Journals

The American Sociological Association publishes 13 scholarly journals, including general interest journals and those focused on specialized areas of knowledge .

 

asrcoverjournalspage.jpgThe American Sociological Review, ASA’s flagship journal, includes the latest general interest scholarship in sociology that advances our understanding of fundamental social processes through theoretical, methodological, and empirical innovation.

 

 

 

 

 

cccoverjournalspage.jpgCity & Community, a journal of the ASA Section on Community and Urban Sociology, aims to advance urban sociological theory, promote empirical research on communities and urban social life, and encourage sociological perspectives on urban policy.

 

 

 

 

 

cscoverjournalspage.jpgContemporary Sociology publishes reviews and critical discussions of recent books in sociology.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Health and Social BehaviorThe Journal of Health and Social Behavior publishes empirical and theoretical articles that apply sociological concepts and methods to the understanding of health and illness and the organization of medicine and health care.

 

 

 

 

 

jwsrcoverjournalspage.jpgThe Journal of World-Systems Research, an open access, online-only journal of the ASA Section on Political Economy of the World-System, publishes research on topics that are relevant to the analysis of world-systems.

 

 

 

 

 

spqcoverjournalspage.jpgSocial Psychology Quarterly publishes theoretical and empirical work on the link between the individual and society, including the study of the relations of individuals to one another, as well as to groups, collectivities, and institutions.

 

 

 

 

 

smhcoverjournalspage.jpgSociety and Mental Health, a journal of the ASA Section on Sociology of Mental Health, publishes articles that apply sociological concepts and methods to the understanding of the social origins of mental health and illness, the social consequences for persons with mental illness, and the organization and financing of mental health services and care.

 

 

 

 

smcoverjournalspage.jpgSociological Methodology publishes qualitative and quantitative contributions that address the full range of methodological problems confronted by empirical research in the social sciences.

 

 

 

 

 

stcoverjournalspage.jpgSociological Theory publishes work in all areas of theory, including new substantive theories, history of theory, metatheory, formal theory construction, and synthetic contributions.

 

 

 

 

 

Sociology of Education publishes research that examines how social institutions and individuals’ experiences within these institutions affect educational processes and social development.

 

 

 

 

 

srecoverjournalspage.jpgSociology of Race and Ethnicity, a journal of the ASA Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, publishes sociological research on race and ethnicity across epistemological, methodological, and theoretical orientations.

 

 

 

 

 

sociuscoverjournalspage.jpgSocius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World provides an open access online-only forum for rapid publication of sociological research from any subfield of the discipline.

 

 

 

 

 

tscoverjournalspage.jpgTeaching Sociology publishes articles, conversations, notes, and reviews to advance the quality of sociology instruction and the scholarship of teaching and learning in sociology.