Journal profile · SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
CHILDHOOD-A GLOBAL JOURNAL OF CHILD RESEARCH
ISSN 0907-5682 · eISSN 1461-7013 · SAGE
CHILDHOOD-A GLOBAL JOURNAL OF CHILD RESEARCH: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.73; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; review about 363 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 15.9% (journal website); 45 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
CHILDHOOD-A GLOBAL JOURNAL OF CHILD RESEARCH is published by SAGE and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Children's Rights and Participation, Early Childhood Education and Development and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, together about 51.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Childhood is a major international peer reviewed journal and a forum for research relating to children in global society that spans divisions between geographical regions, disciplines, and social and cultural contexts. Childhood publishes theoretical and empirical articles, reviews and scholarly comments on children's social relations and culture, with an emphasis on their rights and generational position in society.All issues of Childhood are on SAGE Journals Online.Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/childhood.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 11, United States 7, Canada 4, Norway 3, Germany 2 (45 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Children's Rights and ParticipationSocial Sciences29.2%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences14.7%
- Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareSocial Sciences7.7%
- Youth Education and Societal DynamicsSocial Sciences6.9%
- Child Welfare and AdoptionSocial Sciences4%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions3.4%
- Participatory Visual Research MethodsSocial Sciences3.2%
- Child Development and Digital TechnologySocial Sciences2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.73LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 98OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 706OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 64.08%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 40LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,227 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 23 | 3 |
| 2025 | 45 | 30 | 47 |
| 2024 | 40 | 35 | 121 |
| 2023 | 33 | 27 | 212 |
| 2022 | 44 | 28 | 521 |
| 2021 | 33 | 20 | 338 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 3 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 15.9%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 363 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 80–100 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- articleArticles submitted to Childhood should be preceded by an abstract (80-100 words) of the main argument(s), and a maximum of five key words. Articles must not exc…main text ≤ 8,000 words
- reviewChildhood publishes theoretical and empirical articles, reviews and scholarly comments on children's social relations and culture, with an emphasis on their rig…Length not stated
- review articleChildhood publishes theoretical and empirical articles, reviews and scholarly comments on children's social relations and culture, with an emphasis on their rig…main text ≤ 3,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice pro…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency:Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk reject…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0907-5682
- Electronic ISSN
- 1461-7013
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about CHILDHOOD-A GLOBAL JOURNAL OF CHILD RESEARCH
What CAS zone is CHILDHOOD-A GLOBAL JOURNAL OF CHILD RESEARCH in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, CHILDHOOD-A GLOBAL JOURNAL OF CHILD RESEARCH is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of CHILDHOOD-A GLOBAL JOURNAL OF CHILD RESEARCH?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.73; CiteScore 3.1, h-index 98.
How long does peer review take at CHILDHOOD-A GLOBAL JOURNAL OF CHILD RESEARCH?
The publisher reports about 363 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 15.9%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of CHILDHOOD-A GLOBAL JOURNAL OF CHILD RESEARCH?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 80–100 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Harvard; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of CHILDHOOD-A GLOBAL JOURNAL OF CHILD RESEARCH based?
Of the 45 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (11), United States (7) and Canada (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index CHILDHOOD-A GLOBAL JOURNAL OF CHILD RESEARCH?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, CHILDHOOD-A GLOBAL JOURNAL OF CHILD RESEARCH is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is CHILDHOOD-A GLOBAL JOURNAL OF CHILD RESEARCH open access, and what is the APC?
CHILDHOOD-A GLOBAL JOURNAL OF CHILD RESEARCH is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .