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Child and Youth Care Forum

Springer New York · United States · Est. 1971

ISSN1573-3319
SJR Q1WOS SSCIScopus / SJR
50
/ 100
Medium Risk
Score Breakdown
WoS SCIE/SSCI+25
Scopus Q1+25
Total50
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
0.86
H-Index
70
CiteScore
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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIP
0.881
Total Works
2,329
Total Citations
30,016
2yr Mean Citedness
1.33
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Aims & Scope

Child & Youth Care Forum welcomes submissions focused on the developmental, clinical, social, contextual, cognitive, and biological processes that impact children and youth (aged 0 to 18) as well as families. Interested in empirical articles and theoretical reviews with implications for child and adolescent mental health, psychosocial development, assessment, interventions, and services broadly defined (e.g., papers may address issues of child and adolescent typical and/or atypical development through effective youth care assessment and intervention practices). Papers may address strategies for helping youth overcome difficulties (e.g., mental health problems) or adversity (e.g., traumatic stress, community violence) as well as strategies to help all children actualize their potential (e.g., positive psychology goals). Assessment papers that advance knowledge as well as methodological papers with implications for child and youth research and care are also encouraged. Authors are researchers, practitioners, and clinicians across the interrelated disciplines of child psychology, early childhood, education, medical anthropology, pediatrics, pediatric psychology, psychiatry, public policy, school/educational psychology, social work, and sociology as well as government agencies and corporate and nonprofit organizations that seek to advance current knowledge and practice.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1971
FrequencyBimonthly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications2,329
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
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Submission Info

Peer Review
Review Time
Acceptance Rate
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/12 · 50%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer New York
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1573-3319
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

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.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1
Life-span and Life-course StudiesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Development

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Life-span and Life-course Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentChild Welfare and AdoptionFamily and Disability Support ResearchChild Abuse and TraumaHomelessness and Social IssuesYouth Development and Social SupportParental Involvement in EducationChild Therapy and DevelopmentBullying, Victimization, and Aggression
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref