Zeitschrift fur Soziologie

Aims & Scope

The Zeitschrift für Soziologie publishes peer-reviewed articles from all areas of sociology, aiming to represent both the diversity of empirical research as well as the plurality of theoretical traditions.

Founded in 1971, the journal aims to represent the discipline as comprehensively as possible, inviting contributions from sociologists regardless of their conceptual affinities and orientations.

By dissociating the editorial process from institutional affiliations and sub-disciplinary networks as thoroughly as possible, and by affording a complex process of peer review, the ZfS is set up to operate as an "authors' journal" instead of an "editors' journal".

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.355

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	39

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.80

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	15009

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	74

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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.

• Grundelemente einer Theorie sozialer Praktiken / Basic Elements of a Theory of Social Practices

  Citation: 1005

  Authors: Andreas

• Grounded Theory Research: Procedures, Canons and Evaluative Criteria

  Citation: 469

  Authors: Juliet, Anselm

• Un/doing Differences. Die Kontingenz sozialer Zugehörigkeiten / Un/doing Differences. The Contingency of Social Belonging

  Citation: 207

  Authors: Stefan

• Gütekriterien qualitativer Sozialforschung. Ein Diskussionsanstoß

  Citation: 187

  Authors: Jörg, Stefan, Ruth, Uwe, Thomas

• Numerische Differenz. Ãœberlegungen zu einer Soziologie des (quantitativen) Vergleichs / Numerical Difference. Toward a Sociology of (Quantitative) Comparisons

  Citation: 184

  Authors: Bettina

• Soziale Hilfe als Funktionssystem der Gesellschaft

  Citation: 160

  Authors: Dirk

• Ethnografisches Schreiben und die Schweigsamkeit des Sozialen / Ethnographic Writing and the Silence of the Social

  Citation: 147

  Authors: Stefan

• How Rankings Produce Competition: The Case of Global University Rankings

  Citation: 145

  Authors: Jelena, Leopold, Tobias

• Auf der Suche nach einer Erklärung für die spezifischen Arbeitsmarktnachteile von Jugendlichen türkischer Herkunft / In Search of an Explanation for the Specific Labor Market Disadvantages of Second Generation Turkish Migrant Children

  Citation: 143

  Authors: Frank

• Civilizational Incompetence: The Trap of Post-Communist Societies

  Citation: 138

  Authors: Piotr

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