Journal of Children's Services

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ISSN: 17466660, 20428677

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Impact factor
1.3
SJR
0.474
CiteScore
2.6
Categories
Law
Education
Health (social science)
Sociology and Political Science
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Areas
Psychology
Social Sciences
Years of issue
2006-2025
journal names
Journal of Children's Services
Journal of Children s Services
J CHILD SERV
Publications
498
Citations
3 637
h-index
28
Publications
108
Citations
1 991
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Cardiff University
Cardiff University (17 publications)
University of Bedfordshire
University of Bedfordshire (16 publications)
King's College London
King's College London (14 publications)
Cardiff University
Cardiff University (7 publications)
University of Bedfordshire
University of Bedfordshire (6 publications)
University College London
University College London (4 publications)
Top-3 countries
United Kingdom (194 publications)
USA (46 publications)
Italy (16 publications)
United Kingdom (18 publications)
Ireland (4 publications)
USA (4 publications)

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8 citations, 0.22%
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8 citations, 0.22%
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8 citations, 0.22%
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7 citations, 0.19%
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6 citations, 0.16%
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5 citations, 0.14%
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5 citations, 0.14%
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Springer Nature
624 citations, 17.16%
Taylor & Francis
540 citations, 14.85%
Elsevier
487 citations, 13.39%
Wiley
467 citations, 12.84%
SAGE
338 citations, 9.29%
Emerald
249 citations, 6.85%
Oxford University Press
119 citations, 3.27%
MDPI
117 citations, 3.22%
Cambridge University Press
71 citations, 1.95%
Frontiers Media S.A.
60 citations, 1.65%
American Psychological Association (APA)
31 citations, 0.85%
JMIR Publications
25 citations, 0.69%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
24 citations, 0.66%
IGI Global
23 citations, 0.63%
BMJ
18 citations, 0.49%
Mark Allen Group
15 citations, 0.41%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
11 citations, 0.3%
Bristol University Press
10 citations, 0.27%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
8 citations, 0.22%
Colegio Oficial de la Psicologia de Madrid
8 citations, 0.22%
Annual Reviews
7 citations, 0.19%
British Psychological Society
7 citations, 0.19%
Walter de Gruyter
6 citations, 0.16%
6 citations, 0.16%
National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment
6 citations, 0.16%
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
6 citations, 0.16%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
6 citations, 0.16%
Hindawi Limited
5 citations, 0.14%
F1000 Research
5 citations, 0.14%
Mary Ann Liebert
4 citations, 0.11%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
4 citations, 0.11%
CAIRN
4 citations, 0.11%
Consortium Erudit
4 citations, 0.11%
IntechOpen
4 citations, 0.11%
AOSIS
4 citations, 0.11%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
3 citations, 0.08%
Brill
3 citations, 0.08%
University of Chicago Press
3 citations, 0.08%
IOP Publishing
3 citations, 0.08%
National Association of School Psychologists
3 citations, 0.08%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
3 citations, 0.08%
CSIRO Publishing
3 citations, 0.08%
Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
3 citations, 0.08%
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co, KG
3 citations, 0.08%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
2 citations, 0.05%
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
2 citations, 0.05%
Early Childhood Australia
2 citations, 0.05%
American Academy of Pediatrics
2 citations, 0.05%
PeerJ
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Whiting & Birch Ltd.
