Adoption & Fostering

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SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q3
Impact factor
0.9
SJR
0.347
CiteScore
1.3
Categories
Law
Sociology and Political Science
Health (social science)
Human Factors and Ergonomics
Social Psychology
Areas
Psychology
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1996-2025
journal names
Adoption & Fostering
ADOPT FOSTER
Publications
3 245
Citations
8 417
h-index
31
Publications
228
Citations
2 902
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia (56 publications)
University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh (43 publications)
University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow (36 publications)
University College London
University College London (8 publications)
Cardiff University
Cardiff University (7 publications)
King's College London
King's College London (6 publications)
Top-3 countries
United Kingdom (722 publications)
USA (166 publications)
Australia (62 publications)
United Kingdom (87 publications)
USA (9 publications)
Australia (7 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Adoption & Fostering
1733 citations, 20.59%
Children and Youth Services Review
643 citations, 7.64%
Child and Family Social Work
509 citations, 6.05%
British Journal of Social Work
209 citations, 2.48%
Adoption Quarterly
202 citations, 2.4%
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
170 citations, 2.02%
Children Australia
168 citations, 2%
Child Abuse and Neglect
132 citations, 1.57%
Children and Society
126 citations, 1.5%
Child Care in Practice
107 citations, 1.27%
Australian Social Work
86 citations, 1.02%
Practice
86 citations, 1.02%
Journal of Children's Services
69 citations, 0.82%
Journal of Public Child Welfare
66 citations, 0.78%
Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
64 citations, 0.76%
European Journal of Social Work
58 citations, 0.69%
Child Abuse Review
58 citations, 0.69%
Journal of Social Work Practice
53 citations, 0.63%
Qualitative Social Work
53 citations, 0.63%
Developmental Child Welfare
46 citations, 0.55%
Journal of Child and Family Studies
45 citations, 0.53%
Families in Society
44 citations, 0.52%
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law
42 citations, 0.5%
Educational Psychology in Practice
40 citations, 0.48%
Critical Social Policy
39 citations, 0.46%
International Social Work
39 citations, 0.46%
Early Child Development and Care
38 citations, 0.45%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
34 citations, 0.4%
Tidsskriftet Norges barnevern
33 citations, 0.39%
Social Sciences
32 citations, 0.38%
SSRN Electronic Journal
31 citations, 0.37%
Frontiers in Psychology
30 citations, 0.36%
Journal of Social Work
30 citations, 0.36%
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
29 citations, 0.34%
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
28 citations, 0.33%
Campbell Systematic Reviews
28 citations, 0.33%
Child: Care, Health and Development
28 citations, 0.33%
Genealogy
27 citations, 0.32%
Archives of Disease in Childhood
26 citations, 0.31%
European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
26 citations, 0.31%
Social Work Education
25 citations, 0.3%
PLoS ONE
25 citations, 0.3%
Attachment and Human Development
24 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Child Psychotherapy
24 citations, 0.29%
BMJ Open
23 citations, 0.27%
Research on Social Work Practice
23 citations, 0.27%
Family Relations
22 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Family Therapy
22 citations, 0.26%
Child and Youth Care Forum
21 citations, 0.25%
Trauma, Violence, and Abuse
21 citations, 0.25%
Nordic Social Work Research
20 citations, 0.24%
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
19 citations, 0.23%
Development and Psychopathology
19 citations, 0.23%
Oxford Review of Education
18 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Family Theory and Review
18 citations, 0.21%
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
18 citations, 0.21%
International Journal of Social Welfare
17 citations, 0.2%
British Educational Research Journal
17 citations, 0.2%
Social Work and Social Sciences Review
16 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma
16 citations, 0.19%
Child and Youth Services
15 citations, 0.18%
Australian Journal of Social Issues
15 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Family Issues
15 citations, 0.18%
Societies
