''Social Movement Studies'' is a bimonthly

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covering

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research on protests,

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, and

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, including reviews of books on these topics. It was established in 2002 as a biannual journal by founding co-editors Tim Jordan, Adam Lent, and George McKay, soon to be joined by Anne Mische, and is published by

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. The current

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is Cristina Flesher Fominaya (

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) . Previous editors-in-chief include and Kevin Gillan (

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), Graeme Hayes (

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) and Brian Doherty (

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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/Social & Behavioral Sciences,

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, and

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2018

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of 2.0.

References

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* Publications established in 2002 Sociology journals Bimonthly journals Works about social movements Routledge academic journals English-language journals {{Sociology-journal-stub