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Journal of Child Health Care

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1997

ISSN1741-2889

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.824

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.201

Total Worksi

1,313

Total Citationsi

21,476

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Nursing; Pediatrics; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,313

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind 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

7/11 · 64%

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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?

1741-2889

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer review

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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

1.2k

2019

836

2020

733

2021

513

2022

426

2023

133

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.

PediatricsQ1

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

NursingPediatrics

Scopus Categories

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPediatrics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeInfant Development and Preterm CareChild and Adolescent HealthFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsFamily and Disability Support ResearchAdolescent and Pediatric HealthcarePediatric Pain Management TechniquesChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentFamily Support in IllnessEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Child Health Care

Is Journal of Child Health Care a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Child Health Care: 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 Health Care?

Journal of Child Health Care 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 1.34.

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

Journal of Child Health Care is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Child Health Care?