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The American Sociological Review is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of sociology. It is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the American Sociological Association. It was established in 1936.[1] It is along with American Journal of Sociology considered one of the top journals in sociology.[2]

The editors-in-chief are David Cort (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Laurel Smith-Doerr (University of Massachusetts Amherst), and Donald Tomaskovic-Devey (University of Massachusetts Amherst).[3]

History

Founding

For its first thirty years, the American Sociological Society (now the American Sociological Association) was largely dominated by the sociology department of the University of Chicago, and the quasi-official journal of the association was Chicago's American Journal of Sociology. The creation of the American Sociological Review has been seen as a rebellion against the dominance of the Chicago School in sociology.[4]

In 1935, the executive committee of the American Sociological Society voted 5 to 4 against disestablishing the American Journal of Sociology as the official journal of society, but the measure was passed on for consideration of the general membership, which voted 2 to 1 to establish a new journal independent of Chicago: the American Sociological Review.[4]

Early history

Over the period 1948–1968, more than 60% editors of the ASR earned their doctorate at University of Chicago, Harvard University or Columbia University.[5] Over the period 1955–1965, four out of ten articles in the ASR were by individuals with doctorates from Chicago, Columbia, Harvard or the University of Michigan.[6]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2019 impact factor is 9.1, ranking it 3rd out of 149 journals in the category "Sociology".[7]

Past editors

The following persons have been editors-in-chief:

References

  1. ^ Elisabeth Gayon (1985). "Guide documentaire de l'étudiant et du chercheur en science politique". In Madeleine Grawitz [in French]; Jean Leca [in French] (eds.). Traité de science politique (in French). Presses Universitaires de France. p. 305. ISBN 2-13-038858-2.
  2. ^ Jacobs, Jerry A. (2016). "Journal Rankings in Sociology: Using the H Index with Google Scholar". The American Sociologist. 47 (2): 192–224. doi:10.1007/s12108-015-9292-7. ISSN 1936-4784.
  3. ^ "ASR Editorial Transition". American Sociological Review. 88 (5): 781–781. 2023. doi:10.1177/00031224231199585. ISSN 0003-1224.
  4. ^ a b Lengermann, Patricia Madoo (1979). "The Founding of the American Sociological Review: The Anatomy of a Rebellion". American Sociological Review. 44 (2): 185–198. doi:10.2307/2094504. JSTOR 2094504.
  5. ^ Yoels, William C. (1971). "Destiny or Dynasty: Doctoral Origins and Appointment Patterns of Editors of the "American Sociological Review", 1948-1968". The American Sociologist. 6 (2): 134–139. ISSN 0003-1232.
  6. ^ Wanderer, Jules J. (1966). "Academic Origins of Contributors to the "American Sociological Review", 1955-65". The American Sociologist. 1 (5): 241–243. ISSN 0003-1232.
  7. ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Sociology". 2022 Journal Citation Reports (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2023. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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