International Sociology is a peer-reviewed

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 academic journal

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 covering research in the field of sociology

Sociology

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. The journal's editor-in-chief is Christine Inglis (University of Sydney

University of Sydney

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). It was established in 1986 and is currently published by SAGE Publications

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 on behalf of the International Sociological Association

International Sociological Association

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. The journal publishes both theoretical and empirical papers using qualitative

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 and quantitative

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 approaches.

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, the Family Index Database, Current Contents

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, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Scopus

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, and the Social Sciences Citation Index

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. According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, its 2010 impact factor

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is 0.780, ranking it 61st out of 129 journals in the category "Sociology".