Theory & Society

Not to be confused with Theory, Culture & Society.

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]

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 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Theory Soc.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
CODEN	301568766
ISSN	0304-2421 (print) 1573-7853 (web)
LCCN	78647592
JSTOR	03042421
Links
Journal homepage Online archive

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Academic OneFile
• Alternative Press Index
• Bibliography of Asian Studies
• Communication Abstracts
• Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
• EBSCO
• Educational Research Abstracts
• ERIH
• FRANCIS
• History Journals Index
• International Bibliography of Book Reviews
• International Bibliography of Periodical Literature
• International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
• International Political Science Abstracts
• JSTOR
• ProQuest
• Scopus
• Social Sciences Citation Index
• Sociology of Education Abstracts
• Studies on Women & Gender Abstracts