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Ranked in the top ten journals in Social Issues by ISI!

Journal of Social Issues

Published on behalf of The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

Edited by:

Sheri R. Levy


ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 4/32 Social Issues
Impact Factor: 1.39

Journal of Social Issues (JSI) brings behavioral and social science theory, empirical evidence, and practice to bear on human and social problems.  Each issue of JSI focuses on a single topic - recent issues, for example, have addressed poverty, housing and health; privacy as a social and psychological concern; youth and violence; and the impact of social class on education.

A subscription to JSI also includes a full subscription to SPSSI's two other journals, Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (ASAP) and the newest, Social Issues and Police Review (SIPR).

TopNews and Announcements

New SPSSI book series!
SPSSI, in partnership with Wiley-Blackwell, is pleased to announce the launch of the book series Social Issues and Interventions. To browse the books in this series, please click here. If you are interested in editing a book in this series, please visit the SPSSI website for more information. An additional book series, Contemporary Social Issues, will launch in 2009. If you are interested in authoring a book for this series, please visit the SPSSI website.

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Free online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the HINARI initiative with the World Health Organization (WHO), and the AGORA initiative with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).


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TopHighlights

JSI Sample Issues:

  • Reducing Prejudice and Promoting Social Inclusion: Integrating Research, Theory, and Practice on Intergroup Relations
    Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda, Elizabeth Levy Paluck, and Linda R. Tropp
  • Restorative Justice and Civil Society: Emerging Practice, Theory, and Evidence
    Brenda Morrison and Eliza Ahmed
  • What is Peace Psychology the Psychology of?
    Daniel J. Christie
  • Religion as a Meaning System: Implications for the New Millennium
    Israela Silberman
  • Inequities in Higher Education: Issues and Promising Practices in a World Ambivalent about Affirmative Action
    Yolanda Flores Niemann and Geoffrey Maruyama
  • Ageism: Prejudice Against Our Feared Future Self
    Todd D. Nelson