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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

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total43

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

0.551

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.844

Total Works

5,294

Total Citations

66,416

2yr Mean Citedness

1.30

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Retractions

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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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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

Annual Volume~ 86 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,294

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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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?

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

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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.

PediatricsQ2

Social PsychologyQ2

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ3

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