Symbolic Interaction (print: ISSN 0195-6086, online: ISSN 1533-8665) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the University of California Press. It was established in 1978 and covers research and theoretical developments concerned with symbolic interactionism. It is the official publication of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.
The editor-in-chief is Carol Rambo (University of Memphis).
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2009 impact factor of 0.702, ranking it 65th out of 114 journals in the category "Sociology".[1] It is indexed in Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, PsycINFO, Sociological Abstracts, Scopus, Social Sciences Citation Index, AgeLine, Social Services Abstracts, American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies, Criminal Justice Abstracts, and Family & Society Studies Worldwide.