Children & Society

Children & Society25th Anniversary Issue
To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Children & Society, the editors have created a "virtual" issue which brings together a selection of papers that the editors consider among the most significant and influential. The papers highlight some of the changes in the content of the journal, as well as many of the continuities. The changes reflect the shifting social context and policy environment, including social reforms that were shaped in part by work published in Children & Society. The continuities reflect the journal's core goals: to offer high-quality scholarship on a wide range of childhood issues, with a strong focus on policies and services and an underlying commitment to promote the well-being of children and articulate their place in society.

To read the full editorial and articles from the Anniversary Issue, please click here.

Read the cluster of articles on Youth Gangs in British Cities: research informs the policy response

To Read Children & Society's Aims & Scope, please click here

Children & Society Editorial Announcement
We are delighted to announce that a team of Editors have been appointed to succeed Nigel Thomas, Allison James and Martin Woodhead, who step down at the end of the year.

The new Editors are based at the Open University in the UK and are:

Dr. Mary Jane Kehily, Senior Lecturer in Childhood and Youth Studies, Faculty of Education and Language Studies, Centre for Childhood, Development and Learning; Dr Heather Montgomery, Senior Lecturer in Childhood Studies, Faculty of Education and Language Studies, Centre for Childhood, Development and Learning; Professor Rachel Thomson, Professor of Social Research, the Faculty of Health and Social Care; and Dr Lindsay O'Dell, Director of Post Graduate Studies and Lecturer in Health and Social Care, the Faculty of Health and Social Care.

2010 Impact Factor:Children & Society has received its first impact factor of 0.875 and is ranked 14/46 in the Social Work category.

Interested in submitting a Research Review?
Children & Society continues to encourage submissions of Research Reviews. For information, please click here.

Online Submissions
Authors are now able to submit their paper to Children & Society online using Scholar One Manuscripts. Please click on Submit an Article in the left hand menu for more information.

Latest Special Issue:
2011 Special Issue: Bullying: The moral and social orders at play
Guest Editors: Susan Danby & Karin Osvaldsson

Forthcoming Special Issue:
2012 Special Issue: The Everyday Lives of Disabled Children and Young People: New developments in research and policy
Guest Editor: Kirsten Stalker

Recent Special Issue:
Special Issue: Children, Poverty and Risk: Global Perspectives
Volume 24, Issue 4, July 2010
Guest Editors: Gina Crivello, Laura Camfield & Catherine Porter

For further information on Children & Society Special Issues, please click here.