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National Assn. of Social Workers
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Universidad de La Sabana
2 citations, 0.05%
Unisa Press
2 citations, 0.05%
Departamento de Psicologia, Universidade de Brasilia
2 citations, 0.05%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
2 citations, 0.05%
SciELO
2 citations, 0.05%
Ubiquity Press
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Scientific Research Publishing
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American Educational Research Association
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RCNi
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Research Square Platform LLC
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John Benjamins Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.03%
Edinburgh University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
EDP Sciences
1 citation, 0.03%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
1 citation, 0.03%
Duke University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
AIP Publishing
1 citation, 0.03%
The Royal Society
1 citation, 0.03%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
1 citation, 0.03%
University of Illinois Press
1 citation, 0.03%
University of Warsaw
1 citation, 0.03%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
1 citation, 0.03%
Index Copernicus
1 citation, 0.03%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
1 citation, 0.03%
AME Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.03%
Editora Universidade de Brasilia
1 citation, 0.03%
Carl Heymanns Verlag KG
1 citation, 0.03%
American Medical Association (AMA)
1 citation, 0.03%
Technosdar Ltd
1 citation, 0.03%
Revue Sante Mentale au Quebec
1 citation, 0.03%
Royal College of Psychiatrists
1 citation, 0.03%
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
1 citation, 0.03%
American Public Health Association
1 citation, 0.03%
American Music Therapy Association
1 citation, 0.03%
Akademiai Kiado
1 citation, 0.03%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
1 citation, 0.03%
FSBEI HE I.P. Pavlov SPbSMU MOH Russia
1 citation, 0.03%
Institute of Research and Community Services Diponegoro University (LPPM UNDIP)
1 citation, 0.03%
Human Kinetics
1 citation, 0.03%
AVES YAYINCILIK A.Åž.
1 citation, 0.03%
South Florida Publishing LLC
1 citation, 0.03%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
1 citation, 0.03%
UCL Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Division of International Special Education and Services (DISES)
1 citation, 0.03%
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
1 citation, 0.03%
Guilford Publications
1 citation, 0.03%
SLACK
1 citation, 0.03%
Hans Publishers
1 citation, 0.03%
World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS)
1 citation, 0.03%
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Cardiff University
17 publications, 3.41%
University of Bedfordshire
16 publications, 3.21%
King's College London
14 publications, 2.81%
Bangor University
11 publications, 2.21%
University College London
10 publications, 2.01%
University of Bristol
10 publications, 2.01%
University of Warwick
9 publications, 1.81%
University of California, San Diego
9 publications, 1.81%
University of Exeter
9 publications, 1.81%
University of York
9 publications, 1.81%
University of Queensland
8 publications, 1.61%
Durham University
7 publications, 1.41%
University of Oxford
7 publications, 1.41%
Pennsylvania State University
7 publications, 1.41%
University of Bath
7 publications, 1.41%
Birkbeck, University of London
7 publications, 1.41%
University of Washington
6 publications, 1.2%
University of Sheffield
6 publications, 1.2%
Imperial College London
5 publications, 1%
Monash University
5 publications, 1%
University of Johannesburg
5 publications, 1%
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
5 publications, 1%
University of East Anglia
5 publications, 1%
University of Leicester
5 publications, 1%
University of Plymouth
5 publications, 1%
University of Manchester
4 publications, 0.8%
University of Sydney
4 publications, 0.8%
University of Amsterdam
4 publications, 0.8%
Leeds Beckett University
4 publications, 0.8%
De Montfort University
4 publications, 0.8%
University of Dundee
3 publications, 0.6%
University of Cambridge
3 publications, 0.6%
University of Jyväskylä
3 publications, 0.6%
University of Oslo
3 publications, 0.6%
Royal Holloway University of London
