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Global Studies of Childhood

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2011

ISSN2043-6106eISSN2043-6106

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.427

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.121

Total Worksi

603

Total Citationsi

5,782

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.84

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education & Educational Research; Demography; Development; Education; Sociology and Political Science; Developmental and Educational Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications603

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 Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2043-6106 / 2043-6106

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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

582

2019

480

2020

153

2021

175

2022

127

2023

107

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.

DemographyQ2

DevelopmentQ2

EducationQ2

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education & Educational Research

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologySociology and Political ScienceDemographyDevelopmentEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Children's Rights and ParticipationEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentYouth Education and Societal DynamicsPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareGlobal Education and MulticulturalismChild Development and Digital TechnologyPosthumanist Ethics and ActivismLiteracy, Media, and EducationGlobal Educational Policies and ReformsChild Welfare and Adoption

Frequently asked questions about Global Studies of Childhood

Is Global Studies of Childhood a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Global Studies of Childhood: 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 Global Studies of Childhood?

Global Studies of Childhood 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 0.84.

Is Global Studies of Childhood indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Global Studies of Childhood is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Global Studies of Childhood?