Journal of Public Child Welfare

Decisions made in the practice of child welfare have lifelong effects on children and their entire families which in turn affects every facet of society. To effectively practice in this vital field, social workers, psychologists, counselors, juvenile court judges, attorneys, and other child welfare professionals need to stay informed about the latest findings and important issues in public child welfare. To answer this crucial need, the Journal of Public Child Welfare provides a broad forum for theory-based and applied research in child welfare. Rather than limit itself to primarily private agencies, this essential journal provides the quality research and comprehensive information that child welfare professionals and public agencies need most. The legal mandate of vital public child welfare programs is safety, permanence, and child and family well-being. With this in mind, the Journal of Public Child Welfare presents quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods theory-based or applied research, cogent reviews of the literature, policy analyses, and program evaluation articles about child welfare.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2007	Q4
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2008	Q4
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2009	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2010	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2011	Q4
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2012	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2013	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2014	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2015	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2016	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2017	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2018	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2019	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2020	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2021	Q2
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2022	Q3
Developmental and Educational Psychology	2023	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2007	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2008	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2009	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2010	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2011	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2012	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2013	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2014	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2015	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2016	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2017	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2018	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2019	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2020	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2021	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2022	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2007	0.164
2008	0.166
2009	0.369
2010	0.310
2011	0.202
2012	0.524
2013	0.306
2014	0.399
2015	0.378
2016	0.389
2017	0.416
2018	0.543
2019	0.569
2020	0.437
2021	0.575
2022	0.450
2023	0.568

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2006	12
2007	6
2008	3
2009	25
2010	22
2011	31
2012	37
2013	36
2014	26
2015	28
2016	32
2017	29
2018	30
2019	29
2020	33
2021	33
2022	34
2023	87

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.167
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.278
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	1.095
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.630
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.339
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.667
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.609
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.730
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.769
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.843
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.200
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.076
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.258
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.545
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.456
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	2.271
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.167
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.278
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.095
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.412
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.240
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.692
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.489
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.702
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.788
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.789
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.826
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.101
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.033
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.182
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.478
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.526
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	2.420
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.167
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.278
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.444
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.255
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.604
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.441
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.781
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.823
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.741
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.817
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.148
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.983
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	0.831
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.371
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.561
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.791

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2006	0
Self Cites	2007	0
Self Cites	2008	0
Self Cites	2009	6
Self Cites	2010	1
Self Cites	2011	0
Self Cites	2012	11
Self Cites	2013	3
Self Cites	2014	9
Self Cites	2015	7
Self Cites	2016	9
Self Cites	2017	7
Self Cites	2018	11
Self Cites	2019	8
Self Cites	2020	17
Self Cites	2021	10
Self Cites	2022	7
Self Cites	2023	37
Total Cites	2006	0
Total Cites	2007	2
Total Cites	2008	5
Total Cites	2009	23
Total Cites	2010	14
Total Cites	2011	12
Total Cites	2012	54
Total Cites	2013	44
Total Cites	2014	73
Total Cites	2015	78
Total Cites	2016	71
Total Cites	2017	71
Total Cites	2018	98
Total Cites	2019	94
Total Cites	2020	104
Total Cites	2021	136
Total Cites	2022	145
Total Cites	2023	242

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2006	0
External Cites per document	2007	0.167
External Cites per document	2008	0.278
External Cites per document	2009	0.810
External Cites per document	2010	0.382
External Cites per document	2011	0.240
External Cites per document	2012	0.551
External Cites per document	2013	0.456
External Cites per document	2014	0.615
External Cites per document	2015	0.717
External Cites per document	2016	0.689
External Cites per document	2017	0.744
External Cites per document	2018	0.978
External Cites per document	2019	0.945
External Cites per document	2020	0.989
External Cites per document	2021	1.370
External Cites per document	2022	1.453
External Cites per document	2023	2.050
Cites per document	2006	0.000
Cites per document	2007	0.167
Cites per document	2008	0.278
Cites per document	2009	1.095
Cites per document	2010	0.412
Cites per document	2011	0.240
Cites per document	2012	0.692
Cites per document	2013	0.489
Cites per document	2014	0.702
Cites per document	2015	0.788
Cites per document	2016	0.789
Cites per document	2017	0.826
Cites per document	2018	1.101
Cites per document	2019	1.033
Cites per document	2020	1.182
Cites per document	2021	1.478
Cites per document	2022	1.526
Cites per document	2023	2.420

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2006	0.00
2007	0.00
2008	0.00
2009	0.00
2010	0.00
2011	0.00
2012	0.00
2013	2.78
2014	3.85
2015	3.57
2016	6.25
2017	10.34
2018	0.00
2019	0.00
2020	0.00
2021	3.03
2022	2.94
2023	4.60

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2006	0
Non-citable documents	2007	2
Non-citable documents	2008	2
Non-citable documents	2009	4
Non-citable documents	2010	3
Non-citable documents	2011	4
Non-citable documents	2012	2
Non-citable documents	2013	2
Non-citable documents	2014	1
Non-citable documents	2015	2
Non-citable documents	2016	1
Non-citable documents	2017	4
Non-citable documents	2018	4
Non-citable documents	2019	5
Non-citable documents	2020	3
Non-citable documents	2021	3
Non-citable documents	2022	4
Non-citable documents	2023	3
Citable documents	2006	0
Citable documents	2007	10
Citable documents	2008	16
Citable documents	2009	17
Citable documents	2010	31
Citable documents	2011	46
Citable documents	2012	76
Citable documents	2013	88
Citable documents	2014	103
Citable documents	2015	97
Citable documents	2016	89
Citable documents	2017	82
Citable documents	2018	85
Citable documents	2019	86
Citable documents	2020	85
Citable documents	2021	89
Citable documents	2022	91
Citable documents	2023	97

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2006	0
Uncited documents	2007	10
Uncited documents	2008	15
Uncited documents	2009	11
Uncited documents	2010	26
Uncited documents	2011	39
Uncited documents	2012	46
Uncited documents	2013	62
Uncited documents	2014	64
Uncited documents	2015	51
Uncited documents	2016	44
Uncited documents	2017	42
Uncited documents	2018	39
Uncited documents	2019	46
Uncited documents	2020	49
Uncited documents	2021	34
Uncited documents	2022	46
Uncited documents	2023	33
Cited documents	2006	0
Cited documents	2007	2
Cited documents	2008	3
Cited documents	2009	10
Cited documents	2010	8
Cited documents	2011	11
Cited documents	2012	32
Cited documents	2013	28
Cited documents	2014	40
Cited documents	2015	48
Cited documents	2016	46
Cited documents	2017	44
Cited documents	2018	50
Cited documents	2019	45
Cited documents	2020	39
Cited documents	2021	58
Cited documents	2022	49
Cited documents	2023	67