Journal of Comparative Family Studies
Last updated ISSN 0047-2328
Journal of Comparative Family Studies is published by University of Calgary Press in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Comparative Family Studies concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Marriage and Sexual Relationships
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Key facts
| Publisher | University of Calgary Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0047-2328, 1929-9850 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,325 |
| Publishing since | 1970 |
| Journal website | soci.ucalgary.ca/jcfs |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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