Social movement studies
Last updated ISSN 1474-2829
Social movement studies is published by Routledge in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Social movement studies concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Social Media and Politics
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Labor Movements and Unions
- Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Populism, Right-Wing Movements
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Gender Politics and Representation
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Key facts
| Publisher | Routledge |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1474-2829, 1474-2837 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,153 |
| Publishing since | 2001 |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=a |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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