''Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed

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published by

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for the

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on behalf of the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development. The journal was established in 1972 as the ''Journal of Non-White Concerns in Personnel and Guidance''. The current

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is Carla Adkison-Johnson, PH.D (

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). The journal covers research, theory, and program applications pertinent to

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and racial and ethnic minority interests in all areas of counseling and

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2016

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of 0.421, ranking it 78th out of 80 journals in the category "Psychology, Applied".

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* {{Official website, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2161-1912 Wiley-Blackwell academic journals English-language journals Publications established in 1972 Applied psychology journals Quarterly journals Psychotherapy journals