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Sociological Inquiry
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Sociological Inquiry

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 942 14 16 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 23
Documents by Best Scientists*: 22
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 68
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.993
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Sociological Inquiry?

Sociological Inquiry explores disciplines such as Social science, Gender studies, Politics, Criminology and Law.

  • Social science (14.20%)
  • Gender studies (9.26%)
  • Politics (6.53%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Understanding everyday racism : an interdisciplinary theory (1132 citations)
  • Digital Na(t)ives? Variation in Internet Skills and Uses among Members of the “Net Generation”* (877 citations)
  • The Measurement of Fear of Crime (644 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Sociological Inquiry:

The journal papers explore disciplines such as Social science, Gender studies, Public relations, Social movement and Economic growth. While the journal publications focused on Social movement, they were also able to explore topics like Collective action and Framing (social sciences).

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Social science

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates studies in Gender studies, Criminology, White (horse), Political economy and Politics. The journal served as a forum through which researchers explored different topics like Gender studies and Japanese americans. Sociological Inquiry features Criminology research that overlaps with concepts in Gun control.

The studies in White (horse) featured incorporate elements of Anthropology, Movement (music), Status quo and Racialization. The journal explores issues in Political economy which can be linked to other research areas like Gender polarization, State legislature, Religious identity, Sanctions and Apathy. Sociological Inquiry focuses on Politics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Law and economics, Law enforcement, Monopoly and Public administration.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Networks of Opposition: A Structural Analysis of U.S. Climate Change Countermovement Coalitions 1989–2015 (14 citations)
  • Who Might Buy a Gun? Results from the Guns in American Life Survey (4 citations)
  • Gun Owners and Gun Control: Shared Status, Divergent Opinions (3 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 Sociological Inquiry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Talcott Parsons (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Neil J. Smelser (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • William R. Catton (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marion J. Levy (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Deena Weinstein (5 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 Sociological Inquiry (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Chicago (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Washington (33 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Harvard University (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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, 1.54% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.06% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.38% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.75% of all publications and 57.81% 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

  • What Makes Systemic Racism Systemic

    Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

    (2021)
    97 Citations
  • Who Might Buy a Gun? Results from the Guns in American Life Survey

    Margaret S. Kelley;Christopher G. Ellison

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Gun Owners and Gun Control: Shared Status, Divergent Opinions

    Alexander L. Burton;Matthew W. Logan;Justin T. Pickett;Francis T. Cullen

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • “God Sees No Color” So Why Should I? How White Christians Produce Divinized Colorblindness

    Sharan Kaur Mehta;Rachel C. Schneider;Elaine Howard Ecklund

    (2021)
    22 Citations
  • Knowledge Conflicts: The Strategic Use and Effects of Expertise in Social Movements

    (2022)
    13 Citations
  • Exploring the Effects of Conditioning Factors on the Strain–Crime Association: A Test on Incarcerated Chinese Women

    Lin Liu;Ivan Y. Sun;Kai Lin

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Introduction to the Special Issue on “Guns and Society”

    Benjamin Dowd-Arrow;Terrence D. Hill;Amy M. Burdette

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Do Men and Women Integrate Guns into Risky Health Lifestyles in Young Adulthood?

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • Me, My Track and Society: How Track Identification Affects the Relationship between General Self‐Esteem and Perceived Public Track Status

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • Assessing the Extreme Loneliness of Immigrant Farmworkers

    Jesse L. Smith-Appelson;John R. Reynolds;Joseph G. Grzywacz

    (2021)
    3 Citations

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