Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World aims to make new research readily available. It provides an online only, open access forum for the rapid dissemination of peer-reviewed empirical work, produced in time to be relevant to ongoing debates. Socius is a place to find fresh ideas, early discoveries, and open theoretical problems that can pose new challenges for social science. Socius’s online format ensures that all scientifically sound sociological research from any subfield can be published, without the volume constraints imposed by traditional print limits. Traditional manuscript styles are welcome, but we strongly encourage short papers and those providing interesting empirical findings that may spark innovation and future work.
Editors: Tim F. Liao, University of Illinois (2025-2029)
Published: Continuously
ISSN: 2378-0231
Featured Articles
- The “Most Familiar Stranger”: Chinese Perceptions of the Contemporary Japanese Ethnoracial Hierarchy Xiaorui Zhang (June 2026)
- Unequal Pathways: Family Background and Youth Computing Aspirations Jennifer M. Ashlock and Zeynep Tufekci (May 2026); listen to the podcast
- Redefining Discrimination: Dismantling Environmental Protections through the Logic of Reactionary Colorblindness Ian Carrillo and Annabel Ipsen (April 2026)
- Seen as Latino, Assumed Lower Class: Racialized Class and Immigrant Status Perceptions in the United States Cynthia Feliciano, Zhongze Wei, Maria Abascal, and Wendy D. Roth (March 2026); listen to the podcast
- How the Student Loan Repayment Pause Increased Latinx Borrowers’ Agency and Diversified Their Spectrum of Emotions Daisy Verduzco Reyes, Melissa Quesada, and Kimberly Garcia-Galvez (February 2026); listen to the podcast
- Take a Load Off? Not for Mothers: Gender, Cognitive Labor, and the Limits of Time and Money Ana Catalano Weeks, Helen Kowalewska, and Leah Ruppanner (January 2026)
- When We Target Federal Workers, Whom Are We Targeting? Three Perspectives on U.S. Federal Workers Deirdre Bloome (December 2025)
- Antiblack Discrimination in Public Accommodations: Differential Drink Pricing in Urban Nightclubs Reuben A. Buford May, Matthew Soener, Carileigh Jones, and Quinesha Bentley (November 2025); listen to the podcast
- “This Work Would Not Have Been Possible without . . .”: The Length of Acknowledgments in Sociology Books Thomas M. Smith and Jeffrey W. Lockhart (October 2025)
- The New Social Roots of School Shootings: A Refined Constellation Theory of Rampage Attacks David Russell, Jon Gordon, and Kelly M. Thames (September 2025); listen to the podcast
- Does Everyone Have a Gender? Compulsory Gender, Gender Detachment, and Asexuality Canton Winer (August 2025)
- Human Rights as a Lay Category of Thought: Content and Structure in the United States Katherine Jensen, Monika Krause, and Benjamin Witkovsky (July 2025); listen to the podcast