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Social Forces
Psychology and social sciences
Among the 50 psychology and social sciences journals in this index it has the 19th highest h-index and the 45th highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
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Where its authors come from
Share of the 744 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| United States | 66% |
| United Kingdom | 5% |
| Germany | 4% |
| Canada | 4% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 96% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Migration, Refugees, and Integration | 5% |
| Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies | 5% |
| Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies | 4% |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis | 3% |
| Religion and Society Interactions | 3% |
| Migration and Labor Dynamics | 3% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- School, Studying, and Smarts: Gender Stereotypes and Education Across 80 Years of American Print Media, 1930–2009 (2023, 58 citations)
- The Polarization of Popular Culture: Tracing the Size, Shape, and Depth of the “Oil Spill” (2023, 55 citations)
- The Meaning of Merit: Talent versus Hard Work Legitimacy (2023, 50 citations)
- Opportunity or Exploitation? A Longitudinal Dyadic Analysis of Flexible Working Arrangements and Gender Household Labor Inequality (2023, 33 citations)
- Beyond Gentrification: Housing Loss, Poverty, and the Geography of Displacement (2023, 31 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0037-7732):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
Similar journals
- American Journal of Sociology
- American Sociological Review
- Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
- The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- American Political Science Review
- The Economic Journal
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