| Discipline | Sexology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Walter Pierre Bouman |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | International Journal of Transgenderism |
| History | 1997–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Int. J. Transgend. Health |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1553-2739 (print) 1434-4599 (web) |
| LCCN | 2004213389 |
| OCLC no. | 56795128 |
| Links | |
The International Journal of Transgender Health (IJTH) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on gender dysphoria and gender incongruence, the medical treatment of transgender individuals, social and legal acceptance of gender affirming surgery, and professional and public education on transgender health. It also publishes WPATH's Standards of Care, guest editorials, policy statements, letters to the editor, and review articles. The journal aims to inform a broad audience including policy makers, practitioners, and the general public.[1]
It is the official journal of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.[2] The editor-in-chief is Walter Pierre Bouman (National Centre for Transgender Health and the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK).[3] The journal is published by Taylor & Francis.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in CINAHL, SocINDEX, EBSCO databases, Scopus, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, PASCAL, and PsycINFO.
History
The journal was established in 1997 as the International Journal of Transgenderism (IJT), obtaining its current title in 2020,[4][1] with Friedemann Pfäfflin and Eli Coleman as founding editors-in-chief.
Past editors
- Friedemann Pfäfflin (University of Ulm)
- Eli Coleman (University of Minnesota Medical School)
- Richard Ekins (University of Ulster)
- Dave King (University of Liverpool)
- Walter O. Bockting (Columbia University)
See also
References
- 1 2 "International Journal of Transgender Health". www.tandfonline.com. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ↑ "World Professional Association for Transgender Health". WPATH. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
- ↑ "Editorial Board". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
- ↑ Bouman, Walter Pierre (8 January 2020). "Sumamus exordio: International Journal of Transgender Health". International Journal of Transgender Health. 21 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1080/15532739.2020.1709316. PMC 7430473. PMID 33015654. See paragraph 5.