2021 Impact Factor: 1,325
5 Year Impact Factor: 1,203
Society & Animals publishes studies that describe and analyze our experiences of non-human animals from the perspective of various disciplines within both the social sciences (e.g., psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science) and humanities (e.g., history, literary criticism). The journal specifically deals with subjects such as human-animal interactions in various settings (animal cruelty, the therapeutic uses of animals), the applied uses of animals (research, education, medicine and agriculture), the use of animals in popular culture (e.g. dog-fighting, circus, animal companion, animal research), attitudes toward animals as affected by different socializing agencies and strategies, representations of animals in literature, the history of the domestication of animals, the politics of animal welfare, and the constitution of the animal rights movement.
The goal of the journal is to stimulate and support the emerging multi-disciplinary field of animal studies, which consists, broadly, of investigations of the ways in which non-human animals figure in our lives. Although emphasizing empirically based studies, the journal also publishes theoretical analyses, literature reviews, methodological contributions, and comments on relevant topics. The editorial board consists of over thirty scholars, professionals (e.g. animal assisted therapists, shelter, zoo, wildlife personnel and etc.), policy makers, and animal advocates.
The Society & Animals is unique in the breadth of subjects covered, methods of papers published, and diversity of scholarly disciplines represented. It is also unique in its encouragement of data-based discussion of ethical and policy issues in the current debate over the place of non-human animals in an increasingly human-centered world.
Although the editorial board and publisher are committed to publishing accepted individual articles online in advance as soon as possible, due to the high volume of submissions received in recent years, there will be a delay in publishing articles in forthcoming issues. However, accepted individual articles are published online in an expedited manner and can be treated as published articles. We thank you for your patience. To expedite this process, we ask that your work conforms to standard American English spelling, grammar conventions, and APA style.
Editor-in-Chief
Susan McHugh (University of New England, English)
Founding Editor
Kenneth Shapiro (Animals and Society Institute, Human-Animal Studies, 1993-2023)
Managing Editors
Robert McKay (Sheffield, English), Humanities
Robert Mitchell (Eastern Kentucky University, Psychology and Animal Studies), Quantitative Natural or Social Science
Zoei Sutton (Flinders University, Sociology), Qualitative Social Science
Drew Winter (Lansing Community College, Anthropology), Political Animals
Associate Editors
Emma Alleyne (Kent, Psychology), Christopher Bear (Cardiff, Geography and Planning), Lynda Birke (Chester, Biology), Pablo P. Castello (Queens, Philosophy), Margo DeMello (Carroll College, Anthrozoology), Anna Feuerstein, (Hawai’i, Literature), John Hadley (Western Sydney, Humanities and Communication Arts), Leslie Irvine (Colorado, Sociology), Jenny Isaacs (Rutgers, Geography), Lindsay Mehrkam (Monmouth, Psychology), Mara Miele (Cardiff, Geography and Planning), Susan Nance (Guelph, History), Kieran O’Mahony (Cardiff, Geography), Thomas William Whyke (Nottingham Ningbo China, China Studies), Karl L. Wuensch (East Carolina, Psychology)
Review Editors
Ralph Acampora (Hofstra University, Philosophy), Sally Borrell (Independent Scholar, Melbourne, Literature), Pete Porter (Eastern Washington University, Media and Film), Corey Wrenn (Colorado State, Sociology), Michelle Szydlowski (Independent Scholar, Anthrozoology)
Board of Editors
Emma Alleyne (Kent, UK, Psychology) Sara Balcom (Maryland, Veterinary Medicine), Gordon Burghardt (Tennessee, Psychology), Josephine Donovan (Maine, Literature), Catherin Faver (Texas, Social Work), Clifton Flynn (South Carolina, Sociology), Carrie Packwood Freeman (Georgia State, Communications), Erica Fudge (Middlesex, Literature), Kathleen M. Heide (South Florida, Criminology), Bill Henry (State College of Denver), Harold Herzog (Western Carolina, Psychology), Jennifer Jackman (Salem State, Political Science), Stephanie Jenkins (Oregon State, Philosophy), Hilda Kean (Greenwich, History), Lori Kogan (Colorado State, Psychology), Randy Malamud (Georgia, Literature), Lori Marino (Emory University, Neuroscience), Garry Marvin (Roehampton, Anthropology), Maureen O’Connor (University College Cork, Literature), Harriet Ritvo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, History), Sandra Swart (Stellenbosch, History), Chris Wilbert (Independent Scholar, Geography), Rhoda M. Wilkie (Aberdeen, Sociology), Tzachi Zamir (Hebrew University, Philosophy)
Senior Editor
Aubrey Milatz (Animals and Society Institute)
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Online submission: Articles for publication in Society and Animals can be submitted online through Editorial Manager, please click here.
Although the editorial board and publisher are committed to publishing accepted individual articles online in advance as soon as possible, due to the high volume of submissions received in recent years, there will be a delay in publishing articles in forthcoming issues. However, accepted individual articles are published online in an expedited manner and can be treated as published articles. We thank you for your patience. To expedite this process, we ask that your work conforms to standard American English spelling, grammar conventions, and APA style.
Early Career Research Prize
Brill and the Animals and Society Institute (ASI) are pleased to announce the Early Career Research Prize to be awarded annually for the best article published or accepted for publication in Society and Animals: Journal of Human-Animal Studies. The winning article will be announced in the journal and will be available in Open Access for no charge.
Eligibility
Eligible authors must be a doctoral student at the dissertation stage (ABD) or student pursuing other terminal degrees (MSW, DVM, or JD) or early career scholars no more than four years past the Ph.D. or other terminal degree.
Selection Process
In December of each year, the editors of SOAN will select that article published in that year judged to make the most significant contribution to the literature in Human-Animal Studies.
Although the editorial board and publisher are committed to publishing accepted individual articles online in advance as soon as possible, due to the high volume of submissions received in recent years, there will be a delay in publishing articles in forthcoming issues. However, accepted individual articles are published online in an expedited manner and can be treated as published articles. We thank you for your patience. To expedite this process, we ask that your work conforms to standard American English spelling, grammar conventions, and APA style.
Although the editorial board and publisher are committed to publishing accepted individual articles online in advance as soon as possible, due to the high volume of submissions received in recent years, there will be a delay in publishing articles in forthcoming issues. However, accepted individual articles are published online in an expedited manner and can be treated as published articles. We thank you for your patience. To expedite this process, we ask that your work conforms to standard American English spelling, grammar conventions, and APA style.
Editor-in-Chief
Susan McHugh (University of New England, English)
Founding Editor
Kenneth Shapiro (Animals and Society Institute, Human-Animal Studies, 1993-2023)
Managing Editors
Robert McKay (Sheffield, English), Humanities
Robert Mitchell (Eastern Kentucky University, Psychology and Animal Studies), Quantitative Natural or Social Science
Zoei Sutton (Flinders University, Sociology), Qualitative Social Science
Drew Winter (Lansing Community College, Anthropology), Political Animals
Associate Editors
Emma Alleyne (Kent, Psychology), Christopher Bear (Cardiff, Geography and Planning), Lynda Birke (Chester, Biology), Pablo P. Castello (Queens, Philosophy), Margo DeMello (Carroll College, Anthrozoology), Anna Feuerstein, (Hawai’i, Literature), John Hadley (Western Sydney, Humanities and Communication Arts), Leslie Irvine (Colorado, Sociology), Jenny Isaacs (Rutgers, Geography), Lindsay Mehrkam (Monmouth, Psychology), Mara Miele (Cardiff, Geography and Planning), Susan Nance (Guelph, History), Kieran O’Mahony (Cardiff, Geography), Thomas William Whyke (Nottingham Ningbo China, China Studies), Karl L. Wuensch (East Carolina, Psychology)
Review Editors
Ralph Acampora (Hofstra University, Philosophy), Sally Borrell (Independent Scholar, Melbourne, Literature), Pete Porter (Eastern Washington University, Media and Film), Corey Wrenn (Colorado State, Sociology), Michelle Szydlowski (Independent Scholar, Anthrozoology)
Board of Editors
Emma Alleyne (Kent, UK, Psychology) Sara Balcom (Maryland, Veterinary Medicine), Gordon Burghardt (Tennessee, Psychology), Josephine Donovan (Maine, Literature), Catherin Faver (Texas, Social Work), Clifton Flynn (South Carolina, Sociology), Carrie Packwood Freeman (Georgia State, Communications), Erica Fudge (Middlesex, Literature), Kathleen M. Heide (South Florida, Criminology), Bill Henry (State College of Denver), Harold Herzog (Western Carolina, Psychology), Jennifer Jackman (Salem State, Political Science), Stephanie Jenkins (Oregon State, Philosophy), Hilda Kean (Greenwich, History), Lori Kogan (Colorado State, Psychology), Randy Malamud (Georgia, Literature), Lori Marino (Emory University, Neuroscience), Garry Marvin (Roehampton, Anthropology), Maureen O’Connor (University College Cork, Literature), Harriet Ritvo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, History), Sandra Swart (Stellenbosch, History), Chris Wilbert (Independent Scholar, Geography), Rhoda M. Wilkie (Aberdeen, Sociology), Tzachi Zamir (Hebrew University, Philosophy)
Senior Editor
Aubrey Milatz (Animals and Society Institute)
Early Career Research Prize
Brill and the Animals and Society Institute (ASI) are pleased to announce the Early Career Research Prize to be awarded annually for the best article published or accepted for publication in Society and Animals: Journal of Human-Animal Studies. The winning article will be announced in the journal and will be available in Open Access for no charge.
