Scimago Journal & Country Rank

Adoption & Fostering

Country

United Kingdom

Universities and research institutions in United Kingdom
Media Ranking in United Kingdom

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

SAGE Publications Inc.

H-Index

33

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

03085759, 1740469X

Coverage

1996-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

miranda.davies@corambaaf.org.uk

Scope

Adoption & Fostering is the only quarterly UK peer reviewed journal dedicated to adoption and fostering issues. Edited by Roger Bullock (Fellow, Centre for Social Policy, The Social Research Unit at Dartington), it also focuses on wider developments in childcare practice and research, providing an international, inter-disciplinary forum for academics and practitioners in social work, psychology, law, medicine, education, training and caring. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Health (social science)1999Q2
Health (social science)2000Q3
Health (social science)2001Q3
Health (social science)2002Q2
Health (social science)2003Q2
Health (social science)2004Q2
Health (social science)2005Q3
Health (social science)2006Q2
Health (social science)2007Q2
Health (social science)2008Q2
Health (social science)2009Q2
Health (social science)2010Q2
Health (social science)2011Q3
Health (social science)2012Q3
Health (social science)2013Q3
Health (social science)2014Q2
Health (social science)2015Q3
Health (social science)2016Q2
Health (social science)2017Q3
Health (social science)2018Q3
Health (social science)2019Q3
Health (social science)2020Q2
Health (social science)2021Q2
Health (social science)2022Q3
Health (social science)2023Q3
Human Factors and Ergonomics1999Q2
Human Factors and Ergonomics2000Q3
Human Factors and Ergonomics2001Q3
Human Factors and Ergonomics2002Q3
Human Factors and Ergonomics2003Q3
Human Factors and Ergonomics2004Q3
Human Factors and Ergonomics2005Q3
Human Factors and Ergonomics2006Q2
Human Factors and Ergonomics2007Q2
Human Factors and Ergonomics2008Q3
Human Factors and Ergonomics2009Q3
Human Factors and Ergonomics2010Q3
Human Factors and Ergonomics2011Q3
Human Factors and Ergonomics2012Q4
Human Factors and Ergonomics2013Q3
Human Factors and Ergonomics2014Q2
Human Factors and Ergonomics2015Q3
Human Factors and Ergonomics2016Q3
Human Factors and Ergonomics2017Q3
Human Factors and Ergonomics2018Q4
Human Factors and Ergonomics2019Q3
Human Factors and Ergonomics2020Q2
Human Factors and Ergonomics2021Q3
Human Factors and Ergonomics2022Q3
Human Factors and Ergonomics2023Q3
Law1999Q1
Law2000Q2
Law2001Q2
Law2002Q1
Law2003Q1
Law2004Q1
Law2005Q2
Law2006Q1
Law2007Q1
Law2008Q1
Law2009Q2
Law2010Q2
Law2011Q2
Law2012Q3
Law2013Q2
Law2014Q2
Law2015Q2
Law2016Q2
Law2017Q2
Law2018Q2
Law2019Q2
Law2020Q1
Law2021Q1
Law2022Q1
Law2023Q2
Social Psychology1999Q3
Social Psychology2000Q3
Social Psychology2001Q3
Social Psychology2002Q3
Social Psychology2003Q3
Social Psychology2004Q3
Social Psychology2005Q3
Social Psychology2006Q2
Social Psychology2007Q3
Social Psychology2008Q3
Social Psychology2009Q3
Social Psychology2010Q3
Social Psychology2011Q3
Social Psychology2012Q4
Social Psychology2013Q3
Social Psychology2014Q3
Social Psychology2015Q3
Social Psychology2016Q3
Social Psychology2017Q3
Social Psychology2018Q3
Social Psychology2019Q3
Social Psychology2020Q2
Social Psychology2021Q3
Social Psychology2022Q3
Social Psychology2023Q3
Sociology and Political Science1999Q2
Sociology and Political Science2000Q2
Sociology and Political Science2001Q3
Sociology and Political Science2002Q2
Sociology and Political Science2003Q2
Sociology and Political Science2004Q2
Sociology and Political Science2005Q2
Sociology and Political Science2006Q2
Sociology and Political Science2007Q2
Sociology and Political Science2008Q2
Sociology and Political Science2009Q2
Sociology and Political Science2010Q2
Sociology and Political Science2011Q2
Sociology and Political Science2012Q3
Sociology and Political Science2013Q2
Sociology and Political Science2014Q2
Sociology and Political Science2015Q2
Sociology and Political Science2016Q2
Sociology and Political Science2017Q2
Sociology and Political Science2018Q3
Sociology and Political Science2019Q2
Sociology and Political Science2020Q1
Sociology and Political Science2021Q2
Sociology and Political Science2022Q2
Sociology and Political Science2023Q2
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.

