The Chinese Journal of Sociology (CJS) is a peer-reviewed, international journal issued by Shanghai University, administrated by SAGE Publications, and co-sponsored with the Paul and Marcia Wythes Center on Contemporary China at Princeton University. The first issue was published in March 2015, and the journal publishes 4 issues per year, with an aim to building an academic platform for in-depth discussion of the issues facing contemporary Chinese society from the sociological perspectives. The journal strives to promote internationally academic communication, international research collaboration, and resources sharing inside and outside China.

The Chinese Journal of Sociology is a peer reviewed, international journal with the following standards:

1. The purpose of the Journal is to publish (in the English language) articles, reviews and scholarly comments which have been judged worthy of publication by appropriate specialists and accepted by the University on studies relating to sociology.

2. The Journal is international in the sense that it will seek, wherever possible, to publish material from authors with an international reputation and articles that are of interest to an international audience.

3. In pursuit of the above the journal shall:

(i) draw on and include high-quality work from the international community. Rigorous research articles and innovative theoretical essays are highly welcomed. The topics suitable for publication include, but are not limited to the following: social stratification/social inequality, social movements, social organizations and social governance, cultural and ideological change, migration, migrant workers and urbanization, family and demographic studies, the sociological understanding of the environment, and social security and social policy;

(ii) avoid bias in favour of the interests of particular schools or directions of research or particular political or narrow disciplinary objectives to the exclusion of others;

(iii) ensure that articles are written in a terminology and style which makes them intelligible, not merely within the context of a particular discipline or abstract mode, but across the domain of relevant disciplines.