Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Journal of Divorce and Remarriage
ISSN 1050-2556 · eISSN 1540-4811 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Divorce and Remarriage: subscription journal; APC about USD 111; review about 215 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 35% (journal website); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Divorce and Remarriage is published by Taylor & Francis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Family Dynamics and Relationships, Attachment and Relationship Dynamics and Marriage and Family Dynamics, together about 63.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Family Transitions (Formerly the Journal of Divorce & Remarriage) is an interdisciplinary, international journal focused on the study of changes in and the complexity of family structure, how children and adults adjust to these changes, and the clinical skills, legal resources, and policy factors that can help families in the aftermath of family transitions. Family Transitions is aresource for all professionals who study and help families, including family researchers (of any tradition or discipline) and applied professionals (e.g., counselors, social workers, family therapists, and lawyers involved in family law). The Journal addresses an inclusive array of family structures and transitions, including, but not limited to, adoption and foster families, LGBTQIA+ families, cohabiting families, first-marriage families, separated and/or divorced families, single parent families, remarriage and stepfamilies, transnational and multicultural families, multigenerational families, and multiresidence families. In maintaining its continued status as an authoritative interdisciplinary resource on relationship dissolution, divorce, single parenting, stepfamilies, cohabitation, and remarriage, all manuscripts that have previously fallen within the scope of the Journal when it was Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, will still be welcome at Family Transitions. However, consistent with the expanded mission reflected in the name change, the Journal is particularly interested in publishing articles that address the experiences, processes, and outcomes of families that have experienced multiple family transitions during their life course. The Journal will consider submissions that include original empirical contributions that feature rigorous methodological techniques. All forms of empirical work will be considered (i.e., quantitative, qualitative, mixed method), as long as the work features appropriate and rigorous design. The Journal will also consider novel systematic, scoping, or narrative reviews on areas touching on family transitions. Brief reports or commentaries that engage in critical discussions of emerging and important topics related to family transitions will also be considered. Please see the instructions to authors webpage for requirements of specific manuscript types. All manuscripts submitted to Family Transitions will undergo an initial internal screening by at least one of the Co-Editors or the Associate Editor. If the manuscript passes initial review, it wi
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 25%); most named United States 3, Mainland China 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Family Dynamics and RelationshipsSocial Sciences35.3%
- Attachment and Relationship DynamicsPsychology20.1%
- Marriage and Family DynamicsSocial Sciences8.3%
- Family and Matrimonial LawSocial Sciences6.6%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology6%
- Child Welfare and AdoptionSocial Sciences3%
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthPsychology2.6%
- Marriage and Sexual RelationshipsSocial Sciences2.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q1 | 240/1105 | 78th |
| Demography | Q2 | 47/140 | 66th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2022
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPsycINFOCINAHLPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CSA - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts (Online), EBSCOhost, Thomson Reuters - Arts and Humanities Search
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2022
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2022
- 0.34Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.98LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2022
- 0.85Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 59OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 761OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 107,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,284 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 673 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 958 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1,190 |
| 2023 | 14 | 3 | 1,354 |
| 2022 | 15 | 2 | 1,239 |
| 2021 | 40 | 10 | 1,523 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
215 daysfirst decision after review
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 35%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 184 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 215 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 18 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | USD 111 | — | — |
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 websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Gold open access option available. Model summary
Overview Open journals Open Select Dove Medical Press F1000Research
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Initial internal screening by Co-Editor or Associate Editor, followed by anonymized review by at least two external reviewers; final decision by Co-Editor (Action Editor). Model summary
All manuscripts submitted to Family Transitions will undergo an initial internal screening by at least one of the Co-Editors or the Associate Editor. If the manuscript passes initial review, it will then undergo an anonymized review by at least two external reviewers who have expertise in the areas addressed by the manuscript.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1050-2556
- Electronic ISSN
- 1540-4811
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 67, Issue 6 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Divorce and Remarriage
How long does peer review take at Journal of Divorce and Remarriage?
The publisher reports about 215 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 35%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Divorce and Remarriage based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 25%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (3) and Mainland China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Divorce and Remarriage?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Divorce and Remarriage is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists PubMed, PsycINFO and CINAHL; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Divorce and Remarriage open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Divorce and Remarriage is a subscription journal. APC about USD 111.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .