The American Sociological Review is the flagship journal of the American Sociological Association. The ASA founded this journal in 1936 with the mission to publish original works of interest to the sociology discipline in general, new theoretical developments, results of research that advance our understanding of fundamental social processes, and important methodological innovations. All areas of sociology are welcome in the American Sociological Review. Emphasis is on exceptional quality and general interest. The American Sociological Review does not publish book reviews.
Editors: David Cort, Laurel Smith-Doerr, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, and Joya Misra, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (2024-2028)
Published: February, April, June, August, October, December
ISSN: 0003-1224
Featured Articles
- Kinship Interlocks: How the Intimate Exchange of Wealth, Status, and Power Generates Upper-Class Persistence Shay O’Brien (April 2026); listen to the podcast
- After DEI: A Different Future for Race, Work, and Policy Adia Harvey Wingfield (February 2026); listen to the podcast
- Fabricating Communists: The Imagined Third That Reinvented the National Fault Line in Mid-Twentieth-Century Colombia’s Civil War Laura Acosta (December 2025); listen to the podcast
- The Cultural Devaluation of Feminized Work: The Evolution of U.S. Occupational Prestige and Gender Typing in Linguistic Representations, 1900 to 2019 Wenhao Jiang (October 2025); listen to the podcast
- Competence over Partisanship: Party Affiliation Does Not Affect the Selection of School District Superintendents Greer Mellon (August 2025); listen to the podcast
- Frame Backfire: The Conundrum of Civil Rights Appeals in the Contemporary United States Fabiana Silva, Irene Bloemraad, and Kim Voss (June 2025); listen to the podcast