Social Problems

Social Problems
Cover
LanguageEnglish
Edited byAnnulla Linders and Earl Wright II
Publication details
History1953–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
2.071 (2017)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Soc. Probl.
Indexing
CODENSOPRAG
ISSN0037-7791 (print)
1533-8533 (web)
LCCN56038132
JSTOR00377791
OCLC no.1667861
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Social Problems is the official publication of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Social Problems are universal in nature, but their intensity and type change from society to society. Social problems are socially relative. 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 journal is co-edited by Annulla Linders and Earl Wright II (University of Cincinnati).

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 2017 impact factor of 2.071, ranking it 30th out of 146 journals in the category "Sociology".[1]

References

  1. ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Sociology". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2018.


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