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Children and Schools

National Association of Social Workers · United States · Est. 1978

ISSN1532-8759eISSN1545-682X

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.378

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.647

Total Worksi

1,536

Total Citationsi

18,134

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Work; Education; Health (social science).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,536

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

National Association of Social Workers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-8759 / 1545-682X

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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

394

2019

560

2020

315

2021

171

2022

104

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.

EducationQ3

Health (social science)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Work

Scopus Categories

Health (social science)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Education Discipline and InequalityFamily and Disability Support ResearchSocial Work Education and PracticeChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentParental Involvement in EducationEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentDiverse Education Studies and ReformsYouth Development and Social SupportHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Children and Schools

Is Children and Schools a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Children and Schools: 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 and Schools?

Children and Schools 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 1.06.

Is Children and Schools indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Children and Schools is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Children and Schools?