Sexual Abuse (journal)

Sexual Abuse is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles about the clinical and theoretical aspects of sexual abuse, including its etiology, consequences, prevention, treatment, and management strategies.[1] It is the official journal of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers.[2] The editor-in-chief is Michael Seto.[1] Ronald Langevin established the journal under the title Annals of Sex Research in 1988. It adopted the name Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment in 1995 and then its current name in 2015.[3]

For general information about the topic of sexual abuse, see Sexual abuse.
Sexual Abuse
DisciplineSexology, criminology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byMichael Seto
Publication details
Former name(s)
  • Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment
  • Annals of Sex Research
History1988-present
Publisher
SAGE Publications
FrequencyQuarterly
3.444 (2017)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Sex. Abuse
Indexing
CODENSAJTEY
ISSN1079-0632 (print)
1573-286X (web)
OCLC no.31272227
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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, PsycINFO, SafetyLit, Scopus, Social Care Institute for Excellence, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2017 impact factor is 3.444, ranking it 19th out of 127 journals in the category "Psychology, Clinical" and 5th out of 61 in the category "Criminology & Penology".

Editors

The journal has had the following editors-in-chief, with a one-year hiatus in 1994:[3]

  • Ron Langevin (1988–1993)
  • Barry Maletzky (1995–1999)
  • Judith Becker (2000–2003)
  • Howard Barbaree (2004–2009)
  • James Cantor (2010–2014)
  • Michael Seto (2015–)
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References
  1. "SAGE journal: Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment". Sage. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  2. "Publications: ATSA Journal". Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  3. Seto, M. (2015). "Looking Back, Looking Forward". Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. 27 (2): 147–150. doi:10.1177/1079063215575781.
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