15 citations, 0.18%
Childhood
14 citations, 0.17%
Service social
14 citations, 0.17%
International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family
13 citations, 0.15%
Ethnic and Racial Studies
13 citations, 0.15%
Health and Social Care in the Community
13 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Adolescence
12 citations, 0.14%
Children
12 citations, 0.14%
Family Journal
11 citations, 0.13%
Frontiers in Public Health
11 citations, 0.13%
Family Court Review
11 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Social Policy
11 citations, 0.13%
Enfances, Familles, Generations
11 citations, 0.13%
International Journal of Developmental Disabilities
11 citations, 0.13%
Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
11 citations, 0.13%
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
11 citations, 0.13%
Advances in Dual Diagnosis
10 citations, 0.12%
Archival Science
10 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Family Social Work
10 citations, 0.12%
Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice
10 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Family Studies
10 citations, 0.12%
SAGE Open
10 citations, 0.12%
Children's Geographies
10 citations, 0.12%
Psychological Medicine
9 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy
9 citations, 0.11%
Sociology
9 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
9 citations, 0.11%
Families, Relationships and Societies
9 citations, 0.11%
Gezinstherapie Wereldwijd
9 citations, 0.11%
Residential Treatment for Children and Youth
8 citations, 0.1%
Trials
8 citations, 0.1%
Critical and Radical Social Work
8 citations, 0.1%
The Lancet
8 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Social Service Research
8 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
8 citations, 0.1%
Education 3-13
8 citations, 0.1%
Social Policy and Society
8 citations, 0.1%
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SAGE
2432 citations, 28.89%
Taylor & Francis
1354 citations, 16.09%
Wiley
1207 citations, 14.34%
Elsevier
947 citations, 11.25%
Springer Nature
459 citations, 5.45%
Oxford University Press
256 citations, 3.04%
Cambridge University Press
249 citations, 2.96%
MDPI
155 citations, 1.84%
Emerald
120 citations, 1.43%
BMJ
61 citations, 0.72%
American Psychological Association (APA)
58 citations, 0.69%
Frontiers Media S.A.
57 citations, 0.68%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
44 citations, 0.52%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
31 citations, 0.37%
Consortium Erudit
30 citations, 0.36%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
28 citations, 0.33%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
27 citations, 0.32%
Whiting & Birch Ltd.
16 citations, 0.19%
CAIRN
16 citations, 0.19%
Duke University Press
13 citations, 0.15%
Bristol University Press
12 citations, 0.14%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
11 citations, 0.13%
10 citations, 0.12%
Mark Allen Group
10 citations, 0.12%
IGI Global
10 citations, 0.12%
Royal College of Psychiatrists
9 citations, 0.11%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
9 citations, 0.11%
Baishideng Publishing Group
9 citations, 0.11%
Hindawi Limited
8 citations, 0.1%
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co, KG
7 citations, 0.08%
RCNi
7 citations, 0.08%
N T C Publications Ltd.
6 citations, 0.07%
Unisa Press
6 citations, 0.07%
National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment
6 citations, 0.07%
SciELO
6 citations, 0.07%
JMIR Publications
6 citations, 0.07%
Hans Publishers
6 citations, 0.07%
University of Chicago Press
5 citations, 0.06%
5 citations, 0.06%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
5 citations, 0.06%
Edinburgh University Press
4 citations, 0.05%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
4 citations, 0.05%
Medicine Publishing
4 citations, 0.05%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
4 citations, 0.05%
OpenEdition
4 citations, 0.05%
Scientific Research Publishing
4 citations, 0.05%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
4 citations, 0.05%
Japan Surgical Association
4 citations, 0.05%
Walter de Gruyter
3 citations, 0.04%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
3 citations, 0.04%
EDP Sciences
3 citations, 0.04%
Index Copernicus
3 citations, 0.04%
Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
3 citations, 0.04%
IntechOpen
3 citations, 0.04%
Intellect
3 citations, 0.04%
