Sociology Compass (Science and Medicine)
Dear all
I am presently doing a
stint as an Editor for the journal Sociology Compass. I’m mailing here to raise
awareness of it generally (you might find it helpful for teaching and
research), but also to suggest you consider thinking about it as a place to
publish (or a place to encourage those you work with to publish).
Compass as a project is
rather different to other journals; as the name suggests its aim is to give an
orientation or guide to the reader. It publishes short (up to 5000 word)
articles, which give an overview of a body of literature. So the articles are
not research reports; rather they are innovative looks an at issue or subject
area. The aim of the journal is to be a helpful scholarly resource, and provoke
new thinking (pieces that make an argument, not simply review a literature are
welcomed). It is also a place that welcomes pieces by junior colleagues as well
as more established ones. So excellent PhD students who are a fair way through
their work, and who have completed a strong literature review, may find Compass
a good place to think of to try for a publication. Equally, where a literature
review has been completed as part of a new piece of research, it can be turned
into a submission.
You can read more about
this here, detailing the aims of the journal:
And have a look here:
Compass is divided onto
sections, and the one I am involved with is Science and Medicine. The catalogue
of articles published in this section is here:
We publish about 10
articles in the section each year, and I looking to commission a few more that
will appear in next year’s Compass (2016 edition). In the first instance, if
you have an idea, then email me at E.J.Lee@kent.ac.uk
If it seems like a proposal that would make sense for Compass then we work out
a submission deadline for a few months’ time (sometime in the summer or
autumn). Submissions are reviewed by two reviewers, and that part of the
process works in the usual way.
All best,
Ellie Lee, Reader in
Social Policy, University of Kent
Dr Ellie
Lee, Reader in Social Policy
SSPSSR, Cornwallis NE,
University of Kent, Canterbury UK, CT2 7NF
Director, Centre for
Parenting Culture Studies
Co-author Parenting
Culture Studies (Palgrave, 2014)