Journal profile · PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Residential Treatment for Children & Youth
ISSN 0886-571X · eISSN 1541-0358 · Taylor & Francis
Residential Treatment for Children & Youth: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 48 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 67% (journal website); 40 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Residential Treatment for Children & Youth is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Child Welfare and Adoption, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Homelessness and Social Issues, together about 38.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Residential Treatment for Children & Youth is a peer-reviewed journal and the official journal of the Association of Children’s Residential and Community Services (ACRC), a leading professional organization in the field of residential care for children and youth. Residential Treatment for Children & Youth aims to be a bridge between theory, practice, and policy, providing guidance and direction to residential care providers and practitioners to improve services for vulnerable children and youth in child welfare, mental health and juvenile justice systems. It addresses all issues relevant to residential care settings from staff retention, training, services, and funding to delivering specialized programs for diverse populations and their evidence-base. Special emphases are placed on best practices, models for the residential care setting, and the impact of policy on service delivery. The Journal welcomes original research studies and case studies or conceptual papers that describe practice concepts or innovations. Residential Treatment for Children & Youth particularly invites papers from international colleagues engaged in residential care research and practice. Peer Review Policy: All papers published in this journal have undergone editorial screening and double-anonymous peer review by at least two reviewers. At times, the editor will also provide an additional review. Once the reviews have been completed, a decision is made by the Editor regarding rejection, request for revision, or acceptance. The corresponding author is notified of the decision and responds accordingly (e.g. with revision if requested). Resubmitted manuscripts should include a de-identified document that describes all manuscript changes in detail.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 21, United Kingdom 3, Germany 3, Canada 2, Australia 2 (39 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child Welfare and AdoptionSocial Sciences18.8%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology10.6%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions9.3%
- Child Abuse and TraumaPsychology7.7%
- Family and Disability Support ResearchPsychology6.8%
- Child Therapy and DevelopmentPsychology4.3%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology4.2%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | 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
- 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIECINAHLERICPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, Child Welfare Information Gateway, PsychInfo
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
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.54Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.12Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 239OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.54OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 13%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 38LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 77,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,162 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 40 | 15 | 75 |
| 2024 | 36 | 18 | 73 |
| 2023 | 31 | 13 | 129 |
| 2022 | 27 | 16 | 176 |
| 2021 | 20 | 7 | 168 |
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 5 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)
- 67%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 39 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 48 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Residential Treatment For Children & Youth is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. 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 …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All papers undergo editorial screening and double-anonymous peer review by at least two reviewers; the editor may provide an additional review, and a decision (rejection, revision request, or acceptance) is made by the Editor after reviews are completed. Model summary
All papers published in this journal have undergone editorial screening and double-anonymous peer review by at least two reviewers.
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
- 0886-571X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1541-0358
- Society / sponsor
- Association of Children’s Residential and Community Services
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 43, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Residential Treatment for Children & Youth
What CAS zone is Residential Treatment for Children & Youth in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Residential Treatment for Children & Youth is in Zone 4 of Psychology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychology, Clinical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Residential Treatment for Children & Youth?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.4, h-index 38.
How long does peer review take at Residential Treatment for Children & Youth?
The publisher reports about 48 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 67%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Residential Treatment for Children & Youth based?
Of the 39 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (21), United Kingdom (3) and Germany (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Residential Treatment for Children & Youth?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Residential Treatment for Children & Youth is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE, CINAHL and ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Residential Treatment for Children & Youth open access, and what is the APC?
Residential Treatment for Children & Youth is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .