intelligence (journal)

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{{Infobox journal

| title = Intelligence

| abbreviation = Intelligence

| cover = Intelligence.gif

| editors = Dragos Iliescu and Samuel Greiff

| frequency = Bimonthly

| discipline = Intelligence, psychometrics

| history = 1977–present

| website = https://www.journals.elsevier.com/intelligence

| link1 = https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/intelligence

| link1-name = Online access

| country =

| publisher = Elsevier

| impact = 2.77

| impact-year = 2020

| ISSN = 0160-2896

| CODEN = NTLLDT

| LCCN = 77643155

| OCLC = 03334510

}}

Intelligence is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal of psychology that covers research on intelligence and psychometrics. It is published by Elsevier and is the official journal of the International Society for Intelligence Research. The journal was established in 1977 by Douglas K. Detterman (Case Western Reserve University). The editors-in-chief are Dragos Iliescu and Samuel Greiff.

According to the New Statesman in 2018, the "journal Intelligence is one of the most respected in its field" but has allowed its reputation "to be used to launder or legitimate racist pseudo-science".{{Cite news |last=van der Merwe |first=Ben |date=19 February 2018 |title=It might be a pseudo science, but students take the threat of eugenics seriously |work=New Statesman |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2018/02/it-might-be-pseudo-science-students-take-threat-eugenics-seriously |access-date=2018-12-17}} Smithsonian Magazine called it "a more respected psychology journal", but stated that it has "occasionally included papers with pseudoscientific findings about intelligence differences between races".{{Cite news|last=Skibba|first=Ramin|date=20 May 2019|title=The Disturbing Resilience of Scientific Racism|work=Smithsonian Magazine|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/disturbing-resilience-scientific-racism-180972243/}} It has been criticized for having included on its editorial board biochemist Gerhard Meisenberg and psychologist Richard Lynn, both known as promoters of eugenics and scientific racism.{{Cite news|last=Saini|first=Angela |authorlink=Angela Saini|date=2018-01-22|title=Racism is creeping back into mainstream science – we have to stop it|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/22/eugenics-racism-mainstream-science|access-date=2018-12-17|issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite news |last=Barnes |first=Tom |date=2018-12-07 |title=Hundreds of academics demand Cambridge investigate researcher accused of publishing 'racist pseudoscience' |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/cambridge-professor-eugenics-research-investigation-racism-london-conference-intelligence-a8672921.html |access-date=2018-12-17}}{{Cite journal|last=Winston|first=Andrew|authorlink=Andrew Winston|date=29 May 2020|title=Scientific Racism and North American Psychology|url=https://oxfordre.com/psychology/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.001.0001/acrefore-9780190236557-e-516|journal=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology|doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.516|isbn=978-0-19-023655-7|url-access=subscription}} The editor-in-chief of the journal defended their involvement on the basis of academic freedom. Lynn (who died in 2023) and Meisenberg no longer served on the editorial board as of 2018.{{cite web|title=Intelligence - Editorial Board|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/intelligence/editorial-board|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104125950/https://www.journals.elsevier.com/intelligence/editorial-board|archive-date=2018-11-04|access-date=2020-03-15|publisher=Elsevier}}