Scimago Journal & Country Rank

British Journal of Sociology

Country

United Kingdom

Universities and research institutions in United Kingdom
Media Ranking in United Kingdom

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

H-Index

112

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

00071315, 14684446

Coverage

1965-1977, 1979-1984, 1987-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

n.b.dodd@lse.ac.uk

Scope

British Journal of Sociology is published on behalf of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is unique in the United Kingdom in its concentration on teaching and research across the full range of the social, political and economic sciences. Founded in 1895 by Beatrice and Sidney Webb, the LSE is one of the largest colleges within the University of London and has an outstanding reputation for academic excellence nationally and internationally. Mission Statement: • To be a leading sociology journal in terms of academic substance, scholarly reputation , with relevance to and impact on the social and democratic questions of our times • To publish papers demonstrating the highest standards of scholarship in sociology from authors worldwide; • To carry papers from across the full range of sociological research and knowledge • To lead debate on key methodological and theoretical questions and controversies in contemporary sociology, for example through the annual lecture special issue • To highlight new areas of sociological research, new developments in sociological theory, and new methodological innovations, for example through timely special sections and special issues • To react quickly to major publishing and/or world events by producing special issues and/or sections • To publish the best work from scholars in new and emerging regions where sociology is developing • To encourage new and aspiring sociologists to submit papers to the journal, and to spotlight their work through the early career prize • To engage with the sociological community – academics as well as students – in the UK and abroad, through social media, and a journal blog. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Sociology and Political Science1999Q2
Sociology and Political Science2000Q2
Sociology and Political Science2001Q1
Sociology and Political Science2002Q1
Sociology and Political Science2003Q1
Sociology and Political Science2004Q1
Sociology and Political Science2005Q1
Sociology and Political Science2006Q1
Sociology and Political Science2007Q1
Sociology and Political Science2008Q1
Sociology and Political Science2009Q1
Sociology and Political Science2010Q1
Sociology and Political Science2011Q1
Sociology and Political Science2012Q1
Sociology and Political Science2013Q1
Sociology and Political Science2014Q1
Sociology and Political Science2015Q1
Sociology and Political Science2016Q1
Sociology and Political Science2017Q1
Sociology and Political Science2018Q1
Sociology and Political Science2019Q1
Sociology and Political Science2020Q1
Sociology and Political Science2021Q1
Sociology and Political Science2022Q1
Sociology and Political Science2023Q1
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
19990.551
20000.547
20011.021
20021.594
20031.571
20040.944
20051.190
20061.020
20072.298
20081.289
20091.235
20101.151
20110.983
20120.844
20131.313
20140.927
20151.476
20161.188
20170.857
20181.345
20191.414
20201.826
20211.335
20221.231
20230.937
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
199932
200034
200133
200235
200329
200427
200538
200636
200731
200836
200943
201074
201137
201238
201336
201439
201541
201637
201748
201859
2019104
202062
202184
202258
202355
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)19991.041
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20001.292
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20011.415
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20021.664
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20032.007
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20042.344
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20052.105
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20062.101
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20073.508
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20082.947
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20093.645
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20103.432
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20112.342
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20122.800
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20132.943
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20142.870
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20153.273
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20163.591
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20173.542
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20183.503
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20193.297
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20203.065
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20213.777
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20222.809
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20233.380
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19991.041
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20001.010
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20011.531
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20021.657
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20032.108
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20041.464
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20052.055
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20061.947
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20073.515
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20082.771
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20093.379
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20102.845
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20112.072
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20122.279
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20132.940
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20142.640
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20153.389
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20163.052
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20173.120
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20183.341
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20193.278
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20203.123
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20212.680
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20222.704
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20233.186
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19990.828
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20000.813
