- American Journal of Sociology
Infobox Journal
discipline =Sociology
abbreviated_title =noeffect
abbreviation = AJS
publisher =University of Chicago Press
country = US
publication_history =noeffect
history =1895 -present
frequency = Bimonthly
website = http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJS/
ISSN = 0002-9602Established in
1895 , the "American Journal of Sociology" (AJS) is the oldest scholarly journal ofsociology in theUnited States . It is published bimonthly by The University of Chicago Press.AJS is edited by Andrew Abbott of the
University of Chicago . The journal presents work on the theory, methods, practice, and history of sociology. AJS also publishes sociology-related papers by scholars from outside sociology, speaking to sociologists, social scientists, and the general sociological reader.Academic journals are sometimes evaluated by their
Impact Factor , a statistic which corresponds to the frequency a journal's articles are cited in other journals. Theimpact factor advantages review articles, so when review journals are excluded, The American Journal of Sociology is, by this measure, the second ranked journal in the discipline. [http://www.in-cites.com/research/2004/may_24_2004-2.html Sociology Journals Impact as measured by InCites]Editorial Board
Editor
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Andrew Abbott Associate Editors
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Stefan Bargheer
*James A. Davis
*James Evans
*Daniel Menchik
*Steven Raudenbush Associate Editor, Book Review
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Andreas Glaeser Book Review Editorial Board
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Kim Austin
*Michael Bare
*Paola Castano
*Daniel Huebner Managing Editor
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Susan Allan Copy Editor
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Rachel Kamins Editorial Assistant
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Agnes Littmann Consulting Editors
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Arthur Alderson ,Indiana University
*Peter Bearman ,Columbia University
*David Grazian ,University of Pennsylvania
*Ted Gerber ,University of Wisconsin-Madison
*Emily Hannum ,University of Pennsylvania
*Erin Kelly ,University of Minnesota
*Lauren Krivo ,Ohio State University
*Noah Mark ,Duke University
*Ann Mische ,Rutgers University
*Nicholas Pedriana ,Louisiana State University
*Becky Pettit ,University of Washington
*Mikolaj Piskorski ,Harvard University
*Michael Rosenfeld ,Stanford University
*Robin Simon ,Florida State University
* Sandra Smith,University of California, Berkeley
*Charlotta Stern ,University of Stockholm
*Shane Thye ,University of South Carolina :
ISSN : 00029602:OCLC : 42017129:LCCN : sn99-23420References
External links
* [http://home.uchicago.edu/~aabbott/bio.html Biography of Andrew Abbott]
* [http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJS/home.html "American Journal of Sociology" homepage]
* [http://www.jstor.org/journals/00029602.html JSTOR page]
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