Journal of Family Studies

The Journal of Family Studies is a peer reviewed international journal under the Editorship of Adjunct Professor Lawrie Moloney, School of Public Health, LaTrobe University; Australian Institute of Family Studies; and co-director of Children in Focus. The focus of the Journal of Family Studies is on the wellbeing of children in families in the process of change.

SSCI 1.140 (2010) ISSN 1322-9400
Immediacy Index 1.091 3 issues per year
Citation Half-Life 4.2 (128 page average)

The primary purpose of the Journal of Family Studies is to bring together the best research and practices available to support children and families though periods of transition, especially when those periods are associated with high levels of conflict. Papers that focus on the impact of change and transitional situations on children, either directly or via the impact on parents or close family members, dispute resolution and the broad social issues reflected in family law are encouraged.

Journal of Family Studies publishes two regular issues of feature research articles and one topic-based special issue per annum - in 2011:

Mediating Family Disputes (17/3 Call for Papers, Deadline May 2011)

Special issues are also released as books with their own ISBN for use as course readers or separate sale to non-subscribers. Evaluation copies of all special issues are available to Course Coordinators from the publisher at: subscriptions@e-contentmanagement.com.

Please send proposals for special issues initially to Journal of Family Studies' Assistant Editor, Liz Morrison.
Please address books and software for review to: Jo Grimwade, PhD, School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University, 115 Victoria Parade, Locked Bag 4115, Fitzroy VIC 3065, Australia.
Third parties may advertise or insert flyers in the journal, including reciprocal promotions; please address enquiries to info@e-contentmanagement.com.
Discounted individual and NGO/non-profit subscription rates are available. All Family Relationship Centres receive a non-profit organisation discount.

The Journal of Family Studies aims to promote studies of applied and professional interest in the many fields which inform family studies. Interdisciplinary in nature, content includes research articles, key conference papers, abstracts, practical papers plus multimedia and book reviews. The Journal of Family Studies will be of particular interest to academics, researchers, policy makers, counsellors, public administrators, social workers, educators, mediators, lawyers, and clinicians in the helping professions. The Journal of Family Studies is a necessary and valuable research tool for practitioners, researchers, teachers and students in this field.

Contributions to the Journal

Manuscripts should be prepared according to the journal's Author Guidelines.

Databases

The Journal of Family Studies (ISSN 1322-9400) is indexed and abstracted in:

Thomson Reuters Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Thomson Reuters Social Scisearch
Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition
NLM/Medline
Scopus/Excerpta (Elsevier)
PsycINFO Database (APA)
EBSCOhost
Australian Public Affairs Information Service Database (National Library of Australia) - APAIS
Australian Family & Society Abstracts (Australian Institute of Family Studies)
Australasian Medical Index Database (National Library of Australia) - Meditext
Family & Society Plus Database (Informit)
Mental Health Abstracts (IFI/Plenum Data Company)
Psychological Abstracts
Sage Family Abstracts
Violence and Abuse Abstracts
Sociofile/Sociological Abstracts
The Family Studies Database

Journal of Family Studies (ISSN 1322-9400) is listed in Cabell's and Ulrich's Periodicals Directories and the ARC register of refereed journals (ERA listed).

Availability

From 2009, Journal of Family Studies is available as an 'online plus print-on-demand' subscription. Institutional subscribers receive access to all current and back issues online through Atypon-link for the subscription year. Supplementary print copies may be ordered directly from the publisher. Multi-campus, multi-user licenses and single user password access may be arranged by subscribers through their subscription agent or with the publisher. Online access is available to subscribers through EBSCOhost, SwetsWise, CNPIEC and CELDES.

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Copyright Ownership

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Australian Journal of Marriage and Family (ISSN 1034-652X)
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