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Aims & Scope


The Open Family Studies Journal is an Open Access online journal which publishes articles covering all areas of family, family life and family dynamics. The journal seeks manuscripts that cover topics in family demography, family health, family violence, intimate partner violence, divorce and remarriage, culture and family, types of families, changing nature of families, religion and family formation, religion and family stability, family and child / adolescence studies, emotional or behavioral disorders, role of family, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention, respite and foster care, family stress, socioeconomic status and the family, family size, and contraceptive use in families, family decision making, and international migration and the family.


The Open Family Studies Journal, a peer reviewed journal, is an important and reliable source of current information on important developments in the field of family studies. The emphasis will be on publishing original and high quality articles rapidly and making them freely available to researchers worldwide.