{{Infobox journal | title = Journal of Family History | cover = Journal of Family History.tif | editor = Roderick Phillips | discipline = History | former_names = | abbreviation = J. Fam. Hist. | publisher = SAGE Publications | country = United Kingdom | frequency = Quarterly | history = 1976-present | openaccess = | license = | impact = 0.333 | impact-year = 2017 | website = http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal200835 | link1 = http://jfh.sagepub.com/content/current | link1-name = Online access | link2 = http://jfh.sagepub.com/content/by/year | link2-name = Online archive | JSTOR = | OCLC = 2514766 | LCCN = 76648808 | CODEN = | ISSN = 0363-1990 | eISSN = 1552-5473 }}
'''''Journal of Family History''''' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the fields of History and Anthropology. The journal's editor is Roderick Phillips (Carleton University). It is currently published by SAGE Publications.
==History== The Journal of Family History was established in 1975 by Tamara K. Hareven;<ref name="Aldrich2004">Richard Aldrich. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=rjSGTHOXpWAC&pg=PA129 Public Or Private Education?: Lessons from History]''. Psychology Press; 2004. {{ISBN|978-0-7130-0230-0}}. p. 129–.</ref><ref name="PetersonBush2012">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=7c3-r5QmAn0C&pg=PA872 Handbook of Marriage and the Family]''. Springer Science & Business Media; 14 September 2012. {{ISBN|978-1-4614-3987-5}}. p. 872–.</ref> its first issue was published in 1976.<ref name="Beckett2013">John Beckett. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=pvhrBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT157 Writing local history]''. Manchester University Press; 19 July 2013. {{ISBN|978-1-84779-513-7}}. p. 157–.</ref>
== Scope == ''Journal of Family History'' is a resource for scholars who are interested in the history of the family over the past three decades. The journal provides a forum for international research on family, kinship and population.<ref name="BradyOberman1994">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Y84wAgaXxo4C&pg=PA51 Structures and Assertions: Ed. by Thomas A. Brady; Heiko A. Oberman; James D. Tracy]''. BRILL; 1994. {{ISBN|90-04-09760-0}}. p. 51–.</ref> ''Journal of Family history'' focuses on work from different perspectives such as gender, race and culture.<ref name="AndersonSociety1995">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=GDO636v_6LsC&pg=PA75 Approaches to the History of the Western Family 1500-1914]''. Cambridge University Press; 28 September 1995. {{ISBN|978-0-521-55793-1}}. p. 75–.</ref> Many of the articles are written by recognized historians.<ref name="RabbRotberg2017">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=CI0rDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA146 The New History: The 1980s and Beyond]''. Princeton University Press; 14 March 2017. {{ISBN|978-1-4008-8647-0}}. p. 146–.</ref>
== Abstracting and indexing == ''Journal of Family History'' is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', its 2017 impact factor is 0.333, ranking it 27 out of 31 journals in the category ‘History of Social Sciences’.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2017 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: History of Social Sciences|title=2017 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Social Sciences |work=Web of Science }}</ref> and 53 out of 89 journals in the category ‘History’.<ref name=WoS1>{{cite book |year=2017 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: History|title=2017 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Social Sciences |work=Web of Science }}</ref> and 45 out of 46 journals in the category ‘Family Studies’.<ref name=WoS2>{{cite book |year=2017 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Family Studies|title=2010 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Social Sciences |work=Web of Science }}</ref> and 75 out of 85 journals in the category ‘Anthropology’.<ref name=WoS3>{{cite book |year=2017 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Anthropology|title=2017 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Social Sciences |work=Web of Science }}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Official website|1=http://jfh.sagepub.com/}}
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