Frontiers in Sociology

Frontiers in Sociology
DisciplineSociology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byHannah Bradby
Publication details
HistorySince 2016
Publisher
Frontiers (Switzerland)
Yes
LicenseCreative Commons Attribution
2.2 (2024)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Front. Sociol.
Indexing
ISSN2297-7775
OCLC no.1005774032
Links

Frontiers in Sociology is a peer-reviewed open-access academic journal covering all aspects of sociology. It was established in 2016 and is published by Frontiers Media, a controversial company that is included in Jeffrey Beall's list of "potential, possible, or probable predatory publishers".[1][2]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences,[3] EBSCO databases, and Scopus.[4]

The journal has a 2024 impact factor of 2.2.[5] Since 2016, the journal has a score of 1 in the Norwegian Scientific Index,[6] which "covers the most prestigious and rigorous channels".[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Beall, Jeffrey (2012-01-15). "LIST OF PUBLISHERS". Scholarly Open Access. Archived from the original on 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  2. ^ Bloudoff-Indelicato M (2015). "Backlash after Frontiers journals added to list of questionable publishers". Nature. 525 (7575): 613. Bibcode:2015Natur.526..613B. doi:10.1038/526613f.
  3. ^ "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  4. ^ "Source details: Frontiers in Sociology". Scopus preview. Elsevier.
  5. ^ "Frontiers in Psychology". 2024 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate. 2023.
  6. ^ "Frontiers in Sociology". Norwegian Scientific Index. Retrieved 2026-01-23.
  7. ^ "Vedtak av endringer på nivå 2 gyldig fra 2019". Norwegian Scientific Index. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  8. ^ "Publication channels, levels and credits". University of Oslo. Retrieved 2019-12-04.