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Emerging Adulthood

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2006

ISSN2167-6984

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.914

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.139

Total Worksi

914

Total Citationsi

18,402

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Family Studies; Psychology, Development; Psychology, Social; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Experimental and Cognitive Psychology; Life-span and Life-course Studies.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

FrequencyFour Issues Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications914

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?

2167-6984

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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

1.2k

2019

949

2020

1.4k

2021

1.1k

2022

621

2023

105

344

2024

137

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 PsychologyQ2

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyQ2

Life-span and Life-course StudiesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Family StudiesPsychology, DevelopmentPsychology, Social

Scopus Categories

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyLife-span and Life-course Studies

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Identity, Memory, and TherapyYouth Education and Societal DynamicsAttachment and Relationship DynamicsChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentFamily Support in IllnessPsychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionIntergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingCOVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychological and Temporal Perspectives ResearchFamily Dynamics and Relationships

Frequently asked questions about Emerging Adulthood

Is Emerging Adulthood a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Emerging Adulthood: 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 Emerging Adulthood?

Emerging Adulthood 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 Emerging Adulthood indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Emerging Adulthood is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Emerging Adulthood?