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Contemporary Social Science Template

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About the Contemporary Social Science format

Contemporary Social Science is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Social Policy and Reform Studies, Youth Education and Societal Dynamics, Employment and Welfare Studies.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Contemporary Social Science 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inSocial Policy and Reform Studies Youth Education and Societal Dynamics Employment and Welfare Studies Social Media and Politics Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
ISSN2158-2041
Citation impact (2-yr)5.12
h-index45
i10-index265
Total citations9,976
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Birmingham
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in Contemporary Social Science per year

15
2014
44
2015
28
2016
49
2017
61
2018
29
2019
27
2020
35
2021
24
2022
34
2023
43
2024
48
2025

Citation impact of Contemporary Social Science by publication year

210
2014
632
2015
373
2016
658
2017
1.7K
2018
595
2019
549
2020
444
2021
170
2022
515
2023
475
2024
59
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Contemporary Social Science

Values, identity and pro-environmental behaviour

Birgitta Gatersleben, Niamh Murtagh, Wokje Abrahamse · 31 May 2012

The importance of understanding and promoting pro-environmental behaviour among individual consumers in modern Western Societies is generally accepted. Attitudes and attitude change are often examined to help reach this goal. But although attitudes are relatively good predictors of behaviour and are relatively easy to change they only help explain specific behaviours. More stable individual factors…

Education, lifelong learning, inequality and financial access: evidence from African countries

Vanessa S. Tchamyou · 5 Feb 2018

This study investigates the role of financial access in modulating the effect of education and lifelong learning on inequality in 48 African countries for the period 1996–2014. Lifelong learning is conceived and measured as the combined knowledge gained from primary through tertiary education while the three educational indicators are: primary school enrolment; secondary school enrolment…

Everyday ethics in community-based participatory research

Sarah Banks, Andrea Armstrong, Kathleen Carter et al. · 25 Feb 2013

This article explores a range of ethical issues that arise in community-based participatory research (CBPR), drawing on literature and examples from practice. The experience of CBPR practitioners adds further weight to the growing critique by many other social researchers of regulatory approaches to research ethics (which focus on rule following in accordance with research governance…

Putting practice into policy: reconfiguring questions of consumption and climate change

Elizabeth Shove · 3 Jul 2012

Understanding how societies change is core business for the social sciences and there is no shortage of theories about how transitions come about. Despite this reservoir of ideas, efforts to promote more sustainable patterns of consumer behaviour draw upon a remarkably narrow range of conceptual resources. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the…

Covid-19 and the digital revolution

Linda Hantrais, Paul Allin, Mihalis Kritikos et al. · 30 Oct 2020

Since the 1980s, the digital revolution has been both a negative and positive force. Within a few weeks of the Covid-19 outbreak, lockdown accelerated the adoption of digital solutions at an unprecedented pace, creating unforeseen opportunities for scaling up alternative approaches to social and economic life. But it also brought digital risks and threats that…

Contemporary Social Science template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Contemporary Social Science format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Contemporary Social Science template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Taylor & Francis format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Contemporary Social Science use?
Contemporary Social Science uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) 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, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Contemporary Social Science 12 (3): 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Contemporary Social Science?
No. DocuGuru generates the interact LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Taylor & Francis-ready Contemporary Social Science 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 Contemporary Social Science template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Contemporary Social Science format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Contemporary Social Science?
Contemporary Social Science is a multidisciplinary journal published by Taylor & Francis. DocuGuru's Contemporary Social Science template matches Taylor & Francis's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Contemporary Social Science PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Contemporary Social Science template (the interact class) that is ready to submit to Taylor & Francis, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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