Journal History
2011 | Inaugural issue released, published as a quarterly journal. |
2016 | Covered by Scopus. Applied double blind peer-review. |
2017 | Established the first topical section: Human Geography and Social Sustainability. |
2018 | Published on a monthly basis. Received a CiteScore of 0.60 for 2017. Establishes the following topical sections: Gender Studies Contemporary Politics and Society Social Economics Community and Urban Sociology |
2019 | Received a CiteScore of 1.02 for 2018 |
2020 | Received a CiteScore of 1.3 for 2019 Establishes the following topical sections: International Migration Work, Employment and the Labor Market Family Studies Children and Youth Studies Social Stratification and Inequality |
2021 | Covered by Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science. Received a CiteScore of 2.3 for 2020. |
Editor-in-Chief
2011–2017 | Founding Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Martin J. Bull |
2018– | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nigel Parton |