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Sociological Bulletin

Indian Sociological Society · India

ISSN0038-0229

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.237

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.657

Total Worksi

1,601

Total Citationsi

6,776

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History; Cultural Studies; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive

Total Publications1,601

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Indian Sociological Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0038-0229

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

719

2020

2021

138

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

HistoryQ1

Cultural StudiesQ2

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHistorySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Cultural Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

South Asian Studies and ConflictsSocial and Economic Development in IndiaContemporary Sociological Theory and PracticeIndian History and PhilosophySoutheast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

Frequently asked questions about Sociological Bulletin

Is Sociological Bulletin a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sociological Bulletin: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Sociological Bulletin?

Sociological Bulletin is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.237.

Is Sociological Bulletin indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sociological Bulletin is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Sociological Bulletin?