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Gifted Child Quarterly

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States

ISSN0016-9862eISSN1934-9041
SJR Q1WOS SSCIScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
1.051
H-Indexi
106
SNIPi
2.238
Total Worksi
3,268
Total Citationsi
55,480
2yr Mean Citednessi
2.55
Open Impact Factor alternative
Retractions
1
Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education, Special; Psychology, Educational; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Education.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive
Total Publications3,268
Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing
Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription
Peer Review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
SAGE Publications Inc.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0016-9862 / 1934-9041
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
18
782
2019
24
688
2020
25
559
2021
42
481
2022
16
160
2023
20
189
2024
45
93
2025
22
4
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ1
EducationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education, SpecialPsychology, Educational

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologyEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Education, Achievement, and GiftednessCreativity in Education and NeuroscienceCognitive Abilities and TestingDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Gifted Child Quarterly

Is Gifted Child Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Gifted Child Quarterly: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Gifted Child Quarterly?

Gifted Child Quarterly is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.55.

Is Gifted Child Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Gifted Child Quarterly is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Gifted Child Quarterly?

Subject areas: Education, Special; Psychology, Educational; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Education.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref