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Childhood

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0907-5682eISSN1461-7013

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

0.591

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.149

Total Worksi

1,238

Total Citationsi

40,914

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Anthropology; Cultural Studies; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Sociology and Political Science; Life-span and Life-course Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications1,238

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0907-5682 / 1461-7013

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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

Citations received

936

2019

468

2020

321

2021

485

2022

184

2023

2024

2025

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.

AnthropologyQ1

Cultural StudiesQ1

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Life-span and Life-course StudiesQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

AnthropologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologySociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesLife-span and Life-course Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Children's Rights and ParticipationEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareYouth Education and Societal DynamicsChild Welfare and Adoption

Frequently asked questions about Childhood

Is Childhood a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Childhood: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Childhood?

Childhood 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 1.07.

Is Childhood indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Childhood is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Childhood?