Sociology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the British Sociological Association.

Sociology is the highest impact ranked journal in the UK for the subject area.

[1] The journal was established in 1967 as "the clearest intellectual representative of the social aspirations of the Butskellite era,"[2] with Michael Banton serving as its first editor.

Shortly after its establishment, it became the official journal of the British Sociological Association, replacing the British Journal of Sociology.

[4] According to Google Scholar, the most-cited articles published in Sociology are: As of April 2012[update], the most highly cited article, "Social network analysis" by John Scott, had been cited over 5500 times.