Mobilization: The International Quarterly Review of Social Movement Research
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Mobilization is an academic journal
that publishes original research and academic reviews of books concerned mainly with sociological
research on protests, social movements, and collective behavior
.
The journal was first published in 1996, by editor and publisher Hank Johnston, a sociology professor at San Diego State University
. Johnston edited the journal for eleven years after which he was succeeded by Daniel J. Myers
of the University of Notre Dame
. During Johnston’s run as editor, the journal moved from two issues per year, to three issues, and starting with volume eleven, became a quarterly journal. In a relatively short period of time, the journal became the leading academic journal specializing in social movements research in both the North American and Europe and has maintained an international scope of coverage and distribution.
Mobilization is the leading journal on the study of social movements as indicated in a study published in 2002 in the Critical Mass Bulletin, a newsletter of the American Sociological Association
’s Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements. In this study, Mobilization was found to be the eighth most cited journal in all of the sociological literature and most cited sociology journal excluding general interest sociology journals.
ISSN 1086-671X
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
that publishes original research and academic reviews of books concerned mainly with sociological
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
research on protests, social movements, and collective behavior
Collective behavior
The expression collective behaviour was first used by Robert E. Park, and employed definitively by Herbert Blumer, to refer to social processes and events which do not reflect existing social structure , but which emerge in a "spontaneous" way.Collective behavior might also be defined as action...
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The journal was first published in 1996, by editor and publisher Hank Johnston, a sociology professor at San Diego State University
San Diego State University
San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
. Johnston edited the journal for eleven years after which he was succeeded by Daniel J. Myers
Daniel J. Myers
Daniel J. Myers is a professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame. He is best known for his research on the urban unrest of the 1960s and the media coverage of those riots, specializing in identifying the patterns of unrest diffusion...
of the University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
. During Johnston’s run as editor, the journal moved from two issues per year, to three issues, and starting with volume eleven, became a quarterly journal. In a relatively short period of time, the journal became the leading academic journal specializing in social movements research in both the North American and Europe and has maintained an international scope of coverage and distribution.
Mobilization is the leading journal on the study of social movements as indicated in a study published in 2002 in the Critical Mass Bulletin, a newsletter of the American Sociological Association
American Sociological Association
The American Sociological Association , founded in 1905 as the American Sociological Society , is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of sociology by serving sociologists in their work and promoting their contributions to serve society.The ASA holds its...
’s Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements. In this study, Mobilization was found to be the eighth most cited journal in all of the sociological literature and most cited sociology journal excluding general interest sociology journals.
ISSN 1086-671X
- 1996 - 2006: Hank Johnston
- 2006 - present: Daniel J. MyersDaniel J. MyersDaniel J. Myers is a professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame. He is best known for his research on the urban unrest of the 1960s and the media coverage of those riots, specializing in identifying the patterns of unrest diffusion...