Social Psychology Quarterly
DisciplineSocial psychology
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
Former name(s)
Sociometry, Social Psychology
History1937-present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
2.341 (2017)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Soc. Psychol. Q.
Indexing
ISSN0190-2725 (print)
1939-8999 (web)
JSTOR01902725
OCLC no.643521364
Links

Social Psychology Quarterly is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes theoretical and empirical papers in the field of social psychology. The editors-in-chief are Jody Clay-Warner, Dawn Robinson, and Justine Tinkler (University of Georgia). It is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the American Sociological Association, of which this is an official journal.

History

The journal was established in 1937 under the title Sociometry by Jacob L. Moreno, who served as publisher and chair of the editorial committee until 1955. In 1955, Moreno transferred ownership of the journal to the American Sociological Society (now the American Sociological Association), which has published the journal continuously since then. The journal's name was changed to Social Psychology in 1978 and it obtained its current name in 1979.[1]

Abstracting and indexing

Social Psychology Quarterly is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2017 impact factor is 2.341, ranking it 18th out of 64 journals in the category "Psychology, Social".[2]

Past Editors

The following persons have been editors-in-chief of the journal:[3]

See also

References

  1. Rhoades, Lawrence J. (1981). "Chapter 7: Golden Era Dawns". A History of the American Sociological Association, 1905-1980. American Sociological Association. OCLC 8547896.
  2. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Psychology, Social". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2017.
  3. Rosich, Katherine J. (2005). "Appendix 6: Editors of ASA Publications" (PDF). A History of the American Sociological Association, 1980-2004. American Sociological Association. ISBN 0-912764-43-0.
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