Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL
International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
ISSN 0267-3843 · eISSN 2164-4527 · Taylor & Francis Group · United Kingdom
International Journal of Adolescence and Youth: CAS Zone 3 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.3 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,195; median 137 days to acceptance (114 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 51% (journal website); 199 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Adolescence and Youth is published by Taylor & Francis Group and is in Zone 3 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Youth Development and Social Support and Early Childhood Education and Development, together about 22.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Journal of Adolescence and Youth is a peer-reviewed open access journal that publishes on adolescents and youth across international contexts. The journal aims to identify, examine and compare issues, problems, and policies related to adolescents and youth throughout the world. The journal is of interest to researchers in those areas, as well as to international, central and local government, voluntary organizations and youth-related agencies. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth covers the following subject areas: Adolescent growth and development (psychological, spiritual, or physical) Education and training Employment and unemployment Health, mental health and medical care Homelessness Family relationships Leisure and recreation Sex and gender education Social policy Youth cultures Youth leadership and social action The journal publishes original research articles, review articles and critical essays within and across national and regional borders that theoretically and historically contextualize new and existing scholarship. Peer Review Policy: All articles submitted to this journal are subject to initial editorial screening by the Editor. If deemed suitable for further evaluation, Research Articles and Review Articles are sent for rigorous peer review by at least two anonymous referees. If deemed suitable, all Target Articles, Critical Essays, Comments and Media Reviews are sent for rigorous anonymous peer review by at least one anonymous referee. Content published under other Article Types has been subject only to the assessment of the Editor. All published articles are freely and permanently available online through gold open access publication, enabling anyone to read, download and share that research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL
Editor-in-chief Peter AppelbaumPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Hong Kong, China 1, United States 1, Canada 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology10%
- Youth Development and Social SupportSocial Sciences6.4%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.3%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6%
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHealth Professions5.5%
- Youth Education and Societal DynamicsSocial Sciences5.4%
- Impact of Technology on AdolescentsSocial Sciences5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Developmental | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Developmental | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOPublisher website
Other: Educational Research Abstracts, Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List, Educational Research Abstracts Online
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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 (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.81Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.11LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.11Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 58OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 447OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.34OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 192LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 1,600,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,600,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,443 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 156 | 156 | 33 |
| 2025 | 199 | 199 | 406 |
| 2024 | 128 | 128 | 692 |
| 2023 | 56 | 56 | 625 |
| 2022 | 40 | 40 | 657 |
| 2021 | 40 | 40 | 742 |
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
137 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 113 days – 219 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 8 days (114 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 155 days
- Sample
- 114 articles with submission and acceptance dates (372 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 9 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 51%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 51%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 57 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 57 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 65 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 65 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 9 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,195 / GBP 1,756 / EUR 2,110 / AUD 3,060 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 1,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | AUD 2,340 / EUR 1,615 / USD 1,680 / GBP 1,344 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted6
- commentsIf deemed suitable, all Target Articles, Critical Essays, Comments and Media Reviews are sent for rigorous anonymous peer review by at least one anonymous refer…Length not stated
- critical essaysIf deemed suitable, all Target Articles, Critical Essays, Comments and Media Reviews are sent for rigorous anonymous peer review by at least one anonymous refer…Length not stated
- media reviewsIf deemed suitable, all Target Articles, Critical Essays, Comments and Media Reviews are sent for rigorous anonymous peer review by at least one anonymous refer…Length not stated
- research articlesResearch Articles and Review Articles are sent for rigorous peer review by at least two anonymous referees.Length not stated
- review articlesResearch Articles and Review Articles are sent for rigorous peer review by at least two anonymous referees.Length not stated
- target articlesIf deemed suitable, all Target Articles, Critical Essays, Comments and Media Reviews are sent for rigorous anonymous peer review by at least one anonymous refer…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
All published articles are freely and permanently available online through gold open access publication. Model summary
International Journal of Adolescence and Youth is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership of your article Make an impact and reach new …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All articles submitted to this journal are subject to initial editorial screening by the Editor. Model summary
All articles submitted to this journal are subject to initial editorial screening by the Editor.
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
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0267-3843
- Electronic ISSN
- 2164-4527
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 31, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
What CAS zone is International Journal of Adolescence and Youth in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Adolescence and Youth is in Zone 3 of Psychology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychology, Developmental. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Journal of Adolescence and Youth?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 58.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Adolescence and Youth?
Based on the dates recorded on 114 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 137 days (interquartile range 113–219 days); authors report an average review time of about 9 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 51% (2025). 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 JCR quartile is International Journal of Adolescence and Youth in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Psychology.
Where are the editorial board members of International Journal of Adolescence and Youth based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Hong Kong, China (1), United States (1) and Canada (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Adolescence and Youth?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Adolescence and Youth is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Adolescence and Youth open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Adolescence and Youth is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,195.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .