Publication history 1953-present Impact factor
(2015) 1.291 | Frequency Quarterly LCCN 56038132 | |
Publisher Oxford University Press (United Kingdom) ISSN 0037-7791 (print)
1533-8533 (web) | ||
Social Problems is the official publication of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. It is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press since 2015 and formerly published by University of California Press. It was established in 1953. Some of the areas covered by the journal include: conflict, social action, and change; crime and juvenile delinquency; drinking and drugs; health, health policy, and health services; mental health; poverty, class, and inequality; racial and ethnic minorities; sexual behavior, politics, and communities; and youth, aging, and the life course.
Abstracting and indexing
Social Problems is abstracted and indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 1.291, ranking it 42nd out of 142 journals in the category "Sociology".