Family Studies: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Trauma Violence & Abuse	12
2	Child Abuse & Neglect	8
-	Journal of Research on Adolescence	8
4	Journal of Marriage and Family	6
5	Journal of Family Nursing	5
-	Journal of Interpersonal Violence	5
-	Journal of Family Issues	5
-	Journal of Family Theory & Review	5
-	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships	5
10	Child Maltreatment	4
-	Culture Health & Sexuality	4
-	Family Process	4
-	Journal of Early Adolescence	4
-	Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy	4
-	Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health	4
-	Children and Youth Services Review	4
-	Family Relations	4
-	Journal of Child and Family Studies	4
-	Journal of Family and Economic Issues	4
-	Journal of Family Psychology	4
-	Journal of Family Violence	4
22	Journal of Aggression Maltreatment & Trauma	3
-	Journal of Child Sexual Abuse	3
-	Journal of Family Studies	3
-	Child & Family Social Work	3
-	Family & Community Health	3
-	Personal Relationships	3
28	American Journal of Family Therapy	2
-	Families Systems & Health	2
-	History of the Family	2
-	Parenting-Science and Practice	2
-	Child Abuse Review	2
-	Journal of Marital and Family Therapy	2
34	Child & Family Behavior Therapy	1
-	Journal of Family Therapy	1
-	Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy	1
-	Families in Society-The Journal of Contemporary Social Services	1
-	Journal of Comparative Family Studies	1
39	Journal of Family History	0
-	International Journal of Law Policy and the Family	0