Social Movement Studies Explained

Social Movement Studies should not be confused with Social movement theory.

Social Movement Studies
Cover:Academic_Journal_Cover,_Social_Movement_Studies.jpeg
Abbreviation:Soc. Mov. Stud.
Discipline:Sociology, political science, anthropology
Editors:Cristina Flesher Fominaya
Publisher:Routledge
History:2002–present
Frequency:Bimonthly
Impact:2.748
Impact-Year:2021
Issn:1474-2837
Eissn:1474-2829
Oclc:50327191
Website:https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=csms20
Link1:http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/csms20/current
Link1-Name:Online access
Link2:http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/csms20
Link2-Name:Online archive

Social Movement Studies is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering social science research on protests, social movements, and collective behavior, including reviews of books on these topics. It was established in 2002 as a biannual journal by founding co-editors Tim Jordan, Adam Lent, and George McKay, soon to be joined by Anne Mische, and is published by Routledge. The current editor-in-chief is Cristina Flesher Fominaya (Aarhus University) . Previous editors-in-chief include and Kevin Gillan (University of Manchester), Graeme Hayes (Aston University) and Brian Doherty (Keele University).

In 2017 the journal was listed by Stefan Berger and Holger Nehrin, in their book The History of Social Movements in Global Perspective, as one of the "main academic journals" in the field of social movement studies, alongside Mobilization and the open access .[1]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences,[2] Social Sciences Citation Index,[2] and Scopus.[3] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 2.0.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Stefan Berger . The History of Social Movements in Global Perspective: A Survey . Holger Nehring . 12 January 2017 . Palgrave Macmillan UK . 978-1-137-30427-8 . 16–.
  2. Web site: Master Journal List . . Intellectual Property & Science . 2018-08-09.
  3. Web site: Source details: Social Movement Studies . . Scopus preview . 2018-08-09.
  4. Book: 2018 . Social Movement Studies . 2017 Journal Citation Reports . . Social Sciences . Web of Science. Journal Citation Reports .