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Armed Forces & Society Template

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About the Armed Forces & Society format

Armed Forces & Society is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Defense, Military, and Policy Studies, Military History and Strategy, Gender, Security, and Conflict.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Armed Forces & Society, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inDefense, Military, and Policy Studies Military History and Strategy Gender, Security, and Conflict Military and Defense Studies International Relations and Foreign Policy
ISSN0095-327X
Citation impact (2-yr)1.4
h-index71
i10-index820
Total citations31,387
Top institutions publishing hereUnited States Military Academy
Journal websiteafs.sagepub.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Armed Forces & Society per year

44
2014
34
2015
48
2016
55
2017
47
2018
41
2019
44
2020
42
2021
81
2022
53
2023
77
2024
60
2025

Citation impact of Armed Forces & Society by publication year

691
2014
439
2015
1.1K
2016
829
2017
739
2018
666
2019
546
2020
289
2021
508
2022
241
2023
176
2024
48
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Armed Forces & Society

The Military And the Family As Greedy Institutions

Mady Wechsler Segal · 1 Oct 1986

This paper analyzes military families as the intersection of two societal institutions, both of which make great demands on individuals in terms of commitment, loyalty, time, and energy. It shows the increasing conflict between these two "greedy institutions' due to various trends in American society and military family patterns. The demands that American armed forces…

The Civil-Military Problematique: Huntington, Janowitz, and the Question of Civilian Control

Peter D. Feaver · 1 Jan 1996

The alleged crisis in American civil-military relations has revived a long-standing theoretical debate about the determinants of civilian control. So far, the debate has followed lines of analysis laid by the original dispute between Samuel Huntington and Morris Janowitz. Viewed from a post-Cold War perspective, however, neither model is attractive. In this article, I define…

Theories of Democratic Civil-Military Relations

James Burk · 1 Oct 2002

This article reviews civil-military relations theory applied to mature democratic states. It assumes that the important theoretical problem is how to maintain a military that sustains and protects democratic values, showing how the classic and still influential theories of Huntington and Janowitz were rooted, respectively, in liberal and civic republican theories of democracy and, as…

The Essence of Military Group Cohesion

Guy L. Siebold · 8 Dec 2006

In July 2006, Armed Forces & Society published an article by Anthony King, “The Word of Command: Communication and Cohesion in the Military.” This commentary takes exception to certain statements and conclusions in King's article, and in the process, sketches a standard model of military group cohesion. This model is based on social integration in…

Armed Forces & Society template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Armed Forces & Society format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Armed Forces & Society template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Armed Forces & Society use?
Armed Forces & Society uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Armed Forces & Society, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Armed Forces & Society?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Armed Forces & Society document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Armed Forces & Society template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Armed Forces & Society format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Armed Forces & Society?
Armed Forces & Society is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's Armed Forces & Society template matches SAGE's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Armed Forces & Society PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Armed Forces & Society template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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