Deviant Behavior (journal)

{{Infobox journal

| title = Deviant Behavior

| cover = Deviant Behavior, vol 45 issue 12.webp

| discipline = Sociology

| abbreviation = Deviant Behav.

| editor = Craig J. Forsyth

| publisher = Taylor and Francis

| country = United States

| frequency = Monthly

| history = 1979–present

| impact = 1.052

| impact-year = 2016

| website = https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/udbh20/current

| link1 = https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/udbh20/current?nav=tocList

| link1-name = Online access

| link2 = http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/udbh20

| link2-name = Online archive

| ISSN = 0163-9625

| eISSN = 1521-0456

| OCLC = 889408017

| LCCN =

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Deviant Behavior is a peer-reviewed academic journal which focuses on social deviance, including criminal, sexual, and narcotic behaviors. It is published by Routledge and was established in 1979. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 1.052, ranking it 48 out of 62 journals in the category "Psychology, Social"{{cite book |year=2017 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Psychology, Social |title=2016 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Social Science |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }} and 67 out of 143 journals in the category "Sociology".{{cite book|year=2017 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Sociology |title=2016 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters|edition=Social Science |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}