"Gender & Society, the official journal of Sociologists for Women in Society, is a top-ranked journal in sociology and women's studies and publishes fewer than five percent of all papers submitted to it. Articles in Gender & Society analyse gender and gendered processes in interactions, organizations, societies, and global and transnational spaces. The journal primarily publishes empirical articles, which are both theoretically engaged and methodologically rigorous, including both qualitative and quantitative methods. The journal also occasionally publishes theoretical articles that meaningfully advance sociological theories about gender.
Some of the relevant, timely, and important topics covered in recent issues include:
Activism and Social Movements
Class Inequality
Division of Household Labour
Feminist Identity
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies
Gender and Migration
Gender and Work
Gendered Bodies
Health and Care work
Heteronormativity
Intimate Partner Violence
Masculinities
Media Representations
Parenting
Politics and Gender
Race, Gender, and Class Discrimination
Reproductive Technology
Religion and Gender
Sexual Harassment
Sexualities
Welfare Reform
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Theory, Culture & Society is a highly ranked, high impact factor, rigorously peer reviewed journal that publishes original research and review articles in the social and cultural sciences. (Provided by Publisher)
This important journal covers the full range of sociological theory - from ethnomethodology to world systems analysis, from commentaries on the classics to the latest cutting-edge ideas, and from re-examinations of neglected theorists to metatheoretical inquiries. Its themes and contributions are interdisciplinary, its orientation pluralistic, its pages open to commentary and debate. Renowned for publishing the best international research and scholarship, Sociological Theory is essential reading for sociologists and social theorists alike (Provided by Publisher).
The University of Manchester Library provides access to articles published in this journal across a number of different platforms spanning from 1983 to the present day.
Search for journal articles using Library Search (you can do keyword searches for either the title of a journal or an article).
Relevant journals relating to Sociology:
The above list was compiled using Scopus and comprises a selection of the top journals relating to 'Sociology & Political Science' based on Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) ranking. For more information on the SNIP ranking metric, please visit Elsevier's Measuring a Journal's Impact page.
You can also browse a selection of the Sociology related journals we subscribe to using Browzine.
Google Scholar can be a useful tool to use when searching for journal articles. However, it's important to be aware that Google Scholar will return results for articles, journals and other resources that the Library doesn't necessarily subscribe to and which you might not have free access to as a student at the University of Manchester.
In order to make it easier to identify and access content provided by the Library when searching Google (and without having to visit Library Search), we recommend that you download Library Access. This is a useful browser extension that will pop-up and notify you when you are on a journal or website that the Library has a subscription for.
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