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American Sociological Review

{{Short description|Bi-monthly peer-reviewed academic journal}}

{{Infobox journal

| title = American Sociological Review

| cover = American Sociological Review (journal) cover – 2010.gif

| editor = David Cort, Laurel Smith-Doerr, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey

| discipline = Sociology

| abbreviation = Am. Sociol. Rev.

| publisher = SAGE Publications

| country = United States

| frequency = Bi-monthly

| history = 1936–present

| impact = 9.1

| impact-year = 2022

| website = https://www.asanet.org/research-and-publications/journals/american-sociological-review

| link1 = https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/asra/current

| link1-name = Online access

| ISSN = 0003-1224

| eISSN = 1939-8271

| JSTOR = 00031224

| OCLC = 38161061

| LCCN = 37010449

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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.{{cite book |editor1=Madeleine Grawitz |editor-link=:fr:Madeleine Grawitz |editor2=Jean Leca |editor-link2=:fr:Jean Leca |author=Elisabeth Gayon |author-link=Elisabeth Gayon |date=1985 |title=Traité de science politique |chapter=Guide documentaire de l'étudiant et du chercheur en science politique |page=305 |language=fr |publisher=Presses Universitaires de France |isbn=2-13-038858-2}} It is along with American Journal of Sociology considered one of the top journals in sociology.{{Cite journal |last=Jacobs |first=Jerry A. |date=2016 |title=Journal Rankings in Sociology: Using the H Index with Google Scholar |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s12108-015-9292-7 |journal=The American Sociologist |language=en |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=192–224 |doi=10.1007/s12108-015-9292-7 |issn=1936-4784}}

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).{{Cite journal |date=2023 |title=ASR Editorial Transition |journal=American Sociological Review |language=en |volume=88 |issue=5 |pages=781 |doi=10.1177/00031224231199585 |issn=0003-1224|doi-access=free }}

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.

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.{{cite journal |last=Lengermann |first=Patricia Madoo |year=1979 |title=The Founding of the American Sociological Review: The Anatomy of a Rebellion |journal=American Sociological Review |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=185–198 |jstor=2094504 |doi=10.2307/2094504 }}

= 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.{{Cite journal |last=Yoels |first=William C. |date=1971 |title=Destiny or Dynasty: Doctoral Origins and Appointment Patterns of Editors of the "American Sociological Review", 1948-1968 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27701739 |journal=The American Sociologist |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=134–139 |jstor=27701739 |issn=0003-1232}} 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.{{Cite journal |last=Wanderer |first=Jules J. |date=1966 |title=Academic Origins of Contributors to the "American Sociological Review", 1955-65 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27701212 |journal=The American Sociologist |volume=1 |issue=5 |pages=241–243 |jstor=27701212 |issn=0003-1232}}

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

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According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2019 impact factor is 9.1, ranking it 3rd out of 149 journals in the category "Sociology".{{cite book |year=2023|chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Sociology |title=2022 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |edition=Social Sciences |work=Web of Science|title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}

Past editors

The following persons have been editors-in-chief:

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References

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External links

  • {{Official website|https://journals.sagepub.com/home/asr}} (SAGE Publishing)
  • [http://www.asanet.org/research-and-publications/journals/american-sociological-review Official website (ASA)]

Category:Academic journals established in 1936

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Category:1936 establishments in the United States

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