YearSJR
19990.351
20000.265
20010.260
20020.316
20030.287
20040.253
20050.249
20060.453
20070.478
20080.449
20090.329
20100.367
20110.292
20120.212
20130.305
20140.482
20150.297
20160.419
20170.313
20180.248
20190.398
20200.621
20210.426
20220.407
20230.349
Total Documents

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

YearDocuments
199953
200055
200148
200252
200355
200448
200554
200648
200754
200844
200945
201055
201151
201242
201334
201439
201540
201635
201731
201837
201938
202033
202133
202235
202335
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 documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)19990.367
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20000.333
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20010.234
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20020.313
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20030.332
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20040.333
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20050.315
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20060.555
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20070.405
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20080.461
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20090.355
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.414
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20110.389
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.328
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.332
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.484
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.373
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.600
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20170.459
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.531
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20190.769
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20200.858
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20210.935
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20220.816
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20231.050
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19990.367
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20000.363
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20010.183
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20020.321
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20030.335
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.355
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20050.290
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20060.554
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20070.380
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20080.481
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20090.322
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.427
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20110.354
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.305
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.216
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.465
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.391
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.531
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.456
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20180.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20190.728
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20200.849
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20210.824
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20220.712
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20230.822
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19990.419
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20000.276
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20010.148
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20020.350
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20030.310
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20040.308
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20050.330
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20060.549
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20070.324
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20080.412
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.408
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.461
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20110.300
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.236
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.140
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.382
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.274
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.405
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.480
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20180.439
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.838
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20200.800
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20210.620
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20220.485
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20230.750
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.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites199924
Self Cites200028
Self Cites200115
Self Cites200219
Self Cites200328
Self Cites200429
Self Cites200519
Self Cites200618
Self Cites200713
Self Cites200829
Self Cites200917
Self Cites201019
Self Cites20114
Self Cites20123
Self Cites20137
Self Cites201413
Self Cites201510
Self Cites201617
Self Cites201710
Self Cites201818
Self Cites20198
Self Cites202017
Self Cites202110
Self Cites202210
Self Cites202315
Total Cites199951
Total Cites200053
Total Cites200128
Total Cites200250
Total Cites200352
Total Cites200455
Total Cites200545
Total Cites200687
Total Cites200757
Total Cites200875
Total Cites200947
Total Cites201061
Total Cites201151
Total Cites201246
Total Cites201332
Total Cites201459
Total Cites201545
Total Cites201660
Total Cites201752
Total Cites201853
Total Cites201975
Total Cites202090
Total Cites202189
Total Cites202274
Total Cites202383
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.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document19990.194
External Cites per document20000.171
External Cites per document20010.085
External Cites per document20020.199
External Cites per document20030.155
External Cites per document20040.168
External Cites per document20050.168
External Cites per document20060.439
External Cites per document20070.293
External Cites per document20080.295
External Cites per document20090.205
External Cites per document20100.294
External Cites per document20110.326
External Cites per document20120.285
External Cites per document20130.169
External Cites per document20140.362
External Cites per document20150.304
External Cites per document20160.381
External Cites per document20170.368
External Cites per document20180.330
External Cites per document20190.650
External Cites per document20200.689
External Cites per document20210.731
External Cites per document20220.615
External Cites per document20230.673
Cites per document19990.367
Cites per document20000.363
Cites per document20010.183
Cites per document20020.321
Cites per document20030.335
Cites per document20040.355
Cites per document20050.290
Cites per document20060.554
Cites per document20070.380
Cites per document20080.481
Cites per document20090.322
Cites per document20100.427
Cites per document20110.354
Cites per document20120.305
Cites per document20130.216
Cites per document20140.465
Cites per document20150.391
Cites per document20160.531
Cites per document20170.456
Cites per document20180.500
Cites per document20190.728
Cites per document20200.849
Cites per document20210.824
Cites per document20220.712
Cites per document20230.822
% 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.

