallas

    (2021)
    87 Citations
  • Sociology, Genetics, and the Coming of Age of Sociogenomics

    Melinda C. Mills;Felix C. Tropf

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • Technologies and Health Inequities

    Stefan Timmermans;Rebecca Kaufman

    (2020)
    57 Citations
  • The Impact of Inequality on Intergenerational Mobility

    Thomas A. DiPrete

    (2020)
    52 Citations
  • Diverging Destinies in East Asia

    (2023)
    44 Citations
  • Social Inequality and the Future of US Life Expectancy

    Iliya Gutin;Robert A. Hummer

    (2021)
    40 Citations

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