Guilford Publications
3 citations, 0.04%
2 citations, 0.02%
Linkoping University Electronic Press
2 citations, 0.02%
Masaryk University Press
2 citations, 0.02%
2 citations, 0.02%
Annual Reviews
2 citations, 0.02%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
2 citations, 0.02%
The Magnetics Society of Japan
2 citations, 0.02%
Ubiquity Press
2 citations, 0.02%
Men's Studies Press, LLC
2 citations, 0.02%
SLACK
2 citations, 0.02%
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
2 citations, 0.02%
Japan Society for Higher Brain Dysfunction
2 citations, 0.02%
IOS Press
1 citation, 0.01%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.01%
Trans Tech Publications
1 citation, 0.01%
Brill
1 citation, 0.01%
1 citation, 0.01%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
1 citation, 0.01%
American Physiological Society
1 citation, 0.01%
AIP Publishing
1 citation, 0.01%
Springer Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.01%
Kyushu University
1 citation, 0.01%
1 citation, 0.01%
MIT Press
1 citation, 0.01%
Crop Science Society of America
1 citation, 0.01%
American Academy of Pediatrics
1 citation, 0.01%
Japan Institute of Light Metals
1 citation, 0.01%
Deutscher Arzte-Verlag GmbH
1 citation, 0.01%
Universidade Sao Francisco
1 citation, 0.01%
Sur - Rede Universitaria de Direitos Humanos
1 citation, 0.01%
1 citation, 0.01%
Crop Science Society of Japan
1 citation, 0.01%
Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies
1 citation, 0.01%
Architectural Institute of Japan
1 citation, 0.01%
1 citation, 0.01%
El Colegio de la Frontiera Norte
1 citation, 0.01%
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas, Pagu, Centro de Estudos de Genero
1 citation, 0.01%
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine
1 citation, 0.01%
Societe Francaise de Sante Publique
1 citation, 0.01%
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
1 citation, 0.01%
Acta Physica Sinica, Chinese Physical Society and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1 citation, 0.01%
Korean Neurological Association
1 citation, 0.01%
Japanese Society for Horticultural Science
1 citation, 0.01%
Kerman University of Medical Sciences
1 citation, 0.01%
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University of East Anglia
56 publications, 1.73%
University of Edinburgh
43 publications, 1.33%
University of Glasgow
36 publications, 1.11%
Cardiff University
35 publications, 1.08%
University of Bristol
34 publications, 1.05%
University of Leicester
30 publications, 0.92%
King's College London
28 publications, 0.86%
Queensland University of Technology
23 publications, 0.71%
University College London
19 publications, 0.59%
Queen's University Belfast
19 publications, 0.59%
University of Oxford
17 publications, 0.52%
University of Stirling
17 publications, 0.52%
University of Birmingham
16 publications, 0.49%
University of Strathclyde
16 publications, 0.49%
Swansea University
15 publications, 0.46%
University of York
14 publications, 0.43%
University of Manchester
13 publications, 0.4%
University of Kent
13 publications, 0.4%
University of Southampton
12 publications, 0.37%
University of Ulster
11 publications, 0.34%
Stockholm University
10 publications, 0.31%
University of Nottingham
10 publications, 0.31%
Newcastle University
10 publications, 0.31%
University of Sussex
7 publications, 0.22%
University of Surrey
7 publications, 0.22%
Trinity College Dublin
6 publications, 0.18%
University of Bath
6 publications, 0.18%
University of Plymouth
6 publications, 0.18%
University of Hertfordshire
6 publications, 0.18%
Ege University
5 publications, 0.15%
Durham University
5 publications, 0.15%
University of Dundee
5 publications, 0.15%
University of Warwick
5 publications, 0.15%
University of Liverpool
5 publications, 0.15%
Loughborough University
5 publications, 0.15%
James Cook University
5 publications, 0.15%
University of Chicago
5 publications, 0.15%
Canterbury Christ Church University
5 publications, 0.15%
Lund University
4 publications, 0.12%
Western Sydney University
4 publications, 0.12%
Royal Holloway University of London
4 publications, 0.12%
Nottingham Trent University
4 publications, 0.12%
Birmingham City University
4 publications, 0.12%
University of Melbourne
4 publications, 0.12%
Grand Valley State University
4 publications, 0.12%
Boston College
4 publications, 0.12%
University of Siegen
4 publications, 0.12%
University of Leeds
4 publications, 0.12%
University of Sheffield
