Armed Forces & Society

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Armed Forces & Society
DisciplineSociology, political science
LanguageEnglish
Edited byPatricia M. Shields
Publication details
History1974–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
1.829 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Armed Forces Soc.
Indexing
ISSN0095-327X (print)
1556-0848 (web)
LCCN74648333
OCLC no.01796471
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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).

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:

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References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Armed Forces & Society, InCites, Thomson Reuters, May 2005. Accessed 12 May 2011 Archived 29 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Armed Forces & Society". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate. 2021.

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