Child Maltreatment

SJR Rank #5,273H-index: 107SJR: 0.953Best quartile: Q1APC: US$3,900

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Publisher

SAGE Publications Inc.

Country

United States

Type

journal

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Subject Categories

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

Areas: Medicine · Psychology · Social Sciences

Most published research topics

Child Abuse and TraumaChild Welfare and AdoptionChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentIntimate Partner and Family ViolenceHomelessness and Social IssuesHomicide, Infanticide, and Child AbuseMigration, Health and TraumaSexual Assault and Victimization StudiesChild Abuse and Related TraumaPrenatal Substance Exposure Effects

Source: OpenAlex

Publication Statistics

Documents per Year

Detailed Information

ISSN

1077-5595, 1552-6119

SJR Best Quartile

Region

Northern America

Citations per Document (2 years)

3.16

References per Document

56.33

Coverage

1996-2026

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 objective 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.

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