Ricerc@Sapienza

The Social Sciences and, specifically, the sociological research has
progressively assumed the gender factor as one of the strategic keys to
understand contemporary phenomena. In fact, as a variable for sociostatistical
analysis or as a characterizing trait of individual identity, it is a
decisive factor in the interpretation of the deep social transformations and it
inspires the self-reflection of the sociologists about the analytical tools of their
discipline. The contribution proposes, through a lexicometric approach, an
analysis of the articles published in the last two decades by the oldest Journal
of Sociology, published by Routledge. The main aim is to highlight the
different ways in which gender issues are declined in the international
sociological researches presented in the repertoire of the International
Review of Sociology and to outline, both on the lexical level and on the topic
level, the changes occurred over time.