''Family Relations'' is a
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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published by
Wiley-Blackwell
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on behalf of the
National Council on Family Relations
The National Council on Family Relations (abbreviated NCFR) is an American nonprofit, multidisciplinary learned society dedicated to research on all aspects of the family. Founded in 1938 as the National Conference on Family Relations, it was re ...
. It covers applied research on
family studies and
social work
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. The journal was established in 1952 as ''The Coordinator'', renamed ''The Family Life Coordinator'' in 1960, and renamed again in 1970 to ''The Family Coordinator'' before obtaining its current title in 1980.
Editors
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of the journal:
Abstracting and indexing
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Current Contents
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History
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/Social & Behavioral Sciences
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According to the ''Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2016 impact factor
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of 1.426.
References
External links
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National Council on Family Relations
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