Journal of Social Issues

Journal of Social Issues
DisciplineSocial psychology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byCarey Ryan
Publication details
History1945–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
3.424 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4J. Soc. Issues
Indexing
ISSN0022-4537 (print)
1540-4560 (web)
OCLC no.1782412
Links

The Journal of Social Issues is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues along with Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy and Social Issues and Policy Review. The journal was established in 1945. The editor-in-chief is Carey S. Ryan (University of Nebraska Omaha).[1] The journal covers human and social issues such as poverty, privacy, youth violence, social class, and education.

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.424, ranking it 10th out of 44 journals in the category "Social Issues".[2]

A central article on occupational burnout was published in the journal in 1974.[3]

  1. ^ "Journal of Social Issues". SPSSI. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  2. ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Social Issues". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2020.
  3. ^ Herbert Freudenberger (January 1974). "Staff Burn-Out". Journal of Social Issues. 30 (1): 159–165. doi:10.1111/J.1540-4560.1974.TB00706.X. ISSN 0022-4537. Wikidata Q60305451.