Academic journal
The Journal of Homosexuality is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research into sexual practices and gender roles in their cultural, historical, interpersonal, and modern social contexts.
History
The founding editor-in-chief was Charles Silverstein .[ 1] After the first volume, the journal was edited by John Paul De Cecco who stayed on for about 50 volumes. The current editor-in-chief is John Elia (San Francisco State University ). The journal was originally published by the Haworth Press , until it was acquired by Taylor & Francis , who now publish it under their Routledge imprint .
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index , MEDLINE , Current Contents , PsycINFO , Sociological Abstracts , Social Work Abstracts, Abstracts in Anthropology , Criminal Justice Abstracts , Studies on Women & Gender Abstracts, AgeLine , and Education Research Abstracts. According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 0.862.[ 2]
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References
Further reading
Joyce S, Schrader AM (1999). "Twenty years of the Journal of Homosexuality: a bibliometric examination of the first 24 volumes, 1974–1993". Journal of Homosexuality . 37 (1): 3–24. doi :10.1300/J082v37n01_02 . PMID 10203067 .
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