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Children's Geographies

Carfax Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2003

ISSN1473-3277

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.943

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.417

Total Worksi

1,274

Total Citationsi

36,521

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Children's Geographies publishes articles and book and media reviews that reflect upon recent academic publications or contemporary media/cultural discourses pertinent to the journal's aims. The journal focuses on recognizing and exploring children's geographies.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

FrequencyThree Times A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,274

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Carfax Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1473-3277

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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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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

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

2.1k

2019

1.1k

2020

1.2k

2021

746

2022

408

2023

266

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Social PsychologyQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geography

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial PsychologyGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Children's Rights and ParticipationYouth Education and Societal DynamicsEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentRural development and sustainabilityPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareParticipatory Visual Research MethodsHomelessness and Social IssuesUrban Transport and AccessibilityMigration and Labor DynamicsUrban Green Space and Health

Frequently asked questions about Children's Geographies

Is Children's Geographies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Children's Geographies: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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's Geographies?

Children's Geographies 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 1.67.

Is Children's Geographies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Children's Geographies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.