Child and Youth Care Forum

Aims & Scope

Child & Youth Care Forum is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary publication that welcomes submissions – original empirical research papers and theoretical reviews as well as invited commentaries – on children, youth, and families.

Contributions to Child & Youth Care Forum are submitted by researchers, practitioners, and clinicians across the interrelated disciplines of child psychology, early childhood, education, medical anthropology, pediatrics, pediatric psychology, psychiatry, public policy, school/educational psychology, social work, and sociology as well as government agencies and corporate and nonprofit organizations that seek to advance current knowledge and practice.

Child & Youth Care Forum publishes scientifically rigorous, empirical papers and theoretical reviews that have implications for child and adolescent mental health, psychosocial development, assessment, interventions, and services broadly defined.

For example, papers may address issues of child and adolescent typical and/or atypical development through effective youth care assessment and intervention practices.

In addition, papers may address strategies for helping youth overcome difficulties (e.g., mental health problems) or overcome adversity (e.g., traumatic stress, community violence) as well as all children actualize their potential (e.g., positive psychology goals).

Assessment papers that advance knowledge as well as methodological papers with implications for child and youth research and care are also encouraged.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.6
2024	1.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.860

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	53

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6096

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	433

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Treatment of Choice or a Last Resort? A Review of Residential Mental Health Placements for Children and Youth

  Citation: 186

  Authors: Karen M., Gary

• Capacity for Survival: Exploring Strengths of Homeless Street Youth

  Citation: 161

  Authors: Kimberly, Sanna J., Holly, Janet, Patrick M.

• A Response to Intervention Model to Promote School Attendance and Decrease School Absenteeism

  Citation: 156

  Authors: Christopher A., Patricia

• Parent Involvement in Early Childhood Home Visiting

  Citation: 156

  Authors: Jon, Beth, Fredi, Carla, Gina, Lori, Richard A., Rachel

• Who Stays in Treatment? Child and Family Predictors of Youth Client Retention in a Public Mental Health Agency

  Citation: 119

  Authors: Lauren M., Michael A., Robert B.

• The Role of Sleep in Childhood Psychiatric Disorders

  Citation: 118

  Authors: Candice A., Amanda L.

• Children’s Postdisaster Trajectories of PTS Symptoms: Predicting Chronic Distress

  Citation: 118

  Authors: Annette M., Betty S., Maria M., Wendy K., Eric M., Mitchell J.

• Peer Attachment and Youth Internalizing Problems: A Meta-Analysis

  Citation: 106

  Authors: Anna

• An Assessment of Outcomes in Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Treatment

  Citation: 103

  Authors: Keith

• Parent–Child Interaction Therapy for Child Disruptive Behaviour Disorders: A Meta-analysis

  Citation: 103

  Authors: Michelle A., Jennifer, Kristene

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