4 publications, 0.12%
Anglia Ruskin University
4 publications, 0.12%
University of Exeter
4 publications, 0.12%
De Montfort University
4 publications, 0.12%
University of Connecticut
4 publications, 0.12%
Coventry University
4 publications, 0.12%
University of Central Lancashire
4 publications, 0.12%
University of Bedfordshire
4 publications, 0.12%
University of Cambridge
3 publications, 0.09%
University of Jyväskylä
3 publications, 0.09%
Liverpool John Moores University
3 publications, 0.09%
St George's, University of London
3 publications, 0.09%
London School of Economics and Political Science
3 publications, 0.09%
University of Auckland
3 publications, 0.09%
Macquarie University
3 publications, 0.09%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
3 publications, 0.09%
Royal Hospital for Sick Children
3 publications, 0.09%
University College Dublin
3 publications, 0.09%
University of Salford
3 publications, 0.09%
University of Staffordshire
3 publications, 0.09%
Aix-Marseille University
2 publications, 0.06%
Uppsala University
2 publications, 0.06%
Tampere University
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Helsinki
2 publications, 0.06%
Umeå University
2 publications, 0.06%
University of New South Wales
2 publications, 0.06%
Queen Mary University of London
2 publications, 0.06%
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Sydney
2 publications, 0.06%
Auckland University of Technology
2 publications, 0.06%
La Trobe University
2 publications, 0.06%
Flinders University
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Ibadan
2 publications, 0.06%
Case Western Reserve University
2 publications, 0.06%
Harvard University
2 publications, 0.06%
New York University
2 publications, 0.06%
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2 publications, 0.06%
University of St Andrews
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Minnesota
2 publications, 0.06%
Utrecht University
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Calgary
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Manitoba
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Rochester
2 publications, 0.06%
Hospital for Sick Children
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Essex
2 publications, 0.06%
University College Cork (National University of Ireland, Cork)
2 publications, 0.06%
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Huddersfield
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Hull
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Bradford
2 publications, 0.06%
Bangor University
2 publications, 0.06%
University of Galway
2 publications, 0.06%
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University College London
8 publications, 3.51%
Cardiff University
7 publications, 3.07%
King's College London
6 publications, 2.63%
University of Edinburgh
4 publications, 1.75%
University of Sussex
4 publications, 1.75%
University of Southampton
3 publications, 1.32%
Queen's University Belfast
3 publications, 1.32%
Coventry University
3 publications, 1.32%
University of Hertfordshire
3 publications, 1.32%
Aix-Marseille University
2 publications, 0.88%
Stockholm University
2 publications, 0.88%
Western Sydney University
2 publications, 0.88%
University of Oxford
2 publications, 0.88%
University of Jyväskylä
2 publications, 0.88%
University of Manchester
2 publications, 0.88%
Nottingham Trent University
2 publications, 0.88%
University of Nottingham
2 publications, 0.88%
Birmingham City University
2 publications, 0.88%
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2 publications, 0.88%
University of Leeds
2 publications, 0.88%
University of Ulster
2 publications, 0.88%
University of Central Lancashire
2 publications, 0.88%
University of Galway
2 publications, 0.88%
University of Staffordshire
2 publications, 0.88%
Canterbury Christ Church University
2 publications, 0.88%
University of Madras
1 publication, 0.44%
Uppsala University
1 publication, 0.44%
Umeå University
1 publication, 0.44%
University of New South Wales
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Milano-Bicocca
1 publication, 0.44%
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
1 publication, 0.44%
Durham University
1 publication, 0.44%
Aston University
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Dundee
1 publication, 0.44%
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Cambridge
1 publication, 0.44%
St George's, University of London
