Social Science Research

Social Science Research is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of sociology. It was established in 1972 by Academic Press and is currently published by Elsevier, which acquired Academic Press in 2000. The editor-in-chief is Stephanie Moller (University of North Carolina at Charlotte).

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • ASSIA

• Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences

• Social Sciences Citation Index

• Sociological Abstracts

• Scopus According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 2.617.