Emotions and Society

Aims & Scope

Emotions and Society aims to publish high-quality, original peer-reviewed articles which advance theoretical and empirical understanding of emotions in social life.

It is associated with the European Sociological Association's (ESA) Research Network on Sociology of Emotions (RN11), but seeks submissions from a wide range of international authors writing in this area.

The sociology of emotions has developed unique perspectives on emotions that attend to their social construction and the ways in which they are embedded in social structures and inhere in social processes.

The Journal seeks to expand the largely unexhausted potential for developing innovative approaches not only to emotions per se, but through them to the social generally.

All methodological approaches to studying emotions are welcome, but they should demonstrate rigour and be framed in ways that will be of interest to sociologically inclined scholars.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.6
2024	1.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.531

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10939

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	93

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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 Psychology and 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.

• Microfinance as poverty-shame debt

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Susan, David

• A post-paradigmatic approach to analysing emotions in social life

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Rebecca E., Alberto, Ann

• Alienation and emotion: social relations and estrangement in contemporary capitalism

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Ian

• Analysing emotional discourse among allies and opponents in the news media

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Allegra H., Kayla M., Jill, Christopher M.

• Emotions and society

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Arlie

• Different roads to empathy: stage actors and judges as polar cases

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Stina

• Emotional labour in digital diplomacy: perceptions and challenges for European diplomats

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Elsa

• Why feelings trump facts: anti-politics, citizenship and emotion

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Matthew

• Feeling protected: protective masculinity and femininity from Donald Trump and Joe Biden to Jacinda Ardern

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Carol

• On emotionalisation of public domains

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Julia, Michele

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