The ''Journal of Biosocial Science'' is a bimonthly
peer-review
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ed
scientific journal
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covering the intersection of
biology
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and
sociology
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. It was the continuation of ''The Eugenics Review'', published by the
Galton Institute
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from 1909 till 1968. It obtained its current name in 1969, with volume numbering re-starting at 1, and switched publishers to
Cambridge University Press
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. The
editor-in-chief
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is Dr Alejandra Núñez-de la Mora (
Universidad Veracruzana
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).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2021
impact factor
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The Impact Factor of a journa ...
of 2.148.
Notable studies
In 2006, the journal published a controversial study arguing that
Ashkenazi Jew
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s are more intelligent than other ethnic groups as a result of human evolution.
Past editors
*
Alan Sterling Parkes (1969–1978)
* Derek F. Roberts (1979–1988)
* C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor (1989–2021)
References
External links
*{{Official website, https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-biosocial-science
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