About the Journal

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Note on Society/Réflexion sur la société

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Notes on the Discipline

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Comment/Commentaire

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Review Essay/Essai bibliographique

Editors

• Tara Milbrandt

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Book Reviews/Comptes rendus

Editors

• Tara Milbrandt
• Marta-Marika Urbanik

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Books Received/Livres réçus

Editors

• Laura Botsford
• Kevin Haggerty
• Tara Milbrandt

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Note from the Editor

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

The CJS relies on its eminent group of associate editors who represent a wide range of intellectual orientations and every region of Canada, with some in the United States and in Europe. Associate editors provide reviews of manuscripts in their area of expertise and overall advice on intellectual content.

Submitted manuscripts are first reviewed by the editor to ensure that style guidelines, word count, and subject matter are in accordance with the journal’s general guidelines. Manuscripts that pass the internal review are then sent to three external reviewers for assessment. Within one month these reviewers submit an evaluation, which addresses such points as: 1) significance/timeliness; 2) appropriateness for the journal; 3) quality of the research; 4) quality of writing (clarity, style, and organization); 5) theoretical contribution; 6) methodological contribution; 7) importance to sociologists, and 8) integration into the relevant literature. The reviewer makes one of five recommendations:
Publish with minor revisions supervised by the editor;
Request minor modifications (as per comments);
Request major revisions (i.e. the piece needs major revisions, data needs to be updated, sections need to be expanded or contracted significantly, conclusions need rewriting, etc.). Such manuscripts, once revised, are returned to the editor who determines whether all of the reviewer’s queries/suggestions/criticisms were addressed adequately. In most cases, the revised manuscript is then returned to the initial reviewer for reevaluation; Reject; Recommend the author submit the piece to a different (specified) journal.

NOTE: Please do NOT include in the body of your review an assessment as to whether or not this piece should be published in the CJS. You can convey your opinion on this matter in your note to the editor or in the pull-down box where you will be offered a range of different decision-options.

Every attempt is made to provide authors with prompt and useful comments on their manuscripts. When the editorial decision is to revise and resubmit, CJS policy is to make a decision after the second set of reviews. When manuscripts are rejected, every effort is made to provide the author with constructive suggestions regarding how they might revise the paper for submission to another journal.

Publication Frequency

The Canadian Journal of Sociology is a quarterly publication. Journal issues are published collectively as part of a single issue, each with a unique Table of Contents.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Submission Instructions

REGISTERING WITH THE JOURNAL AND UPLOADING YOUR SUBMISSION (AND ANY ACCOMPANYING IMAGES)

If you have not already "registered" with the Canadian Journal of Sociology, the journal requires you to do so. You can do so by entering your data in the fields found at the link below

http://journals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/CJS/user/register

To do so, follow the steps on the CJS website homepage (also described below).

CJS website hompage link:

http://journals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/CJS/index
Uploading Procedure

Ensure that you have registered and selected the role of "author". This will allow you to obtain a username and set a password, both of which are necessary for log in and submission.
Click on the "Log In" button found on the menu bar at the top of the CJS home page, and log in using your user name and password. This will then take you to the "User Home" page.
Click on the "[New Submission]" button (on the right side of this "User Home" page).
Select "Article" from the "Journal Section" menu.
Click on each check box listed (a check mark should appear)
Click on the "Save and continue" button at the bottom of the page and complete the subsequent procedures.
When all steps have been completed, click on the “Log Out” button found under the “USER” box along the right-hand side of the webpage.

If you are having difficulty with any of the above steps, please email Michelle Peters-Jones at petersjo@ualberta.ca.

Sources of Support

The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie is published with the assistance of a grant from Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada, and with support from the Department of Sociology, University of Alberta.