International Journal of Play
Last updated ISSN 2159-4937
International Journal of Play is published by Taylor & Francis in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in International Journal of Play concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Children's Rights and Participation
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Child Therapy and Development
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Digital Games and Media
- Theatre and Performance Studies
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Educational Environments and Student Outcomes
- Education and Technology Integration
- Themes in Literature Analysis
Key facts
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2159-4937, 2159-4953 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 662 |
| Publishing since | 2012 |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com/toc/rijp20/current |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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