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Social Forces Template

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About the Social Forces format

Social Forces is a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press, covering Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice, Race, History, and American Society, Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies. Over its lifetime it has published 23,447 papers, which have received 806,889 citations.

PublisherOxford University Press
Reference styleAuthor–year (OUP)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Social Forces, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

Formats any DOI in the closest standard style — Social Forces has no published style definition, so this is an approximation. No sign-up.

Publishes research inContemporary Sociological Theory and Practice Race, History, and American Society Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies Religion and Society Interactions Social and Cultural Dynamics
ISSN0037-7732
Citation impact (2-yr)1.05
h-index348
i10-index6,785
Article processing charge$3,802
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Journal websitesf.oxfordjournals.org
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Papers published in Social Forces per year

164
2014
129
2015
130
2016
147
2017
143
2018
194
2019
154
2020
178
2021
138
2022
167
2023
188
2024
242
2025

Citation impact of Social Forces by publication year

4.9K
2014
4.9K
2015
3.6K
2016
3.6K
2017
5.6K
2018
5.8K
2019
3.6K
2020
1.6K
2021
818
2022
617
2023
333
2024
181
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Social Forces

Language and Symbolic Power.

William A. Corsaro, Pierre Bourdıeu · 1 Sep 1992

Preface Editor's Introduction General Introduction Part I The Economy of Linguistic Exchanges Introduction 1. The Production and Reproduction of Legitimate Language 2. Price Formation and the Anticipation of Profits Appendix: Did You Say 'Popular'? Part II The Social Institution of Symbolic Power Introduction 3. Authorized Language: The Social Conditions for the Effectiveness of Ritual Discourse…

10,027 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Testing Structural Equation Models.

Clifford C. Clogg, Kenneth A. Bollen, J. Scott Long · 1 Mar 1995

Introduction - Kenneth A Bollen and J Scott Long Multifaceted Conceptions of Fit in Structural Equation Models - J S Tanaka Monte Carlo Evaluations of Goodness-of-Fit Indices for Structural Equation Models - David W Gerbing and James C Anderson Some Specification Tests for the Linear Regression Model - J Scott Long and Pravin K Trivedi…

8,259 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Social Forces template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Social Forces format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Social Forces template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Oxford University Press format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Social Forces use?
Social Forces uses Author–year (OUP) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Social Forces, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Social Forces?
No. DocuGuru generates the oup-authoring-template LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Oxford University Press-ready Social Forces document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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What is Social Forces?
Oxford University Press journal. It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by Oxford University Press.
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