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Family Relations

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0197-6664eISSN1741-3729

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.791

H-Indexi

166

SNIPi

1.124

Total Worksi

4,348

Total Citationsi

161,386

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Family Studies; Social Work; Education; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Developmental and Educational Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyFive No. A Year, 2004-

StatusActive

Total Publications4,348

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0197-6664 / 1741-3729

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.4k

2019

115

1.8k

2020

108

1.7k

2021

189

1.7k

2022

175

1.2k

2023

148

487

2024

182

360

2025

252

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

EducationQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ2

Social WorkQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Family StudiesSocial Work

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Social WorkEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Family Dynamics and RelationshipsIntergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingAttachment and Relationship DynamicsChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentFamily and Disability Support Research

Frequently asked questions about Family Relations

Is Family Relations a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Family Relations: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Family Relations?

Family Relations is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.23.

Is Family Relations indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Family Relations is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Family Relations?