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Children & Society Template

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About the Children & Society format

Children & Society is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley, covering Children's Rights and Participation, Early Childhood Education and Development, Child Welfare and Adoption.

PublisherWiley
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Children & Society 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inChildren's Rights and Participation Early Childhood Education and Development Child Welfare and Adoption Child Abuse and Trauma Homelessness and Social Issues
ISSN0951-0605
Citation impact (2-yr)1.35
h-index95
i10-index904
Total citations46,159
Article processing charge$3,450
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity College London
Journal websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Papers published in Children & Society per year

53
2014
45
2015
49
2016
61
2017
63
2018
64
2019
68
2020
110
2021
154
2022
151
2023
111
2024
107
2025

Citation impact of Children & Society by publication year

1.1K
2014
809
2015
566
2016
741
2017
870
2018
739
2019
988
2020
961
2021
1.1K
2022
701
2023
294
2024
63
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Children & Society

Pathways to participation: openings, opportunities and obligations

Harry Shier · 1 Apr 2001

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child has raised the profile of children's participation in the United Kingdom. Hart's ‘ladder of participation’ has been the most influential model in this field. This paper offers an alternative model, based on five levels of participation: 1. Children are listened to. 2. Children are supported…

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The Ethics of Social Research with Children: An Overview1

Virginia Morrow, Martin Richards · 1 Jun 1996

This paper attempts to provide an overview of ethical issues related to social research with children. It sets the discussion in the context of current debates about researching children in the UK, and explores the extent to which children should be regarded as similar to, or different from, adults in social research, focusing on how…

Children as ‘Being and Becomings’: Children, Childhood and Temporality

Emma Uprichard · 11 Jun 2008

Notions of ‘being’ and ‘becoming’ are intrinsic to childhood research. Whilst the ‘being’ child is seen as a social actor actively constructing ‘childhood’, the ‘becoming’ child is seen as an ‘adult in the making’, lacking competencies of the ‘adult’ that he or she will ‘become’. However, I argue that both approaches are in themselves problematic.…

Children's participation in ethnographic research: Issues of power and representation

Pia Christensen · 26 Mar 2004

The recognition of children's social agency and active participation in research has significantly changed children's position within the human and social sciences and led to a weakening of taken‐for‐granted assumptions found in more conventional approaches to child research. In order to hear the voices of children in the representation of their own lives it is…

Participation in practice: making it meaningful, effective and sustainable

Ruth Sinclair · 26 Mar 2004

Children's participation in decision‐making is complex: it is undertaken for different purposes and is reflected in different levels of involvement, different contexts and different activities. This paper reviews the current state of participation and, drawing on practice and research literature, highlights several aspects of practice where further consideration is needed if participation is to develop…

Children & Society template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Children & Society format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Children & Society template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Wiley format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Children & Society use?
Children & Society uses Author–year (Chicago) 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, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Children & Society 12 (3): 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Children & Society?
No. DocuGuru generates the USG LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Wiley-ready Children & Society 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 Children & Society template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Children & Society format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Children & Society?
Children & Society is a multidisciplinary journal published by Wiley. DocuGuru's Children & Society template matches Wiley's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Children & Society PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Children & Society template (the USG class) that is ready to submit to Wiley, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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