Child and Youth Services

Aims & Scope

Child & Youth Services is an international academic journal devoted to advancing knowledge and thinking about relational engagement with children, youth, their families, and communities.

Recognizing that children and youth, no matter what challenges they may face, are citizens of the world, the journal is a forum for dialogue among the international community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the lives of young people.

Through peer-reviewed articles, columns, book reviews, and op-ed pieces, Child & Youth Services addresses topics of concern to children and youth in the multiple arenas of their lives, including but not limited to residential care, street and homeless youth work practice, juvenile corrections, relational practice, program development and implementation, and youth policy.

The journal highlights the intersections of research and practice, inviting articles that speak to scholarly as well as practice audiences.

Child & Youth Services brings together scholars and practitioners from a range of disciplines, including child and youth care, social work, education, social policy, and family studies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	1.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.426

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	24

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	13191

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	98

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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.

• What do we know about families where parents have a mental illness? A systematic review

  Citation: 135

  Authors: Andrea, Darryl

• Family-focused practice in mental health care: An integrative review

  Citation: 127

  Authors: Kim, Darryl, Andrea, Brenda, Anne, Torleif, Adrian, Nick

• The Impact of Experimental Education on Adolescent Development

  Citation: 92

  Authors: Daniel, Diane

• The young carer penalty: Exploring the costs of caregiving among a sample of Canadian youth

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Vivian

• Outdoor risky play and healthy child development in the shadow of the “risk society”: A forest and nature school perspective

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Nevin J.

• Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI): A Systemic Approach to Complex Developmental Trauma

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Karyn B., David R., Donald F., Sheri R.

• Queer, young, and homeless: A review of the literature

  Citation: 73

  Authors: John

• Families in multi-problem situations: Backgrounds, characteristics, and care services

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Tim, Jana, Gisela C., Erik J., Hans

• A content analysis of Intervention Key Elements and Assessments (IKEA): What's in the black box in the interventions directed to families where a parent has a mental illness?

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Natasha, Kristin, Linda M. A., Louisa M., Darryl, Atalia, Joanne, Tytti, Andrea

• The influence of sense of coherence, self-care and work satisfaction on secondary traumatic stress and burnout among child and youth residential care workers in Switzerland

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Célia, Claudia, Nina, Sophia, Klaus, Jörg M., Marc

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