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Young is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.9), WoS SSCI, DOAJ. Published by SAGE Publications Inc..
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ISSN 1103-3088Verify ISSN ↗1741-3222Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 444 / 1530 | 71st | Q2 |
| Health (social science) | 163 / 387 | 58th | Q2 |
| Developmental and Educational Psychology | 194 / 380 | 49th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1993–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.9.
Young is Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 444 of 1530), Q2 in Health (social science) (rank 163 of 387) and Q3 in Developmental and Educational Psychology (rank 194 of 380), by CiteScore 2025.
Young is indexed in the Social Sciences 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 2.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 71st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.417, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 44.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$500 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.
Young is published by SAGE Publications Inc. Its print ISSN is 1103-3088 and its online ISSN is 1741-3222.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Young has an h-index of 54 and a 2-year mean of 1.87 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #299 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Young published 35 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 47. 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 100 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Sweden (27.8%), Finland (10%) and Norway (9.3%).
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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