In support of faculty pursuing scholarly publishing, the Busse Library staff has assembled these resources for consultation and general information. Field-specific pages include a roster of top journals associated with the discipline, professional associations, applicable citation index details, and articles on how to publish in that arena.

For sociology scholars, the following categories of information are offered:

Top 10-20 Journals, Based on Recent ISI Impact Factors -- Previous ISI Rankings for Top Journals in Sociology (SSCI) -- Alternative Citation Impact Systems: Sociology Rankings -- Professional Associations: Sociology -- Open Access Journals and Open Access Collections: Sociology

Top 10-20 Journals, Based on Recent ISI Impact Factors

• American Sociological Review: American Sociological Association (ASA) -- (Rank #1, 2009 ISI)
• American Journal of Sociology: University of Chicago Press -- (Rank #2, 2009 ISI)
• Annual Reviews of Sociology -- (Rank #3, 2009 ISI). Access Busse Library's subscription to sociology content here.
• Social Networks: An International Journal of Structural Analysis: Elsevier -- (Rank #4, 2009 ISI)
• Social Problems: University of California Press -- (Rank #5, 2009 ISI)
• Sociology of Health & Illness: Blackwell Publishing -- (Rank #6, 2009 ISI)
• Population and Development Review: Wiley-Blackwell -- (Rank #7, 2009 ISI)
• Work and Occupations: SAGE Publishing -- (Rank #8, 2009 ISI)
• Economy and Society: Taylor & Francis Group -- (Rank #9, 2009 ISI)
• Journal of Marriage and Family: Wiley-Blackwell -- (Rank #10, 2009 ISI)
• Sociology of Education: SAGE Publishing -- (Rank #11, 2009 ISI)
• British Journal of Sociology: Wiley-Blackwell -- (Rank #12, 2009 ISI)
• Sociology: SAGE Publishing -- (Rank #13, 2009 ISI)
• Politics and Society: SAGE Publishing -- (Rank #14, 2009 ISI)
• Social Science Research: Elsevier -- (Rank #15, 2009 ISI)
• Sociologia Ruralis: Wiley-Blackwell -- (Rank #16, 2009 ISI)
• Law & Society Review: Wiley-Blackwell -- (Rank #17, 2009 ISI)
• Gender & Society: SAGE Publishing -- (Rank #18, 2009 ISI)
• Sociological Methods & Research: SAGE Publishing -- (Rank #19, 2009 ISI)
• Human Ecology: Springer Publishing -- (Rank #20, 2009 ISI)

Previous ISI Rankings for Top Journals in Sociology (SSCI)

Previous ISI Rankings: General Guides

• Highlighted Journals: Sociology: ISI SCI-BYTES -- July 2011 roster of prominent journals in field 
• Annual Reviews: ISI Rankings: Reports on Impact Factors for the Year 2008 -- view full roster of subject areas
• Journals Ranked by Impact: From ISI's SCI-BYTES: What's New in Research -- directory to master and subject lists compiled by the University of Delaware Library
• "Most-Cited Journals in the Social Sciences, 1997-2007." In-CITES, January 2008 -- ISI Web of Knowledge publication

Previous ISI Rankings: Sociology Journals

• 2009 ISI Impact Factors: Sociology Journals -- data courtesy of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)
• Sociology: Journals Ranked by Impact, 2008: Science Watch: Thomson Reuters
• Sociology, Journals Ranked by Impact, 2005: In-CITES, December, 2005
• Sociology, Journals Ranked by Impact, 2002 Impact Factors and 1981-2003 Data: In-CITES

Alternative Citation Impact Systems: Sociology Rankings

• Eigenfactor.org: Sociology, 2011 Rankings-- insert year or select subject area to view additional rankings
• Google Scholar Metrics: Sociology  
• Jerry A. Jacobs. (2011, Oct. 11). "Journal Rankings in Sociology: Using the H Index with Google Scholar."  PSC Working Paper Series, University of Pennsylvania Scholarly Commons 
• JournalRanking.com: Sociology -- online, interactive journal ranking system powered by RedJasper software
• Sociology and Political Science: Journal Rankings (2011) : SCImago Journal & Country Rank -- view SJR data (SCOPUS project) for various years
• View SNIP and SJR Values: SCOPUS -- download entire database as spreadsheet or conduct a search for title of interest

Professional Associations: Sociology

• American Sociological Association (ASA)
• International Rural Sociology Association (IRSA)
• International Sociological Association (ISA)
• Iowa Sociological Association (ISA)
• Midwest Sociological Society (MSS)
• Rural Sociology Society (RSS)
• Southwestern Social Science Association (SSSA)
• XVII, ISA World Congress of Sociology, 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden

Open Access Journals and Open Access Collections: Sociology

• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): Sociology
• Qualitative Sociological Review
• The SocJournal: A New Media Journal of Sociology and Society