Social Problems

Social Problems  
Cover
Publication details
Publisher
Publication history
1953-present
Frequency Quarterly
1.782
Indexing
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.

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 2013 impact factor of 1.360, ranking it 27th out of 138 journals in the category "Sociology".[1]

References

  1. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Sociology". 2013 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2013.


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