The Vienna Yearbook of Population Research (VYPR) is an open-access journal that features contributions addressing population trends as well as a broad range of theoretical and methodological issues in population research. Besides Research articles and Review articles, the journal welcomes submissions of Data & Trends contributions, peer-reviewed analytical or descriptive articles that focus primarily on empirical analyses or present databases and data infrastructures, and Perspectives, peer-reviewed short contributions and essays focusing on ideas, concepts or theories, either discussing existing research or proposing new frameworks and interpretations. The journal also publishes Debates – invited short contributions and reflections on selected questions and issues.
The journal has been published since 2003 by Austrian Academy of Sciences Press and is hosted by the Vienna Institute of Demography of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. While based in Austria, it aims to give a global coverage of population issues and attract high-quality contributions from authors from different regions and backgrounds. The journal is coordinated by Editor and Managing Editor jointly with issue guest editors, who are chiefly responsible for individual volumes. Their activity is overseen by international Editorial Board.
Articles are published online on a rolling basis. Printed copies are published annually in full colour, usually towards the end of the calendar year.
Since 2008, the volumes have been devoted to selected themes following special calls for thematic issues. The latest issue focusses on The Causes and Consequences of Depopulation (2023, Volume 21), while the current volume covers Population and Climate Change (2024, Volume 22). The upcoming issue will focus on Population Inequality Matters (2025, Volume 23).
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2024 (vol. 22)
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Population and Climate Change
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2023 (vol. 21)
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The Causes and Consequences of Depopulation
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2022 (vol. 20)
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Demographic Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Consequences
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2021 (vol. 19)
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Demographic Aspects of Human Wellbeing
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2020 (vol. 18)
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Fertility across Time and Space
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2019 (vol. 17)
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Population Ageing and Intergenerational Redistribution
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2018 (vol. 16)
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Broadening demographic horizons
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2017 (vol. 15)
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Education and fertility in low-fertility settings
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2016 (vol. 14)
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Population ageing
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2015 (vol. 13)
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Demographic differential vulnerability to climate-related disasters
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2014 (vol. 12)
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Health, Education, and Retirement over the Prolonged Life Cycle
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2013 (vol. 11)
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Determinants of unusual and differential longevity
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2012 (vol. 10)
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Education and the Global Fertility Transition
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2011 (vol. 9)
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Reproductive decision-making
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2010 (vol. 8)
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Education and demography
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2009 (vol. 7)
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Impact of migration on demographic change and composition in Europe
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2008 (vol. 6)
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Can policies enhance fertility in Europe?
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2007 (vol. 5)
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2006 (vol. 4)
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Postponement of childbearing in Europe
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2005 (vol.3)
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2004 (vol.2)
Managing Editor: Maria Winkler-Dworak
Editorial Assistant: Inga Freund
Vienna Institute of Demography
Dominikanerbastei 16
1010 Vienna, Austria
Contact: editors.vypr(at)oeaw.ac.at
Phone: + 43 1 51581 7709