Now ranked 3rd out of 96 in the ISI Sociology category!

The British Journal of Sociology

Published on behalf of the London School of Economics and Political Science

Edited by:
Editor in Chief: Richard Wright

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 3/96 (Sociology)
Impact Factor: 2.449

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For more than 50 years The British Journal of Sociology has represented the mainstream of sociological thinking and research. Consistently ranked highly by the ISI in Sociology, this prestigious international journal publishes sociological scholarship of the highest quality on all aspects of the discipline by academics from all over the world.  The British Journal of Sociology is distinguished by the commitment to excellence and scholarship one associates with its home at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

TopNews and Announcements

Now ranked 3rd out of 96 in the ISI Sociology category!
We are delighted to announce that The British Journal of Sociology (BJS) Impact Factor has increased to 2.449 (2007).  The BJS is now ranked 3rd out of 96 journals in the ISI Sociology category.

Volume 59, Number 1 (March 2008) - Now freely available online!
The hugely popular British Journal of Sociology (BJS) 2007 Annual Public Lecture given by Judith Butler (Sexual politics, torture and secular time), held at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) on 30th October 2007, is now freely available online. Also appearing in this issue is the comments on Judith Butler's paper from Chetan Bhatt, Suki Ali, James A. Beckford, Tariq Modood and Linda Woodhead. Judith Butler's response to these comments will be published in Volume 59, Number 2 (June 2008.)
Please click here to read this issue online.

Volume 59, Number 2 (June 2008)
In this June issue of BJS (Volume 59, Number 2) Judith Butler responds to the comments from Chetan Bhatt, Suki Ali, James A. Beckford, Tariq Modood and Linda Woodhead published in Volume 59, Number 1 (March 2008).  Please click here to read this article online.

Virtual Issue
Secularization, Individualization and Modernization - click here to access

TopHighlights

A forum for debate - driving sociology forward
The British Journal of Sociology raises questions and invites discussion on the crucial issues facing sociology today, through a series of papers and live events. Subjects addressed by BJS include:

Sociology and Political Arithmetic
Leading sociologists and practitioners debate the place of sociology in contemporary policy making.
Contributions to this debate are published in issues 55/1, 55/3 and 56/2

Public Sociology
A global discussion stimulated by Michael Burawoy's ASA Presidential Address.
Originally published in American Sociological Review 70/1. Reprinted in BJS 56/2. Responses published in BJS 56/3.

Cosmopolitan Sociology
Led by a special issue edited by Ulrich Beck and Natan Sznaider.
Published as issue 57/1.

Public Intellectuals and British Sociology
The Annual BJS Lecture, given by Bryan S. Turner in October 2005.
Published as issue 57/2.

Publishing leading authors from across the globe…
Distinguished contributors in the early years included Raymond Aron, Reinhard Bendix, David Glass, Seymour Martin Lipset, Richard Titmuss, Talcott Parsons, Hans Eysenck, Jean Floud, Hilda Himmelweit, David Lockwood and A.H. Halsey.

More recently, the BJS has published Norbert Elias, Gary Runciman, John H. Goldthorpe, Michael Mann, Anthony Smith, Nicos Mouzelis, Ray Pahl, Gordon Marshall, Sylvia Walby, Duncan Gallie, Catherine Hakim, Bryan S. Turner, John Urry and Andre Beteille, Rosemary Crompton, Gabrielle Meagher, Wendy Bottero.

Increasingly, it draws contributions from leading international scholars such as Manuel Castells, Immanuel Wallerstein, Goran Therborn, Gosta Esping-Andersen, Ulrich Beck, Bruno Latour, Saskia Sassen, Richard Erickson, John A Hall, Judy Wajcman.
 

TopEndorsements

Comments on The British Journal of Sociology

'The BJS is an important resource for scholars across the globe, consistently on the sophisticated forefront of the discipline's intellectual development.'
Harvey Molotch, Professor of Sociology and Metropolitan Studies, New York University, USA

'The BJS has long been one of the world's leading sociological journals. I especially value it for the variety of its articles, reminding us that sociology is an essentially diverse discipline, dominated by no single methodological or theoretical paradigm.'
Michael Mann, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

'The British Journal of Sociology has a unique reputation for being at once innovative and high-powered, theoretically aware yet empirically aware. It deserves its large readership.'
John A. Hall, McGill University, Canada

'BJS is a truly first class journal, and anyone who wants to know what is happening in sociology does well to follow it closely. Through its consistent policy of publishing articles that are theoretically challenging and empirically sound, BJS adds to the sociological tradition, issue by issue.'
Richard Swedberg, Cornell University, USA

'Long one of the world's leading sociology journals, The BJS has become increasingly international. It is especially important for articles that speak not only to sociology's scattered subfields but to the discipline as a whole. It deserves a wide American readership.'
Craig Calhoun, Professor of Sociology, New York University and President of the Social Science Research Council, USA

'The BJS is known throughout the world as one of the preeminent journals of sociology. It bridges American and European sociological traditions and is at the forefront of new debates.'
Judy Wajcman, Professor of Sociology, Australian National University, Australia

'The British Journal of Sociology provides the sociological community with leading-edge theoretical and empirical research articles by a broad range of international sociologists. Not afraid of controversy, The BJS continues to reflect the breadth of sociological concerns in contemporary societies.  The BJS is essential reading for sociologists whatever their specialist interests - throughout the spectrum from undergraduates to professors of international reknown.
Professor Sara Arber, President, British Sociological Association, 1999-2001. Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

In an increasingly crowded and competitive journals market, the BJS is indisuptably one of the pillars of social scientific rigour and excellence. It fully deserves its reputation as one of the top sociological journals.
Gosta Esping-Andersen, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain

'The British Journal of Sociology has for many years been fundamental to the development of British social science, defining its contours and contents andsetting a standard of scholarly excellence. Comprehensive in coverage, it is essential reading for sociologists.'
Bryan S. Turner, Professor of Sociology, Deakin University, Australia and Essex University, UK