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Body & Society Template

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About the Body & Society format

Body & Society is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Geographies of human-animal interactions, Posthumanist Ethics and Activism, Diversity and Impact of Dance.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Body & Society, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inGeographies of human-animal interactions Posthumanist Ethics and Activism Diversity and Impact of Dance Human auditory perception and evaluation Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
ISSN1357-034X
Citation impact (2-yr)1.72
h-index97
i10-index510
Total citations35,013
Top institutions publishing hereGoldsmiths University of London
Journal websitewww.sagepub.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Body & Society per year

30
2014
25
2015
19
2016
18
2017
27
2018
22
2019
21
2020
15
2021
18
2022
18
2023
17
2024
18
2025

Citation impact of Body & Society by publication year

1.3K
2014
1.2K
2015
631
2016
491
2017
621
2018
301
2019
546
2020
82
2021
125
2022
80
2023
51
2024
22
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Body & Society

How to Talk About the Body? the Normative Dimension of Science Studies

Bruno Latour · 1 Jun 2004

Science studies has often been against the normative dimension of epistemology, which made a naturalistic study of science impossible. But this is not to say that a new type of normativity cannot be detected at work inscience studies. This is especially true in the second wave of studies dealing with the body, which has aimed…

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The Body We Care for: Figures of Anthropo-zoo-genesis

Vinciane Despret · 1 Jun 2004

Clever Hans, the famous horse who was believed to be able to count, is generally cited as the paradigm of the influence of the observer. Psychologist Rosenthal has illustrated this phenomenon with his well-known experiment about ‘bright’ and ‘dull’ maze rats. Hans, however, achieved something much more interesting. Hecould not only read human minds through…

Embodied Action, Enacted Bodies: the Example of Hypoglycaemia

Annemarie Mol, John Law · 1 Jun 2004

We all know that we have and are our bodies. But might it be possible to leave this common place? In the present article we try to do this by attending to the way we do our bodies. The site where we look for such action is that of handling the hypoglycaemias that sometimes happen…

Body, Image and Affect in Consumer Culture

Mike Featherstone · 1 Mar 2010

This article is concerned with the relationship between body, image and affect within consumer culture. Body image is generally understood as a mental image of the body as it appears to others. It is often assumed in consumer culture that people attend to their body image in an instrumental manner, as status and social acceptability…

Body & Society template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Body & Society format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Body & Society template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Body & Society use?
Body & Society uses Author–year (Harvard) 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', Body & Society, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Body & Society?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Body & Society document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Body & Society template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Body & Society format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Body & Society?
Body & Society is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's Body & Society template matches SAGE's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Body & Society PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Body & Society template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Body & Society template cost?
You can start writing in the Body & Society template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Body & Society PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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