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Journal of Early Adolescence

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1966

ISSN1552-5449

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.176

H-Indexi

122

SNIPi

1.343

Total Worksi

1,828

Total Citationsi

75,675

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Family Studies; Psychology, Development; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Life-span and Life-course Studies; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1966

FrequencyEight No. A Year, 2013-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,828

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1552-5449

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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

912

2019

930

2020

691

2021

698

2022

355

2023

135

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.

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ1

Life-span and Life-course StudiesQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Family StudiesPsychology, Development

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologySociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Life-span and Life-course Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentBullying, Victimization, and AggressionYouth Development and Social SupportParental Involvement in EducationAttachment and Relationship DynamicsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationLegal case studies and regulationsChild Development and Digital Technology

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Early Adolescence

Is Journal of Early Adolescence a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Early Adolescence: 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 Journal of Early Adolescence?

Journal of Early Adolescence 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 0.91.

Is Journal of Early Adolescence indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Early Adolescence is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Early Adolescence?