Talk:Journal of Sex Research

This journal does include "the" in its title.
There has long been a question about this. I once emailed the then-Editor (Elizabeth Algeier) when I was first appointed to the editorial board. She said the title does include the "the", and the cover of the journal includes it in the title: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=hjsr&page=instructions. However, it is frequently forgotten, and I frequency see it missing. I recommend including the "the" there with an appropriate redirect. — James Cantor (talk) 22:24, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi James, If I had known that this might be contested, I would first have discussed it here before moving. Sorry. Yes, I noticed that "The" is included on the cover. However, if you look a the journal page on the journal site (http://www.sexscience.org/resources/journal_of_sex_research/), the heading is without "the" and throughout the name is used without "the" (and as acronym they use "JSR", not "TJSR"). The same goes for the publisher's page 'http://www.tandfonline.com/action/aboutThisJournal?journalCode=hjsr20). The only exception is the instructions page that you link to above. There was a case like this a while ago (I can't remember the journal offhand, but could look it up in my history if you like) and apparently "the" should only be included in a journal's article title if it is being used consequently all the time. Which is why I moved this... --Randykitty (talk) 08:13, 21 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I can't say that this is a particularly important issue; anyone looking for the journal under either title on WP will find it. You are entirely correct that the journal's title is listed inconsistently.  That was the confusion the led me to contact the then-editor, so that's the title I use myself when citing articles in it.— James Cantor (talk) 14:27, 21 December 2012 (UTC)