Comparative Sociology

Aims & Scope

Comparative Sociology is an international scholarly journal, published in six issues per year, dedicated to advancing comparative sociological analyses of societies and cultures, institutions and organizations, groups and collectivities, networks and interactions.

All submissions for articles are peer-reviewed double-blind.

The journal publishes book reviews and theoretical presentations, conceptual analyses and empirical findings at all levels of comparative sociological analysis, from global and cultural to ethnographic and interactionist.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.247

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	31

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	18717

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	87

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• A Theory of Cultural Value Orientations: Explication and Applications

  Citation: 1354

  Authors: Shalom

• Standards of Good Practice in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Fuzzy-Sets

  Citation: 1024

  Authors: Carsten Q., Claudius

• New Professionalism and New Public Management: Changes, Continuities and Consequences

  Citation: 312

  Authors: Julia

• Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Fuzzy-Sets: Agenda for a Research Approach and a Data Analysis Technique

  Citation: 195

  Authors: Carsten Q., Claudius

• Gender Equality and Democracy

  Citation: 185

  Authors: Christian, Pippa, Ronald

• Mapping Global Values

  Citation: 179

  Authors: Ronald

• Multiple Secularities: Toward a Cultural Sociology of Secular Modernities

  Citation: 164

  Authors: Monika, Monika, Marian

• Islamic Culture and Democracy: Testing the 'Clash of Civilizations' Thesis

  Citation: 134

  Authors: Ronald, Pippa

• Professionalism as Symbolic Capital: Materials for a Bourdieusian Theory of Professionalism

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Mirko, Willem

• Microaggression and Moral Cultures

  Citation: 97

  Authors: Bradley, Jason

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