Marriage and Family Review

Aims & Scope

Marriage & Family Review publishes a mix of open submission articles as well as thematic issues that bring together the most current research, practice, advances in theory development, and applications of knowledge on a particular topic in the field.

Marriage & Family Review has historically welcomed open submissions from numerous international scholars and will continue to do so.

The journal will continue to welcome manuscripts that concern family strengths and premarital relationship development.

Another continued emphasis will be research-based manuscripts concerning controversial issues.

Marriage & Family Review is also interested in manuscripts that present evidence for the reliability and validity of new measurement instruments in family studies or review such evidence for older measures.

Also of interest would be scholarly manuscripts that discuss newer, high risk methodologies that may be applicable to family theory testing and data analysis.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.2
2024	1.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.610

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	54

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9500

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	181

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The Family Stress Process

  Citation: 829

  Authors: Hamilton I., Joan M.

• The History of Research on Father Involvement

  Citation: 478

  Authors: Michael E.

• Associations of Parenting Dimensions and Styles with Internalizing Symptoms in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis

  Citation: 380

  Authors: Martin

• Richard A. Fabes, Department of Family & Human Development, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-2502 (E-mail

  Citation: 358

  Authors: Richard A., Richard E., Nancy, Debra A.

• The Family in Israel

  Citation: 304

  Authors: Yoav, Ruth

• Parental Contributions to Preschoolers' Understanding of Emotion

  Citation: 180

  Authors: Susanne, Anita T.

• Marital Change Across the Transition to Parenthood

  Citation: 165

  Authors: Jay, Emily

• School and Family Connections:

  Citation: 156

  Authors: Joyce L.

• A Meta-Analysis of Family Expressiveness and Children's Emotion Expressiveness and Understanding

  Citation: 148

  Authors: Amy G., Kimberly L.

• Husbands and Wives in Dual-Earner Marriages: Decision-Making, Gender Role Attitudes, Division of Household Labor, and Equity

  Citation: 143

  Authors: Sharon J., Priscilla W., Jennifer L.

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