Journal of Social and Personal Relationships


The Journal of Social and Personal Relationships is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on social and personal relationships. It was established in 1984 by Sage Publications, originally in association with the International Network on Personal Relationships, which merged with the International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships to form the International Association for Relationship Research. The editor-in-chief is Geoff MacDonald.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 1.697.