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Journal of Classical Sociology
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Journal of Classical Sociology

1468-795X

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jcs

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 719 13 32 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 19
Documents by Best Scientists*: 39
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 31
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.29
Impact Factor: 0.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Classical Sociology?

Journal of Classical Sociology focuses largely on the fields of Epistemology, Politics, Modernity, Capitalism and Social science. Social theory, Morality, Sociological theory, Argument and Critical theory are among the areas of Epistemology tackled. It explores issues in Politics which can be linked to other research areas like Context (language use) and Political economy.

The journal focuses on Capitalism as well as the interrelated topic of Neoclassical economics.

  • Epistemology (56.82%)
  • Politics (14.58%)
  • Modernity (9.35%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Symbolic capital and social classes (110 citations)
  • Symbolic power and group-making: On Pierre Bourdieu’s reframing of class: (94 citations)
  • Parsons, Luhmann and the Theorem of Double Contingency (90 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Classical Sociology:

The journal papers mostly deal with topics like Epistemology, Sociological theory, Capitalism, Ethnomethodology and Normative. The most cited articles address concerns in Epistemology which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Social order and Individualism. The published articles hold forums on Capitalism that merge themes from other disciplines such as Political economy, Economic system and Debt.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Epistemology
  • Social science
  • Politics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Classical Sociology explores disciplines such as Epistemology, Politics, Social theory, Work (electrical) and Sociological theory. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Epistemology, it also covered topics in Ideology and Sociology of culture. Issues in Politics were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Autonomy, Institution and Skepticism.

The research on Social theory tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Economic Justice, Style (sociolinguistics) and Public sociology. Topics in Work (electrical) explored in Journal of Classical Sociology were investigated in conjunction with research in Social reproduction, Habitus and State (polity). While Journal of Classical Sociology focused on Existentialism, it was also able to explore topics like Structure and agency, Modernity and Set (psychology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • ‘The metropolis and the life of spirit’ by Georg Simmel: A new translation (3 citations)
  • Epistemic justice for the dead (2 citations)
  • Between politics and common sense: The epistemological and symbolic boundaries of sociology during National Socialism: (2 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

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

  • Bryan S. Turner (15 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Christopher Adair-Toteff (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Richard Swedberg (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Anne Warfield Rawls (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Gregor Fitzi (7 papers) absent 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

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Classical Sociology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of South Florida (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • York University (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Cambridge (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Cornell University (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Potsdam (8 papers) absent at the last edition.

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

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 15.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.65% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 20.59% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.65% of all publications and 44.12% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

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

  • Why is classical theory classical? Theorizing the canon and canonizing Du Bois:

    Michael Burawoy

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Karl Mannheim’s Ideology and Utopia and the public role of sociology

    Martyn Hammersley

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • The Working Sovereign: A conversation with Axel Honneth

    (2023)
    9 Citations
  • Theorizing with the help of the classics

    Richard Swedberg

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • On the use of abstractions in sociology: The classics and beyond:

    Richard Swedberg

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Vulnerability and existence theory in catastrophic times

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • From cities to networks: Power rules:

    Manuel Castells

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • W.E.B. Du Bois and interdisciplinarity: A comprehensive picture of the scholar’s approach to natural science:

    Jordan Fox Besek;Patrick Trent Greiner;Brett Clark

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Classics and classicality: JCS after 20 years:

    Simon Susen;Bryan S Turner;Bryan S Turner

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • On Schutz’s conception of science as one of multiple realities

    Martyn Hammersley

    (2020)
    3 Citations

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