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Sociology Lens

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 2018

ISSN2832-5796eISSN2832-580X

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.259

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.673

Total Worksi

169

Total Citationsi

103

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Anthropology; History; Sociology; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2018

Annual Volume~ 50 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications169

Submission Info

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?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2832-5796 / 2832-580X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

English

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

2018

2019

2020

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

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AnthropologyHistorySociology

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHistory

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringCinema and Media StudiesTurkey's Politics and SocietyJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesSocial and Cultural DynamicsCrime, Deviance, and Social ControlMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationContemporary Sociological Theory and Practice

Frequently asked questions about Sociology Lens

Is Sociology Lens a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sociology Lens: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Sociology Lens?

Sociology Lens is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.59.

Is Sociology Lens indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Sociology Lens is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Sociology Lens?