Sexual Abuse (journal)

For general information about the topic of sexual abuse, see Sexual abuse.
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment  
Former names
Annals of Sex Research
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
Sex. Abuse
Discipline Sexology, criminology
Language English
Edited by Michael Seto
Publication details
Publisher
Publication history
1988-present
Frequency Quarterly
2.42
Indexing
ISSN 1079-0632 (print)
1573-286X (web)
CODEN SAJTEY
OCLC no. 31272227
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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles about the clinical and theoretical aspects of sexual abuse, including its etiology, consequences, prevention, treatment, and management strategies.[1] It is the official journal of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers.[2] The editor-in-chief is Michael Seto.[1] Ronald Langevin established the journal under the title Annals of Sex Research in 1988. It adopted the current name in 1995.[3]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, PsycINFO, SafetyLit, Scopus, Social Care Institute for Excellence, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2012 impact factor is 2.42, ranking it 27th out of 114 journals in the category "Psychology, Clinical" and 3rd out of 52 in the category "Criminology & Penology".

Editors

The journal has had the following editors-in-chief, with a one-year hiatus in 1994:[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "SAGE journal: Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment". Sage. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  2. "Publications: ATSA Journal". Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  3. 1 2 Seto, M. (2015). "Looking Back, Looking Forward" (PDF). Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment 27 (2): 147–150.

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