3 publications, 0.6%
University of Southern California
3 publications, 0.6%
Griffith University
3 publications, 0.6%
University of Chicago
3 publications, 0.6%
Queen's University Belfast
3 publications, 0.6%
Trinity College Dublin
3 publications, 0.6%
Lancaster University
3 publications, 0.6%
Anglia Ruskin University
3 publications, 0.6%
University of Kent
3 publications, 0.6%
University College Dublin
3 publications, 0.6%
University of Huddersfield
3 publications, 0.6%
Bournemouth University
3 publications, 0.6%
University of Central Lancashire
3 publications, 0.6%
Edge Hill University
3 publications, 0.6%
Maynooth University
3 publications, 0.6%
University of Galway
3 publications, 0.6%
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
3 publications, 0.6%
University of Zurich
2 publications, 0.4%
University of Turku
2 publications, 0.4%
Liverpool John Moores University
2 publications, 0.4%
Liverpool Hope University
2 publications, 0.4%
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
2 publications, 0.4%
Oslo Metropolitan University
2 publications, 0.4%
University of Edinburgh
2 publications, 0.4%
Manchester Metropolitan University
2 publications, 0.4%
London School of Economics and Political Science
2 publications, 0.4%
Loughborough University
2 publications, 0.4%
University of Southampton
2 publications, 0.4%
Birmingham City University
2 publications, 0.4%
University of Strathclyde
2 publications, 0.4%
Washington State University
2 publications, 0.4%
University of Hong Kong
2 publications, 0.4%
University of California, Berkeley
2 publications, 0.4%
Harvard University
2 publications, 0.4%
Newcastle University
2 publications, 0.4%
Georgia State University
2 publications, 0.4%
University of Ghana
2 publications, 0.4%
Swansea University
2 publications, 0.4%
University of Applied Sciences Leiden
2 publications, 0.4%
Leiden University
2 publications, 0.4%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2 publications, 0.4%
University of Toronto
2 publications, 0.4%
University of Reading
2 publications, 0.4%
University of Sussex
2 publications, 0.4%
University of the Balearic Islands
2 publications, 0.4%
University of Rochester
2 publications, 0.4%
Coventry University
2 publications, 0.4%
University of Greenwich
2 publications, 0.4%
University of Salford
2 publications, 0.4%
Saint Petersburg State University
1 publication, 0.2%
Kazan State Medical University
1 publication, 0.2%
Ege University
1 publication, 0.2%
University of Delhi
1 publication, 0.2%
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
1 publication, 0.2%
Guru Nanak Dev University
1 publication, 0.2%
Ondokuz Mayis University
1 publication, 0.2%
Necmettin Erbakan University
1 publication, 0.2%
International Institute for Population Sciences
1 publication, 0.2%
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1 publication, 0.2%
Qatar University
1 publication, 0.2%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1 publication, 0.2%
Stockholm University
1 publication, 0.2%
Grenoble Alpes University
1 publication, 0.2%
University of Helsinki
1 publication, 0.2%
Umeå University
1 publication, 0.2%
Örebro University
1 publication, 0.2%
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Cardiff University
7 publications, 6.48%
University of Bedfordshire
6 publications, 5.56%
University College London
4 publications, 3.7%
Monash University
3 publications, 2.78%
University of Johannesburg
3 publications, 2.78%
Anglia Ruskin University
3 publications, 2.78%
University of Leicester
3 publications, 2.78%
Edge Hill University
3 publications, 2.78%
Maynooth University
3 publications, 2.78%
University of Zurich
2 publications, 1.85%
University of Warwick
2 publications, 1.85%
University of Jyväskylä
2 publications, 1.85%
Liverpool John Moores University
2 publications, 1.85%
Liverpool Hope University
2 publications, 1.85%
Oslo Metropolitan University
2 publications, 1.85%
University of Strathclyde
2 publications, 1.85%
Griffith University
2 publications, 1.85%
Georgia State University
2 publications, 1.85%
University of Sussex
2 publications, 1.85%
University of Galway
2 publications, 1.85%
Kazan State Medical University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Delhi
1 publication, 0.93%
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
1 publication, 0.93%
International Institute for Population Sciences
1 publication, 0.93%
Qatar University
1 publication, 0.93%
Umeå University
1 publication, 0.93%
