Journal profile · LITERATURE
Childrens Literature
ISSN 0092-8208 · eISSN 1543-3374 · Johns Hopkins University Press
Childrens Literature: CAS Zone 4 · Literature (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 17 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Childrens Literature is published by Johns Hopkins University Press and is in Zone 4 of Literature in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Themes in Literature Analysis, Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 60% of its articles. Its main subfields are Literature and Literary Theory. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): LITERATURE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Themes in Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities39.5%
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesArts and Humanities16%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- American and British Literature AnalysisArts and Humanities4.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.3%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science4.2%
- Media, Gender, and AdvertisingSocial Sciences3.6%
- Comics and Graphic NarrativesArts and Humanities2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Literature Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Literature | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Literature | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 109OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 7LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,351 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 23 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 26 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 25 | 1 | 21 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- ISSN
- 0092-8208
- Electronic ISSN
- 1543-3374
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Childrens Literature
What CAS zone is Childrens Literature in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Childrens Literature is in Zone 4 of Literature, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Literature. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Literature. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Childrens Literature?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Childrens Literature is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Childrens Literature open access, and what is the APC?
Childrens Literature is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .