Trends in Journal of Consumer Affairs Feature Articles: 1967-2007

• Published in: The Journal of consumer affairs Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 155 - 169
• Main Authors: JAMES, RUSSELL N., CUDE, BRENDA J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Malden, USA : Blackwell Publishing Inc 22.03.2009; Blackwell Publishing Inc; Blackwell Publishing, Inc; Wiley; Blackwell Publishers Ltd; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Author affiliation; Co authorship; Consumer advertising; Consumer affairs departments; Consumer behavior; Consumer economics; Consumer psychology; Consumer research; Data Analysis; Data collection; Descriptive statistics; Economics; History; Home economics; Home economics education; Joint authorship; Marketing; NOTES, OBSERVATION AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES; Periodicals; Research Methodology; Secondary School Teachers; Services; Statistical analysis; Studies; Trends; Variance analysis; United States
• ISSN: 0022-0078; 1745-6606
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2008.01131.x

Examining trends across time in feature articles published in the Journal of Consumer Affairs, descriptive statistics report on areas of change and stability in authorship, author affiliations, coauthorship, topical subject matters, data collection and analysis methodologies, and citations. While the first four decades of publication have been accompanied by significant changes in both the journal and consumer research in general, the journal continues to address the important purposes for which it was founded.