Social Science Computer Review

Social Science Computer Review is the journal of the Social Science Computing Association, published by SAGE Publications and issued bimonthly, with its editorial office based at Florida State University. One of the earliest titles in computational social science, it covers the use of computational methods in social research and teaching as well as the societal impact of information technology.《社会科学计算机评论》（Social Science Computer Review）是社会科学计算学会（Social Science Computing Association）的机关刊，由赛吉出版（SAGE Publications）出版，双月刊发行，编辑部设于佛罗里达州立大学。该刊是计算社会科学领域创办最早的刊物之一，覆盖计算方法在社会科学研究与教学中的应用，也关注信息技术对社会的影响。

Scope

Social Science Computer Review treats computing both as an instrument of social research and teaching and as an object of social change, and accordingly carries methodological innovation alongside critical examination of technology's social consequences. Its principal subject areas include:Social Science Computer Review 的取稿立场是「计算是社会科学的研究与教学工具，也是社会变迁的对象」，因而既刊载方法创新，也刊载对技术社会后果的检讨。收文范围覆盖的主要方向包括：

• Computational social science methods: computational social science theory, computer-assisted survey research, computer-based qualitative analysis, computer simulation and economic modelling.计算社会科学方法： 计算社会科学理论、计算机辅助调查研究、基于计算机的质性分析、计算机模拟与建模，以及经济建模。
• Research tools and infrastructure: instrumentation and research tools, software evaluation, and world-wide web resources for social scientists.研究工具与基础设施： 研究仪器与研究工具、软件评测，以及面向社会科学家的万维网资源。
• Societal impact of information technology: the social impact of computing and telecommunications, electronic publishing, and the use of artificial intelligence in the social sciences.信息技术的社会影响： 计算与电信的社会影响、电子出版，以及人工智能在社会科学中的运用。
• Space and public affairs: geographic information systems in social research, and computational work in public administration.空间与公共事务： 地理信息系统在社会科学中的应用，以及公共行政领域的计算研究。
• Disciplinary coverage: sociology, anthropology, political science, economics and psychology, together with computer literacy, computer applications and methodology.学科覆盖： 社会学、人类学、政治学、经济学、心理学，以及计算机素养、计算机应用与方法论。

The journal mixes research articles with review writing, and has long maintained book review, software review and scholarly correspondence sections, preserving a combined research-and-review character to this day. It is hybrid open access, with a proportion of articles published under a Creative Commons attribution non-commercial licence.本刊文体兼容研究论文与评论性文章，历史上长期设书评、软件评测与学界通讯栏目，至今仍保持「研究加评论」的混合面貌。该刊为混合开放获取，部分文章以知识共享署名非商业许可发表。^[1]

History

• Lineage begins (1983): the journal's lineage runs back to Social Science Micro Review, founded in 1983 as the successor to the Political Science Micro Review of 1982, and renamed Social Science Microcomputer Review in 1985.刊脉起点（一九八三年）： 本刊刊脉上溯至《社会科学微观评论》（Social Science Micro Review，一九八三年创刊，其前身为一九八二年的《政治科学微观评论》），一九八五年改名《社会科学微型计算机评论》。^[2]
• Present title adopted (1988): the present title Social Science Computer Review was adopted from the spring 1988 issue, numbering continuing from volume six, at the same time absorbing the journal Computers and the Social Sciences.启用现名（一九八八年）： 一九八八年春季刊起改用现名 Social Science Computer Review，刊号自第六卷起计，同时吸收《计算机与社会科学》杂志。^[3]
• Publisher transition: the journal was published for many years by Duke University Press (1988 to about 2000) and moved to SAGE Publications from 2001, which has published it since.出版方沿革： 创刊后长期由杜克大学出版社出版（一九八八年至约二〇〇〇年），二〇〇一年起转由赛吉出版并延续至今。^[4]
• Frequency evolution: the journal began as a quarterly and now appears bimonthly, six issues a year, with volume 44 having reached its fifth issue in 2026刊期演变： 创刊时为季刊，现行双月刊、每年六期，二〇二六年已出至第四十四卷第五期；部分目录中的季刊记录已经过时。 the quarterly frequency in some catalogues is out of date.^[1]
• Metric standing: the 2025 impact factor is 4.3, placing the journal in the first quartile of both computer science interdisciplinary applications and social sciences interdisciplinary.指标走势： 二〇二五年影响因子四点三，在计算机跨学科应用与社会科学跨领域两个小类均列一区。^[1]

Editors

The journal is run by a single editor supported by a managing editor, thirteen associate editors and an international editorial board of about fifty-five members, with the office anchored at Florida State University, where both the editor and the managing editor hold posts in the sociology department. The publisher publishes neither an acceptance rate nor a review duration for the title.本刊实行单一主编制，配一名管理编辑、十三名副编辑与约五十五人的国际编委会，编辑部依托佛罗里达州立大学，主编与管理编辑均出自该校社会学系。出版方未公布本刊录用比例与审稿时长。^[5]

• Deana A. Rohlinger (editor since 2024): Mildred and Claude Pepper Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Florida State University and associate dean of its College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, working on digital media, social movements and the politics of attention.迪安娜·罗林格（二〇二四年起任）： 佛罗里达州立大学社会学系佩珀讲席教授、社会科学与公共政策学院副院长，研究方向为数字媒体、社会运动与注意力政治。^[6]
• Founding editors: the journal was founded by G. David Garson of North Carolina State University and Ronald Anderson of the University of Minnesota, who served for many years as editor and co-editor.创刊编辑： 大卫·加森（北卡罗来纳州立大学）与罗纳德·安德森（明尼苏达大学）共同创办本刊，二人长期担任正副主编。^[7]
• Managing editor and associate layer: the managing editor is a Florida State University scholar, and the thirteen associate editors are spread across European, North American and Asian institutions, covering the branches of computational social science.管理编辑与副编辑层： 管理编辑由佛罗里达州立大学学者担任，十三名副编辑分属欧洲、北美与亚洲多地机构，覆盖计算社会科学各分支。^[5]