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Child Maltreatment

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States

ISSN1077-5595eISSN1552-6119

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.953

H-Indexi

128

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.869

Total Worksi

1,406

Total Citationsi

65,550

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Family Studies; Social Work; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Developmental and Educational Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications1,406

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 Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1077-5595 / 1552-6119

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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

1.5k

2019

1.5k

2020

1.3k

2021

820

2022

335

2023

208

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.

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ1

Social WorkQ1

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Family StudiesSocial Work

Scopus Categories

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthDevelopmental and Educational PsychologySocial Work

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child Abuse and TraumaChild Welfare and AdoptionChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentIntimate Partner and Family ViolenceHomelessness and Social Issues

Frequently asked questions about Child Maltreatment

Is Child Maltreatment a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Child Maltreatment: 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 Child Maltreatment?

Child Maltreatment 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 1.49.

Is Child Maltreatment indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Child Maltreatment is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Child Maltreatment?