Innovation (journal)

{{Short description|Sociological academic journal}}

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| title = Innovation

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| former_names = Innovation in Social Sciences Research

| abbreviation = Innovation

| nlm = Innovation (Abingdon)

| discipline = Sociology

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| editor = Ronald J. Pohoryles, Hans-Liudger Dienel

| publisher = Taylor & Francis on behalf of the European Association for the Advancement of the Social Sciences

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| history = 1988–present

| frequency = Quarterly

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| license =

| impact = 2.541

| impact-year = 2021

| ISSN = 1351-1610

| eISSN = 1469-8412

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| website = https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ciej20

| link1 = https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ciej20/current

| link1-name = Online access

| link2 = https://www.innovation-journal.eu/

| link2-name = innovation Website

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Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the European Association for the Advancement of the Social Sciences, a non-profit research organization registered in Vienna. The editors are Ronald J. Pohoryles and Hans-Liudger Dienel.{{Cite web |date=May 2022 |title=Journal website |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=ciej20 |website=Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research}}

The journal's main focus is on the sociology of management, innovation, sustainability and urban planning; it also publishes papers of general sociology and political science from a European perspective.

According to the Journal Citation Reports, in 2021 the journal has a two-year impact factor of 2.541, ranking it 59 out of 148 journals in the category "Sociology".{{cite book |year=2022 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Sociology |title=2021 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |edition=Social Sciences Citation Index |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}