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WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #5,273CAS 2区Hybrid

Child Maltreatment

Country: United States•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 0.953•SCImago Rank: #5,273•Identifier (ISSN):1077-5595(Print)/1552-6119(Online)•Articles / Year: 60•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,388 USD
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)Q1
3.1
↓ -0.2

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (Hirsch Index)
107

107 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ1
Self-Citation Rate6.7%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
60articles/year
25.15% Gold OA•96.92% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

2.50pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.1)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20262.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.1)
🔵 Computed
20252.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.3)
🔵 Computed
20242.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 4.5)
🔵 Computed
20233.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.1)
🔵 Computed
20222.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.95)
🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Child Maltreatment is the official journal of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC), the nation"s largest interdisciplinary child maltreatment professional organization. Child Maltreatment"s object is to foster professional excellence in the field of child abuse and neglect by reporting current and at-issue scientific information and technical innovations in a form immediately useful to practitioners and researchers from mental health, child protection, law, law enforcement, medicine, nursing, and allied disciplines. Child Maltreatment emphasizes perspectives with a rigorous scientific base that are relevant to policy, practice, and research.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Medicine97.7%Psychology97.6%Environmental health87.3%Medical emergency86.6%Emergency medicine86%Poison control85.9%Injury prevention78.3%Suicide prevention78.2%Human factors and ergonomics76.7%Political science63.9%Psychiatry63.8%Law63.1%Child abuse58.2%Clinical psychology48.7%Pathology45.5%Developmental psychology43.2%Sociology40.3%Nursing40.3%Occupational safety and health33.7%Sexual abuse29.9%Biology28.4%Economics26.4%Computer science25.3%Social psychology24.9%Mathematics24.4%Psychotherapist23.2%Statistics20.7%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #5,273Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1996-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:MedicinePsychologySocial Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
0.953

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1
Scopus H-Index (2025)
107

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
3.16

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,388 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations686
3-Year Documents198
Citable Documents183

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)4

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate72.9%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ1
Social WorkQ1
Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ2

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
2区 (Zone 2)Sociology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
2区FAMILY STUDIES
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Hybrid
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
SAGE
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
SSCIScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
FAMILY STUDIES
JCRSSCI
6/66Q1
SOCIAL WORK
JCRSSCI
3/99Q1
FAMILY STUDIES
JCISSCI
6/66Q1
SOCIAL WORK
JCISSCI
3/99Q1

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—665
20253.37396
20244.561239
20235.154359
20223.9574863
2021—721,384
2020—571,534
2019—611,546
2018—441,084
2017—451,895
2016—602,579
2015—381,331
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Child Maltreatment

WoS Q1
235620222023202420253.30
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:3.3

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 6.7%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

Record UUID: c53cc8a0-0fc4-46c5-baf0-9f8ed75ec126
Database Updated: 2026-10-01