Newly-Released Impact Factors Show Increases for Journal of Family Theory & Review
The results of the annual Journal Citation Report, a standard measure for scientific journals, are now available for the Journal of Marriage and Family (JMF), Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science (FR), and Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR). This measurement includes impact factors and a rank by subject category in the Social Sciences Citation Index maintained by Clarivate Analytics.
This is the first time a five-year impact factor was available for JFTR, and it made its debut with a score of 3.731. The JFTR two-year impact factor and ranking among family studies journals both increased.
The impact factor for a journal measures the frequency with which the average article in that journal was cited in a given year. The two- and five-year impact factors for 2018 are listed in the table below along with the new category rankings.
Journal of Marriage and Family
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2017 |
2018 |
|
2 -year impact factor |
2.802 |
2.582 |
|
5-year impact factor |
3.299 |
3.718 |
|
Rank in Family Studies |
5/46 |
10/46 |
|
Rank in Sociology |
12/147 |
21/148 |
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Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science
|
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2017 |
2018 |
|
2 -year impact factor |
1.727 |
1.284 |
|
5-year impact factor |
2.388 |
2.018 |
|
Rank in Family Studies |
21/46 |
26/46 |
|
Rank in Social Work |
12/42 |
13/43 |
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Journal of Family Theory & Review
|
|
2017 |
2018 |
|
2 -year impact factor |
1.837 |
2.804 |
|
5-year impact factor* |
n/a |
3.731 |
|
Rank in Family Studies |
17/46 |
7/46 |
* This journal was accepted for review in 2015 using the journal's 2013 and 2014 volumes. 2018 is the first year that a five-year impact factor is available.
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