期刊名称：JOURNAL OF FAMILY THEORY & REVIEW
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Overview
Journal of Family Theory & Review publishes in all areas of family theory. It is a journal of the National Council on Family Relations
Aims and Scope
Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR) seeks to encourage integration and growth in the multidisciplinary and international domains of inquiry that define contemporary family studies. The journal publishes original contributions in all areas of family theory, including new advances in theory development, reviews of existing theory, and analyses of the interface of theory and method, as well as integrative and theory based reviews of content areas, and book reviews.
JFTR draws from a broad range of the social sciences although scholarship based within the fields of family studies, sociology, and allied disciplines, developmental and social psychology, communications, health and allied fields is favored. Families are viewed broadly and inclusively to include individuals of varying ages and genders, sexual orientations, ethnicities, and nationalities. The journal does not publish empirical papers with the exception of meta-analyses.
An institutional subscription to Journal of Family Theory & Review and Family Relations is included with a subscription to Journal of Marriage and Family.
Abstracting and Indexing Information
- Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Clarivate Analytics)
- PsycINFO/Psychological Abstracts (APA)
- Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)
- SocINDEX (EBSCO Publishing)
- TOC Premier (EBSCO Publishing)
- Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
Instructions to Authors
Author Guidelines
The Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR) publishes original contributions in all areas of family theory, including advances in theory development, critical analyses and reviews of existing theory, new applications of theory, new interpretations of conceptual positions or concepts once thought to be distinct, essays in the conduct of theory construction, and analyses of the interface of theory and method. In addition, we are equally committed to publishing integrative reviews of existing research. Unlike many neighboring disciplines we have paired publishing integrative reviews with new developments in theory because they are so intimately tied together in the generation and interpretation of knowledge about families.
The overall design, method and focus of reviews can vary widely but generally takes one of several forms. Reviews can center on a particular question and critically evaluate the available evidence. Integrative reviews can develop new models for organizing and interpreting a literature, compare the application of several existing models, or assess the support for a particular theoretical model. In addition, reviews can direct future inquires by offering a critical analysis of a particular topic, evaluating the available evidence, the kinds of questions that are addressed or not addressed, the range of methods utilized, and the kinds of data generated. Whatever the purpose or method the most useful reviews are theory-based, well balanced, organized, comprehensive, critical, and written for a broad audience. The most useful reviews advance understanding rather than reiterate what is already known. Comprehensive work that provides a historical review of theory development or a historical review of a particular research area is only appropriate to the extent that the work presents new knowledge, or a new understanding of existing knowledge.
The architectural themes underlying our mission are rooted in a firm commitment to developing the field of family studies with innovations in theory and critical reviews leading to the integration and full development of a cumulative knowledge base. This architecture also permits an opportunity for innovation in creating new methods for developing theory, as well as new methods for directing the conduct of literature reviews. The journal welcomes publishing advances in the methods of theory development, as well as advances in the methods for conducting integrative reviews. Although we wish to encourage meta-analyses where appropriate, for some purposes empirically based meta-analyses are ineffective. Narrative reviews, or what are often called systematic reviews, are particularly useful when the interest is in critically evaluating a research literature and especially from the viewpoint of one or more theoretical positions, as well as in cases where diverse methods are applied or where changes in methods have occurred over time. In either the case of an empirically based review or a narrative review, two essentials are important. Reviews should have a strong conceptual basis and aim to advance theory, and secondly reviews should be based upon a systematic analysis and clear statement of method (e.g., how articles for review were selected). The journal welcomes publishing innovations in the development of the methods for conducting reviews as well as pedagogical contributions that describe best practices in the reporting of reviews.
Other than meta-analyses, the journal does not publish articles in which the focus is largely upon the presentation of empirical data. No doubt there will be exceptions. I can imagine an empirical work that directly assesses the use of theory in a particular substantive domain as appropriate for the journal; for instance an analysis of how theory is used or not used to drive inquiries of relationship quality. Such inquiries are likely to be of special interest to the journal when they clearly demonstrate the impact of theory on the generation of knowledge, while purely descriptive analyses would be of less interest (e.g., whether theory drives research on relationships quality).
Potential authors are encouraged to contact the editor with any questions regarding the development of potential contributions. Please visit the JFTR page on NCFR.org for information about submission guidelines and manuscript preparation.
JFTR considers book reviews as an important part of our mission. Authors who wish to have their books reviewed, or those who wish to write a review are encouraged to contact the book review editor.
Manuscripts should be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jftr. Full instructions and support are available on the site and a user ID and password can be obtained on the first visit. Support can be contacted by phone ( 1 434 817 2040 ), or by email vis the red, Get Help Now link in the top right-hand corner of the login screen.
