As of 1st August 2017, Sociological Research Online (SRO) is published by the BSA and SAGE and all journal content is available via the SAGE Journals platform. If you are a reader based outside an academic institution, please contact sro.journal@britsoc.org.uk to gain free individual access to SRO . If you are a member of an academic institution, we encourage you to access the journal via your institutional library. Sociological Research Online is: • fully peer reviewed and permanently archived • recognised by the Research Excellence Framework • indexed by the ISI, IBSS, Sociological Abstracts and other major abstracting and indexing services • managed by the British Sociological Association and SAGE Publishing SRO was launched as the first online-only peer-reviewed sociology journal in 1996. Readers can enjoy direct access to original qualitative and quantitative audio, visual and video data, thematic special sections and rapid response calls. The journal is published quarterly and all articles are fully peer reviewed by a distinguished Editorial Board. We publish theoretically engaged and empirically rich articles across a wide range of sociological topics using both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Rapid Response/Sociology Online SRO was one of the first journals to make electronic publishing a reality and has innovated new ways of publishing and communicating. One such innovation has been the introduction of rapid response publishing where sociologists have been invited to contribute to sociological debates about topics in the public arena. These have included collections on the themes of the Stephen Lawrence murder enquiry, war and genocide in relation to the Kosovo conflict, the genetic modification of food, the future of Sociology and Sociology and prediction. These are published alongside regular issues. Thematic Collections These innovative collections bring together articles, reviews and research resources published in earlier issues, gathered together around particular themes. The contents change and collections grow as new material is published. These collections have proved to be ideal for lecturers to include on reading lists and for students who are studying particular aspects of sociology. Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sro .
