Qualitative Sociology

Springer Nature
Springer Nature
ISSN: 01620436, 15737837
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
2.1
SJR
0.701
CiteScore
3.6
Categories
Sociology and Political Science
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1978-2024
Publications
1 387
Citations
29 647
h-index
69
Publications
174
Citations
13 267
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Northwestern University
Northwestern University (22 publications)
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania (22 publications)
Stanford University
Stanford University (5 publications)
Northwestern University
Northwestern University (4 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (1032 publications)
Canada (73 publications)
United Kingdom (38 publications)
USA (105 publications)
Canada (6 publications)
United Kingdom (4 publications)

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Top-100

Citing journals

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Qualitative Sociology
519 citations, 1.75%
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
217 citations, 0.73%
Social Science and Medicine
172 citations, 0.58%
Symbolic Interaction
171 citations, 0.58%
Qualitative Research
161 citations, 0.54%
Sociology Compass
154 citations, 0.52%
Qualitative Health Research
153 citations, 0.52%
SSRN Electronic Journal
148 citations, 0.5%
Sustainability
145 citations, 0.49%
Sociological Forum
130 citations, 0.44%
Gender and Society
123 citations, 0.41%
Qualitative Inquiry
119 citations, 0.4%
Social Problems
109 citations, 0.37%
Ethnography
96 citations, 0.32%
Poetics
95 citations, 0.32%
The International Journal of Qualitative Methods
93 citations, 0.31%
Sociological Quarterly
87 citations, 0.29%
Deviant Behavior
85 citations, 0.29%
Sociology
83 citations, 0.28%
Sociological Perspectives
81 citations, 0.27%
PLoS ONE
81 citations, 0.27%
American Journal of Cultural Sociology
80 citations, 0.27%
Sociological Inquiry
79 citations, 0.27%
American Sociological Review
77 citations, 0.26%
Sociology of Health and Illness
77 citations, 0.26%
Ethnic and Racial Studies
76 citations, 0.26%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
75 citations, 0.25%
American Journal of Sociology
74 citations, 0.25%
Gender, Work and Organization
74 citations, 0.25%
Sexualities
72 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Marriage and Family
69 citations, 0.23%
Annual Review of Sociology
68 citations, 0.23%
Women's Studies International Forum
68 citations, 0.23%
Sociological Research Online
67 citations, 0.23%
Frontiers in Psychology
67 citations, 0.23%
Sociological Theory
65 citations, 0.22%
Theory and Society
65 citations, 0.22%
Sociological Spectrum
61 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Family Issues
59 citations, 0.2%
The American Sociologist
57 citations, 0.19%
Sociological Methods and Research
55 citations, 0.19%
Current Sociology
54 citations, 0.18%
Humanity & Society
54 citations, 0.18%
Sexuality and Culture
53 citations, 0.18%
New Media and Society
51 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Sex Research
50 citations, 0.17%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
49 citations, 0.17%
Social Movement Studies
49 citations, 0.17%
Sociology of Religion
49 citations, 0.17%
Violence Against Women
49 citations, 0.17%
Work and Occupations
49 citations, 0.17%
Annals of Tourism Research
48 citations, 0.16%
Sociological Review
47 citations, 0.16%
International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice
46 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Business Ethics
46 citations, 0.16%
Cultural Sociology
46 citations, 0.16%
Archives of Sexual Behavior
44 citations, 0.15%
Sociological Focus
43 citations, 0.15%
Qualitative Sociology Review
43 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Business Research
41 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Homosexuality
41 citations, 0.14%
Religions
41 citations, 0.14%
Human Studies
41 citations, 0.14%
Sex Roles
41 citations, 0.14%
Social Psychology Quarterly
41 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
39 citations, 0.13%
Human Relations
38 citations, 0.13%
BMJ Open
38 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Cleaner Production
37 citations, 0.12%
Work, Employment and Society
37 citations, 0.12%
Organization Studies
37 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Organizational Ethnography
37 citations, 0.12%
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
37 citations, 0.12%
American Behavioral Scientist
36 citations, 0.12%
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
36 citations, 0.12%
BMC Public Health
36 citations, 0.12%
Gender, Place, and Culture
35 citations, 0.12%
Social Science Computer Review
34 citations, 0.11%
Academy of Management Journal
34 citations, 0.11%
Research Ethics
32 citations, 0.11%
Social Sciences
32 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Pragmatics
