Journal of Interpersonal Violence


The Journal of Interpersonal Violence is a peer-reviewed, academic journal that publishes papers in the field of interpersonal violence, and focuses on the study of victims and perpetrators of interpersonal violence. The journal's editor-in-chief is Jon R. Conte. It was established in 1986 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.

Abstracting and indexing

The Journal of Interpersonal Violence is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2017 impact factor is 2.443, ranking it 12 out of 61 journals in the category "Criminology & Penology", 8 out of 48 journals in the category "Family Studies", and 24 out of 82 journals in the category "Psychology, Applied".