The ''Journal of Homosexuality'' is a

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covering research into

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and

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s in their cultural, historical, interpersonal, and modern social contexts.

History

The founding

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was

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. After the first volume, the journal was edited by John Paul De Cecco who stayed on for about 50 volumes. The current editor-in-chief is John Elia (

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). The journal was originally published by the

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, until it was acquired by

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, who now publish it under their

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the

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'', the journal has a 2015

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of 0.862.

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* Sexology journals Sexual orientation and science Sexual orientation and medicine LGBT-related journals Taylor & Francis academic journals Publications established in 1976 English-language journals Monthly journals {{LGBT-journal-stub

History

Abstracting and indexing

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