Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, under the sponsorship of the International Society for Research on Identity (ISRI), provides an interdisciplinary and international publication outlet for conceptual, empirical, and methodological developments and emerging trends in the field of identity research.
The Journal brings together leading research in identity undertaken by scholars across different subdisciplines within psychology (e.g., social, developmental, educational, experimental, clinical, work and organizational psychology), as well as across other social and behavioral disciplines (e.g., educational research, social work, family studies, sociology, anthropology, cultural and ethnic studies, communication, psychiatry).
As the construct of identity refers to the multi-faceted and complex ways in which individuals define themselves, manuscripts addressing any of the many domains in which such self-definitions develop are aligned with the scope of Journal. Such domains include, but are not limited to, multiple components of personal and social identity, such as ethnic identity, vocational identity, job identity, religious identity, moral identity, political identity, and identity established within a relationship context, such as with a romantic partner, a friend, or as a parent. Also, studies addressing cognitive and affective dimensions of the self, such as self-concept clarity, self-esteem, possible and multiple selves, are welcome.
Identity welcomes high-quality empirical contributions (including also registered reports), theoretical and methodological papers as well as systematic reviews and meta-analyses (see
Journal metrics
Usage
101K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
2.2 (2023) Impact Factor
2.4 (2023) 5 year IF
4.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.329 (2023) SNIP
0.845 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
3 days avg. from submission to first
decision
45 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
22 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
12% acceptance rate
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SNIP
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online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
EDITOR Elisabetta Crocetti - University of Bologna, Italy
ASSOCIATE EDITORS Guido Alessandri -SapienzaUniversity of Rome, Italy Philipp Jugert - University of Duisberg-Essen, Germany Stefanos Mastrotheodoros - University of Crete, Greece Ursula Moffitt - Wheaton College Massachusetts, USA Oana Negru-Subtirica - Babes-Bolyai University, Romania Kazumi Sugimura - Hiroshima University, Japan
EDITORIAL BOARD AT LARGE Tuğçe Aral -University of Potsdam, Germany Andrik Becht - Utrecht University, the Netherlands Steven L. Berman -University of Central Florida, USA Michael Berzonsky -State University of New York at Cortland, USA Beatrice Bobba- University of Bologna, Italy Christin Camia - Zayed University, United Arab Emirates Jan Cieciuch - Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland Rasa Erentaite -Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Päivi Fadjukoff - University of Jyväskylä, Finland Laura Ferrer Wreder - Stockholm University, Sweden Renee Galliher - Utah State University, USA Fabrizia Giannotta - University of Torino, Italy Harold Grotevant -University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA Kai Hatano - Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan Alex Haslam - University of Queensland, Australia Shogo Hihara - Matsuyama University, Japan Sara Johnson -Tufts University, USA Theo Klimstra - Tufts University, USA Saskia Kunnen -University of Groningen, the Netherlands Mariola Laguna - John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland Lyda Lannegrand -University of Bordeaux, France Koen Luyckx -University of Leuven, Belgium Alan Meca - University of Texas at San Antonio, USA Samuel McKay- The University of Melbourne, Australia Luzelle Naude - University of the Free State, South Africa Peter Noack - University of Jena, Germany Elli Schacter -Bar Ilan University, Israel Joseph R. Schwab - Bridgewater State University, USA Rachel Seginer -University of Haifa, Israel Toni Serafini - St. Jerome's University at the University of Waterloo, Canada Luigia Simona Sica - University of Naples Federico II, Italy Megan Smith - Boise State University, USA Jordan Soliz - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Ylva Svensson - University West, Sweden Dena Phillips Swanson -University of North Carolina Greensboro, USA Moin Syed -University of Minnesota, USA Vivian L. Vignoles - University of Sussex, UK Alan Waterman - The College of New Jersey, USA Dawn Witherspoon - Pennsylvania State University, USA
EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS James Marcia - Simon Fraser University, Canada Wim Meeus- Utrecht University, The Netherlands Jean Phinney - California State University, USA
The Identity journal is sponsored by the ISRI association. For more info regarding the association and how to become a member see http://identityisri.org/
Abstracting and indexing
This journal is abstracted and indexed in the following databases:
- ArticleFirst
- CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
- Electronic Collections Online
- Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
- ProQuest
- PsycFIRST
- PsycINFO
- PubMed
- Scopus
- Social Services Abstracts
- Sociological Abstracts (Online)
- Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts
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