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Child Abuse & Neglect Template

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About the Child Abuse & Neglect format

Child Abuse & Neglect is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, covering Child Abuse and Trauma, Intimate Partner and Family Violence, Child Welfare and Adoption.

PublisherElsevier
Reference styleNumbered (Elsevier)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] A. Smith, B. Jones, C. Lee, A representative article title, Child Abuse & Neglect 12 (2023) 45–58.

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Publishes research inChild Abuse and Trauma Intimate Partner and Family Violence Child Welfare and Adoption Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Child Abuse and Related Trauma
ISSN0145-2134
Citation impact (2-yr)3.13
h-index242
i10-index5,158
Total citations402,944
Article processing charge$3,980
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Toronto
Journal websitewww.journals.elsevier.com
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Papers published in Child Abuse & Neglect per year

213
2014
237
2015
171
2016
338
2017
315
2018
337
2019
376
2020
367
2021
358
2022
415
2023
438
2024
435
2025

Citation impact of Child Abuse & Neglect by publication year

10.2K
2014
15.6K
2015
8.7K
2016
17.8K
2017
14.2K
2018
12.9K
2019
15.2K
2020
8.4K
2021
5.6K
2022
4.9K
2023
2.6K
2024
665
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Child Abuse & Neglect

Child abuse: Adolescent records vs. adult recall

Donna Della Femina, Catherine A. Yeager, Dorothy Otnow Lewis · 1 Jan 1990

In a follow-up study of incarcerated Connecticut youth, 69 subjects were interviewed during young adulthood. On follow-up, 26 gave histories of abuse discrepant with histories obtained from records and interviews conducted in adolescence. Eleven subjects agreed to an additional clarification interview, at which time they were apprised of the discrepancies. Of these, eight had adolescent…

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Child Abuse & Neglect template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Child Abuse & Neglect format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Child Abuse & Neglect template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Elsevier format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Child Abuse & Neglect use?
Child Abuse & Neglect uses Numbered (Elsevier) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, C. Lee, A representative article title, Child Abuse & Neglect 12 (2023) 45–58.
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No. DocuGuru generates the elsarticle LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Elsevier-ready Child Abuse & Neglect document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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