Childhood

Childhood is an international scholarly journal devoted to research on childhood and the social, cultural, political, and institutional conditions that shape children's lives. Established in 1993, it publishes peer-reviewed work for an interdisciplinary audience that includes childhood researchers, sociologists, anthropologists, educators, psychologists, policy scholars, and professionals concerned with children's rights and welfare. Its scope is global rather than restricted to one national education or social-service system, reflecting the journal's emphasis on the diversity of childhoods and on the ways that age, class, gender, race, nationality, disability, migration, and political circumstances affect children's experiences. The journal is published quarterly by SAGE Publishing in association with the Department of Education and Lifelong Learning at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Its publishing model places the title within the international academic-journal market: the principal offering is a continuing stream of original research articles, reviews, and related scholarly contributions rather than a consumer product or mass-media publication. The journal's brand therefore rests on editorial credibility, peer review, international reach, and its position within the established field of childhood studies. Childhood is abstracted and indexed in major scholarly services, including Current Contents, the British Humanities Index, Scopus, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. These listings increase the journal's discoverability among researchers and libraries and support its use as a reference point for academic work on children and childhood. According to the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, the title had an impact factor of 1.6; this metric describes citation performance for that reporting period and is not a measure of commercial sales. The journal's editorial leadership includes Tatek Abebe of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sarada Balagopalan of Rutgers University, Karl Hanson of the University of Geneva, and Spyros Spyrou of European University Cyprus. The multi-institutional editorial structure reinforces the publication's international and interdisciplinary positioning. Publicly available reference material does not identify a separate corporate headquarters, founder, owner, financial performance, or stock-market listing for the journal. Its operating status is active based on the continuing publication and current editorial information cited in the reference material.

Childhood was established in 1993 as a scholarly journal dedicated to the study of childhood. From its inception, the title has occupied an interdisciplinary space, bringing together research that examines childhood not simply as a developmental stage but as a social and cultural phenomenon shaped by institutions, communities, economies, legal systems, and political conditions. The journal is published quarterly by SAGE Publishing in association with the Department of Education and Lifelong Learning at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. This publishing arrangement connects the journal to a major international academic publisher while retaining an institutional association with a university department concerned with education and lifelong learning. Its international orientation is reflected in the range of disciplines and geographical perspectives represented in its field. Over time, Childhood has developed as a specialist research publication for scholars working across childhood studies and neighboring areas of inquiry. Its subject matter may address children's everyday lives, social relationships, education, welfare, rights, identity, participation, and the broader structures that produce different experiences of childhood. The journal's peer-reviewed format makes editorial assessment and scholarly review central to its identity. The title is abstracted and indexed in Current Contents, the British Humanities Index, Scopus, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. These services place its articles within widely used research-discovery and citation infrastructures. The journal's reported 2023 impact factor was 1.6 according to Journal Citation Reports. Current editorial leadership consists of Tatek Abebe, Sarada Balagopalan, Karl Hanson, and Spyros Spyrou, affiliated respectively with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Rutgers University, the University of Geneva, and European University Cyprus. No reliable source in the supplied material establishes a founder, a separate headquarters, ownership beyond its publishing relationship, or financial results.

• 2023

  Reported impact factor

  [1]Childhood (journal)en.wikipedia.org

  Journal Citation Reports recorded a 2023 impact factor of 1.6 for the journal.

• 1993

  Journal established

  [1]Childhood (journal)en.wikipedia.org

  Childhood was founded as a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on childhood and children's lives.

An international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal focused on global childhood research and the study of children's lives in their social, cultural, political, and institutional contexts.

• Academic journal · 1993

  Childhood: A Journal of Global Child Research

  The journal's core offering is a quarterly sequence of peer-reviewed issues addressing childhood from international and interdisciplinary perspectives. Published by SAGE Publishing in association with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's Department of Education and Lifelong Learning, it serves researchers and institutions seeking scholarly work on the social, cultural, political, educational, and rights-related dimensions of childhood. Its content is made discoverable through major indexing services, including Scopus and the Social Sciences Citation Index.

1. 1Childhood (journal)en.wikipedia.org
2. 2Childhood journal websitechd.sagepub.com