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Intelligence (journal)

Intelligence (journal) is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Intelligence (journal) rather than just read about it. In short: 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.

Key takeaways

Intelligence (journal) belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Intelligence (journal) to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Intelligence (journal) from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

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. The editors-in-chief are Dragoș 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". 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". 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. In 2018 then-editor-in-chief Richard J. Haier defended their involvement on the basis of academic freedom.

History The first issue of the journal was published in January 1977, with Douglas K. Detterman of Case Western Reserve University as editor-in-chief. In 2016, Detterman was replaced by Richard J. Haier. In August 2024, Elsevier began a review of work published in its journals, including Intelligence and Personality and Individual Differences, written by Richard Lynn. This review coincided with renewed attention towards scientific racism in academia, and specifically calls for much of Lynn's work to be retracted. In early 2025, Haier was replaced as editor-in-chief by Dragoș Iliescu and Samuel Greiff.

Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in Psychological Abstracts/PsycINFO, Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography, Current Index to Journals in Education, Scopus, and Sociological Abstracts. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2024 impact factor was 2.8.

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Intelligence (journal)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Intelligence (journal) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Intelligence (journal) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Intelligence (journal) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Intelligence (journal)

In research: Intelligence (journal) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Intelligence (journal) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Intelligence (journal) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic journals established in 1977, Bimonthly journals, Differential psychology journals, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Intelligence (journal) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Intelligence (journal) in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Intelligence (journal) matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Intelligence (journal)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Intelligence (journal).