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| Journal of Marriage and Family | |
|---|---|
| Title | Journal of Marriage and Family |
| Discipline | Sociology, Family Studies, Demography |
| Abbreviation | J. Marriage Fam. |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Country | United States |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| History | 1939–present |
| Impact | 3.9 |
| Impact-year | 2022 |
Journal of Marriage and Family is a peer-reviewed academic journal publishing empirical and theoretical research on family life, household dynamics, and intimate relationships. Established in 1939, it has become a leading venue for scholarship addressing changing patterns of marriage, divorce, cohabitation, parenting, and kinship. The journal attracts contributions from scholars affiliated with institutions across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and other countries.
The journal was founded in 1939 during a period of institutional expansion alongside organizations such as the American Sociological Association, National Council on Family Relations, and Office of Population Research at Princeton University. Early editors included scholars connected to Columbia University, University of Chicago, and University of Michigan, reflecting ties to research centers like the Russell Sage Foundation and the Population Association of America. Over successive decades the journal documented social changes associated with events such as the Great Depression, World War II, the Baby Boom, and the Women's Liberation Movement, and interfaced with policy debates in venues such as the United States Congress and the Supreme Court of the United States.
The journal publishes work spanning quantitative analysis, qualitative studies, and mixed-methods research on topics including marriage formation, assortative mating, divorce and separation, fertility behavior, intergenerational relations, and family policy. Typical theoretical frameworks draw on scholars and traditions linked to Talcott Parsons, Pierre Bourdieu, Judith Butler, Anthony Giddens, and Arlie Russell Hochschild, and engage empirical techniques developed in programs at Harvard University, Stanford University, London School of Economics, and University of California, Berkeley. Subject-matter intersects with research centers and institutes such as the Brookings Institution, Pew Research Center, and the Alan Guttmacher Institute.
The journal is indexed in major databases and services used by researchers from institutions like National Institutes of Health, University of Oxford, Yale University, and Johns Hopkins University. It appears in bibliographic resources including Social Sciences Citation Index, Scopus, Sociological Abstracts, and EBSCOhost, facilitating discovery by scholars associated with libraries such as the Library of Congress, British Library, and the New York Public Library. Abstracting links to cataloging systems employed by organizations such as WorldCat and the United Nations research divisions enhance global visibility.
The journal has influenced debates in academic forums and public policy arenas including hearings before the United States Congress and reports by agencies such as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Citation metrics have placed the journal prominently in rankings produced by Journal Citation Reports and discussed in outlets like The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and specialized media such as Science, Nature, and Population Studies. Scholars from Princeton University, Columbia University, University of Chicago, Michigan State University, and Cornell University frequently cite the journal's contributions.
The editorial office has been housed at universities including Iowa State University, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and Pennsylvania State University, with editors drawn from departments at Duke University, Northwestern University, Brown University, and Indiana University. The peer-review process employs external reviewers from networks such as the American Psychological Association, American Sociological Association, and the National Institutes of Health, and integrates editorial policies consistent with guidelines from bodies like the Committee on Publication Ethics and the Council of Science Editors. Manuscript handling, revision, and acceptance rates are managed through submission platforms commonly used by publishers including Wiley-Blackwell.
Noteworthy empirical and theoretical contributions published in the journal have addressed assortative mating theories developed by researchers at University of Wisconsin–Madison and University of Texas at Austin, longitudinal analyses inspired by cohorts from The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, and qualitative case studies linked to fieldwork in locales such as Los Angeles, Chicago, London, and Toronto. Influential articles have been cited alongside work by scholars like Robert Putnam, Robert M. Sampson, Kathryn Edin, Sara McLanahan, and Andrew Cherlin, and have been integrated into textbooks used at Harvard University, Princeton University, and Oxford University.
The journal is affiliated with professional associations and honors that recognize excellence in family scholarship, including awards analogous to those from the National Council on Family Relations, the Population Association of America, and the American Sociological Association. Individual articles and authors have received accolades from institutions such as the Russell Sage Foundation, Spencer Foundation, and disciplinary prizes conferred by university departments at University of Michigan and University of California, Los Angeles.
Category:Academic journals Category:Sociology journals Category:Family studies journals