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  • Article processing charges for all articles published in the journal are fully sponsored - read more 
  • ICEP welcomes authors from all around the world for a regional balance in disseminating most recent research findings
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Society affiliation

The International Journal of Child Care and Educational Policy is affiliated with the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education and the National Institute for Early Education Research.

The IJCCEP is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and Scopus

The International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy (IJCCEP), as a scholarly outlet selected and reviewed in ESCI, has been recognized as important to key opinion leaders, funders, and evaluators worldwide. ESCI enables researchers to discover new areas of research in evolving disciplines, as well as relevant interdisciplinary scholarly content across rapidly changing research fields. All articles published in this journal are discoverable via the Web of Science with full citation counts, author information, and other enrichment.

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Team Concepts in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)
Edited by: Pamela Oberhuemer, Birgit Riedel, Rahel Warnatsch and Samuel Bader

This Collection takes a closer look not only at the composition of teams, but also at established and innovative team approaches in a variety of countries. Understanding how these concepts evolved and discussing the potentials and challenges of their implementation in everyday practice is our main aim.

Longitudinal studies in ECEC - challanges of translating research into policy actions
Edited by Bernhard Kalicki, Namhee Woo and W. Steven Barnett

This Collection highlights the potential of results obtained from longitudinal studies to inform about the impact of early child education and care on learning and development, and encourages their use for evidence based policy making.

Aims and scope

This journal disseminates research and analysis regarding major issues of child care and education policy relating to young children and their families to a broad international readership, including policymakers, researchers, and practitioners. As a peer reviewed journal, it invites submission of articles concerning policy reforms, empirical research on early childhood education and care (ECEC), policy analyses and comparisons, and more.

This journal is a joint publication by Korea Institute of Child Care and Education (KICCE) and the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) since May 2013.

The publication costs for International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy are covered by Korea Institute of Child Care and Education, so authors do not need to pay an article-processing charge.

It publishes original and review papers, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, and government reports, including but not limited to the following fields:

• Assessment and evaluation of ECEC policy and programs
• ECEC curriculum and pedagogy
• Workforce qualifications and development of ECEC staff
• Financing ECEC services
• Regulations and standards of ECEC
• Family and community engagement
• Quality issues in ECEC
• Integration of education and care in ECEC
• Policy on diversity and social inclusion in ECEC
• International comparisons of ECEC policy

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 
    Journal Impact Factor: 1.8 (2024)    
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 2.3 (2024)    
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 1.496 (2024)    
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0.629 (2024)

    Speed
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 29
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 354

    Usage 2024
    Downloads: 381,427
    Altmetric mentions: 61

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    • ProQuest Education Database
    • ProQuest Social Science Collection
    • ProQuest-ExLibris Primo
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    • ProQuest Sociology
    • UGC-CARE List (India)
    • TD Net Discovery Service
    • SCImago
    • Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
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    • Gale
    • ERIC
    • Dimensions
    • DOAJ
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