Critical Sociology (journal)

*Critical Sociology*
Discipline	Sociology
Language	English
Edited by	David Fasenfest
Publication details
Former name(s)	The Insurgent Sociologist
History	1969-present
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Frequency	Bimonthly
Impact factor	1.9 (2022)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	Crit. Sociol.
Indexing;
ISSN	1569-1632;
LCCN	88657600
OCLC no.	231886830
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access; Online archive;

Critical Sociology is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers six times a year in the field of Sociology. The journal's editor is David Fasenfest (Wayne State University). It has been in publication since 1969 and is currently published by SAGE Publications. In the past, it has been published by Brill Publishers. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 1.9, ranking it 84th out of 149 journals in the category "Sociology".^[1]

Scope[edit]

Critical Sociology aims to encourage critical thinking by publishing articles from all perspectives defined as falling within the boundaries of critical or radical social science. The journal publishes work which explores the relationship between race, gender and class. Critical Sociology also provides a forum for the discussion of research and findings.

History[edit]

Critical Sociology was established in 1969, originally under the name of The Insurgent Sociologist. It emerged from radical agitation within the American Sociology Association in the wake of the '68 radical movement.^[2] Since then the journal has become a key pole of radical and critical research in the social sciences.