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International Journal of Children's Rights is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.9), WoS ESCI. Published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
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ISSN 0927-5568Verify ISSN ↗1571-8182Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 304 / 744 | 59th | Q2 |
| Political Science and International Relations | 307 / 745 | 58th | Q2 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 658 / 1530 | 57th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1993–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.9.
International Journal of Children's Rights is Q2 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 304 of 744), Q2 in Political Science and International Relations (rank 307 of 745) and Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 658 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Children's Rights is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 1.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 59th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.318, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 47.
International Journal of Children's Rights is published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. Its print ISSN is 0927-5568 and its online ISSN is 1571-8182.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Children's Rights has an h-index of 64 and a 2-year mean of 0.84 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #353 of 703 Scopus journals in Social Sciences (miscellaneous).
International Journal of Children's Rights published 45 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 53. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 94 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (19.8%), Ireland (8.7%) and Norway (8.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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