Sociological associations and their journals: a comparative inquiry of 'European societies' and 'International sociology'
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- Joshua Eykens and Raf Vanderstraeten (UGent)
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- In this article we examine how two important academic journals (ego’s) of the European- and international sociological association compare next to each other, namely: ‘European Societies’ and ‘International Sociology’. We made use of Social Network Analysis to study the Relatedness-data that were collected from the SSCI. This allowed us to draw and analyse their one-step-citation-neighbourhoods. In the results section we discuss questions regarding the cohesion, diversity, and fragmentation into subgroups of both networks for the period 2003- 2013. When we take a closer look at the ‘European Societies’-network journals dedicated to social policy research and demographics seem to be of considerable importance, which could be a result of the ‘newly’ developed European research arena and its competitive research policy. Where we expected to see a more international and interdisciplinary pattern for ‘International Sociology’, a rather one-sided profile, mainly consisting of North-American journals, appeared to be the case instead.
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- sociological journals, citation analysis, social network analysis, sociological associations
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-7040045
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- Eykens, Joshua, and Raf Vanderstraeten. “Sociological Associations and Their Journals: A Comparative Inquiry of ‘European Societies’ and ‘International Sociology.’” International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Science Studies, Proceedings, edited by Abdul Ghafur Hamid and Tshepo Herbert Mongalo, FLE Learning, 2015, pp. 94–104.
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- Eykens, J., & Vanderstraeten, R. (2015). Sociological associations and their journals: a comparative inquiry of “European societies” and “International sociology.” In A. Ghafur Hamid & T. Herbert Mongalo (Eds.), International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Science Studies, Proceedings (pp. 94–104). United Kingdom: FLE Learning.
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- Eykens, Joshua, and Raf Vanderstraeten. 2015. “Sociological Associations and Their Journals: A Comparative Inquiry of ‘European Societies’ and ‘International Sociology.’” In International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Science Studies, Proceedings, edited by Abdul Ghafur Hamid and Tshepo Herbert Mongalo, 94–104. United Kingdom: FLE Learning.
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- Eykens, Joshua, and Raf Vanderstraeten. 2015. “Sociological Associations and Their Journals: A Comparative Inquiry of ‘European Societies’ and ‘International Sociology.’” In International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Science Studies, Proceedings, ed by. Abdul Ghafur Hamid and Tshepo Herbert Mongalo, 94–104. United Kingdom: FLE Learning.
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- 1.Eykens J, Vanderstraeten R. Sociological associations and their journals: a comparative inquiry of “European societies” and “International sociology.” In: Ghafur Hamid A, Herbert Mongalo T, editors. International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Science Studies, Proceedings. United Kingdom: FLE Learning; 2015. p. 94–104.
- IEEE
- [1]J. Eykens and R. Vanderstraeten, “Sociological associations and their journals: a comparative inquiry of ‘European societies’ and ‘International sociology,’” in International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Science Studies, Proceedings, University of Cambridge, Newnham College, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DF, United Kingdom, 2015, pp. 94–104.
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international sociological association compare next to each other, namely: ‘European Societies’
and ‘International Sociology’. We made use of Social Network Analysis to study the
Relatedness-data that were collected from the SSCI. This allowed us to draw and analyse their
one-step-citation-neighbourhoods. In the results section we discuss questions regarding the
cohesion, diversity, and fragmentation into subgroups of both networks for the period 2003-
2013. When we take a closer look at the ‘European Societies’-network journals dedicated to
social policy research and demographics seem to be of considerable importance, which could
be a result of the ‘newly’ developed European research arena and its competitive research
policy. Where we expected to see a more international and interdisciplinary pattern for
‘International Sociology’, a rather one-sided profile, mainly consisting of North-American
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