Abbreviated title (ISO 4) J. Soc. Issues Language English Publication history 1945-present | Edited by Ann Bettencourt | |
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues | ||
The Journal of Social Issues is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues along with Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy and Social Issues and Policy Review. The journal was established in 1945. The current (2015) editor-in-chief is Ann Bettencourt (University of Missouri). The journal covers human and social issues such as poverty, privacy, youth violence, social class, and education.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2011 impact factor of 1.963, ranking it 5th out of 38 journals in the category "Social Issues".
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