Journal profile · Medicine-Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Developmental Child Welfare
ISSN 2516-1032 · eISSN 2516-1040 · SAGE
Developmental Child Welfare: subscription journal; APC about USD 3,400; 14 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Developmental Child Welfare is published by SAGE. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Child Welfare and Adoption, Child Abuse and Trauma and Social Work Education and Practice, together about 58.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Developmental Child Welfare launched in January 2019. The journal arose out of a need for a dedicated platform for multi-disciplinary research appl...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child Welfare and AdoptionSocial Sciences33%
- Child Abuse and TraumaPsychology14.6%
- Social Work Education and PracticeSocial Sciences10.8%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology9.9%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions2.9%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology2.9%
- Attachment and Relationship DynamicsPsychology2.6%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology2.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | Q2 | 174/351 | 50th |
| Health (social science) | Q3 | 217/387 | 43rd |
| Developmental and Educational Psychology | Q3 | 247/380 | 35th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.18OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 133 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 10 | 204 |
| 2025 | 14 | 11 | 228 |
| 2024 | 9 | 6 | 204 |
| 2023 | 15 | 9 | 246 |
| 2022 | 18 | 7 | 188 |
| 2021 | 20 | 12 | 129 |
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 1 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".
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,400 / GBP 2,493 | — | — |
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
- 2516-1032
- Electronic ISSN
- 2516-1040
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Developmental Child Welfare
Which databases index Developmental Child Welfare?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Developmental Child Welfare is indexed in Scopus.
Is Developmental Child Welfare open access, and what is the APC?
Developmental Child Welfare is a subscription journal. APC about USD 3,400.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .