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Adoption & Fostering Template

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About the Adoption & Fostering format

Adoption & Fostering is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Child Welfare and Adoption, Political Systems and Governance, Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Adoption & Fostering, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inChild Welfare and Adoption Political Systems and Governance Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving Reproductive Health and Technologies Family and Disability Support Research
ISSN0308-5759
Citation impact (2-yr)0.68
h-index44
i10-index401
Total citations12,909
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of East Anglia
Journal websiteaaf.sagepub.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Adoption & Fostering per year

52
2014
53
2015
50
2016
46
2017
50
2018
51
2019
48
2020
49
2021
46
2022
37
2023
31
2024
45
2025

Citation impact of Adoption & Fostering by publication year

281
2014
444
2015
269
2016
306
2017
435
2018
318
2019
170
2020
177
2021
116
2022
90
2023
31
2024
25
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Adoption & Fostering

Listening to Young Children: Experts in Their Own Lives

Alison Clark, June Statham · 1 Apr 2005

Most existing literature on children's participation has focused on their involvement in service planning, delivery and evaluation rather than on children's views of their own world, starting from their interests and concerns. Few studies have considered the views and experiences of young children (under five years old). One of the barriers to this work has…

Beyond Permanence? The Importance of Resilience in Child Placement Practice and Planning

Robbie Gilligan · 1 Apr 1997

Permanence has long been regarded as a key element in child placement planning and practice. While upholding its benefits, Robbie Gilligan argues that reliance on permanence as a guiding framework has gone too far. Instead he advocates a shift towards a resilience-based perspective which embraces the positive aspects of the permanence framework but more accurately…

Can the Corporate State Parent?

Roger Bullock, Mark E. Courtney, Roy Parker et al. · 1 Dec 2006

Discussions about provision for children in the care of the state have continually raised the question, can the corporate state parent? Roger Bullock, Mark E Courtney, Roy Parker, Ian Sinclair and June Thoburn consider the question in the light of recent studies of separated children. It is argued that while the state does not need…

The Health of Children Looked after by the Local Authority

Ian Butler, Heather Payne · 1 Jul 1997

Ian Butler and Heather Payne present findings from a local study of the form and practice of statutory medical examinations for children looked after by the local authority. They report that only a quarter of children attend such medical examinations and that the quality of these medical contacts is questionable. The paper discusses these findings…

Adopted Koreans and the Development of Identity in the ‘Third Space’

Tobias Hübinette · 1 Apr 2004

Since 1953, 150,000 Korean children have been adopted to 15 main host countries in the West. They constitute the largest international adoptee group worldwide. An adopted Korean movement has existed on an international level since the 1990s and is today trying to formulate an identity and community of its own beyond Western adoption ideology and…

Adoption & Fostering template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Adoption & Fostering format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Adoption & Fostering template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Adoption & Fostering use?
Adoption & Fostering uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Adoption & Fostering, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Adoption & Fostering?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Adoption & Fostering document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Adoption & Fostering template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Adoption & Fostering format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Adoption & Fostering?
Adoption & Fostering is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's Adoption & Fostering template matches SAGE's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Adoption & Fostering PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Adoption & Fostering template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Adoption & Fostering template cost?
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