32 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
32 citations, 0.11%
Qualitiative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health
32 citations, 0.11%
Teaching Sociology
32 citations, 0.11%
BMC Health Services Research
31 citations, 0.1%
Social Forces
31 citations, 0.1%
Qualitative Social Work
31 citations, 0.1%
Men and Masculinities
30 citations, 0.1%
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
30 citations, 0.1%
Frontiers in Sociology
30 citations, 0.1%
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
30 citations, 0.1%
Organization
29 citations, 0.1%
Geoforum
29 citations, 0.1%
Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management
29 citations, 0.1%
International Review for the Sociology of Sport
28 citations, 0.09%
Memory Studies
28 citations, 0.09%
Signs
27 citations, 0.09%
Critical Sociology
27 citations, 0.09%
Journal of Advanced Nursing
27 citations, 0.09%
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Citing publishers

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SAGE
5391 citations, 18.18%
Taylor & Francis
5224 citations, 17.62%
Springer Nature
3479 citations, 11.73%
Wiley
3025 citations, 10.2%
Elsevier
2522 citations, 8.51%
Emerald
1353 citations, 4.56%
Cambridge University Press
783 citations, 2.64%
Oxford University Press
560 citations, 1.89%
MDPI
542 citations, 1.83%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
254 citations, 0.86%
Frontiers Media S.A.
232 citations, 0.78%
IGI Global
221 citations, 0.75%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
220 citations, 0.74%
University of Chicago Press
167 citations, 0.56%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
154 citations, 0.52%
Annual Reviews
128 citations, 0.43%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
121 citations, 0.41%
CAIRN
120 citations, 0.4%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
105 citations, 0.35%
Walter de Gruyter
94 citations, 0.32%
Academy of Management
93 citations, 0.31%
Consortium Erudit
93 citations, 0.31%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
92 citations, 0.31%
OpenEdition
92 citations, 0.31%
BMJ
89 citations, 0.3%
JMIR Publications
83 citations, 0.28%
SciELO
59 citations, 0.2%
Association for the Sociology of Religion
55 citations, 0.19%
Mary Ann Liebert
45 citations, 0.15%
Brill
44 citations, 0.15%
Duke University Press
41 citations, 0.14%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
39 citations, 0.13%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
37 citations, 0.12%
Human Kinetics
35 citations, 0.12%
33 citations, 0.11%
Intellect
30 citations, 0.1%
27 citations, 0.09%
Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz)
27 citations, 0.09%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
26 citations, 0.09%
AOSIS
25 citations, 0.08%
Berghahn Books
22 citations, 0.07%
Bristol University Press
20 citations, 0.07%
American Psychological Association (APA)
19 citations, 0.06%
Equinox Publishing
18 citations, 0.06%
World Scientific
17 citations, 0.06%
American Educational Research Association
16 citations, 0.05%
EDP Sciences
15 citations, 0.05%
University of California Press
15 citations, 0.05%
American Public Health Association
15 citations, 0.05%
National Recreation and Park Association
15 citations, 0.05%
IOP Publishing
14 citations, 0.05%
Cornell University Press
13 citations, 0.04%
Ubiquity Press
13 citations, 0.04%
12 citations, 0.04%
Cognizant, LLC
12 citations, 0.04%
SLACK
12 citations, 0.04%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
11 citations, 0.04%
Scientific Research Publishing
11 citations, 0.04%
University of Illinois Press
10 citations, 0.03%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
9 citations, 0.03%
Springer Publishing Company
9 citations, 0.03%
9 citations, 0.03%
CSIRO Publishing
9 citations, 0.03%
Guilford Publications
9 citations, 0.03%
American Marketing Association
8 citations, 0.03%
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
8 citations, 0.03%
MIT Press
8 citations, 0.03%
Associazone culturale Pragma
8 citations, 0.03%
Maisonneuve et Larose
8 citations, 0.03%
Hindawi Limited
8 citations, 0.03%
Edinburgh University Press
7 citations, 0.02%
7 citations, 0.02%
7 citations, 0.02%
Editions Ophrys
7 citations, 0.02%
Mark Allen Group
7 citations, 0.02%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
7 citations, 0.02%
Men's Studies Press, LLC
7 citations, 0.02%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
7 citations, 0.02%
Indiana University Press
6 citations, 0.02%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
6 citations, 0.02%
JSTOR
6 citations, 0.02%
Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FCTAS RAS)
6 citations, 0.02%
Katholieke Universiteit, Instituut voor Culturele en Sociale Antropologie, University Of Nijmegen
5 citations, 0.02%
5 citations, 0.02%
Copernicus
5 citations, 0.02%
N T C Publications Ltd.
