Journal profile · SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Sociedad e Infancias
ISSN 2531-0720 · Universidad Complutense de Madrid · Spain
Sociedad e Infancias: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 23 weeks (community reports); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sociedad e Infancias is published by Universidad Complutense de Madrid. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Children's Rights and Participation, Legal and Social Justice Studies and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, together about 48.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Safety Research. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sociedad e Infancias is an interdisciplinary and Ibero-American journal, which aims to promote scientific knowledge about the lives of children and adolescents, mainly in the Spanish, Portuguese and Ibero-American sphere and oriented along the lines of the new childhood studies.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Children's Rights and ParticipationSocial Sciences34%
- Legal and Social Justice StudiesSocial Sciences10%
- Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareSocial Sciences4.4%
- Social impacts of COVID-19Social Sciences3.5%
- Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentSocial Sciences3.3%
- Education during COVID-19 pandemicSocial Sciences3.3%
- Participatory Visual Research MethodsSocial Sciences3.1%
- Urban and sociocultural dynamicsSocial Sciences2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.39%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 303 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 57 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 95 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 104 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | 104 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | 139 |
| 2021 | 44 | 44 | 123 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 23 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 175–250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted3
- articlesArticles (both in the monograph section and in the miscellaneous section): original research articles, either theoretical or empirical. The minimum length of th…Length not stated
- other contributionsOther contributions: As an account of experiences of intervention or research with children, of the development and evaluation of projects carried out with chil…Length not stated
- reviewsReviews: brief essays that analyze a new publication that is of academic interest to the thematic scope of the journal. The maximum length is 2,000 words. Revie…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, License & copyright, Plagiarism
- AI use 6. Ethical and responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI)
The use of artificial intelligence in articles submitted to the journal Sociedad e Infancias must comply with the following principles:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
In order to support the global exchange of knowledge, the journal Sociedad e Infancias is allowing unrestricted access to its content as from its publication in this electronic edition, and as such it is an open-access journal. The originals published in this journal are the property of the Complutense University of Madrid and any reproduction thereof in full or in part must cite the source. All c…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism 7. Dishonest practices: plagiarism and scientific fraud
For the purposes of the provisions of the Law on Intellectual Property regarding the actions and procedures that may be taken against anyone who infringes intellectual property rights, the publication of a work that infringes such rights will be the responsibility of the authors, who will be responsible for any conflicts that may arise for copyright reasons. The most important conflicts may arise …
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
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2531-0720
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sociedad e Infancias
How long does peer review take at Sociedad e Infancias?
Authors report an average review time of about 23 weeks. 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 Sociedad e Infancias?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 175–250 words; Keywords: ≤ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: APA. 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.
Which databases index Sociedad e Infancias?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sociedad e Infancias is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Sociedad e Infancias open access, and what is the APC?
Sociedad e Infancias is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .