''Mobilization'' is an

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...

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

sociological research Social research is a research conducted by social scientists following a systematic plan. Social research methodologies can be classified as quantitative and qualitative. * Quantitative designs approach social phenomena through quantifiable ...

protest A protest (also called a demonstration, remonstration or remonstrance) is a public expression of objection, disapproval or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one. Protests can be thought of as acts of coopera ...

social movement A social movement is a loosely organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically a social or political one. This may be to carry out a social change, or to resist or undo one. It is a type of group action and m ...

s, and

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. The journal was established in 1996 by

Hank Johnston Hank is a male given name. It may have been inspired by the Dutch name Henk,The Origins of 10 Nickna ...

(

San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California. Founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CSU) syste ...

). Johnston edited 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 Social Movement Studies.

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External links

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