Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal focused on research, policy and care for vulnerable children and young people.
Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies addresses vulnerability in childhood from scholarly and experiential perspectives with the ultimate goal of improving the lives of children. The journal provides a much-needed interdisciplinary focus on vulnerable children and youth at risk, specifically in relation to health and welfare issues, and aims to be widely consulted for cutting-edge research and effective policy and intervention.
The journal addresses a variety of issues, including the psychological, sociological, health, gender, culture, economic and educational aspects of children and adolescents in developed and developing countries.
98 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
9 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
28% acceptance rate
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quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Lorraine Sherr MBE - Royal Free & University College Medical School, London, UK
Editorial Committee:
Linda Richter - Distinguished Professor & Director, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Mary Jane Rotherham-Borus - Professor of Child Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health, USA Alan Stein - Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK
International Editorial Board:
Rachel Baggaley - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK Jacqueline Barnes - Birkbeck College, University of London, UK Laurie Bauman - Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA Theresa S. Betancourt - Boston College School of Social Work, USA Mark Boyes - Curtin University, Australia Rochelle Burgess - UCL Institute for Global Health, UK Peilian Chi - University of Macau, China Lucie Cluver - University of Oxford, UK Simon Davidson - Vancouver, Canada Sheila Eyberg - University of Florida, USA Geoff Foster - Mutare Hospital; Family AIDS Caring Trust, Zimbabwe Carlo Giaquinto - University of Padova, Italy Glenda Gray - MRC, South Africa Katharina Haag - Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway Penny Holding - International Centre for Behavioural Studies, Kenya Blair Johnson - University of Connecticut, USA Patrick McGrath - Dalhousie University, Canada Robert Paul Milin - Royal Ottawa Hospital, Canada Helen Minnis - University of Glasgow, UK Christiana Noestlinger - Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium Joanne Potterton - University of Witwatersrand, South Africa Beverley Raphael - University of Western Sydney Medical School, Australia Dennis Scolnik - University of Toronto, Canada Eva Sellstrom - Midsweden University, Sweden Morten Skovdal -Save The Children, UK Andrew Tomkins - Institute of Child Health, UK Emily Vargas-Barón - RISE Institute, USA Alex de Waal - Harvard University, USA Catherine L. Ward - University of Cape Town, South Africa Douglas Webb - UNDP, USA Dieter Wolke - University of Warwick, UK
Abstracting and indexing
Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies is abstracted and indexed in ChildData, CommunityWise; Community Care; Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA); EMBASE; Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI); Health Economic Evaluations Database (OHE-HEED); PsycINFO; Scopus; Social Care Online and Social Services Abstracts.
Open access
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Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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