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Child Abuse and Neglect

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0145-2134eISSN1873-7757

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.497

H-Index

241

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.555

Total Works

8,586

Total Citations

394,263

2yr Mean Citedness

2.67

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Child Abuse & Neglect is an international and interdisciplinary journal publishing articles on child welfare, health, humanitarian aid, justice, mental health, public health, and social service systems. It also explores topics related to injury prevention, foster care, demography, and pediatrics, with an emphasis on prevention and treatment.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications8,586

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0145-2134 / 1873-7757

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ1

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Social WorkQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Family StudiesPsychology, SocialSocial Work

Scopus Categories

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthDevelopmental and Educational PsychologySocial WorkPsychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child Abuse and TraumaIntimate Partner and Family ViolenceChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentChild Welfare and AdoptionHomicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse