The Journal of Adolescence is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of primary research on adolescence. It was established in 1978 and is published by Wiley. The editor-in-chief is Nancy Darling (Oberlin College). It is unique among developmental journals in that it is owned by a British charity that funds courses, conferences, and training for professionals working directly with youth (FPSA). FPSA is funded solely by the journal. According to Clarivate Analytics, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.256. JoA is an interdisciplinary social science journal and international in scope. It is explicitly developmental, covering age-related change or age-specific phenomenon in individuals 10–25.

Journal of Adolescence

Discipline	Pediatrics, developmental psychology
Language	English
Edited by	Nancy Darling
Publication details
History	1978-present
Publisher	Wiley
Frequency	Bimonthly
Impact factor	3.256 (2020)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt1 · alt2) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Adolesc.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus
ISSN	0140-1971
Links
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