Evidence of pro-homosexual bias in social science: Citation rates and research on lesbian parenting

Psychological Reports

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 374-380

  Schumm, Walter R ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; LESBIAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLISHING; RISK; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARENTING; PUBLICATION BIAS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 77953015465     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.106.2.374-380     Document Type: Article

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