5 citations, 0.02%
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
5 citations, 0.02%
Unisa Press
5 citations, 0.02%
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
5 citations, 0.02%
IOS Press
4 citations, 0.01%
4 citations, 0.01%
Liverpool University Press
4 citations, 0.01%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
4 citations, 0.01%
American Meteorological Society
4 citations, 0.01%
Oncology Nursing Society
4 citations, 0.01%
Masaryk University Press
4 citations, 0.01%
Stockholm University Press
4 citations, 0.01%
Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administracao de Empresas de Sao Paulo
4 citations, 0.01%
Harvard Education Publishing Group
4 citations, 0.01%
IntechOpen
4 citations, 0.01%
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University of California, Berkeley
37 publications, 2.67%
Northwestern University
22 publications, 1.59%
University of Pennsylvania
22 publications, 1.59%
Syracuse University
20 publications, 1.44%
Harvard University
20 publications, 1.44%
University of Texas at Austin
20 publications, 1.44%
University of California, Los Angeles
19 publications, 1.37%
University of California, San Diego
18 publications, 1.3%
Boston University
17 publications, 1.23%
Columbia University
16 publications, 1.15%
University of Colorado Boulder
16 publications, 1.15%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
15 publications, 1.08%
University of Connecticut
15 publications, 1.08%
New York University
14 publications, 1.01%
University of Notre Dame
14 publications, 1.01%
University of Southern California
13 publications, 0.94%
Stanford University
13 publications, 0.94%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
13 publications, 0.94%
University of Michigan
13 publications, 0.94%
Boston College
13 publications, 0.94%
Stony Brook University
12 publications, 0.87%
Cornell University
12 publications, 0.87%
University of Chicago
12 publications, 0.87%
University of Toronto
12 publications, 0.87%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
12 publications, 0.87%
Michigan State University
11 publications, 0.79%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
10 publications, 0.72%
University of South Florida
10 publications, 0.72%
University of Waterloo
10 publications, 0.72%
University of Florida
10 publications, 0.72%
University of Minnesota
9 publications, 0.65%
Princeton University
8 publications, 0.58%
Ohio State University
8 publications, 0.58%
University of California, San Francisco
8 publications, 0.58%
University of California, Santa Barbara
8 publications, 0.58%
University of California, Santa Cruz
8 publications, 0.58%
McMaster University
8 publications, 0.58%
Brown University
8 publications, 0.58%
University of Maryland, College Park
8 publications, 0.58%
Temple University
8 publications, 0.58%
University of Alberta
8 publications, 0.58%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
8 publications, 0.58%
Arizona State University
7 publications, 0.5%
University of Illinois at Chicago
7 publications, 0.5%
University of Washington
7 publications, 0.5%
University of California, Davis
7 publications, 0.5%
University of California, Irvine
7 publications, 0.5%
University of California, Riverside
7 publications, 0.5%
Texas A&M University
7 publications, 0.5%
Yale University
6 publications, 0.43%
Virginia Tech
6 publications, 0.43%
Northeastern University
6 publications, 0.43%
University of Cincinnati
6 publications, 0.43%
University of New Hampshire
6 publications, 0.43%
Tel Aviv University
5 publications, 0.36%
University of Cambridge
5 publications, 0.36%
Pennsylvania State University
5 publications, 0.36%
North Carolina State University
5 publications, 0.36%
DePaul University
5 publications, 0.36%
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
5 publications, 0.36%
Loyola University Chicago
5 publications, 0.36%
Tulane University
5 publications, 0.36%
University of Delaware
5 publications, 0.36%
Wesleyan University
5 publications, 0.36%
Iowa State University
4 publications, 0.29%
University of Arizona
4 publications, 0.29%
Vanderbilt University
4 publications, 0.29%
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
4 publications, 0.29%
Western Michigan University
4 publications, 0.29%
Oakland University
4 publications, 0.29%
Wayne State University
