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Early Child Development and Care

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1971

ISSN1476-8275

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.558

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.844

Total Worksi

5,294

Total Citationsi

66,416

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Early Child Development and Care is an Open Access journal covering Nursing, Psychology, and Pediatrics. It generally does not publish papers focused solely on the construction, validation, or evaluation of psychometric devices, measuring instruments, and scales, unless they are integral to a substantive research paper or technical review within its scope.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

FrequencyIrregular

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,294

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1476-8275

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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

195

2.6k

2019

129

1.9k

2020

126

1.3k

2021

499

2022

335

2023

262

2024

104

124

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.

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ2

PediatricsQ2

Social PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational ResearchPsychology, Development

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologySocial PsychologyPediatrics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentChild Development and Digital TechnologyParental Involvement in EducationFamily and Disability Support ResearchReading and Literacy DevelopmentChildren's Rights and ParticipationInfant Development and Preterm CareHuman auditory perception and evaluationChild and Animal Learning Development

Frequently asked questions about Early Child Development and Care

Is Early Child Development and Care a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Early Child Development and Care: 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 Early Child Development and Care?

Early Child Development and Care 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 1.30.

Is Early Child Development and Care indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Early Child Development and Care is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.