Sociological Bulletin
Sociological Bulletin, a journal of the Indian Sociological Society, was launched on 1 March 1952. The credit for founding both the Indian Sociological Society and the Sociological Bulletin goes to G. S. Ghurye, the then Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Bombay. From 2021, the journal has become a quarterly refereed journal. The journal is a powerful platform for sociologists and social scientists to share their research with the professional fraternity. Non-sociologists and non-members of the Indian Sociological Society are not prohibited from their contributions to the journal. Owing to its liberal policy of accepting contributions from all social scientists and from any region of the world, it is pertinent to inform that various articles of this journal, despite their main focus on India, have published about societies of thirty-seven different countries. Using qualitative, quantitative, textual, triangulation and historical data, the journal publishes three kinds of articles, namely discursive, empirical and historical.
Sociological Bulletin believes in broad boundaries of vision and its mission. Any article submitted with sociological inputs is given equal consideration. This practice has been fruitful in terms of diversity of fields covered in the journal. The journal follows a rigorous double-blind reviewing policy.
Although two sections remain unchanged, there could be three to five sections in the journal.
Unchanged Sections:
a. Research Articles: Only the research articles are refereed.
b. Book Reviews: Vary from number to number invariably guided by limits to the size of the manuscript.
Other miscellaneous sections which may not appear in every number:
a. Communication/Discussion
b. Profession
c. Review Article
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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Sociological Bulletin is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal of the Indian Sociological Society. The journal has an interdisciplinary approach with the sociological perspective. It welcomes original articles primarily based on research.
The aim of Sociological Bulletin is to offer a platform for sharing research in any area of sociology with strong grounding in the multidisciplinary perspectives. It also offers an intellectual forum to scholars to participate in critical discussion on various issues of sociological concern, with an aim to disseminate and share sociological knowledge, not necessarily confined to the Indian subcontinent but all over the world within the profession.
Although two sections remain unchanged, three to five sections can be allowed in the journal.
Unchanged Sections:
a. Research Articles: Only the research articles are refereed.
b. Book Reviews: Vary from number to number invariably guided by limits to the size of the manuscript.
Other miscellaneous sections which may not appear in every number:
a. Communication/Discussion
b. Profession
c. Review Article.
The journal follows a rigorous double-blind reviewing policy.
| Maitrayee Chaudhuri | Formerly Professor of Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India |
| Shweta Prasad | Professor, Department of Sociology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India |
| P.S. Vivek | Former Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari, Santacruz (East), Mumbai (Maharashtra), India |
| Ajailiu Niumai | Professor of Sociology, CSSEIP, School of Social Science, University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Balaji Namdev Kendre | Professor of Sociology, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India |
| Gayatri Bhattacharya | Former Professor of Sociology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India |
| Tattwamasi Paltasingh | Professor of Sociology, Sambalpur University, Sambalpur, Odisha, India |
| Alok Kumar Meena | Professor and Principal Govt College Kudi Bhagtasani, Jodhpur Gramin, Rajasthan, India |
| Sudha Khokate | Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India |
| Ramesh Makwana | Professor of Sociology, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat, India |
| Vinita Singh | Associate Professor and Head, Department of Sociology Professor-in-Charge, Ranchi Women's College, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India |
| Anshu Kedia | Professor and Principal, Khun Khun Ji Girls PG College Chowk, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
| Bibhuti Bhushan Malik | Professor of Sociology and Former Dean, Ambedkar School of Social Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Dilip Ramdas Khairnar | Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology Post Graduate and Research Centre Deogiri College, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, India |
| Pramod Kumar Shukla | Professor (Sociology), Department of Applied Science and Humanities KIPM Institute of Engineering and Technology, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Sandip Murlidhar Chaudhari | Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, SBES College of Arts and Commerce, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), Maharashtra, India |
| Sanjay Nilkanth Kolekar | Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, at Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India |
| B B Mohanty | Professor of Sociology, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India |
| Maitrayee Chaudhuri | Formerly Professor of Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India |
| Shweta Prasad | Professor of Sociology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India |
| P. S. Vivek | Formerly Professor of Sociology, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India |
| Kamala Ganesh | Formerly Professor of Sociology, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India |
| Surinder S. Jodhka | Professor of Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India |
| Chandan Kumar Sharma | Professor of Sociology, Tezpur University, Tezpur, India |
| Anurekha Chari Wagh | Professor of Sociology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India |
| Debal K Singha Roy | Formerly Professor of Sociology, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India |
| Purendra Prasad | Professor of Sociology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India |
| Sathish Deshpande | Professor M N Srinivas Chair Professor, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, India |
| Biswajit Ghosh | Formerly Professor of Sociology, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India |
| Anindita Chakrabarti | Professor of Sociology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India |
| Tiplut Nongbri | Formerly Professor of Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India |
| Aneesa Shafi | Professor of Sociology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India |
| Govardhan Wankhede | Professor of Sociology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India |
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