Journal of Consumer Research

The Journal of Consumer Research (JCR ) is a scientific journal published six times a year interdisciplinary topics from the fields of psychology, marketing, sociology, economics, communication and anthropology. It is published by University of Chicago Press and is considered one of the most prestigious journals in their field of study.

History

The magazine was founded in 1974. Current Editor in Chief is Darren Dahl of the University of British Columbia.

Reception

The magazine ranking VHB- JOUR QUAL (2008) classifies the magazine in the best category A , the magazine 's ranking of Handelsblatt business economists rankings (2009) classifies it in the best category 1.00. The magazine ranking of the British Association of Business Schools ( 2010) classifies it in the best category 4.

The Impact Factor of the Journal of Consumer Research was in 2012 at 3,542. In the statistics of the Social Sciences Citation Index, the Journal has been performed with this Impact Factor of 10 out of 116 journals in the Business category.