4 publications, 0.29%
University of Amsterdam
4 publications, 0.29%
University of Victoria
4 publications, 0.29%
University of Calgary
4 publications, 0.29%
University of Denver
4 publications, 0.29%
Indiana University Bloomington
4 publications, 0.29%
University of Texas at San Antonio
4 publications, 0.29%
Bar-Ilan University
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Nottingham
3 publications, 0.22%
Florida State University
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Queensland
3 publications, 0.22%
La Trobe University
3 publications, 0.22%
Northern Arizona University
3 publications, 0.22%
Northern Illinois University
3 publications, 0.22%
San Diego State University
3 publications, 0.22%
Georgia State University
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
3 publications, 0.22%
University of British Columbia
3 publications, 0.22%
Purdue University
3 publications, 0.22%
Emory University
3 publications, 0.22%
West Chester University
3 publications, 0.22%
York University
3 publications, 0.22%
Florida Atlantic University
3 publications, 0.22%
Morehead State University
3 publications, 0.22%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
3 publications, 0.22%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
3 publications, 0.22%
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
3 publications, 0.22%
Mississippi State University
3 publications, 0.22%
University of Texas at Arlington
3 publications, 0.22%
City College of New York
3 publications, 0.22%
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Stanford University
5 publications, 2.87%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
5 publications, 2.87%
Northwestern University
4 publications, 2.3%
New York University
4 publications, 2.3%
University of Texas at Austin
4 publications, 2.3%
Columbia University
3 publications, 1.72%
University of California, Berkeley
3 publications, 1.72%
Harvard University
3 publications, 1.72%
University of California, Santa Barbara
3 publications, 1.72%
University of Notre Dame
3 publications, 1.72%
University of Michigan
3 publications, 1.72%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
3 publications, 1.72%
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
3 publications, 1.72%
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Canberra
2 publications, 1.15%
North Carolina State University
2 publications, 1.15%
University of California, Los Angeles
2 publications, 1.15%
University of California, San Diego
2 publications, 1.15%
Loyola University Chicago
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Chicago
2 publications, 1.15%
Purdue University
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Pennsylvania
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Toronto
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Alberta
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Colorado Denver
2 publications, 1.15%
University of Connecticut
2 publications, 1.15%
New York University Abu Dhabi
1 publication, 0.57%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1 publication, 0.57%
Heidelberg University
1 publication, 0.57%
Australian National University
1 publication, 0.57%
University of St. Gallen
1 publication, 0.57%
Renmin University of China
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Milan
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.57%
Florida State University
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Southern California
1 publication, 0.57%
William Marsh Rice University
1 publication, 0.57%
Stony Brook University
1 publication, 0.57%
Michigan State University
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Stavanger
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Salerno
1 publication, 0.57%
University of the Witwatersrand
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Johannesburg
1 publication, 0.57%
Boston University
1 publication, 0.57%
Princeton University
1 publication, 0.57%
Ibero-American University
1 publication, 0.57%
Arizona State University
1 publication, 0.57%
Washington University in St. Louis
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 0.57%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1 publication, 0.57%
George Mason University
1 publication, 0.57%
Virginia Tech
1 publication, 0.57%
Syracuse University
