The Future of Children
Last updated ISSN 1054-8289
The Future of Children is published by Princeton School of Public and International Affairs 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 The Future of Children concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Parental Involvement in Education
- School Choice and Performance
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Key facts
| Publisher | Princeton School of Public and International Affairs |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1054-8289, 1550-1558 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 685 |
| Publishing since | 1978 |
| Journal website | www.futureofchildren.org |
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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