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宗旨及范围

“Sociology : Methodology, Methods, Mathematical Modeling” (Sociology: 4M) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal presenting pioneering work on problems of methodology and methods of sociological research, on the collection, measurement and analysis of social science data, on building mathematical models of social processes.

Sociology: 4M publishes articles that contribute to the development of sociological methodology, clarify the existing problems in this area and offer new solutions. In addition, it publishes analytical reviews of sociological methods.

栏目要求

General issues of methodology and research methods

Methodological problems of sociological theory

Statistical methods and data analysis

Theory and methods of measurement, theory and history of methods

Data collection procedures

the quality of social science data, online surveys

Qualitative methods in sociology

Social science experiments

Measurement in sociology

同⾏评审过程

All papers submitted to Sociology: 4M are screened by the editors for general suitability. The reasons for the negative decision may include the absence of mathematical models verification based on original empirical data, insufficient description of the empirical data sources, inconsistency with current state of research on the problem, and the lack of scientific novelty. If the decision is positive the article is sent to formal review. The results of this review are crucial to the acceptance or rejection of the manuscripts. All papers meeting basic editorial criteria are reviewed at least by one expert. If necessary, editors appoint a second reviewer for the paper.

The review procedure of is anonymous for both authors and reviewers. The experts receive manuscripts without any indication of the name and affiliation of the authors. Editors do not reveal the reviewers’ names to authors and not discuss their qualification. Reviewers are selected from experts in the subject area. The editorial team will contact the authors by email with the results of peer-review within three months after submission; if the reviews have not been received by this date, a new target date is announced.

The editorial team provides authors the right to respond to comments of the reviewers and to clarify their own position.

The journal publishes only original research papers which have not been published before (except for electronic preprints and theses). By submitting a manuscript the author agrees not to publish it in whole or in part in any form without the editors’ permission.

There are no publication fees in Sociology: 4M.

出版周期

 2 times per year

开放式获取政策

This journal provides immediate open access to its content based on the following principle: free open access to research results promotes greater global knowledge exchange.