The Society's Journal
Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (LLCS)
OPPORTUNITY: Call for LLCS Journal Section Editor (Study Profiles)
Closing date: 14 November 2025
Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (LLCS), published by Bristol University Press, invites applications for the role of Section Editor - Study Profiles.
Our section editors are a vital part of the editorial management team, helping to shape the journal’s focus, impact and high editorial standards. Section Editors set the aims and scope of the section, identifying emerging topics and research; promote the section and encourage submissions and special issues; oversee peer review and make recommendations on manuscripts; and participate in editorial team meetings twice a year (one online and one in person at the SLLS Conference, where possible).
LLCS JOURNAL - CURRENT ISSUE CONTENTS (Volume 16, Issue 4 - October 2025)
About the Journal
Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (LLCS) is the Society's peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the needs of researchers studying the life course and using longitudinal methods at the interfaces of social, developmental and health sciences. It fosters cross-disciplinary and international endeavours and promotes the creation and exploitation of longitudinal data resources as well as their application to policy issues. It provides an opportunity for scholars at all stages of their careers to publish work crossing disciplinary boundaries which is often beyond the scope of more conventional, single-field journals.
Longitudinal and Life Course Studies is published by Bristol University Press and has an impact factor of 0.8 (April 2025).
In 2018 it was accepted into the Social Sciences Citation Index®, maintained by Clarivate Analytics, along with their Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition, and Current Contents®/Social and Behavioral Sciences.
It has been in the Emerging Sources Citation Index since 2016, and is also indexed by Google and by the SCOPUS citation database (since 2014). Online ISSN: 1757-9597.
If you are interested in submitting an article, or would like to propose a special issue, CLICK HERE to visit the Journal website and instructions for authors.
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LLCS Subscription for Libraries
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LLCS EDITORIAL BOARD
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Tony Robertson, University of Glasgow, UK
[email protected]
JOURNAL MANAGER
Sarah Jeal, SLLS
[email protected]
SECTION EDITORS
Behavioural Sciences and Development
Dale Dannefer, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Health and Population Sciences
Scott Montgomery, Örebro University, Sweden
Social and Economic Sciences
Kathrin Komp-Leukkunen, LUT University, Finland)
Statistical Sciences and Methodology
Sharon L. Christ, Purdue University, USA
