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Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1981

ISSN1728-0591

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.472

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

589

Total Citationsi

5,763

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Clinical; Clinical Psychology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications589

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1728-0591

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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

354

2019

174

2020

2021

2022

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 PsychologyQ2

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ2

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ3

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Clinical

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPsychiatry and Mental HealthClinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentChild Abuse and TraumaChild and Adolescent HealthResilience and Mental HealthFamily and Disability Support ResearchAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentChild Therapy and DevelopmentAdolescent and Pediatric HealthcareMental Health Treatment and Access

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Is Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health: 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 Child and Adolescent Mental Health?

Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health 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 0.55.

Is Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health?