''Contemporary Sociology'' is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed

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published by SAGE Publications in association with the American Sociological Association since 1972. Each issue of the journal publishes many in-depth as well as brief reviews of recent publications in sociology and related disciplines, as well as a list of publications received that have not been reviewed. In 2010 the journal published just under 400

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s. In addition, the journal also publishes a small number of review essays and discursive articles in each issue. The

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is Yasemin Besen–Cassino (

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Abstracting and indexing

''Contemporary Sociology'' is abstracted and indexed in

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, CSA Sociological Abstracts, Current Contents/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the ''

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'', its 2017

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is 0.34, ranking it 134th out of 146 journals in the "Sociology" category.

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