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Journal of Sociology
Original, high quality sociological scholarship in all its forms, including theory as well as applied sociology, incorporating both quantitative and qualitative research. Includes interdisciplinary pieces with concerns that are sociological in nature.
Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Promotes the understanding of social welfare by applying social science knowledge and methods to social problems. Coverage includes social change, gender, race, homelessness, social welfare history, cultural diversity, international social welfare, and the social dimensions of health and mental health.
Society
Furthers the understanding and use of social sciences through significant research, informative commentaries and analyses of controversial problems in American society.
Society & Mental Health
Includes original and innovative peer-reviewed research and theory articles that link social structure and sociocultural processes with mental health and illness in society.
Sociologija: Mintis ir Veiksmas (Sociology Thought Action)
An interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the critical study of contemporary social and cultural changes, including the shifting status of sociology, from a variety of perspectives.
Sociology Compass
Fields covered include: social movements, communication & media, culture, crime & deviance, gender, organizations & work, political sociology, race & ethnicity, science & medicine, social stratification, social psychology & family.
Sociology of Health & Illness
Peer reviewed international sociological coverage of all aspects of health, illness and medicine, with a focus on empirical, qualitative research.
Sociology of Religion
Devoted exclusively to sociology of religion. Carries broad range of articles on theoretical & empirical issues. Is a forum for scholarship in classic tradition of comparative, historical & theoretical work.

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