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Inactive/Discontinued
Coverage
1970–1996
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
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South African Journal of Sociology
South African Journal of Sociology is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
ISSN 0258-0144Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Scopus · Inactive
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Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
Not listed in Web of Science.
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
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DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
FT50Financial Times research list
Not listed in FT50.
UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
Not listed in UT Dallas.
ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)
Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.
Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.
Is South African Journal of Sociology indexed in Scopus? No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1970–1996).
What is the impact factor of South African Journal of Sociology? South African Journal of Sociology has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for Web of Science SCIE and SSCI titles — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Is South African Journal of Sociology in Web of Science? No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is South African Journal of Sociology open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Impact & reach — open metrics via OpenAlex
12
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
20
i10-index
750
works indexed
1,242
total citations
South African Journal of Sociology published 29 papers in 1996; its busiest recent year was 1987 with 61. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-09-24.
Integrity signals — indicators, not proof of misconduct
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 1996
- Retracted papers 1 · 1.3 per 1,000 papers
Retractions and authorship from OpenAlex; Scopus status from the Scopus source list. A signal marks something to look at more closely; it is not a finding against the journal.
Official sources & links
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