Journal info (provided by editor)

Manuscripts received last year
300 manuscripts
Articles published last year
42 articles
% accepted last year
15% accepted
Immediately rejected last year
20% imm. rejected
Open access status
no
Two-year impact factor
1.42

About

Youth & Society is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that focuses on issues related to the 10-24 year old population. We are interested in both U.S. and global adolescent populations. Although the adolescent period is the focus of the journal, transitional issues from childhood to adolescence and from adolescence to adulthood are also of interest. Relevant topics include a wide array of issues ranging from individual level factors to policy concerns pertinent to adolescence. We are particularly interested in the social, contextual, and political factors that influence healthy and harmful adolescent development. We are open to a range of both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

The journal includes studies from diverse disciplines including but not limited to:

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