Journal profile · Multiple
Infants & Young Children
ISSN 0896-3746 · eISSN 1550-5081 · Wolters Kluwer Health
Infants & Young Children: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.22; JCR Q3 (journal website); hybrid open access; 38 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Infants & Young Children is published by Wolters Kluwer Health and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Family and Disability Support Research, Infant Development and Preterm Care and Early Childhood Education and Development, together about 48.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Mary Beth BruderPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology26.1%
- Infant Development and Preterm CareMedicine13.9%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences8.6%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology7.6%
- Child and Adolescent HealthHealth Professions5.7%
- Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchNeuroscience4.1%
- Educational and Psychological AssessmentsPsychology3.4%
- Child Nutrition and Feeding IssuesMedicine3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education, Special | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Developmental | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education, Special | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Developmental | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education, Special | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Developmental | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Rehabilitation | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q3 · EDUCATION, SPECIAL · rank 41/62
- JCR Q4 · PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL · rank 82/95
- JCR Q3 · REHABILITATION · rank 121/175
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
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
- 1.22LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.05LetPub ·
- h-index
- 68OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 531OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.71OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.45%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,313 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 38 | 4 | 9 |
| 2024 | 25 | 4 | 49 |
| 2023 | 24 | 2 | 83 |
| 2022 | 24 | 3 | 120 |
| 2021 | 26 | 2 | 179 |
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 Crossref · to
Too few articlesOnly 7 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 0896-3746
- Electronic ISSN
- 1550-5081
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 39, Issue 4 (December 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Infants & Young Children
What CAS zone is Infants & Young Children in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Infants & Young Children is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education, Special / Psychology, Developmental / Rehabilitation. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Infants & Young Children?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.22; CiteScore 1.9, h-index 68.
What JCR quartile is Infants & Young Children in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, EDUCATION, SPECIAL Q3 (41/62), PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL Q4 (82/95), REHABILITATION Q3 (121/175). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Infants & Young Children?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Infants & Young Children is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Infants & Young Children open access, and what is the APC?
Infants & Young Children is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .