Symbolic Interaction is a quarterly peer-reviewed

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 academic journal

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 published by the University of California Press

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. It was established in 1978 and covers research and theoretical developments concerned with symbolic interactionism

Symbolic interactionism

Symbolic Interaction, also known as interactionism, is a sociological theory that places emphasis on micro-scale social interaction to provide subjective meaning in human behavior, the social process and pragmatism.-History:...

. It is the official publication of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.

The editor-in-chief is Carol Rambo (University of Memphis

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).

According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, the journal has a 2009 impact factor

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 of 0.702, ranking it 65th out of 114 journals in the category "Sociology". It is indexed in Current Contents

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/Social & Behavioral Sciences, PsycINFO

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, Sociological Abstracts, Scopus

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, Social Sciences Citation Index

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, AgeLine

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, Social Services Abstracts, American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies, Criminal Justice Abstracts, and Family & Society Studies Worldwide.

External links

• Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction