Journal metric profile

CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 1.700 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.800 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 22/94 Recorded category rank

CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.700, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 22 out of 94 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 16,637 total citations, 540 total articles, 577 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.800, which is 1.100 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 1.600. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.100.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 6.1 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 8.5 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW is identified in this record by print ISSN 0190-7409 and electronic ISSN 1873-7765. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameCHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
Abbreviated journalCHILD YOUTH SERV REV
PublisherPERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank9,720
ISSN0190-7409
eISSN1873-7765
Total cites16,637
Total articles540
Citable items577
Cited half-life6.1 years
Citing half-life8.5 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.700
5-Year Impact Factor2.800
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.600
Journal Citation Indicator1.100
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank22/94
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW is 1.700 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW?

CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW?

CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW is listed as being published by PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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