Annual Review of Sociology
Annual Review of Sociology is an annual peer-reviewed journal published by Annual Reviews, covering sociology. Founded in 1975, it is a leading review journal in sociology, with a 2025 impact factor of 8.4, indexed in SSCI.《社会学年度综述》（Annual Review of Sociology, 简称 Annu. Rev. Sociol.）是由 Annual Reviews 出版的年度同行评审期刊，涵盖社会学。该刊创刊于 1975 年，是社会学领域的顶级综述期刊，2025 年影响因子为 8.4，被 SSCI 收录。
Scope
The journal's stated aim is to publish comprehensive review articles that synthesize significant advances in sociology, with its official scope covering:刊物官方宗旨为发表综合社会学重要进展的全面综述文章，官方声明的征稿范围包括：
- Sociological theory: comprehensive review articles on major theoretical traditions in sociology, including structural functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, and contemporary theory.社会学理论： 关于社会学主要理论传统的综合性综述，包括结构功能主义、冲突理论、符号互动论与当代理论。
- Social stratification and inequality: reviews on class, status, power, social mobility, and the structures and processes of social inequality.社会分层与不平等： 关于阶级、地位、权力、社会流动以及社会不平等结构与过程的综述。
- Social institutions: reviews on family, education, religion, work and organizations, health and medicine, and other major social institutions.社会制度： 关于家庭、教育、宗教、工作与组织、健康与医疗以及其他主要社会制度的综述。
- Social change and demography: reviews on social change, urbanization, migration, population dynamics, and the relationship between demographic processes and social structure.社会变迁与人口学： 关于社会变迁、城市化、迁移、人口动态以及人口过程与社会结构关系的综述。
- Article types: the journal publishes invited review articles by leading sociologists, each providing a comprehensive synthesis of a subfield of sociology.栏目设置： 该刊发表由顶尖社会学家撰写的特邀综述，每篇对社会学的一个分支领域进行全面综合。
History
- Founding: the journal was established in 1975 by Annual Reviews, expanding the Annual Reviews series into the field of sociology.创刊： 该刊于 1975 年由 Annual Reviews 创办，将《年度综述》系列拓展至社会学领域。
- Annual Reviews model: following the Annual Reviews tradition, the journal publishes invited, comprehensive review articles that synthesize the state of the art in each area of sociology.年度综述模式： 沿袭 Annual Reviews 传统，该刊发表特邀的综合性综述文章，综合社会学各领域的最新进展。
- Impact and influence: the journal has consistently been one of the highest-impact review journals in sociology, serving as essential reading for sociologists worldwide.影响力： 该刊长期是社会学领域影响因子最高的综述期刊之一，是全球社会学家的必读文献。
- Annual publication: the journal publishes one volume per year, with review articles released online continuously and collected into an annual volume.年度出版： 该刊每年出版一卷，综述文章在线持续发布并汇编为年度卷。
Editors
The journal is led by co-editors supported by an editorial committee:该刊由联合主编领导，编辑委员会协助工作：
- Co-editors: Douglas S. Massey of Princeton University and Mary C. Waters of Harvard University serve as the co-editors.联合主编： 普林斯顿大学的道格拉斯·S·梅西（Douglas S. Massey）与哈佛大学的玛丽·C·沃特斯（Mary C. Waters）担任联合主编。
- Editorial committee: the co-editors are supported by an editorial committee of distinguished sociologists from universities worldwide.编辑委员会： 联合主编由来自全球大学的杰出社会学家组成的编辑委员会协助。
- Invited reviews: review articles are commissioned by the co-editors and editorial committee, ensuring that each review is authoritative and comprehensive.特邀综述： 综述文章由联合主编与编辑委员会邀约，确保每篇综述具有权威性与全面性。
- Open access option: authors can choose to publish open access in this journal, making their articles freely available to readers upon publication in exchange for an article processing charge.开放获取选项： 作者可选择在该刊发表开放获取文章，使论文发表后即向读者免费开放，并支付文章处理费。