Child Maltreatment (journal)

Child Maltreatment is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of psychology, family studies and social work. The journal's editor is Daniel J. Whitaker, PhD (Georgia State University). It has been in publication since 1996 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children.

Child Maltreatment
LanguageEnglish
Edited byDaniel J. Whitaker, Ph.D.
Publication details
History1996-present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
2.984 (2017)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Child Maltreatment
Indexing
ISSN1077-5595
LCCN96640810
OCLC no.41181179
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Scope

Child Maltreatment aims to report current and at-issue scientific information and technical innovations in a form immediately useful to practitioners and researchers from fields such as mental health, child protection and law. The multidisciplinary journal provides a forum for the discussion on dissemination of research and findings.

Abstracting and indexing

Child Maltreatment is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2017 impact factor is 4.047, ranking it 2 out of 42 journals in the category "Social Work,"[1] and 3 out of 48 journals in the category "Family Studies."[1]

References
  1. "Journal Citation Reports". Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
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