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Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education

Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association · China · Est. 2007

ISSN1976-1961

SJR Q4✓ 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.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.186

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.371

Total Worksi

380

Total Citationsi

1,022

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Developmental and Educational Psychology; Education.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 28 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications380

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1976-1961

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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

117

2019

107

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.

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ4

EducationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologyEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentEducational Systems and PoliciesChild Development and Digital TechnologyParental Involvement in EducationPsychosocial Factors Impacting YouthEducational Research and PedagogyChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentChildren's Rights and ParticipationReading and Literacy DevelopmentFamily and Disability Support Research

Frequently asked questions about Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education

Is Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education: 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 Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education?

Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.186.

Is Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education?