Eligibility
Eligible authors must be a doctoral student at the dissertation stage (ABD) or student pursuing other terminal degrees (MSW, DVM, or JD) or early career scholars no more than four years past the Ph.D. or other terminal degree.
Selection Process
In December of each year, the editors of SOAN will select that article published in that year judged to make the most significant contribution to the literature in Human-Animal Studies.
Although the editorial board and publisher are committed to publishing accepted individual articles online in advance as soon as possible, due to the high volume of submissions received in recent years, there will be a delay in publishing articles in forthcoming issues. However, accepted individual articles are published online in an expedited manner and can be treated as published articles. We thank you for your patience. To expedite this process, we ask that your work conforms to standard American English spelling, grammar conventions, and APA style.
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Academic Search Premier
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Advanced Placement Source
Agricola CRIS
Biomedical Reference Collection: Corporate
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Current Contents ERIH PLUS
Focus on: Veterinary Science & Medicine
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
PhilPapers
PsycInfo
Psychological Abstracts
Referativnyi Zhurnal
Research Alert (Philadelphia)
SCOPUS
Social Sciences Citation Index
Social Services Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts
Web of Science
Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide
Wildlife Review Abstracts
Zoological Records
2021 Impact Factor: 1,325
5 Year Impact Factor: 1,203
Society & Animals publishes studies that describe and analyze our experiences of non-human animals from the perspective of various disciplines within both the social sciences (e.g., psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science) and humanities (e.g., history, literary criticism). The journal specifically deals with subjects such as human-animal interactions in various settings (animal cruelty, the therapeutic uses of animals), the applied uses of animals (research, education, medicine and agriculture), the use of animals in popular culture (e.g. dog-fighting, circus, animal companion, animal research), attitudes toward animals as affected by different socializing agencies and strategies, representations of animals in literature, the history of the domestication of animals, the politics of animal welfare, and the constitution of the animal rights movement.
The goal of the journal is to stimulate and support the emerging multi-disciplinary field of animal studies, which consists, broadly, of investigations of the ways in which non-human animals figure in our lives. Although emphasizing empirically based studies, the journal also publishes theoretical analyses, literature reviews, methodological contributions, and comments on relevant topics. The editorial board consists of over thirty scholars, professionals (e.g. animal assisted therapists, shelter, zoo, wildlife personnel and etc.), policy makers, and animal advocates.
The Society & Animals is unique in the breadth of subjects covered, methods of papers published, and diversity of scholarly disciplines represented. It is also unique in its encouragement of data-based discussion of ethical and policy issues in the current debate over the place of non-human animals in an increasingly human-centered world.
Although the editorial board and publisher are committed to publishing accepted individual articles online in advance as soon as possible, due to the high volume of submissions received in recent years, there will be a delay in publishing articles in forthcoming issues. However, accepted individual articles are published online in an expedited manner and can be treated as published articles. We thank you for your patience. To expedite this process, we ask that your work conforms to standard American English spelling, grammar conventions, and APA style.
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