The ''Journal of Homosexuality'' is a
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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covering research into
sexual practices and
gender role
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Gender roles are usually centered on conceptions of masculinity and femininity. The specifics regarding these gendered ...
s in their cultural, historical, interpersonal, and modern social contexts.
History
The founding
editor-in-chief
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was
Charles Silverstein.''
'' After the first volume, the journal was edited by
John Paul De Cecco who stayed on for about 50 volumes. The current editor-in-chief is John Elia (
San Francisco State University
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). The journal was originally published by the
Haworth Press, until it was acquired by
Taylor & Francis
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, who now publish it under their
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imprint.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in the
Social Sciences Citation Index
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,
MEDLINE
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,
Current Contents
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History
''Current Contents ...
,
PsycINFO
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,
Sociological Abstracts
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, Social Work Abstracts,
Abstracts in Anthropology,
Criminal Justice Abstracts
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, Studies on Women & Gender Abstracts,
AgeLine, and Education Research Abstracts. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2015
impact factor
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The Impact Factor of a journa ...
of 0.862.
See also
*
List of academic journals in sexology
Discontinued
*''Annual Review of Sex Research'' (became an annual special issue of the ''Journal of Sex Research'' in 2009)
*''Electronic Journal of Human Sexualit ...
References
Further reading
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External links
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Sexology journals
Sexual orientation and science
Sexual orientation and medicine
LGBTQ-related journals
Taylor & Francis academic journals
Academic journals established in 1976
English-language journals
Monthly journals
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