Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
ISSN 1468-7984 · eISSN 1741-2919 · SAGE
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy: CAS Zone 3 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.5; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; review about 234 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 13.1% (journal website); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy is published by SAGE and is in Zone 3 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Literacy, Media, and Education, Child Development and Digital Technology and Reading and Literacy Development, together about 43.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy is a fully peer-reviewed international journal. Since its foundation in 2001 JECL has rapidly become a distinctive, leading voice in research in early childhood literacy, with a multinational range of contributors and readership. The … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 28, United Kingdom 16, Australia 8, Canada 5, South Africa 2 (64 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Literacy, Media, and EducationArts and Humanities15.7%
- Child Development and Digital TechnologySocial Sciences14.5%
- Reading and Literacy DevelopmentPsychology13%
- Multilingual Education and PolicySocial Sciences9.3%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.2%
- Parental Involvement in EducationSocial Sciences4.8%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities4.5%
- Education Systems and PolicySocial Sciences3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| 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)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
- 1.5LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 349OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.4OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 37.68%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 769 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 16 | 4 |
| 2025 | 29 | 14 | 40 |
| 2024 | 27 | 9 | 74 |
| 2023 | 25 | 15 | 159 |
| 2022 | 60 | 9 | 398 |
| 2021 | 34 | 11 | 257 |
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 2 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".
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 13.1%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 234 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
Article types accepted4
- book reviewJournal of Early Childhood Literacy is a fully peer reviewed international journal. Since its foundation in 2001 Journal of Early Childhood Literacy has rapidly…Length not stated
- research paperJournal of Early Childhood Literacy is a fully peer reviewed international journal. Since its foundation in 2001 Journal of Early Childhood Literacy has rapidly…Length not stated
- research papersResearch papers may address theoretical, methodological, strategic or applied aspects of early childhood literacy and could be reviews of research issues.Length not stated
- reviewJournal of Early Childhood Literacy is a fully peer reviewed international journal. Since its foundation in 2001 Journal of Early Childhood Literacy has rapidly…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice pr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1468-7984
- Electronic ISSN
- 1741-2919
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
What CAS zone is Journal of Early Childhood Literacy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Early Childhood Literacy is in Zone 3 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.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Early Childhood Literacy?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.5; CiteScore 4.5, h-index 64.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Early Childhood Literacy?
The publisher reports about 234 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13.1%. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Early Childhood Literacy?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Harvard. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Early Childhood Literacy based?
Of the 64 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (28), United Kingdom (16) and Australia (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Early Childhood Literacy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Early Childhood Literacy is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Early Childhood Literacy open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .