Following the Money Across the Landscape of Sociology Journals

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 158-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Best
Keyword(s):  
Sociology Journals

From Measures of Association to Multilevel Models: Sociology Journals and the Quantitative Literacy Gap

2020 ◽  
pp. 0092055X2098042
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Linneman
Keyword(s):  
Multilevel Models ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Quantitative Literacy ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Measures Of Association ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Literacy Gap ◽  
Statistics Course ◽  
Sociology Journals

While most sociology majors must take a statistics course, the content of this course varies widely across departments. Starting from the assumption that sociology students should be able to engage effectively with the sociological literature, this article examines the statistical techniques used in 2,804 journal articles—from four generalist sociology journals from 1990 to 2019 and 11 additional sociology journals from 2019—in order to assess which techniques have risen or fallen in prevalence. Although stalwarts such as ordinary least squares regression, chi-square tests, and t tests maintain strong presences, the rise of logistic regression, interaction effects, and multilevel models has been dramatic. After assessing the proportion of articles students hypothetically could understand given various levels of statistical training, the article ends with suggestions for how to revamp the statistics course to help our students become more numerate citizens, both in their sociology courses and in the world at large.

scholarly journals The issue of Central Europe in major Czech and Slovak sociology journals

Socio hu ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 (special issue 2) ◽  
pp. 74-95
Author(s):  
Dušan Janák ◽  
Robert Klobucký
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Sociology Journals

THE METHODOLOGICAL INCLINATIONS OF GENDER SCHOLARSHIP IN MAINSTREAM SOCIOLOGY JOURNALS

2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana Dunn, David V. Waller
Keyword(s):  
Sociology Journals

scholarly journals Past and present currents of sociology: 70 years of Current Sociology

2022 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-133
Author(s):  
Zarine L. Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Review Paper ◽  
70Th Anniversary ◽  
Short Overview ◽  
The Past ◽  
International Sociological Association ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Global Sociology ◽  
Sociology Journals

This review paper marks the 70th anniversary of Current Sociology, the first journal founded by the International Sociological Association (ISA). The past seven decades have been a time of immense change within sociology and around the world, and the shifts within the structure and content of the journal mirror these transformations. Current Sociology today is a vastly different publication to the bibliography focused journal of 1952, and remains one of the top global sociology journals, and a proudly international publication. This short overview traces the history of Current Sociology across the decades, highlighting the work of the editors in guiding the development of the journal, and providing a glimpse into the development of the discipline, and the social developments of the past 70 years.

Reviews: Surveying the Sociology Journals

1972 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 70-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall Collins ◽  
Diane Ravitch ◽  
Nelson W. Polsby
Keyword(s):  
Sociology Journals

scholarly journals Text Analysis with JSTOR Archives

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 237802311880926
Author(s):  
John A. Bernau
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Visual Representation ◽  
Text Data ◽  
The Social ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Sociology Journals

I provide a visual representation of keyword trends and authorship for two flagship sociology journals using data from JSTOR’s Data for Research repository. While text data have accompanied the digital spread of information, it remains inaccessible to researchers unfamiliar with the required preprocessing. The visualization and accompanying code encourage widespread use of this source of data in the social sciences.

Data sharing in sociology journals

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 709-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Zenk-Möltgen ◽  
Greta Lepthien
Keyword(s):  
Data Sharing ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Impact Factors ◽  
Data Accessibility ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Data Citation ◽  
Data Policy ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Sociology Journals

Purpose – Data sharing is key for replication and re-use in empirical research. Scientific journals can play a central role by establishing data policies and providing technologies. The purpose of this paper is to analyses the factors which influence data sharing by investigating journal data policies and the behaviour of authors in sociology. Design/methodology/approach – The web sites of 140 sociology journals were consulted to check their data policy. The results are compared with similar studies from political science and economics. A broad selection of articles published in five selected journals over a period of two years are examined to determine whether authors really cite and share their data and the factors which are related to this. Findings – Although only a few sociology journals have explicit data policies, most journals make reference to a common policy supplied by their association of publishers. Among the journals selected, relatively few articles provide data citations and even fewer make data available – this is true both for journals with and without a data policy. But authors writing for journals with higher impact factors and with data policies are more likely to cite data and to make it really accessible. Originality/value – No study of journal data policies has been undertaken to date for the domain of sociology. A comparison of authors’ behaviours regarding data availability, data citation, and data accessibility for journals with or without a data policy provides useful information about the factors which improve data sharing.

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