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Academic journal
Social Problems
is the official publication of the
Society for the Study of Social Problems
. Social Problems are universal in nature, but their intensity and type change from society to society. Social problems are socially relative. It is a quarterly
peer-reviewed
journal
published by
Oxford University Press
since 2015 and formerly published by
University of California Press
. It was established in 1953. Some of the areas covered by the journal include conflict, social action, and change; crime and
juvenile delinquency
; drinking and drugs; health, health policy, and health services; mental health; poverty, class, and inequality; racial and ethnic minorities; sexual behavior, politics, and communities; and youth, aging, and the life course. The journal is co-edited by Annulla Linders and Earl Wright II (
University of Cincinnati
).
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Social Problems
is abstracted and indexed in the
Social Sciences Citation Index
. According to the
Journal Citation Reports
, the journal has a 2017
impact factor
of 2.071, ranking it 30th out of 146 journals in the category "Sociology".
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