Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
ISSN 1463-9491 · SAGE
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; 59 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood is published by SAGE and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Early Childhood Education and Development, Children's Rights and Participation and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, together about 48.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences25.8%
- Children's Rights and ParticipationSocial Sciences16.4%
- Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesSocial Sciences6.7%
- Child Development and Digital TechnologySocial Sciences5.1%
- Parental Involvement in EducationSocial Sciences4.3%
- Posthumanist Ethics and ActivismSocial Sciences4%
- Innovative Education and Learning PracticesSocial Sciences3.7%
- Literacy, Media, and EducationArts and Humanities3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
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
- 4.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 476OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.97OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 49.6%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 52LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,203 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 75 | 44 | 9 |
| 2025 | 59 | 29 | 54 |
| 2024 | 47 | 29 | 112 |
| 2023 | 46 | 22 | 402 |
| 2022 | 46 | 22 | 293 |
| 2021 | 36 | 14 | 370 |
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
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 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1463-9491
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
What CAS zone is Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood open access, and what is the APC?
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
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: .