Journal profile · Multiple
Young
ISSN 1103-3088 · eISSN 1741-3222 · SAGE
Young: CAS Zone 2 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.15; fully open access; APC about USD 500; review about 316 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 16.3% (journal website); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Young is published by SAGE and is in Zone 2 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Youth Education and Societal Dynamics, Social Media and Politics and Gender, Feminism, and Media, together about 40.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
We invite youth researchers to contribute scientific articles and book reviews. Submission of original articles is open to all active youth researchers working in the social sciences and related areas.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United Kingdom 6, Sweden 5, Finland 4, Denmark 3, United States 2 (32 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Youth Education and Societal DynamicsSocial Sciences26.9%
- Social Media and PoliticsSocial Sciences7.1%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences6.2%
- Youth Development and Social SupportSocial Sciences5.2%
- Children's Rights and ParticipationSocial Sciences4.6%
- Social and Educational SciencesSocial Sciences4.1%
- Employment and Welfare StudiesHealth Professions4%
- Impact of Technology on AdolescentsSocial Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Sociology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.15LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 362OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.9OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 933 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 6 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 33 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | 145 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 97 |
| 2022 | 23 | 18 | 186 |
| 2021 | 32 | 28 | 604 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
316 dayssubmission to acceptance
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 16.3%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 316 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 50 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 500 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 500 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted6, with length limits
- book reviewJournal accepts Original Article and Book Reviews. Articles should be between 5000 - 8000 words and 1000 words for book reviews (this is including references bu…Length not stated
- book reviewsJournal accepts Original Article and Book Reviews.Length not stated
- editorialJournal accepts Original Article and Book Reviews. Articles should be between 5000 - 8000 words and 1000 words for book reviews (this is including references bu…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- original articleJournal accepts Original Article and Book Reviews. Articles should be between 5000 - 8000 words and 1000 words for book reviews (this is including references bu…Length not stated
- regular articleJournal accepts Original Article and Book Reviews. Articles should be between 5000 - 8000 words and 1000 words for book reviews (this is including references bu…Length not stated
- reviewJournal accepts Original Article and Book Reviews. Articles should be between 5000 - 8000 words and 1000 words for book reviews (this is including references bu…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
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
COPE member Model summary
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
YOUNG is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. YOUNG is a Community Open Access title which means there is no article processing charge (APC) to pay if, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication. Community Open A…
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 reject…
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 ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
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
- 1103-3088
- Electronic ISSN
- 1741-3222
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Young
What CAS zone is Young in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Young is in Zone 2 of Sociology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary / Sociology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Young?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.15; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 54.
How long does peer review take at Young?
The publisher reports about 316 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16.3%. 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 Young?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Keywords: ≥ 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. 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 Young based?
Of the 32 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (6), Sweden (5) and Finland (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Young?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Young is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Young open access, and what is the APC?
Young is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .