Academic Journal
Q3Longitudinal and Life Course Studies
About Longitudinal and Life Course Studies
Longitudinal and Life Course Studies is a scholarly journal published by Bristol University Press. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q3, with an SJR of 0.411 and H-index of 25.
Coverage: 2014-2026. Research categories: Life-span and Life-course Studies (Q3).
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Topics in published research
Health disparities and outcomes; Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies; Youth Education and Societal Dynamics; Employment and Welfare Studies; Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving; Birth, Development, and Health.
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Recent Research Articles
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Tony Robertson
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2026d000000091Who’s hurt most by debt? Life course adversity and the debt gap in midlife health
Joseph D. Wolfe, Shawn Bauldry
2026-09-18 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2026d000000089Characterising residential mobility during childhood in the United Kingdom: a longitudinal study using linked electronic health records
Nicola Firman, Laura North, Jane Lyons, Marta Wilk et al.
2026-08-27 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2026d000000088The influence of post-socialist transition hardship in adulthood on subsequent work trajectories: findings from 11 Central and Eastern European countries
Caroline Hasselgren Bune, Anna Brydsten, Linda Kridahl
2026-08-17 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2026d000000090Mother’s accumulation of chronic health conditions and early midlife adult children’s depressive symptoms: differences between daughters and sons
Xing Zhang, Anna M. Hammersmith
2026-08-13 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2026d000000087Stayers, movers and the in-between: life course patterns of labour market attachment and mobility among rural Swedish youth
Sara Kalucza, Madelene Nordlund
2026-07-30 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2026d000000086Finding meaning across time and place
Tony Robertson
2026-07 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2026d000000083Sequence analysis for large databases
Matthias Studer, Rojin Sadeghi, Louis Tochon
2026-07 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2026d000000078Social inequalities in Irish children’s cognitive and mental health during secondary school transition: the role of the home learning environment
Rodolfo Pezzi, Yekaterina Chzhen
2026-07 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2026d000000073Counterurbanisation and life course nexus in post-pandemic migration literature
Karol Korczyński, Katarzyna Kajdanek
2026-07 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2026d000000072What siblings share: how family background shapes early childhood socio-emotional difficulties in the United Kingdom
Lisa Waddell, Adriana Duta, Marii Paskov, Roisin C. Perry et al.
2026-07 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2026d000000081Transitions to old age: a multidimensional poverty approach for Chile
Verónica Amarante, Maira Colacce
2026-07 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2026d000000082Katariina Salmela-Aro obituary: a pioneer in longitudinal research
Katja Upadyaya, Ingrid Schoon, Mette Ranta
2026-07 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2026d000000080Interrupted education and functional limitations among the People’s Republic of China (PRC) cohorts
Chengming Han
2026-07 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2026d000000071Collecting saliva samples for DNA genotyping in a large-scale cohort study of young adults in England
Tugba Adali, Matt Brown, Alessandra Gaia, Morag Henderson et al.
2026-06-25 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2026d000000084A life-course approach to the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and mental health in a longitudinal UK birth cohort (ALSPAC)
Huong Giang Nguyen Tran, Jimmy Morgan, Daniel Major-Smith
2026-06-25 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2026d000000085Life course socioeconomic determinants of multimorbidity in later life: longitudinal evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
Mengling Cheng, Eileen M. Crimmins
2026-04 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2025d000000068Navigating the minority grief paradox: racial-ethnic differences on parental death, social ties and early-midlife psychological distress in the United States
Krista P. Woodward, Nekehia T. Quashie, Xing Zhang
2026-04 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2026d000000075Social isolation and cognitive functioning trajectories from midlife to later life in four high- and middle-income countries
Zhiyong Lin, James Raymo
2026-04 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2025d000000066Intergenerational financial support and mental health of men and women: a comparative analysis across social welfare policy contexts in Europe
Ariel Azar, Kent Jason Cheng, Morten Wahrendorf
2026-03-23 · DOI: 10.1332/17579597y2026d000000076Reviews
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