American Behavioral Scientist is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 academic journal

Academic journal

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 that publishes papers in the field of Psychology

Psychology

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. The journal's editor is Laura Lawrie. It has been in publication since 1957 and is currently published by SAGE Publications

SAGE Publications

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Scope

American Behavioral Scientist is an interdisciplinary journal that is aimed at scholars, researchers and professionals. The journal aims to provide in-depth perspectives on topics throughout the social and behavioral sciences. Each issue offers analysis of a single topic, examining areas such as sociology, international and U.S. politics, behavioral sciences and communication and media. American Behavioral Scientist seeks to stimulate creativity and occasionally, controversy within the emerging frontiers of the social sciences.

Abstracting and indexing

American Behavioral Scientist is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS

Scopus

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, and the Social Sciences Citation Index

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. According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, its 2010 impact factor

Impact factor

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is 0.492, ranking it 55 out of 83 journals in the category ‘Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary’. and 85 out of 102 journals in the category ‘Psychology, Clinical’.