1 publication, 0.44%
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Birmingham
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Glasgow
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Johannesburg
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Ibadan
1 publication, 0.44%
Harvard University
1 publication, 0.44%
Newcastle University
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Central Florida
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.44%
University of the West of England
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1 publication, 0.44%
Swansea University
1 publication, 0.44%
Medical University of Warsaw
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Pennsylvania
1 publication, 0.44%
Comillas Pontifical University
1 publication, 0.44%
University of East Anglia
1 publication, 0.44%
Mount Royal University
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Manitoba
1 publication, 0.44%
Florida Atlantic University
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Exeter
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Kentucky
1 publication, 0.44%
International University of La Rioja
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Surrey
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Kent
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Essex
1 publication, 0.44%
University College Cork (National University of Ireland, Cork)
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Huddersfield
1 publication, 0.44%
Bournemouth University
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Salford
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Roehampton
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Chichester
1 publication, 0.44%
University of Suffolk
1 publication, 0.44%
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United Kingdom, 722, 22.25%
United Kingdom
722 publications, 22.25%
USA, 166, 5.12%
USA
166 publications, 5.12%
Australia, 62, 1.91%
Australia
62 publications, 1.91%
Italy, 47, 1.45%
Italy
47 publications, 1.45%
Sweden, 18, 0.55%
Sweden
18 publications, 0.55%
Canada, 16, 0.49%
Canada
16 publications, 0.49%
Ireland, 14, 0.43%
Ireland
14 publications, 0.43%
New Zealand, 9, 0.28%
New Zealand
9 publications, 0.28%
Netherlands, 8, 0.25%
Netherlands
8 publications, 0.25%
Finland, 7, 0.22%
Finland
7 publications, 0.22%
Belgium, 5, 0.15%
Belgium
5 publications, 0.15%
Turkey, 5, 0.15%
Turkey
5 publications, 0.15%
Germany, 4, 0.12%
Germany
4 publications, 0.12%
South Africa, 4, 0.12%
South Africa
4 publications, 0.12%
France, 3, 0.09%
France
3 publications, 0.09%
Spain, 3, 0.09%
Spain
3 publications, 0.09%
India, 2, 0.06%
India
2 publications, 0.06%
Nigeria, 2, 0.06%
Nigeria
2 publications, 0.06%
Norway, 2, 0.06%
Norway
2 publications, 0.06%
Poland, 2, 0.06%
Poland
2 publications, 0.06%
China, 1, 0.03%
China
1 publication, 0.03%
Bahrain, 1, 0.03%
Bahrain
1 publication, 0.03%
Brazil, 1, 0.03%
Brazil
1 publication, 0.03%
Greece, 1, 0.03%
Greece
1 publication, 0.03%
Denmark, 1, 0.03%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.03%
Egypt, 1, 0.03%
Egypt
1 publication, 0.03%
Israel, 1, 0.03%
Israel
1 publication, 0.03%
Lithuania, 1, 0.03%
Lithuania
1 publication, 0.03%
UAE, 1, 0.03%
UAE
1 publication, 0.03%
Palestine, 1, 0.03%
Palestine
1 publication, 0.03%
Romania, 1, 0.03%
Romania
1 publication, 0.03%
North Macedonia, 1, 0.03%
North Macedonia
1 publication, 0.03%
Jamaica, 1, 0.03%
Jamaica
1 publication, 0.03%
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United Kingdom, 87, 38.16%
United Kingdom
87 publications, 38.16%
USA, 9, 3.95%
USA
9 publications, 3.95%
Australia, 7, 3.07%
Australia
7 publications, 3.07%
Ireland, 4, 1.75%
Ireland
4 publications, 1.75%
Sweden, 4, 1.75%
Sweden
4 publications, 1.75%
France, 2, 0.88%
France
2 publications, 0.88%
Belgium, 2, 0.88%
Belgium
2 publications, 0.88%
Italy, 2, 0.88%
Italy
2 publications, 0.88%
Canada, 2, 0.88%
Canada
2 publications, 0.88%
Poland, 2, 0.88%
Poland
2 publications, 0.88%
Finland, 2, 0.88%
Finland
2 publications, 0.88%
Bahrain, 1, 0.44%
Bahrain
1 publication, 0.44%
India, 1, 0.44%
India
1 publication, 0.44%
Spain, 1, 0.44%
Spain
1 publication, 0.44%
Nigeria, 1, 0.44%
Nigeria
1 publication, 0.44%
Norway, 1, 0.44%
Norway
1 publication, 0.44%
North Macedonia, 1, 0.44%
North Macedonia
1 publication, 0.44%
South Africa, 1, 0.44%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.44%
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