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Child Protection and Practice

Elsevier · United States

eISSN2950-1938

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.342

H-Indexi

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social sciences (General). Topics: child abuse and neglect, child protection, childhood violence, resource poor environments

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

StatusActive

Total Publications—

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2950-1938

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous 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)?

DOAJ verified

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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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child Abuse and TraumaChild Welfare and AdoptionHomelessness and Social IssuesMigration, Health and TraumaIntimate Partner and Family ViolenceChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentChildren's Rights and ParticipationPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareSex work and related issuesSocial Work Education and Practice

Frequently asked questions about Child Protection and Practice

Is Child Protection and Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Child Protection and Practice: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Child Protection and Practice?

Child Protection and Practice is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.342.

Is Child Protection and Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Child Protection and Practice is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Child Protection and Practice?