Social Forces

10.2k papers and 469.1k indexed citations i.

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The 10.2k papers published in Social Forces in the last decades have received a total of 469.1k indexed citations. Papers published in Social Forces usually cover Sociology and Political Science (4.1k papers), Political Science and International Relations (845 papers) and Gender Studies (754 papers) specifically the topics of Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (663 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (409 papers) and Crime Patterns and Interventions (396 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Social Forces are Helmut R. Wagner, Barney G. Glaser, Anselm L. Strauss, William A. Corsaro, Peter V. Marsden, Kenneth A. Bollen, Douglas S. Massey, Pierre Bourdieu, Erving Goffman and Gerhard Lenski.

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Fields of papers published in Social Forces

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries where authors publish in Social Forces

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