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Acta Sociologica

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ343174 ↗
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Acta Sociologica is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all areas of sociology. It is an official journal of the Nordic Sociological Association and was established in 1955. It publishes papers on original research, book reviews, and review essays and focuses on research comparing Nordic countries with one another or with other countries. Nordic universities such as the University of Oslo, University of Copenhagen and University of Stockholm are among regular contributors to the journal.

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The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, the Social Sciences Citation Index, and Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2022 impact factor is 1.7.

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