Aims and scope
Marriage & Family Review publishes a mix of open submission articles as well as thematic issues that bring together the most current research, practical application, and theoretical advances, across the interdisciplinary field of family science.

Marriage & Family Review welcomes submissions from international scholars. MFR Is especially interested in manuscripts that focus on familial or relational processes and provide comprehensive reviews of families in a given global region.

Additionally, the journal will also consider for publication systematic reviews, primary studies, brief reports, and commentaries on previously published family science articles (with priority given to articles previously published in Marriage & Family Review). Rebuttals to any such comments are also welcomed.

A new aim of Marriage & Family Review will be the State of Families reports, which are comprehensive reports on the conditional state of families in a defined geographic location. The reports can cover any location in the world. The first report of this type was launched in 2023 (59-01) and has been made open access.

Marriage & Family Review invites scholars to suggest particular thematic special issues for the journal’s consideration, including guest editors for those special issues.

Scholars who would like to review submissions to Marriage & Family Review are invited to submit their names, contact information, areas of interest and expertise, and current vitae to the Editor for consideration for both regular and special issues.

Peer Review: All regular articles, reviews, and brief reports published in Marriage and Family Review have undergone editorial screening and peer review from at least two qualified academic scholars.

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106 .