Child Care in Practice

Aims & Scope

Child Care in Practice is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal that provides an international forum for professionals working in all disciplines in the provision of children’s services, including social work, social care, health care, medicine, psychology, education, the police and probationary services, and solicitors and barristers working in the family law and youth justice sectors.

The strategic aims and objectives of the journal are: • To develop the knowledge base of practitioners, managers and other professionals responsible for the delivery of professional child care services.

The journal seeks to contribute to the achievement of quality services and the promotion of the highest standards. • To achieve an equity of input from all disciplines working with children.

The multi-disciplinary nature of the journal reflects that the key to many successful outcomes in the child care field lies in the close co-operation between different disciplines. • To raise awareness of often-neglected issues such as marginalization of ethnic minorities and problems consequent upon poverty and disability. • To keep abreast of and continue to influence local and international child care practice in response to emerging policy. • To include the views of those who are in receipt of multi-disciplinary child care services. • To welcome submissions on promising practice developments and the findings from new research to highlight the breadth of the work of the journal’s work.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.4
2024	1.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.473

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	31

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	12130

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	199

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, Nursing, Psychology and 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.

• Resilience, Community, and Resilient Communities: Conditioning Contexts and Collective Action

  Citation: 118

  Authors: Robert J.

• Resilience and Young People Leaving Care

  Citation: 108

  Authors: Mike

• Children's Participation in Child-protection Processes as Experienced by Foster Children and Social Workers

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Pirjo, Riitta, Merja, Marjo

• Parental stress, coping strategies and social support in families of children with a disability

  Citation: 89

  Authors: Francesca, Anna Maria, Sebastiano, Pina, Rosalba

• Barriers for Outdoor Play in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Institutions: Perception of Risk in Children’s Play among European Parents and ECEC Practitioners

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Ellen Beate Hansen, Rita, Trond Løge, Frederico

• How to listen to very young children: The mosaic approach

  Citation: 78

  Authors: Alison

• Distinct Subgroups of Former Foster Youth during Young Adulthood: Implications for Policy and Practice

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Mark E., Jennifer L., JoAnn S.

• Attachment and Resilience: Implications for Children in Care

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Nicola

• Conceptualizing Resiliency: An Interactional Perspective for Community and Youth Development

  Citation: 65

  Authors: Mark A.

• Restrictive Safety or Unsafe Freedom? Norwegian ECEC Practitioners' Perceptions and Practices Concerning Children's Risky Play

  Citation: 64

  Authors: Ellen Beate Hansen

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