Journal of Family Psychology

Journal of Family Psychology

Discipline	Family psychology
Language	English
Edited by	Arin H. Connell
Publication details
History	1987-present
Publisher	American Psychological Association  (United States)
Frequency	8/year
Impact factor	2.0 (2024)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Fam. Psychol.
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
ISSN	0893-3200  (print) 1939-1293  (web)
Links
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The Journal of Family Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. It was established in 1987 and covers research in family psychology. ^[1] The current editor-in-chief is Arin H. Connell.

The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines. ^[2] The TOP Guidelines provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim at making research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible. ^[3]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by MEDLINE/PubMed and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 2.0. ^[4]

Notable people

• George W. Howe, journal associate editor, psychologist and academic ^[5]

References

1. "Journal of Family Psychology". American Psychological Association. October 19, 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
2. "Transparency and Openness Promotion". APA.org. American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
3. "What are the TOP Guidelines and why are they important?". APA.org. American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
4. "Journal of Family Psychology". 2024 Journal Citation Reports (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate. 2025 – via Web of Science.
5. "George W. Howe". George Washington University. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2013.

External links

• Official website