''Symbolic Interaction'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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published by
Wiley-Blackwell
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. It was established in 1978, originally published by the
University of California Press
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, and covers research and theoretical developments concerned with
symbolic interactionism
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. It is the official publication of the
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
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. The
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Robert Dingwall (
Nottingham Trent University
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).
Abstracting and indexing
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Current Contents
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History
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/Social & Behavioral Sciences
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PsycINFO
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Sociological Abstracts
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Scopus
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Social Sciences Citation Index
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According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2013
impact factor
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of 0.519.
References
External links
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Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
English-language journals
Academic journals established in 1978
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