Young

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1993

ISSN1103-3088eISSN1741-3222

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.417

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.218

Total Worksi

922

Total Citationsi

13,050

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Sciences; Education. Topics: youth studies, youth research, sociology, anthropology, education, media studies

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1993

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications922

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2022

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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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?

1103-3088 / 1741-3222

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

611

2019

363

2020

598

2021

180

2022

2023

139

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.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ3

Health (social science)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, InterdisciplinarySociology

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologySociology and Political ScienceHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Youth Education and Societal DynamicsSocial Media and PoliticsGender, Feminism, and MediaYouth Development and Social SupportChildren's Rights and ParticipationSocial and Educational SciencesEmployment and Welfare StudiesImpact of Technology on AdolescentsMusic History and CultureGender Roles and Identity Studies

Frequently asked questions about Young

Is Young a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Young: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Young?

Young 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 1.42.

Is Young indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Young is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Young?