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20011.348
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20022.015
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20031.309
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20041.219
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20052.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20061.446
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20073.365
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20082.448
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20092.403
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20102.203
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20111.598
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20122.153
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20131.947
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20142.784
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20152.693
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20162.400
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20172.397
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20183.318
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20193.299
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20201.877
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20212.639
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20222.267
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20232.901
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites19995
Self Cites200015
Self Cites200111
Self Cites200216
Self Cites200310
Self Cites20046
Self Cites200521
Self Cites20064
Self Cites200720
Self Cites200811
Self Cites200916
Self Cites20108
Self Cites20117
Self Cites20125
Self Cites20137
Self Cites20145
Self Cites20158
Self Cites20165
Self Cites20177
Self Cites201816
Self Cites201923
Self Cites202028
Self Cites202131
Self Cites202232
Self Cites202312
Total Cites1999102
Total Cites200097
Total Cites2001150
Total Cites2002164
Total Cites2003215
Total Cites2004142
Total Cites2005187
Total Cites2006183
Total Cites2007355
Total Cites2008291
Total Cites2009348
Total Cites2010313
Total Cites2011317
Total Cites2012351
Total Cites2013438
Total Cites2014293
Total Cites2015383
Total Cites2016354
Total Cites2017365
Total Cites2018421
Total Cites2019472
Total Cites2020659
Total Cites2021603
Total Cites2022676
Total Cites2023650
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document19990.990
External Cites per document20000.854
External Cites per document20011.418
External Cites per document20021.495
External Cites per document20032.010
External Cites per document20041.402
External Cites per document20051.824
External Cites per document20061.904
External Cites per document20073.317
External Cites per document20082.667
External Cites per document20093.223
External Cites per document20102.773
External Cites per document20112.026
External Cites per document20122.247
External Cites per document20132.893
External Cites per document20142.595
External Cites per document20153.319
External Cites per document20163.009
External Cites per document20173.060
External Cites per document20183.214
External Cites per document20193.118
External Cites per document20202.991
External Cites per document20212.542
External Cites per document20222.576
External Cites per document20233.127
Cites per document19991.041
Cites per document20001.010
Cites per document20011.531
Cites per document20021.657
Cites per document20032.108
Cites per document20041.464
Cites per document20052.055
Cites per document20061.947
Cites per document20073.515
Cites per document20082.771
Cites per document20093.379
Cites per document20102.845
Cites per document20112.072
Cites per document20122.279
Cites per document20132.940
Cites per document20142.640
Cites per document20153.389
Cites per document20163.052
Cites per document20173.120
Cites per document20183.341
Cites per document20193.278
Cites per document20203.123
Cites per document20212.680
Cites per document20222.704
Cites per document20233.186
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
19990.00
20005.88
200115.15
200211.43
200310.34
20040.00
20052.63
200611.11
20073.23
20082.78
20094.65
201016.22
20118.11
201213.16
20138.33
20147.69
20157.32
20165.41
201725.00
201811.86
201912.50
202022.58
202125.00
202215.52
202320.00
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents19991
Non-citable documents20000
Non-citable documents20010
Non-citable documents20020
Non-citable documents20031
Non-citable documents20041
Non-citable documents20054
Non-citable documents20065
Non-citable documents20075
Non-citable documents20084
Non-citable documents20092
Non-citable documents20106
Non-citable documents20115
Non-citable documents20125
Non-citable documents20132
Non-citable documents20144
Non-citable documents20155
Non-citable documents20165
Non-citable documents20172
Non-citable documents20182
Non-citable documents20198
Non-citable documents202029
Non-citable documents202130
Non-citable documents202224
Non-citable documents20235
Citable documents199997
Citable documents200096
Citable documents200198
Citable documents200299
Citable documents2003101
Citable documents200496
Citable documents200587
Citable documents200689
Citable documents200796
Citable documents2008101
Citable documents2009101
Citable documents2010104
Citable documents2011148
Citable documents2012149
Citable documents2013147
Citable documents2014107
Citable documents2015108
Citable documents2016111
Citable documents2017115
Citable documents2018124
Citable documents2019136
Citable documents2020182
Citable documents2021195
Citable documents2022226
Citable documents2023199
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents199952
Uncited documents200049
Uncited documents200136
Uncited documents200241
Uncited documents200336
Uncited documents200435
Uncited documents200529
Uncited documents200635
Uncited documents200729
Uncited documents200832
Uncited documents200928
Uncited documents201039
Uncited documents201159
Uncited documents201265
Uncited documents201344
Uncited documents201430
Uncited documents201529
Uncited documents201620
Uncited documents201724
Uncited documents201830
Uncited documents201948
Uncited documents202067
Uncited documents202162
Uncited documents202265
Uncited documents202351
Cited documents199946
Cited documents200047
Cited documents200162
Cited documents200258
Cited documents200366
Cited documents200462
Cited documents200562
Cited documents200659
Cited documents200772
Cited documents200873
Cited documents200975
Cited documents201071
Cited documents201194
Cited documents201289
Cited documents2013105
Cited documents201481
Cited documents201584
Cited documents201696
Cited documents201793
Cited documents201896
Cited documents201996
Cited documents2020144
Cited documents2021163
Cited documents2022185
Cited documents2023153
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