Theory in Action
Last updated ISSN 1937-0229
Theory in Action is an academic journal in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Theory in Action concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Political Economy and Marxism
- Latin American Literature Studies
- Anarchism and Radical Politics
- Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism
- Literature, Magical Realism, García Márquez
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Latin American and Latino Studies
- Latin American Literature Analysis
- Race, History, and American Society
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
Key facts
| Publisher | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1937-0229, 1937-0237 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Not recorded |
| Articles published | 630 |
| Publishing since | 2008 |
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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