title: Journal of Family Psychology
text: # Journal of Family Psychology
  
  The Journal of Family Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. It was established in 1987 and covers research in family psychology. The current editor-in-chief is Barbara H. Fiese.
  
  The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines. The TOP Guidelines provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim at making research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible.
  
  ## Abstracting and indexing
  
  The journal is abstracted and indexed by MEDLINE/PubMed and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.69.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * George W. Howe, journal associate editor, psychologist and academic
  