Note to Contributors on Deposit of Accepted Version
Authors are permitted to self-archive the peer-reviewed (but not final) version of the Contribution on the Contributor’s personal website, in the Contributor’s company/institutional repository or archive, and in certain not for profit subject-based repositories such as PubMed Central as listed at the following website: http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html, subject to an embargo period of 12 months for scientific, technical and medical (STM) journals and 24 months for social science and humanities (SSH) journals following publication of the final Contribution.
There are separate arrangements with certain funding agencies governing reuse of this version as set forth at the following website: http://www.wiley.com/go/funderstatement.
The Contributor may not update the accepted version or replace it with the published Contribution.
For Authors Choosing OnlineOpen
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The cost for OnlineOpen is usually US$3,000, which can be paid by the author, the author's funding agency, or the author's institution.
Copyright and open access licenses
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Compliant with funder mandates - Open Access policies
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- Research Councils UK: MRC, BBSRC, AHRC, ESRC, EPSRC, NERC, STFC
- The Wellcome Trust
- Austrian Science Fund
- Telethon Italy
- NIH
- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
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Obtaining a CC license agreement to sign
As the author, you can decide to publish your article with open access once it has been accepted for publication.
After acceptance please inform the journal’s editorial office that you want your article to be OnlineOpen so they can provide you with the appropriate CC license agreement to sign to publish your article under a Creative Commons license and please complete the payment of an open access publication fee of US$3000 via the OnlineOpen Form.
Prior to acceptance there is no requirement to inform an Editorial Office that you intend to publish your paper OnlineOpen if you do not wish to. All OnlineOpen articles are treated in the same way as any other article. They go through the journal's standard peer-review process and will be accepted or rejected based on their own merit.
Editorial Board
Editorial Board
Libby Balter Blume, Ph.D., CFLE, Editor
Editorial Office: University of Detroit Mercy
Assistant Editor: Purvi J. Parikh, M.A.
Department of Psychology
4001 West McNichols Road
Detroit, MI 48221-3038
Phone: 313-578-0446
Email: jftr@udmercy.edu
Associate Editors:
Ramona Faith Oswald, Ph.D.
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
263 Bevier Hall, MC-180
905 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
Email: roswald@illinois.edu
Cheryl Buehler, Ph.D.
Human Development and Family Studies
University of North Carolina Greensboro
228 Stone - POB 26170
Greensboro, North Carolina 27402-6170
Phone: 336-256-0133
Email: cbuehler@uncg.edu
Sandra M. Stith, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor
Marriage and Family Therapy Program
Kansas State University
101 Campus Creek Complex
Manhattan, KS 66506
Phone: 785-532-4377
Email: sstith@ksu.edu
Book Review Editor:
Áine Humble, PhD, CFLE
Professor, Family Studies and Gerontology
Mount Saint Vincent University
166 Bedford Highway
Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3M 2J6, Canada
Phone: 902-457-6109
Email: aine.humble@msvu.ca
Digital Scholarship Editor:
Robert Hughes, Jr., Ph.D
Professor of Human Development & Family Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
905 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
Email: hughesro@illinois.edu
Editorial Advisory Council:
Robert M. Milardo, Founding Editor
Pauline Boss
Anisa Zvonkovic
Editorial Board:
Kristen Abraham
Kari Adamsons
Katherine R. Allen
David C. Bell
Dana Berkowitz
Freek Bucx
Thomas W. Blume
Karen Bogenschneider
Chalandra M. Bryant
Thomas Chibucos
Marilyn Coleman
Carla Crespo
April Few-Demo
Lee Ann De Reus
Claire Kamp-Dush
Frank D. Fincham
Mark A. Fine
Karen Fingerman
Larry H. Ganong
Jane Gilgun
Karen Benjamin Guzzo
Raeann Hamon
Jennifer L. Hardesty
Heather M. Helms
Carolyn Henry
Erin Kramer Holmes
Leanor Boulin Johnson
Esther S. Kluwer
Stan J. Knapp
Carmen Knudson-Martin
Sean Lauer
Edith A. Lewis
Shelley M. MacDermid Wadsworth
Krista Lynn Minnotte
Maresa Murray
Judith A. Myers-Walls
Sylvia Niehuis
Rob J. Palkowitz
Daniel Perlman
Maureen Perry-Jenkins
Christine M. Proulx
M. Elise Radina
Robert Reyes
Kathleen Roche
Hilary A. Rose
Kevin Roy
Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan
Elizabeth Sharp
Yongmin Sun
Bahira Trask
James M. White
Carrie Yodanis
Rebekah Young
Digital Scholarship Board
Ashton Chapman
Kimberly A. Crossman
Natalie D. Hengstebeck
Jeremy B. Kanter
James Kale Monk
Christine M. Proulx
Andrea L. Roach
Luke Thomas Russell
Rebekah Young
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