About this journal
Aims and scope
European Societies publishes sociological research from or about Europe. The journal is the flagship journal of the European Sociological Association and shares its aims and objectives. European Societies contributes to plurality and openness within the discipline of sociology. We observe ethical standards in academic independence and conduct the doubly-anonymous review of submitted manuscripts.
While being a generalist sociology journal that is open to all sociological research, European Societies has a focus on the socio-economic and socio-political challenges that European societies face and on all aspects of European social life and socioculture. We welcome all sociological methods and all approaches in sociological theory. Articles may approach their topics in a historical perspective. Comparative research involving Europe as a whole or specific European countries makes for a significant part of our published articles. We also welcome comparisons with societies beyond Europe.
Although anchored in sociology, European Societies welcomes contributions from any discipline, provided that they substantially advance sociological knowledge or extensively exploit that knowledge to the benefit of other approaches.
Peer Review Policy:
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review based upon initial editorial screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous peer reviewers. Book reviews go through internal review by the Editor in Chief.
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Editorial board
Editors:
Evelyn Ersanilli – University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alexi Gugushvili – University of Oslo, Norway
Patrick Präg – CREST, ENSAE, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France
Editorial Assistant:
Feona Attwood
The Editors can be contacted via [email protected]
Associate Editors:
Plamen Akaliyski – Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Çetin Çelik – Koç University, Turkey
Roxanne Connelly – University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Ivana Dobrotic – University of Zagreb, Croatia
Marta Dominguez Folgueras – Sciences Po, France
Magne P. Flemmen – University of Oslo, Norway
Pablo Gracia – Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Mobarak Hossain – London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
Katya Ivanova – Tilburg University, Netherlands
Cyril Jayet – Sorbonne University, France
Agnieszka Kubal – University College London, United Kingdom
Tamara Martsenyuk – National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine
Dina Maskileyson – University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Jan Mewes – Lund University, Sweden
Emily Murphy – University of Limerick, Ireland
Türkay Nefes – Spanish National Research Council, Spain
Marii Paskov – University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Martí Rovira – Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
George Soroka – Harvard University, United States
Marga Torre – University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
Yannis Tsirbas – University of Athens, Greece
Simone Varriale – Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Conrad Ziller – University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Editorial Board:
Francesco Billari – Bocconi University, Italy
Donatella della Porta – Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy
Sonja Drobnic – University of Bremen, Germany
Michalis Lianos – University of Rouen, France
Steffen Mau – Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Sigrún Ólafsdóttir – University of Iceland, Iceland
Ellu Saar – Tallin University, Estonia
Jörg Stolz – University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Gökçe Yurdakul – Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Editorial Advisory Board:
Mary Daly – University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Janusz Mucha – University of Bialystok, Poland
Claus Offe – Hertie School, Germany
Chiara Saraceno – Collegio Carlo Alberto, Italy
Loic Wacquant – University of California, Berkeley, United States
Abstracting and indexing
European Societies is currently noted in European Access; Education Research Abstracts Online; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; International Political Science Abstracts; ISI Social Science Citation Index; OCLC; SCOPUS; Sociological Abstracts; Sociology of Education Abstracts; Special Educational Needs Abstracts; Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
Open access
European Societies is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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5 issues per year
Associated with:
- European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology (2014 - current)
Guidelines for Special Issue Proposals
European Societies receives a high number of proposals for special issues. Our policy is to consider only the promising proposals that are within our scope. Our main criteria for selecting special issue proposals are:
a) (Expected) quality of the articles.
b) Originality of the theme and/or the methodology of the research.
c) Involvement of under-represented academic communities.
d) Articulation of empirical work and interpretative and/or theoretical insight.
The proposal should include at least the following parts:
a) The thematic interest and the quality of the research.
b) A call for contributors, or the likely contributors.
c) A list of proposed reviewers who must not be linked to the contributors.
d) A timetable to the final submission.
We ask that each article be reviewed by at least two reviewers double-blind, that is, anonymously to both authors and reviewers. Contributors to the special issue cannot be reviewers.
You will have seen in the “ Authorship” section that we adhere to the BSA authorship guidelines, which we invite you to read carefully. You will need to make sure that likely contributors are aware of our policy and that everyone involved in the research underlying each paper is cited as an author (a short statement detailing uneven contributions can be attached).
We also oppose all “Matthew effects”. Special issue editors should be aware that articles by highly reputed contributors must receive exactly the same treatment as other articles.
Special issue editors can contribute as (co-)authors of an introduction and one more article. Other contributors can be (co-)authors of no more than two articles. Any proposed exception to this rule should be soundly justified.
The final decision on publication remains with the journal, not with the special issue editors.
Special Issues should normally contain 5-10 articles (plus an introduction).
On this basis, you may receive an initial agreement to proceed with composing the issue. After that agreement, the special issue will be handled by you and the articles will flow from you to the reviewers and back (normally via our electronic platform). Once the special issue is complete, you will forward it to the Editor. At that stage, you will discuss any additional points that may arise (quality, additional reviews, coherence etc.) Once, these are satisfactorily addressed, the Editor will give you his final decision.
Finally, an increasingly significant matter is that of (self-)plagiarism and you will need to make sure that the proposed articles are really original, rather than (partially) recycled material that has already been published.
We must stress that European Societies is edited on a voluntary basis. Accordingly, the commitment and autonomy of colleagues who propose a special issue must be high and constant in order for the issue to progress without long delays. This means that the proposers drive the process and the journal monitors to ensure that quality, ethics and coherence standards are observed. However, the publication time for a special issue also depends on other factors, such as previously completed issues, editorial coherence et alia.
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