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Body and Society

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1995

ISSN1460-3632

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.815

H-Index

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SNIP

1.421

Total Works

845

Total Citations

34,564

2yr Mean Citedness

1.55

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal explores the multifaceted nature of the body, encompassing its ethical dimensions, embodied experiences, and social and political implications. It examines how bodies are shaped by and shape various aspects of life, including identity, subjectivity, social justice, technology, and cultural practices. The journal also investigates the body's role in understanding concepts such as failure, learning, voice, trauma, relatedness, citizenship, and embodiment across diverse contexts.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications845

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1460-3632

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Cultural StudiesQ1

Health (social science)Q1

Social PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Sociology

Scopus Categories

Social PsychologyCultural StudiesHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geographies of human-animal interactionsPosthumanist Ethics and ActivismDiversity and Impact of DanceHuman auditory perception and evaluationBody Image and Dysmorphia StudiesAnthropological Studies and InsightsRace, Genetics, and SocietyGender, Feminism, and MediaFashion and Cultural TextilesDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies