The Journal of Sex Research is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of human sexuality and the field of sexology in general.

It is published by Routledge on behalf of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.

In 1963, the society had published a one-issue journal entitled Advances in Sex Research.

The editor-in-chief is Cynthia A. Graham (University of Southampton).

[3] The journal incorporates the Annual Review of Sex Research since 2009.