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Studies in Childhood and Youth is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 0.6). Published by Palgrave Macmillan Ltd..
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ISSN 2731-6467Verify ISSN ↗2731-6475Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender Studies | 167 / 233 | 28th | Q3 |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | 552 / 744 | 25th | Q3 |
| Sociology and Political Science | 1160 / 1530 | 24th | Q4 |
| Life-span and Life-course Studies | 57 / 61 | 7th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 0.6.
Studies in Childhood and Youth is Q3 in Gender Studies (rank 167 of 233), Q3 in Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 552 of 744) and Q4 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 1160 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Studies in Childhood and Youth 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 0.6, quartile Q3, 28th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Studies in Childhood and Youth is published by Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2731-6467 and its online ISSN is 2731-6475.
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.
Studies in Childhood and Youth has an h-index of 17 and a 2-year mean of 0.34 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #153 of 225 Scopus journals in Gender Studies.
Studies in Childhood and Youth published 65 papers in 2025. 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.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (2.9 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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