About this journal
Aims and scope
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
Understanding and using journal metrics
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We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
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Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to 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.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
EDITOR
Elisabetta Crocetti - University of Bologna, Italy
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Guido Alessandri - Sapienza University 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
Open access
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- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
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- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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