Young children
Last updated ISSN 0044-0728
Young children is published by National Association for the Education of Young Children 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 Young children concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Education Systems and Policy
- Education and Technology Integration
- Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
- Education Methods and Practices
- Diverse Educational Innovations Studies
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Reading and Literacy Development
Key facts
| Publisher | National Association for the Education of Young Children |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0044-0728 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Not recorded |
| Articles published | 2,265 |
| Publishing since | 1965 |
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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