Journal of Youth Development

Journal of Youth Development is published by University Library System, University of Pittsburgh and is in Zone 4 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Youth Development and Social Support, Diverse Educational Innovations Studies and Early Childhood Education and Development, together about 53.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Focus and Scope: JYD fills a unique and critical niche in the youth development arena to bridge applied research and practice. JYD addresses issues and features studies and practice efforts that have implications for those working with and on behalf of young people in youth-serving organizations and the intermediaries that support them. Sections: JYD accepts manuscripts in categories that include Feature Articles; Program and Practice Articles; Evaluation and Research Articles; Commentaries and Essays, and Book and Resource Reviews. ---Feature Articles provide synthesis, analysis, and potentially new findings on important topics, issues and trends - particularly those that bridge between and have implications for practice, research and policy. The purpose is to consolidate or advance what is known and help shape the field of youth development. These peer-reviewed articles generally either 1) look across studies and programs on a broad issue with implications for improving practice, focusing applied research, and/or informing policy (e.g., meta-analyses, theoretical integrations); or 2) involve major applied research that tackles similarly important issues in the field (i.e., research topics that transcend a single program and broadly inform principles of youth development). Neither type are typically based on a single evaluation or research study unless very complex and multi-faceted. 4,000-7,000 words ---Program and Practice Articles provide evidence-informed descriptions of programs, practices, trainings and policies with implications for application or replication. The purpose is to inform and improve practice. These peer-reviewed articles summarize an innovative program, practice or professional development effort with demonstrated results to inform practice. They can include research or evaluation results, but are not simply reporting program evaluation findings and must provide sufficient descriptions of the practice or program. 2,000-4,000 words ---Evaluation and Research Articles either provide new findings from applied research and evaluation with implications for practice or describe new methods or measures helpful to applied research or the continuous improvement of practice. The purpose is to share new knowledge and research or evaluation approaches. These peer-reviewed articles summarize a significant study related to youth development practice, the profession, or the field. They should not typically be findings from a single program evaluatio

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Editor-in-chief Barry A. GarstPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

CiteScore 2026-06

1.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.21LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.38LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

29OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

151OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.49OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

14.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

19.67%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

22LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 13 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 13 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

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.

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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.

Publisher

University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Country or region

United States

Language

English

ISSN

2325-4017

Latest issue on the website

Volume 21, Issue 3 (2026)

Official links

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