Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The journal’s scope includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

  • Sociological theory and social structure
  • Family and population studies
  • Social stratification and inequality
  • Race, class, and gender inequality
  • Organizations, work, and markets
  • Political sociology and social movements
  • Survey research and sociological methods
  • Social attitudes and public opinion
  • Law, crime, and deviance
  • Education, health, and culture

All submissions should address a clearly defined sociological question, engage with relevant scholarship, and demonstrate methodological rigor appropriate to their design. Purely descriptive reports, advocacy pieces without sociological analysis, and manuscripts unrelated to the journal’s scope are not normally considered.

 

Section Policies

Articles

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Peer Review Process

The journal uses double-anonymized peer-reviewed system for peer-review. The manuscript will be peer-reviewed by at least two independent external reviewers with relevant expertise.

 

Publication Frequency

Semiannual, published in January and July

 

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

 

Special Issue Proposals

To foster academic collaboration and advance scholarly research, we welcome special issue proposals from scholars, researchers, and academic or research institutions. Those interested in organizing a special issue are invited to submit their inquiries and proposals to the journal’s editorial office via email: jsr@macrothink.org