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Children and Society

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0951-0605

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.598

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.299

Total Worksi

2,958

Total Citationsi

45,248

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education; Health (social science); Social Work; Life-span and Life-course Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

FrequencyFive Issues Per Year, 1998

StatusActive

Total Publications2,958

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0951-0605

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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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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?

N/A

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

765

2019

2020

112

2021

154

1.1k

2022

151

768

2023

111

334

2024

107

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.

EducationQ2

Health (social science)Q2

Social WorkQ2

Life-span and Life-course StudiesQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Social WorkLife-span and Life-course StudiesHealth (social science)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Children's Rights and ParticipationEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentChild Welfare and AdoptionChild Abuse and TraumaHomelessness and Social IssuesYouth Education and Societal DynamicsFamily and Disability Support ResearchChild and Adolescent HealthFamily Support in IllnessPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Frequently asked questions about Children and Society

Is Children and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Children and Society: it is indexed in 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 Children and Society?

Children and Society is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.598.

Is Children and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Children and Society is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Children and Society?