About the journal
Social Studies of Science is a journal published by SAGE Publishing in United Kingdom. It is listed in MEDLINE and PUBMED according to the sources read. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- SAGE Publishing
- ISSN
- 1460-3659 · 0306-3127
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Access
- Not open access / not declared
- Official website
- http://sss.sagepub.com/
Index listings
- MEDLINE · 1975-01-01
- PUBMED · 1980-08-03
- Indexing
- MEDLINE · PUBMED
- APC
- —
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- —
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
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Works in OpenAlex
2212
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
165
i10-index
1335
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Editorial & policy5
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2027
- Level 2 — top tier (~20% of the field's channels)
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 100%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 98%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
Identity & continuity3
- Alternate titles
- SSS
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 7506743
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Subject areas
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Information Systems Theories and Implementation
- Information Systems Theories and Implementation
- scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- scientometrics and bibliometrics research
Show all subjects (50)
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- History of Science and Medicine
- History of Science and Medicine
- Race, Genetics, and Society
- Race, Genetics, and Society
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
- History of Science and Natural History
- History of Science and Natural History
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Twentieth Century Scientific Developments
- Twentieth Century Scientific Developments
- Management and Organizational Studies
- Management and Organizational Studies
- Research, Science, and Academia
- Research, Science, and Academia
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Risk Perception and Management
- Risk Perception and Management
- International Science and Diplomacy
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture
- International Science and Diplomacy
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
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