The American Journal of Sexuality Education is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 academic journal

Academic journal

An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...

 established in 2005 and published by Routledge

Routledge

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. It publishes articles on current research, programmatic overviews, resource reviews, and other articles related to sex education

Sex education

Sex education refers to formal programs of instruction on a wide range of issues relating to human sexuality, including human sexual anatomy, sexual reproduction, sexual intercourse, reproductive health, emotional relations, reproductive rights and responsibilities, abstinence, contraception, and...

. The journal is edited by William J. Taverner

William J. Taverner

William J. Taverner, MA, is the editor of the American Journal of Sexuality Education and the director of the Center for Family Life Education...

 and is an official journal of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists

American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists

The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists is a professional organization for sexuality educators, sexuality counselors and sex therapists.-History and overview:AASECT was founded by Patricia Schiller in 1967...

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History

The journal was formerly published by Haworth Press

Haworth Press

Haworth Press was a publisher of scholarly, academic and trade books, and approximately 200 peer-reviewed academic journals. It was founded in 1978 by the publishing industry executives Bill Cohen and Patrick Mclaughlin. The name was taken from the township of Haworth in England, the home of the...

, which was acquired by Routledge in 2007. The journal was co-founded by William J. Taverner and Elizabeth Schroeder.

Abstracting and indexing

The American Journal of Sexuality Education is abstracted and indexed in Scopus

Scopus

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, LGBT Life, Academic Search Complete

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, and CSA Social Services Abstracts.