Social Forces: Quick facts and submission tips

EDITORIAL POLICIES & CRITICAL FACTORS FOR PUBLICATION

• Authors must follow the manuscript’s format and guidelines posted here: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/sf/for_authors/ms_prep.html
• The journal’s self-archiving policy can be found here: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/en/access-purchase/rights-and-permissions/self-archiving-policye.html
• The journal may issue press releases for some of its articles and authors are expected to follow any press embargoes set for their manuscript.
• Material that should be considered as supplementary data must be submitted at the time of the manuscript submission for peer review. Learn more about it here: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/sf/for_authors/ms_prep.html

MANISCRIPT REVIEW PROCESS

GOOD PUBLISHING PRACTICES

• See Instructions for Authors to learn about publication ethics, authorship, plagiarism, etc.: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/sf/for_authors/ms_prep.html

USEFUL LINKS

• Free access to highly cited articles: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/sf/sf_highly_cited_articles.html
• Archive to all online content: http://sf.oxfordjournals.org/content/by/year

IMPACT AND RATING

• Impact factor: 1.095 for 2013 (Journal Citation Reports, Science Citation Index by ISI.)
• Ranking: 48 out of 137 (Sociology)
• Indexed in:

Scopus, Social Science Citation Index, American History and Life, Criminal Justice Abstracts, EBSCO Legal Source, Academic Search Premier, FRANCIS, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, PASCAL, Periodicals Index Online , ATLA Religion Database, Business Source Elite, EBSCO Education Source, Educational research abstracts (ERA), Historical Abstracts, International Political Science Abstracts, Political Science Complete, Religion and Philosophy Collection, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts