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IMPAQ
WoS ESCI Q4Scopus Q1SCImago #13,936Diamond OAHybrid

Sociologiceskoe Obozrenie

Identifier (ISSN):1728-192X(Print)/1728-1938(Online)
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Publisher:National Research University Higher School of Economics
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (ESCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)
0.5↑ +0.2
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q4
WoS ESCIJCR Quartile
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2023–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for Sociologiceskoe Obozrenie

WoS Q4
00110.520230.320240.320250.52026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):0.5
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
0.41
#13,936

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
12

12 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: ESCIQ4
Self-Citation Rate33.3%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
44articles/year
74.81% Gold OA•92.5% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Russian Sociological Review is an academic peer-reviewed journal of theoretical, empirical and historical research in social sciences. Russian Sociological Review publishes four issues per year. Each issue includes original research papers, review articles and translations of contemporary and classical works in sociology, political theory and social philosophy. Russian Sociological Review invites scholars from all the social scientific disciplines to submit papers which address the fundamental issues of social sciences from various conceptual and methodological perspectives. Understood broadly the fundamental issues include but not limited to: social action and agency, social order, narrative, space and time, mobilities, power, etc. Russian Sociological Review covers the following domains of scholarship: -Contemporary and classical social theory -Theories of social order and social action -Social methodology -History of sociology -Russian social theory -Sociology of space -Sociology of mobilities -Social interaction -Frame analysis -Ethnomethodology and conversation analysis -Cultural sociology -Political sociology, philosophy and theory -Narrative theory and analysis -Human geography and urban studies

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Political science50.9%Computer science50.4%Philosophy48.8%Sociology47.9%Law40.9%Epistemology33.8%Politics29.3%History24.2%Art24.2%Geography20.9%Linguistics20.1%
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRESCI2026

SOCIOLOGY

Q4
Rank180/222
IndexESCI
JCIESCI2026

SOCIOLOGY

Q4
Rank178/222
IndexESCI

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF0.5
Articles / Year16
Total Citations19
2025
IF0.3
Articles / Year31
Total Citations8
2024
IF0.3
Articles / Year65
Total Citations65
2023
IF0.5
Articles / Year58
Total Citations64
2022
IF—
Articles / Year50
Total Citations85

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #13,936Scopus Q1Diamond OASCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2001-2003, 2016-2025
Scopus Broad Areas:Arts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
0.41

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
0.78

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
100% Free

Diamond Open Access: Authors publish completely free of charge with zero author-facing fees.

Diamond Open Access

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations104
3-Year Documents141
Citable Documents139

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate27.3%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Cultural StudiesQ1
PhilosophyQ1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2
Sociology and Political ScienceQ2
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 33.3%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
4区 (Zone 4)Sociology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
4区SOCIOLOGY
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

Sociologiceskoe Obozrenie (ISSN: 1728-192X) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of SOCIOLOGY, published by National Research University Higher School of Economics in Russian Federation. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 0.50, ranking in quartile Q4 of Web of Science (ESCI), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.410 (Q1), an H-index of 12.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 44 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with Diamond Open Access (100% free of author APC charges). It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Hybrid
Publisher
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Publication Language
English, French, Russian
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
ESCIScopusDOAJPubMed

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