1 publication, 0.57%
University of California, San Francisco
1 publication, 0.57%
Northern Illinois University
1 publication, 0.57%
University of California, Santa Cruz
1 publication, 0.57%
Newcastle University
1 publication, 0.57%
Vanderbilt University
1 publication, 0.57%
National University of General San Martín
1 publication, 0.57%
Tulane University
1 publication, 0.57%
McMaster University
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Waterloo
1 publication, 0.57%
Dartmouth College
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Amsterdam
1 publication, 0.57%
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
1 publication, 0.57%
Bielefeld University
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Maryland, College Park
1 publication, 0.57%
Temple University
1 publication, 0.57%
Erasmus University Rotterdam
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Lodz
1 publication, 0.57%
Toronto Metropolitan University
1 publication, 0.57%
Florida Atlantic University
1 publication, 0.57%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Cincinnati
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Colorado Boulder
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Delaware
1 publication, 0.57%
Texas A&M International University
1 publication, 0.57%
Jacksonville State University
1 publication, 0.57%
University of Utah
1 publication, 0.57%
San Jose State University
1 publication, 0.57%
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USA, 1032, 74.41%
USA
1032 publications, 74.41%
Canada, 73, 5.26%
Canada
73 publications, 5.26%
United Kingdom, 38, 2.74%
United Kingdom
38 publications, 2.74%
Israel, 24, 1.73%
Israel
24 publications, 1.73%
Australia, 13, 0.94%
Australia
13 publications, 0.94%
Germany, 12, 0.87%
Germany
12 publications, 0.87%
Georgia, 12, 0.87%
Georgia
12 publications, 0.87%
France, 11, 0.79%
France
11 publications, 0.79%
Netherlands, 11, 0.79%
Netherlands
11 publications, 0.79%
Italy, 10, 0.72%
Italy
10 publications, 0.72%
China, 8, 0.58%
China
8 publications, 0.58%
Switzerland, 7, 0.5%
Switzerland
7 publications, 0.5%
Poland, 5, 0.36%
Poland
5 publications, 0.36%
Spain, 4, 0.29%
Spain
4 publications, 0.29%
Chile, 4, 0.29%
Chile
4 publications, 0.29%
Sweden, 4, 0.29%
Sweden
4 publications, 0.29%
South Africa, 4, 0.29%
South Africa
4 publications, 0.29%
Belgium, 3, 0.22%
Belgium
3 publications, 0.22%
New Zealand, 3, 0.22%
New Zealand
3 publications, 0.22%
Norway, 3, 0.22%
Norway
3 publications, 0.22%
Turkey, 3, 0.22%
Turkey
3 publications, 0.22%
Mexico, 2, 0.14%
Mexico
2 publications, 0.14%
Republic of Korea, 2, 0.14%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 0.14%
Japan, 2, 0.14%
Japan
2 publications, 0.14%
Argentina, 1, 0.07%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.07%
Denmark, 1, 0.07%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.07%
Zimbabwe, 1, 0.07%
Zimbabwe
1 publication, 0.07%
India, 1, 0.07%
India
1 publication, 0.07%
Colombia, 1, 0.07%
Colombia
1 publication, 0.07%
UAE, 1, 0.07%
UAE
1 publication, 0.07%
Singapore, 1, 0.07%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.07%
Uganda, 1, 0.07%
Uganda
1 publication, 0.07%
Finland, 1, 0.07%
Finland
1 publication, 0.07%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 105, 60.34%
USA
105 publications, 60.34%
Canada, 6, 3.45%
Canada
6 publications, 3.45%
United Kingdom, 4, 2.3%
United Kingdom
4 publications, 2.3%
Germany, 3, 1.72%
Germany
3 publications, 1.72%
China, 3, 1.72%
China
3 publications, 1.72%
Australia, 3, 1.72%
Australia
3 publications, 1.72%
Chile, 3, 1.72%
Chile
3 publications, 1.72%
France, 2, 1.15%
France
2 publications, 1.15%
Italy, 2, 1.15%
Italy
2 publications, 1.15%
Netherlands, 2, 1.15%
Netherlands
2 publications, 1.15%
Switzerland, 2, 1.15%
Switzerland
2 publications, 1.15%
South Africa, 2, 1.15%
South Africa
2 publications, 1.15%
Argentina, 1, 0.57%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.57%
Israel, 1, 0.57%
Israel
1 publication, 0.57%
Spain, 1, 0.57%
Spain
1 publication, 0.57%
Mexico, 1, 0.57%
Mexico
1 publication, 0.57%
Norway, 1, 0.57%
Norway
1 publication, 0.57%
UAE, 1, 0.57%
UAE
1 publication, 0.57%
Poland, 1, 0.57%
Poland
1 publication, 0.57%
Singapore, 1, 0.57%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.57%
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