Family Relations is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the National Council on Family Relations. It covers applied research on family studies and social work. The journal was established in 1952 as The Coordinator, renamed The Family Life Coordinator in 1960, and renamed again in 1970 to The Family Coordinator before obtaining its current title in 1980.
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| Discipline | Family science, social work |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Wendy Middlemiss |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1952-present |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the National Council on Family Relations |
| Frequency | 5/year |
| 1.317 (2019) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Fam. Relat. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | FCOOBE |
| ISSN | 0197-6664 (print) 1741-3729 (web) |
| LCCN | 80642226 |
| JSTOR | 01976664 |
| OCLC no. | 5885388 |
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Editors
editThe following persons are or have been editors-in-chief of the journal:
- 2019-present: Wendy Middlemiss
- 2016-2018: Jason D. Hans
- 2010-2015: Ronald M. Sabbatelli
- 2005-2009: Joyce Arditti
- 2001-2004: Kay Pasley
- 1997-2000: Jeffrey W. Dwyer
- 1993-1996: Mark A. Fine
- 1987-1992: Timothy H. Brubaker
- 1982-1986: Michael Sporakowski
- 1976-1981: James Walters
- 1970-1975: William C. Nichols, Jr.
- 1968-1969: William M. Smith, Jr.
Abstracting and indexing
editThe journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- EBSCO databases
- Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences[1]
- InfoTrac
- ProQuest databases
- Social Sciences Citation Index[1]
- VINITI Database RAS
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 1.426.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ "Family Relations". 2015 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2016.