HomeSearchEducation and Treatment of Children

Education and Treatment of Children

West Virginia University Press · United States

ISSN0748-8491eISSN1934-8924
SJR Q2WOS 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.479
H-Indexi
87
SNIPi
0.868
Total Worksi
1,236
Total Citationsi
34,119
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.93
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Education and Treatment of Children focuses on behavior-analytic assessment and intervention research for at-risk or emotionally/behaviorally challenged children and youth. An official journal of the Association for Behavior Analysis in Practice Emphasizes work relevant to schools or other educational or treatment contexts. Accepts a wide variety of submissions including empirical research, data-based case studies, literature reviews, issue-oriented papers, and book reviews. Encourages clear, concise composition of manuscripts for understanding of both scientists and practitioners. Prefers experimental studies that demonstrate the usefulness of the procedure, a functional relation between procedure and behavior changes, and evidence that the variables were reliable

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive
Total Publications1,236
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid
Peer Review
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

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
West Virginia University Press
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0748-8491 / 1934-8924
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
30
319
2019
31
336
2020
34
364
2021
20
144
2022
32
149
2023
26
68
2024
28
21
2025
17
0
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.

EducationQ2
Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education, SpecialRehabilitation

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologyEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Behavioral and Psychological StudiesAutism Spectrum Disorder ResearchChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentFamily and Disability Support ResearchCognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills

Frequently asked questions about Education and Treatment of Children

Is Education and Treatment of Children a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Education and Treatment of Children: 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 Education and Treatment of Children?

Education and Treatment of Children 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 0.93.

Is Education and Treatment of Children indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Education and Treatment of Children is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Education and Treatment of Children?

Education and Treatment of Children focuses on behavior-analytic assessment and intervention research for at-risk or emotionally/behaviorally challenged children and youth. An official journal of the Association for Behavior Analysis in Practice Emphasizes work relevant to schools or other educational or treatment contexts. Accepts a wide variety of submissions including empirical research, data-based case studies, literature reviews, issue-oriented papers, and book reviews. Encourages clear, concise composition of manuscripts for understanding of both scientists and practitioners. Prefers exp

Compare This JournalFind Similar← Back to Search
Understand these signals
How to tell if a journal is predatoryWhat Q1–Q4 quartiles meanWeb of Science vs Scopus vs DOAJWhat is an APC?

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