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Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

A Multidisciplinary Research Publication

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Overview

Journal of Youth and Adolescence offers a high-level medium for interdisciplinary communication on youth and adolescent research.

  • Offers a fast turnaround time to first decision of typically only a few days.
  • Publishes papers based on quantitative analyses, theoretical papers, and comprehensive review articles.
  • Prioritizes empirically rigorous papers that consider policy implications.
  • Encourages manuscripts that address societal responses to the period of youth and adolescence, formally (e.g., through laws, policies or regulations) or informally (e.g., through parents, peers, and social institutions).
  • Boasts a high satisfaction rate among published authors.

Editor-in-Chief
  • Roger J.R. Levesque JD, PhD
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Journal metrics

Journal Impact Factor
4.5 (2025)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
5.9 (2025)
Submission to first decision (median)
2 days
Downloads
2M (2025)

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Ongoing
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Latest issue

Volume 55, Issue 10
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Latest articles

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This journal has 476 open access articles

Journal updates

  • 2025 Emerging Scholar Best Article Award

    The editors of the Journal of Youth and Adolescence have named Francesca De Lise the 2025 winner. She was the lead author of “Identity Matters for Well-Being: The Longitudinal Associations Between Identity Processes and Well-Being in Adolescents with Different Cultural Backgrounds.”

  • 2024 Emerging Scholar Best Article Award

    The editors of the Journal of Youth and Adolescence have named Lore Vankerckhoven as the 2024 recipient of its Emerging Scholar Best Article Award for her article entitled “Identity Formation, Body Image, and Body-Related Symptoms: Developmental Trajectories and Associations Throughout Adolescence”.

  • 2023 Emerging Scholar Best Article Award

    The editors of the Journal of Youth and Adolescence have named Xiangyu Tao as the 2023 recipient of its Emerging Scholar Best Article Award for her article entitled “Exposure to Social Media Racial Discrimination and Mental Health among Adolescents of Color”.

  • 2022 Emerging Scholar Best Article Award

    The editors of the Journal of Youth and Adolescence have named Natasha R. Magson as the 2022 recipient of its Emerging Scholar Best Article Award for her article entitled ““Risk and Protective Factors for Prospective Changes in Adolescent Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic”.

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Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1573-6601
Print ISSN
0047-2891
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