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International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 2.6). It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Nature.
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ISSN 2524-5236Verify ISSN ↗2524-5244Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Nature
Cost to publish: About US$3,190 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | 282 / 1162 | 75th | Q1 |
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | 145 / 351 | 58th | Q2 |
| Health (social science) | 184 / 387 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Developmental and Educational Psychology | 210 / 380 | 44th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 2.6.
International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice is Q1 in Law (rank 282 of 1162), Q2 in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (rank 145 of 351) and Q2 in Health (social science) (rank 184 of 387), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.6, quartile Q1, 75th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.438, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 15.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,190 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice is published by Springer Nature. Its print ISSN is 2524-5236 and its online ISSN is 2524-5244.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice has an h-index of 18 and a 2-year mean of 1.47 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #188 of 1,057 Scopus journals in Law.
International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice published 29 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 44. 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 99 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (35.1%), Israel (9.8%) and Canada (6.2%).
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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