Children and Society

Aims & Scope

Children & Society is an international, interdisciplinary journal publishing high quality research and debate on all aspects of childhood and policies and services for children and young people.

Children & Society embraces academic research, policy and practice in relation to the health, education and welfare of children from infancy through to adulthood.

The journal informs all those who work with and for children, young people and their families by publishing innovative contributions on research and practice across a broad spectrum of topics, including: theories of childhood; children's everyday lives at home, school and in the community; children's culture, rights and participation; children's health and well-being; child protection, early intervention and prevention.

We welcome top quality academic papers on these and other topics for submission to our panel of peer reviewers.

Our aim is to be the journal of first choice for leading international childhood researchers and a forum for critical analysis and debate.

We especially encourage the submission of papers that develop a critical approach to children and childhood based on primary data.

Review articles may be published where they make a clear contribution to knowledge.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.6
2024	1.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.722

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	72

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7790

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	699

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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.

• Pathways to participation: openings, opportunities and obligations

  Citation: 784

  Authors: Harry

• Children as ‘Being and Becomings’: Children, Childhood and Temporality

  Citation: 444

  Authors: Emma

• Participation in practice: making it meaningful, effective and sustainable

  Citation: 407

  Authors: Ruth

• Children's participation in ethnographic research: Issues of power and representation

  Citation: 384

  Authors: Pia Haudrup

• The ethics of participatory research with children

  Citation: 337

  Authors: Nigel, Claire

• The Ethics of Social Research with Children: An Overview

  Citation: 312

  Authors: Virginia, Martin

• Moving the participation agenda forward

  Citation: 254

  Authors: Malcolm, John, Alan, Kay

• Methodological aspects of collecting data from children: lessons from three research projects

  Citation: 240

  Authors: Melanie

• Cyberbullying: Predicting Victimisation and Perpetration

  Citation: 231

  Authors: Michel, Wannes

• On the Rapid Rise of Social Networking Sites: New Findings and Policy Implications

  Citation: 207

  Authors: Sonia, David R

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