Journal profile · Multiple
Family Relations
ISSN 0197-6664 · eISSN 1741-3729 · Wiley-Blackwell
Family Relations: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.95; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,590; median 246 days to acceptance (110 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 40% (journal website); 182 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Family Relations is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Family Dynamics and Relationships, Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving and Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, together about 36.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
A premier, applied journal of family studies, Family Relations is mandatory reading for all professionals who work with families, including: family practitioners, educators, marriage and family therapists, researchers, and social policy specialists. The journal's content emphasizes family research with implications for intervention, education, and public policy, publishing: Empirical Studies Literature Reviews Conceptual Analyses Articles published in Family Relations are original, innovative and interdisciplinary. Focusing on diverse families and family issues, the content always addresses the needs of practitioners, including specific recommendations for prevention and intervention. An institutional subscription to Family Relations and Journal of Family Theory & Review is included with a subscription to Journal of Marriage and Family.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Family Dynamics and RelationshipsSocial Sciences14.1%
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingSocial Sciences11.3%
- Attachment and Relationship DynamicsPsychology10.8%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology9.1%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology5%
- Work-Family Balance ChallengesSocial Sciences4.6%
- Family Support in IllnessSocial Sciences4.5%
- Gender, Labor, and Family DynamicsSocial Sciences4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Work | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Family Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Family Studies | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Work | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Work | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Family Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.95LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 166OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,475OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.56OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 43.22%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 171LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 171Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 455,739Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,550 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 275 | 131 | 41 |
| 2025 | 182 | 114 | 393 |
| 2024 | 148 | 98 | 511 |
| 2023 | 175 | 121 | 1,191 |
| 2022 | 189 | 83 | 1,768 |
| 2021 | 108 | 37 | 1,692 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
246 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 194 days – 302 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 66 days (110 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 320 days
- Sample
- 110 articles with submission and acceptance dates (485 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 40%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 40%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 78 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 78 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 226 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 79 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,590 / EUR 2,980 / GBP 2,320 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, License & copyright
- AI use
Use of AI-generated content must be described transparently and in detail in the Methods section. Model summary
If you or your co-authors have used Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs) to develop any portion of a manuscript, their use must be described transparently and in detail in the Methods section.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Copyright assignment is a condition of publication. Model summary
Copyright assignment is a condition of publication, and papers will not be passed to the Publisher unless copyright has been assigned.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0197-6664
- Electronic ISSN
- 1741-3729
- Society / sponsor
- National Council on Family Relations
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 75, Issue 4 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Family Relations
What CAS zone is Family Relations in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Family Relations is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Social Work / Family Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Family Relations?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.95; CiteScore 3.7, h-index 166.
How long does peer review take at Family Relations?
Based on the dates recorded on 110 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 246 days (interquartile range 194–302 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 40% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Family Relations?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Family Relations is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Family Relations open access, and what is the APC?
Family Relations is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,590.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .