Social Problems
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Abbreviated title (ISO 4) | Soc. Probl. |
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| Edited by | Pamela Anne Quiroz |
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| Publisher | |
Publication history | 1953-present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 1.291 | |
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| ISSN |
0037-7791 (print) 1533-8533 (web) |
| LCCN | 56038132 |
| CODEN | SOPRAG |
| OCLC no. | 1667861 |
| JSTOR | 00377791 |
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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. The editor-in-chief is Pamela Anne Quiroz (University of Houston).
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".[1]
References
- ↑ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Sociology". 2015 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2016.