''Cross-Cultural Research'' (formerly ''Behavior Science Research'') is a

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that publishes papers in the field of

Social Sciences Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of soci ...

. The journal's

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is Carol R. Ember (

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). The journal has been in publication since 1966 and is currently published by

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on behalf of the

Society for Cross-Cultural Research A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societi ...

Scope

''Cross-Cultural Research'' publishes articles that describe cross-cultural and comparative studies in all human sciences. The journal covers topics such as societies, nations and cultures. ''Cross-Cultural Research'' focuses on the systematic testing of theories about human societies and behaviour.

Abstracting and indexing

''Cross-Cultural Research'' is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases:

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, and the

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. According to the ''

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'', its 2017

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is 0.975, ranking it 56 out of 98 journals in the category "Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary".

References

External links

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