Jordan University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Turku
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Eastern Finland
1 publication, 0.93%
Durham University
1 publication, 0.93%
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
1 publication, 0.93%
King's College London
1 publication, 0.93%
Manchester Metropolitan University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Manchester
1 publication, 0.93%
Florida State University
1 publication, 0.93%
Kingston University
1 publication, 0.93%
Loughborough University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Birmingham
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Melbourne
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Wollongong
1 publication, 0.93%
La Trobe University
1 publication, 0.93%
Charles Sturt University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Southern Queensland
1 publication, 0.93%
University of the Sunshine Coast
1 publication, 0.93%
Boston University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Rwanda
1 publication, 0.93%
Newcastle University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Bristol
1 publication, 0.93%
Keele University
1 publication, 0.93%
Universidad de Sevilla
1 publication, 0.93%
University of British Columbia
1 publication, 0.93%
Cardiff Metropolitan University
1 publication, 0.93%
Baylor University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Toronto
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Valencia
1 publication, 0.93%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Extremadura
1 publication, 0.93%
Texas A&M University
1 publication, 0.93%
Texas Christian University
1 publication, 0.93%
Texas State University
1 publication, 0.93%
International University of La Rioja
1 publication, 0.93%
University of New Hampshire
1 publication, 0.93%
Hospital for Sick Children
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Kent
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Plymouth
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Hull
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Salford
1 publication, 0.93%
Tallinn University
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Hertfordshire
1 publication, 0.93%
University of Wolverhampton
1 publication, 0.93%
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United Kingdom, 194, 38.96%
United Kingdom
194 publications, 38.96%
USA, 46, 9.24%
USA
46 publications, 9.24%
Italy, 16, 3.21%
Italy
16 publications, 3.21%
Ireland, 13, 2.61%
Ireland
13 publications, 2.61%
Australia, 12, 2.41%
Australia
12 publications, 2.41%
Netherlands, 8, 1.61%
Netherlands
8 publications, 1.61%
Norway, 8, 1.61%
Norway
8 publications, 1.61%
China, 7, 1.41%
China
7 publications, 1.41%
South Africa, 6, 1.2%
South Africa
6 publications, 1.2%
Spain, 4, 0.8%
Spain
4 publications, 0.8%
Germany, 3, 0.6%
Germany
3 publications, 0.6%
Belgium, 3, 0.6%
Belgium
3 publications, 0.6%
Sweden, 3, 0.6%
Sweden
3 publications, 0.6%
Portugal, 2, 0.4%
Portugal
2 publications, 0.4%
Denmark, 2, 0.4%
Denmark
2 publications, 0.4%
Turkey, 2, 0.4%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.4%
Russia, 1, 0.2%
Russia
1 publication, 0.2%
France, 1, 0.2%
France
1 publication, 0.2%
Israel, 1, 0.2%
Israel
1 publication, 0.2%
Jordan, 1, 0.2%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.2%
Canada, 1, 0.2%
Canada
1 publication, 0.2%
Qatar, 1, 0.2%
Qatar
1 publication, 0.2%
Malta, 1, 0.2%
Malta
1 publication, 0.2%
Finland, 1, 0.2%
Finland
1 publication, 0.2%
Croatia, 1, 0.2%
Croatia
1 publication, 0.2%
Switzerland, 1, 0.2%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.2%
Ethiopia, 1, 0.2%
Ethiopia
1 publication, 0.2%
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United Kingdom, 18, 16.67%
United Kingdom
18 publications, 16.67%
USA, 4, 3.7%
USA
4 publications, 3.7%
Ireland, 4, 3.7%
Ireland
4 publications, 3.7%
South Africa, 3, 2.78%
South Africa
3 publications, 2.78%
Norway, 2, 1.85%
Norway
2 publications, 1.85%
Russia, 1, 0.93%
Russia
1 publication, 0.93%
Australia, 1, 0.93%
Australia
1 publication, 0.93%
Israel, 1, 0.93%
Israel
1 publication, 0.93%
Jordan, 1, 0.93%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.93%
Qatar, 1, 0.93%
Qatar
1 publication, 0.93%
Finland, 1, 0.93%
Finland
1 publication, 0.93%
Switzerland, 1, 0.93%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.93%
Sweden, 1, 0.93%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.93%
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