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Young

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1993

ISSN1103-3088eISSN1741-3222

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total65

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.722

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.218

Total Works

922

Total Citations

13,050

2yr Mean Citedness

1.42

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Aims & Scope

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

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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

Review Time~17 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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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10/12 · 83%

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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?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ2

Health (social science)Q2

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