''Mobilization'' is an

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that publishes original research and academic reviews of books concerned mainly with sociological research on

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s, social movements, and collective behavior. The journal was established in 1996 by Hank Johnston (

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). Johnston

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the journal for eleven years, after which he was succeeded by Daniel J. Myers (

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) and then Rory McVeigh (

). During Johnston's run as editor, the journal moved first from two to three issues per year and, starting with volume eleven, eventually became a quarterly journal. The current

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is Neal Caren (

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). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2019

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of 1.327, ranking it 76th out of 150 journals in the category "Sociology" and making it the second-highest impact journal in social movement studies, behind

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References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.mobilization.sdsu.edu/ Publications established in 1996 Sociology journals Quarterly journals Works about social movements English-language journals