Home›Search›Journal of Applied Research on Children

Journal of Applied Research on Children

Texas Medical Center Library · United States · Est. 2010

ISSN2155-5834

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2025-08-28). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is inactive. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.115

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

345

Total Citationsi

2,359

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Developmental and Educational Psychology; Education; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 8 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications345

Publisher OrgChildren at Risk

OA Since2010

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

5/11 · 45%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Texas Medical Center Library

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2155-5834

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

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?

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

2019

2020

101

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

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologySociology and Political ScienceEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHomelessness and Social IssuesObesity, Physical Activity, DietAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentSex work and related issuesChild and Adolescent HealthChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentEducation Discipline and InequalityChild Nutrition and Water Access

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Applied Research on Children

Is Journal of Applied Research on Children a predatory journal?

Journal of Applied Research on Children was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is inactive" (2025-08-28). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Applied Research on Children?

Journal of Applied Research on Children is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.115.

Is Journal of Applied Research on Children indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Applied Research on Children is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Applied Research on Children?