Social Science Research is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of sociology.

It was established in 1972 by Academic Press and is currently published by Elsevier, which acquired Academic Press in 2000.

The editor-in-chief is Stephanie Moller (University of North Carolina at Charlotte).

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 2.617.

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