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Children's Health Care

Routledge · United States · Est. 1981

ISSN1532-6888

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.269

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.445

Total Worksi

1,506

Total Citationsi

20,299

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Children's Health Care publishes theoretical, clinical, training, and professional practice issues on family-centered, developmental, and psychosocial aspects of children's health.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

FrequencyFour No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,506

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-6888

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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

202

2019

154

2020

271

2021

125

2022

115

2023

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.

Clinical PsychologyQ3

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ3

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyClinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeFamily and Disability Support ResearchInfant Development and Preterm CareAdolescent and Pediatric HealthcareChild and Adolescent HealthChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPediatric Pain Management TechniquesFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsFamily Support in IllnessChild Nutrition and Feeding Issues

Frequently asked questions about Children's Health Care

Is Children's Health Care a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Children's Health 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 Children's Health Care?

Children's Health 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 0.59.

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

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