YearInternational Collaboration
19991.89
20001.82
20010.00
20023.85
20033.64
20040.00
20053.70
20066.25
20071.85
20089.09
20090.00
20103.64
20110.00
20122.38
20135.88
20142.56
201510.00
20162.86
20173.23
20182.70
20190.00
20209.09
20210.00
20222.86
20238.57
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.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents199952
Non-citable documents200054
Non-citable documents200160
Non-citable documents200260
Non-citable documents200361
Non-citable documents200468
Non-citable documents200573
Non-citable documents200677
Non-citable documents200768
Non-citable documents200865
Non-citable documents200949
Non-citable documents201045
Non-citable documents201144
Non-citable documents201258
Non-citable documents201361
Non-citable documents201451
Non-citable documents201530
Non-citable documents201619
Non-citable documents201718
Non-citable documents201822
Non-citable documents201926
Non-citable documents202033
Non-citable documents202135
Non-citable documents202234
Non-citable documents202332
Citable documents199987
Citable documents200092
Citable documents200193
Citable documents200296
Citable documents200394
Citable documents200487
Citable documents200582
Citable documents200680
Citable documents200782
Citable documents200891
Citable documents200997
Citable documents201098
Citable documents2011100
Citable documents201293
Citable documents201387
Citable documents201476
Citable documents201585
Citable documents201694
Citable documents201796
Citable documents201884
Citable documents201977
Citable documents202073
Citable documents202173
Citable documents202270
Citable documents202369
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.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents1999109
Uncited documents2000110
Uncited documents2001133
Uncited documents2002122
Uncited documents2003122
Uncited documents2004117
Uncited documents2005124
Uncited documents2006108
Uncited documents2007115
Uncited documents2008114
Uncited documents2009113
Uncited documents2010104
Uncited documents2011114
Uncited documents2012123
Uncited documents2013125
Uncited documents201496
Uncited documents201589
Uncited documents201674
Uncited documents201787
Uncited documents201874
Uncited documents201962
Uncited documents202057
Uncited documents202169
Uncited documents202268
Uncited documents202361
Cited documents199930
Cited documents200036
Cited documents200120
Cited documents200234
Cited documents200333
Cited documents200438
Cited documents200531
Cited documents200649
Cited documents200735
Cited documents200842
Cited documents200933
Cited documents201039
Cited documents201130
Cited documents201228
Cited documents201323
Cited documents201431
Cited documents201526
Cited documents201639
Cited documents201727
Cited documents201832
Cited documents201941
Cited documents202049
Cited documents202139
Cited documents202236
Cited documents202340
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
199967.80
200064.15
200167.92
200270.18
200366.07
200472.73
200575.47
200669.57
200760.61
200864.52
200973.91
201065.08
201166.67
201262.79
201368.52
201478.00
201566.67
201673.47
201766.67
201878.18
201974.55
202070.59
202177.92
202270.00
202381.33
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton199911
Overton20008
Overton200112
Overton200212
Overton200314
Overton200416
Overton200515
Overton200611
Overton200715
Overton20089
Overton200913
Overton201012
Overton201114
Overton20127
Overton20139
Overton201410
Overton20157
Overton201610
Overton20179
Overton20188
Overton201912
Overton20203
Overton20212
Overton20220
Overton20230
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evoution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG20185
SDG20195
SDG20206
SDG20217
SDG20225
SDG20236
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