Journal profile · Social Sciences-Demography
Journal of Children and Poverty
ISSN 1079-6126 · eISSN 1469-9389 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Children and Poverty: subscription journal; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2020 (Volume 26, Issue 2): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Children and Poverty is published by Taylor & Francis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare and Social Policies and Family, together about 25.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
This journal has ceased (2020) The Journal of Children & Poverty publishes original research in the areas of education, health, public policy, and the socioeconomic causes and effects of poverty in the developed world. The Journal of Children & Poverty seeks papers that will influence policy and practice in the fields of child and family welfare. JCP targets a cross-disciplinary audience that includes policymakers, academics, service providers, and community leaders. This is a publication of the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness, an independent research and policy think tank. Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by two anonymous referees. The Journal of Children and Poverty targets a cross-disciplinary audience that includes policy makers, academics, service providers, advocates, educators, philanthropists and community leaders. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal. Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article. Sorry, there are currently no metrics available for this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Demography
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions9%
- Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareSocial Sciences8.8%
- Social Policies and FamilySocial Sciences7.8%
- Child Welfare and AdoptionSocial Sciences7.6%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions7.6%
- Income, Poverty, and InequalitySocial Sciences7.5%
- Gender, Labor, and Family DynamicsSocial Sciences7.2%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demography | Q2 | 42/124 | 66th |
| Sociology and Political Science | Q2 | 503/1345 | 62nd |
| Urban Studies | Q2 | 100/241 | 58th |
| Education | Q3 | 722/1406 | 48th |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEPublisher website
Other: OCLC
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 134OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 371 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 162 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 307 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 456 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 494 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 542 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 521 |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted2
- original researchOriginal researchLength not stated
- reviewReviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal. Model summary
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All research articles undergo rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by two anonymous referees. Model summary
Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by two anonymous referees.
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
- ISSN
- 1079-6126
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-9389
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 26, Issue 2 (2020)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Children and Poverty
Which databases index Journal of Children and Poverty?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Children and Poverty is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Children and Poverty open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Children and Poverty 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, 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: .