American Journal of Sociology

Published by University of Chicago Press

Abbrev: Am. J. Sociol.
ISSN 0002-9602EISSN 1537-5390
Database Coverage
  • Scopus
  • SSCI
  • Scilit
Journal Articles
All-time journal articles
27,058
2025 journal articles
120
Subject
  • Human Geography
  • Sociology
  • Political Science & International Relations
  • Psychiatry & Psychology
  • Economics
  • Law & Legal Studies

Publications Analysis

Publications in 2016-2026
Open Access Publications in 2016-2026
Top Subjects

Publications in 2016-2026.

SubjectPublications
Sociology
554
Modern History
364
Human Geography
350
Political Science & International Relations
329
Economics
213
Contemporary History
193
Law & Legal Studies
177
Psychiatry & Psychology
124
Literary Theory
113
Anthropology
104

Top Countries

Publications in 2016-2026.

CountryPublications
United States
1,059
Canada
72
United Kingdom
67
China
22
Germany
21
Australia
14
Netherlands
13
Israel
9
Switzerland
9
Italy
8

Citation analysis
Publications published in 2023-2024 and cited in 2025.
Total Citations
395
Total Publications
270
Average Citations
1.46
Cited Publications
70
Cited Publications %
25.9%
Self Citations
12
Self Citations %
3%

Metrics
2025 Integrated Impact Indicators
I3
224
I3/N
2.87
h5_index
29
Monthly Citation Metric (MCM)
1.24

Monthly Citation Metric

Citations per year
All citations in 2016-2026

Citation Distribution
All citations to publications in 2023-2024.
Q1
0
Med
0
Q3
2
99%
42.3
Max
98

Citation Origins
Publications published in 2023-2024 and cited in 2025.
Citing Source Titles
Citing Publishers

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