Armed Forces & Society is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic publication that publishes articles and book reviews on a wide variety of topics including civil–military relations, military sociology, veterans, military psychology, military institutions, conflict management, peacekeeping, conflict resolution, military contracting, terrorism, gender related issues, military families and military ethics. It is the official publication of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society and published by SAGE Publications.[1] The current editor-in-chief is Patricia M. Shields (Texas State University).
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| Discipline | Sociology, political science |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Patricia M. Shields |
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| History | 1974–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 1.829 (2020) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Armed Forces Soc. |
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| ISSN | 0095-327X (print) 1556-0848 (web) |
| LCCN | 74648333 |
| OCLC no. | 01796471 |
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The journal was established in 1974 by Morris Janowitz (University of Chicago) and became the "first professional journal to focus on the connection between the military and society in an international and interdisciplinary way."[2]
Abstracting and indexing edit
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 1.829.[3]
Editors-in-chief edit
The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief:
- Morris Janowitz (1973–1983)
- David R. Segal (1983–1989)
- Claude E. Welch Jr. (1989–1992)
- Jay Stanley (1992–1995)
- James Burk (1995–1998)
- Mark Eitelberg (1998–2001)
- Patricia M. Shields (2001–present)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ About Armed Forces & Society on the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces & Society website. http://www.iusafs.org/about/journal.asp Accessed September 21, 2018.
- ^ Armed Forces & Society, InCites, Thomson Reuters, May 2005. Accessed 12 May 2011 Archived 29 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Armed Forces & Society". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate. 2021.