''Social Forces'' (formerly ''The Journal of Social Forces'') is a quarterly peer-reviewed

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of social science published by Oxford University Press for the Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It concentrates on sociology but also has a multidisciplinary approach, publishing works from the fields of

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, political science, history, and economics. Each issue includes between 20 and 25 articles. In addition, the journal also publishes

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s. ''Social Forces'' was established by

Howard W. Odum Howard Washington Odum (May 24, 1884 – November 8, 1954) was an American sociologist and author who researched African-American life and folklore. Beginning in 1920, he served as a faculty member at the University of North Carolina, founding ...

in 1922 as ''The Journal of Social Forces''. The name was changed relatively quickly; since 1925 (volume 4), it has been published as ''Social Forces''. Oxford University Press took over publication of the journal from the

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in 2011.Kalleberg, A. L. (2011). "Social Forces Tomorrow". ''Social Forces'', 90(2), 345–347. This journal is

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by Arne L. Kalleberg ( University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).

Abstracting and indexing

''Social Forces'' is abstracted and indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the '' Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2020

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of 3.575, ranking it 23rd out of 149 journals in the category "Sociology".

Former editors

* Peter R. Uhlenberg, 2006–2007 * Judith R. Blau, 2003–2006 * Richard L. Simpson, 1969–1972; 1983–2003 * Everett K. Wilson, 1972–1982 *

Guy Benton Johnson Guy B. Johnson (February 28, 1901 – March 23, 1991) was an American sociologist and social anthropologist. He was a distinguished student of black culture in the rural South and a pioneer advocate of racial equality. Life Johnson was born in ...

, 1961–1969 * Rupert B. Vance, 1957–1969 * Gordon W. Blackwell, 1955–1956 *

Katharine Jocher Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Chris ...

, 1927–1961 *

, 1922–1954

References

External links

''Social Forces''
at the Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill *
''Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science''

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at

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