Contributions to Indian Sociology

Aims & Scope

Contributions to Indian Sociology (CIS) is a peer-reviewed journal which has encouraged and fostered cutting-edge scholarship on South Asian societies and cultures over the last 50 years.

Its features include research articles, short comments and book reviews.

The journal also publishes special issues to highlight new and significant themes in the discipline.

CIS invites articles on all countries of South Asia, the South Asian diaspora as well as on comparative studies related to the region.

The journal favours articles in which theory and data are mutually related.

It welcomes a diversity of theoretical approaches and methods.

CIS was founded by Louis Dumont and David Pocock in 1957 but ceased publication in 1966.

A new series commenced publication the next year (1967) at the initiative of T.N.

Madan with the support of an international group of scholars including Professors Louis Dumont, A.C.

Mayer, Milton Singer and M.N.

Srinivas.

Published annually till 1974, Contributions became a biannual publication in 1975.

From 1999, the journal has been published thrice a year.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	22612

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	22

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.178

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	34

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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.

• Is there an Indian Way of Thinking? An Informal Essay

  Citation: 163

  Authors: A. K.

• The south Indian temple: authority, honour and redistribution

  Citation: 140

  Authors: Arjun, Carol Appadurai

• Constructing an Indian Ethnosociology

  Citation: 102

  Authors: McKim

• Masks and faces: an essay on Punjabi kinship

  Citation: 94

  Authors: Veena

• Circular migration and rural cosmopolitanism in India

  Citation: 90

  Authors: Vinay, K.

• The labour of love

  Citation: 87

  Authors: Alpa

• Kinship in West Punjab Villages

  Citation: 81

  Authors: Hamza A.

• Embodiment and identity in contemporary society: Femina and the ‘new’ Indian woman

  Citation: 75

  Authors: Meenakshi

• Lords of labour: Working and shirking in Bhilai

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Jonathan P.

• Rule-by-Records and Rule-by-Reports: Complementary Aspects of the British Imperial Rule of Law

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Richard Saumarez

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