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Future of Children

Princeton University · United States · Est. 1978

ISSN1550-1558

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.161

H-Indexi

147

Total Worksi

690

Total Citationsi

68,599

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Sociology and Political Science; Health (social science); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1978

Annual Volume~ 12 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2021)

Total Publications690

Publisher OrgPrinceton School of Public and International Affairs

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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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Princeton University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1550-1558

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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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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?

N/A

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

1.1k

2014

1.2k

2015

2016

2.5k

2017

469

2018

137

2019

468

2020

2021

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.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Health (social science)Q4

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentChild Welfare and AdoptionChild and Adolescent HealthGender, Labor, and Family DynamicsChild Abuse and TraumaHealthcare Policy and ManagementFamily Dynamics and RelationshipsParental Involvement in EducationSchool Choice and PerformanceChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Frequently asked questions about Future of Children

Is Future of Children a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Future of Children: it is indexed in 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 Future of Children?

Future of Children is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.161.

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

Future of Children is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Future of Children?