The Europeanisation of Sociology? A Bibliometric Comparison of Družboslovne Razprave and Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie

Abstract

This paper investigates the impact of Europeanisation dynamics on the formation and development of sociology in Slovenia and Austria. Compared are problem choice in research areas, topics, and the language of citations of sociological knowledge published in two sociology journals, Družboslovne razprave and Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie over a 30-year period (1986–2015). Methodologically, the bibliometric analysis of journals was undertaken as a study entailing two distinct phases and methods of comparison. The empirical findings indicate that society’s structural change, political transformation and European integration have been subject to much more research among Slovenian sociologists than among their Austrian colleagues.

Keywords

• comparative sociology
• bibliometrics
• Slovenia
• Austria
• Europeanisation