Intelligence (journal)

Intelligence
DisciplineIntelligence, psychometrics
LanguageEnglish
Edited byRichard J. Haier
Publication details
History1977–present
Publisher
FrequencyBimonthly
2.77 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Intelligence
Indexing
CODENNTLLDT
ISSN0160-2896
LCCN77643155
OCLC no.03334510
Links

Intelligence is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal of psychology that covers research on intelligence and psychometrics. It is published by Elsevier and is the official journal of the International Society for Intelligence Research. The journal was established in 1977 by Douglas K. Detterman (Case Western Reserve University). The editor-in-chief is Richard J. Haier.

According to the New Statesman in 2018, the "journal Intelligence is one of the most respected in its field" but has allowed its reputation "to be used to launder or legitimate racist pseudo-science".[1] Smithsonian Magazine called it "a more respected psychology journal", but stated that it has "occasionally included papers with pseudoscientific findings about intelligence differences between races".[2] It has been criticized for having included on its editorial board biochemist Gerhard Meisenberg and psychologist Richard Lynn, both of whom are promoters of eugenics and scientific racism.[1][3][4][5] The editor-in-chief of the journal defended their involvement on the basis of academic freedom.[1] Lynn and Meisenberg no longer serve in the editorial board as of 2018.[2][6]

  1. ^ a b c van der Merwe, Ben (19 February 2018). "It might be a pseudo science, but students take the threat of eugenics seriously". New Statesman. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b Skibba, Ramin (20 May 2019). "The Disturbing Resilience of Scientific Racism". Smithsonian Magazine.
  3. ^ Saini, Angela (22 January 2018). "Racism is creeping back into mainstream science – we have to stop it". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  4. ^ Barnes, Tom (7 December 2018). "Hundreds of academics demand Cambridge investigate researcher accused of publishing 'racist pseudoscience'". The Independent. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  5. ^ Winston, Andrew (29 May 2020). "Scientific Racism and North American Psychology". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.516. ISBN 978-0-19-023655-7.
  6. ^ "Intelligence - Editorial Board". Elsevier. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2020.