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South African Journal of Childhood Education is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by AOSIS (Pty) Ltd.
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ISSN 2223-7674Verify ISSN ↗2223-7682Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 886 / 1698 | 47th | Q3 |
| Developmental and Educational Psychology | 249 / 380 | 34th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.
South African Journal of Childhood Education is Q3 in Education (rank 886 of 1698) and Q3 in Developmental and Educational Psychology (rank 249 of 380), by CiteScore 2025.
South African Journal of Childhood Education 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 2, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 47th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.345, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 14.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$651 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.
South African Journal of Childhood Education is published by AOSIS (Pty) Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2223-7674 and its online ISSN is 2223-7682.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
South African Journal of Childhood Education has an h-index of 29 and a 2-year mean of 2.39 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #372 of 1,610 Scopus journals in Education.
South African Journal of Childhood Education published 43 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 73. 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 (2024–2026), authors are most often from South Africa (82.5%), Indonesia (7.1%) and United Kingdom (1.9%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (3 per 1,000 papers). 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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