Sociological Methodology is the only American Sociological Association periodical publication devoted entirely to research methods. It is a compendium of new and sometimes controversial advances in social science methodology. Contributions come from diverse areas and have something new and useful—and sometimes surprising–to say about a wide range of methodological topics. Sociological Methodology seeks qualitative and quantitative contributions that address the full range of methodological problems confronted by empirical research in the social sciences, including conceptualization, data analysis, data collection, measurement, modeling, and research design. The journal provides a forum for engaging the philosophical issues that underpin sociological research. Papers published in Sociological Methodology are original methodological contributions including new methodological developments, reviews or illustrations of recent developments that provide new methodological insights, and critical evaluative discussions of research practices and traditions. Sociological Methodology encourages the inclusion of applications to real-world sociological data.
Editors: David M. Melamed and Michael Vuolo, Ohio State University (2020-24)
Published: February, August
ISSN: 0081-1750
Featured Articles
- Networked Participants, Networked Meanings: Using Networks to Visualize Ethnographic Data Kenneth R. Hanson and Nicholas Theis (February 2024); listen to the podcast
- Systematic Social Observation at Scale: Using Crowdsourcing and Computer Vision to Measure Visible Neighborhood Conditions Jackelyn Hwang and Nikhil Naik (August 2023)
