The ''Journal of Biosocial Science'' is a bimonthly
peer-review
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ed
scientific journal
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Content
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covering the intersection of
biology
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and
sociology
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. It was the continuation of ''The Eugenics Review'', published by the
Galton Institute The Adelphi Genetics Forum is a non-profit learned society based in the United Kingdom. Its aims are "to promote the public understanding of human heredity and to facilitate informed debate about the ethical issues raised by advances in reproductive ...
from 1909 till 1968. It obtained its current name in 1969, with volume numbering re-starting at 1, and switched publishers to
Cambridge University Press
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. The
editor-in-chief
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is Dr Alejandra Núñez-de la Mora (
Universidad Veracruzana
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).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the ''
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'', the journal has a 2021
impact factor
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of 2.148.
Notable studies
In 2006, the journal published a controversial study arguing that
Ashkenazi Jew
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...
s are more intelligent than other ethnic groups as a result of human evolution.
Past Editors
*
Alan Sterling Parkes (1969-1978)
* Derek F. Roberts (1979-1988)
* C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor (1989-2021)
References
External links
*{{Official website, https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-biosocial-science
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