Electronic Journal of Sociology
Encyclopedia
The Electronic Journal of Sociology is an online open access academic journal
of sociology
. It published its first volume in 1994, when it was founded by Michael Sosteric. Andreas Scheider took as chief editor until 2004, when Michael Sosteric returned and Adam Rafalovich became the co-editor in chief. The journal implemented a new approach in 2004 whereby it decided to publish three tiers of articles: fully reviewed original articles at tier 1, editorially-reviewed reviews and commentaries at tier 2, and editorially-reviewed other works, including original papers, at tier 3.
In 1996, the journal was criticized by its rival Sociological Research Online, who suggested that their conventional approach to reviewing articles was more rigorous. The EJS had adopted a forum with which an author could respond to the feedback or criticism of the reviewer. The EJS editorial board responded, speculating that the rival journal, which was affiliated with Sage Publishing, might feel threatened by the EJS's open access and lack of traditional publishing ties. In 2008 the EJS broke its affiliation with Scholarly Exchange and is now independently hosted and funded.
In 2010 the EJS changed its format once again by dropping the peer review format altogether and aiming towards an open access and open publication model in an effort to help popularize Sociology and sociological research.
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
of sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
. It published its first volume in 1994, when it was founded by Michael Sosteric. Andreas Scheider took as chief editor until 2004, when Michael Sosteric returned and Adam Rafalovich became the co-editor in chief. The journal implemented a new approach in 2004 whereby it decided to publish three tiers of articles: fully reviewed original articles at tier 1, editorially-reviewed reviews and commentaries at tier 2, and editorially-reviewed other works, including original papers, at tier 3.
In 1996, the journal was criticized by its rival Sociological Research Online, who suggested that their conventional approach to reviewing articles was more rigorous. The EJS had adopted a forum with which an author could respond to the feedback or criticism of the reviewer. The EJS editorial board responded, speculating that the rival journal, which was affiliated with Sage Publishing, might feel threatened by the EJS's open access and lack of traditional publishing ties. In 2008 the EJS broke its affiliation with Scholarly Exchange and is now independently hosted and funded.
In 2010 the EJS changed its format once again by dropping the peer review format altogether and aiming towards an open access and open publication model in an effort to help popularize Sociology and sociological research.