Social Problems 141k citations
3k papers · indexed · active since 1953
Impact in Crime Patterns and Interventions Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Crime, Deviance, and Social Control Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies Gender and Feminist Studies Papers in i Crime Patterns and Interventions 223 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis 177 Crime, Deviance, and Social Control 175 Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice 174 Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies 164 Social Movements and Cultural Identity 124 Gender and Feminist Studies 120 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Social Problems
Comparison fields: 5 of 219 Sociology and Political Science 70k Gender Studies 14.2k Health 6.4k Law 8.1k Demography 5.9k Safety Research 5.6k Communication 3.3k Political Science and International Relations 12.4k Social Psychology 7.5k Public Administration 2.2k Clinical Psychology 6.8k General Health Professions 6.7k Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3.8k General Social Sciences 1.1k Urban Studies 1.7k Education 7.7k Language and Linguistics 2.8k Epidemiology 5.5k Economics and Econometrics 4.9k Linguistics and Language 845 Cultural Studies 1.6k Philosophy 2.5k Information Systems and Management 1.1k General Psychology 237 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 302 Medical Terminology 35 Pharmacy 351 Strategy and Management 1.7k Anthropology 1.3k Infectious Diseases 1.6k Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1k Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2.7k Music 424 Geography, Planning and Development 552 Life-span and Life-course Studies 93 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Science Applications 178 Business and International Management 37 General Energy 46 Emergency Medical Services 190 Family Practice 70 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 63 Obstetrics and Gynecology 256 Reproductive Medicine 281 Nature and Landscape Conservation 274 Cognitive Neuroscience 525 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 146 Pharmacology 355 Physiology 580 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 28 Health Information Management 199 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 279 Conservation 97 Architecture 97 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 197 Waste Management and Disposal 127 Ocean Engineering 246 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 165 Management Information Systems 190 Media Technology 150 Building and Construction 217 General Arts and Humanities 27 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 188 Emergency Medicine 105 Pharmacology 125 Complementary and Manual Therapy 25 Nutrition and Dietetics 154 Genetics 337 Archeology 139 Environmental Engineering 133 Complementary and alternative medicine 97 Toxicology 50 Hepatology 78 Food Science 172 Modeling and Simulation 43 Periodontics 51 Computer Networks and Communications 182 Oncology 167 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 118 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 111 Pollution 77 Plant Science 261 Automotive Engineering 59 Ecology 141 Artificial Intelligence 211 Health Informatics 14 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 96 Geriatrics and Gerontology 20 Soil Science 77 Theoretical Computer Science 11 Behavioral Neuroscience 15 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 11 Space and Planetary Science 5 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 32 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 77 Microbiology 26 Small Animals 31 Water Science and Technology 59 Environmental Chemistry 30 Virology 14 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 66 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 41 Applied Mathematics 38 Archeology 3 Rehabilitation 13 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 19 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 9 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 45 Neurology 26 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 57 Nephrology 18 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 16 Agronomy and Crop Science 19 Surgery 73 Classics 11 Horticulture 1 Internal Medicine 5 Mechanical Engineering 60 Forestry 6 Ecological Modeling 4 Rheumatology 21 Gastroenterology 10 Otorhinolaryngology 8 Earth-Surface Processes 11 Chemical Health and Safety 1 Medical Laboratory Technology 1 Immunology and Allergy 6 Atmospheric Science 16 Genetics 10 Civil and Structural Engineering 27 Dermatology 9 Computational Theory and Mathematics 18 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 5 Molecular Biology 68 Paleontology 10 Biomedical Engineering 36 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 21 Neurology 7 Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 5 Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 4 Control and Systems Engineering 22 Astronomy and Astrophysics 18 Clinical Biochemistry 4 Urology 6 Oral Surgery 5 Sensory Systems 4 Geology 5 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Sociology and Political Science 70k Gender Studies 14.2k Health 6.4k Law 8.1k Demography 5.9k Journal of Social Issues United States
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Journal of Applied Social Psychology United States
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Ethnic and Racial Studies United States
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About Social Problems The 3k papers published in Social Problems in the last decades have received a total of 141k indexed citations . Papers published in Social Problems usually cover Sociology and Political Science (1.8k papers), Gender Studies (294 papers), General Social Sciences (84 papers), Demography (170 papers) and Public Administration (89 papers) specifically the topics of Crime Patterns and Interventions (223 papers), Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (177 papers), Crime, Deviance, and Social Control (175 papers), Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (174 papers), Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (164 papers), Criminal Justice and Penology (144 papers), Social Movements and Cultural Identity (124 papers) and Gender and Feminist Studies (120 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Social Problems are Douglas D. Heckathorn , Barney G. Glaser , Patrícia Hill Collins , Howard S. Becker , Joane Nagel , Christine Lisa Williams , David Sudnow , Herbert Blumer , Joshua Gamson and John I. Kitsuse .
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