ISA Journals

Established in 2023, with Volume 38. Current edition: 2024, Volume 39.

Criteria for selection

The prize awards an outstanding paper from the year published in International Sociology, which was of note in terms of originality, innovation, significance and influence in the field.

Selection process

A longlist is put together by International Sociology’s Editorial Board, and then the shortlist and the paper to be awarded the prize are decided by the Editors.

Announcement

The Annual SAGE International Sociology Best Paper Prize is announced in March.

2024 edition of the Prize (Vol. 39)

Winning paper

• Martina Yopo Díaz and Alejandra Abufhele "Beyond early motherhood: Trends and determinants of late fertility in Chile", 39.1

Shortlisted papers

• Martina Yopo Díaz and Alejandra Abufhele "Beyond early motherhood: Trends and determinants of late fertility in Chile", 39.1
• Myrna Dawson, Haleakala Angus and Angelika Zecha "Identifying femicide using the United Nations statistical framework: Exploring the feasibility of sex/gender-related motives and indicators to inform prevention", 39.3
• Claire Maxwell, Maria Leybenson and Miri Yemini "Managing protracted displacement: How anchoring shapes ‘agency-in-waiting’ among middle-class Ukrainian female refugees in Berlin", 39.4
• Pamela Irving Jackson and Peter Doerschler "What drives support for authoritarian populist parties in Eastern and Central Europe?", 39.6

2023 edition of the Prize (Vol. 38)

Winning paper

Eugênia Motta and Federico Neiburg "Misalignments: House money and inflationary experiences", 38.6