Theory & Society

*Theory & Society*
Discipline	Social sciences, History
Language	English
Edited by	Kevin McCaffree and Jonathan H. Turner
Publication details
History	1974-present
Publisher	Springer Science+Business Media
Frequency	Bimonthly
Impact factor	2.9 (2022)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	Theory Soc.
Indexing;
CODEN	301568766
ISSN	0304-2421 (print); 1573-7853 (web);
LCCN	78647592
JSTOR	03042421
Links
	Journal homepage; Online archive;

Theory & Society is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering theoretical analyses of social processes and phenomena. It was established by Alvin Gouldner in 1974.^[1] It is published by Springer Science+Business Media and the editors-in-chief are Kevin McCaffree and Jonathan H. Turner. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 2.9.^[2] The editorial structure of the journal was overhauled by Springer Nature in December 2023.^[3]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

^ Elisabeth Gayon (1985). "Guide documentaire de l'étudiant et du chercheur en science politique". In Madeleine Grawitz [in French]; Jean Leca [in French] (eds.). Traité de science politique (in French). Presses Universitaires de France. p. 306. ISBN 2-13-038858-2.
^ "Theory & Society". 2022 Journal Citation Reports (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate. 2023 – via Web of Science.
^ Kincaid, Ellie (22 January 2024). "Sociology journal's entire editorial board resigns after Springer Nature appointed new leadership". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 23 January 2024.