Theories opposed to hereditarianism include behaviorism, social determinism and environmental determinism. Many of those involved with the journal are connected to academic hereditarianism. Supporters of hereditarianism reject this sense of biological determinism for most cases. Rowe's work frequently supported hereditarianism. Ronald C. Bailey argues that hereditarianism is based on five fallacious assumptions. Many of the publication's contributors, publishers, and Board of Directors espouse academic hereditarianism.