Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Journal of Youth and Adolescence (commonly abbreviated as ''J. Youth Adolesc.') is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal in youth and adolescent research published by Springer. It was founded in 1972, its current editor-in-chief is Roger J. R. Levesque of Indiana University, and its founding editor was Daniel Offer of Northwestern University. It is now published monthly, reached volume 55 in 2026, and its 2025 impact factor is 4.5.Journal of Youth and Adolescence（常用缩写 J. Youth Adolesc.）是 施普林格 出版的青少年研究领域跨学科同行评审期刊，创刊于 1972 年，现任主编为印第安纳大学的 Roger J. R. Levesque，创刊主编为西北大学的 Daniel Offer，现为月刊，2026 年已至第 55 卷，2025 年影响因子为 4.5。^[1]

Scope

• Discipline: The journal describes itself as a multidisciplinary research publication offering a high-level medium for interdisciplinary communication on youth and adolescent research, as its subtitle states.学科定位： 该刊把自己定位为一份高层次的多学科研究出版物，为青少年研究提供跨学科交流的媒介，刊名中的副题即标明其多学科性质。*
• Content types: It publishes papers based on quantitative analyses, theoretical papers and comprehensive review articles, prioritising empirically rigorous work that considers policy implications.内容类型： 刊发以定量分析为基础的论文、理论论文以及综合性综述，优先考虑经验基础严谨并且考虑了政策含义的稿件。*
• Policy and societal response: Authors are encouraged to address how society responds to the period of youth and adolescence, formally through laws, policies or regulations, or informally through parents, peers and social institutions, so that findings connect to concrete interventions and institutional arrangements.政策与社会回应： 编辑部鼓励研究关注社会对青春期阶段的回应，既包括法律、政策与规章等正式回应，也包括家长、同伴与社会机构等非正式回应，使研究结论能落到具体的干预与制度安排上。*
• Audience: The readership and contributor base spans researchers in developmental psychology, education, sociology, paediatrics and public health, together with practitioners working with young people.目标读者： 读者与作者群体覆盖发展心理学、教育学、社会学、儿科学与公共卫生等方向的研究者，以及从事青少年服务的实践者。*
• Review speed and publishing model: Turnaround to a first decision is typically only a few days. The journal is published as a hybrid title, so subscribers read the full text free of charge and authors may opt for open access, and its appraisal weighs empirical rigour against theoretical contribution.审稿与出版模式： 投稿至首次决定通常只需数日，该刊以混合出版模式发行，订阅用户可免费阅读全文，作者也可选择开放获取，其评价体系将经验严谨性与理论贡献并重。*

与其他以单一年龄段或单一结果变量为轴心的刊物相比，这本期刊把「问题意识」放在了统计方法之前。它所偏好的稿件往往先提出一个关于青春期本质的追问，再选择相应的测量与设计，这使得该刊在政策类文献中的被引比例明显高于同类发展心理学期刊。

History

• 1972: The journal was founded in New York and published by Plenum Press, with Daniel Offer MD of the Northwestern University medical school as its first editor, and it addressed multiple directions of research on adolescent psychological and social development from the start.1972 年： 创刊于纽约，由 Plenum Press 出版，首任主编为 Daniel Offer 医学博士，任职于西北大学医学院，刊物自创刊起即面向青少年心理与社会发展的多方向研究。*
• 1999: Publishing passed from Plenum to Kluwer Academic and Plenum, which was later absorbed into Springer, and print and electronic editions have been issued in parallel ever since.1999 年： 出版方由 Plenum 转为 Kluwer Academic 与 Plenum 出版集团，其后并入 Springer 体系，纸质版与电子版并行至今。*
• Publication rhythm: Over the decades the journal moved from ten issues a year to a monthly schedule, and by 2026 it had reached volume 55, issue 9.出版节奏： 创刊后数十年内由每年十期逐步增加到月刊，2026 年出版至第 55 卷第 9 期。*
• The 2020s: The journal introduced an annual best article award for emerging scholars, naming an early-career author each year, with the 2022 to 2025 recipients drawn from research teams at universities in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and the United States.2020 年代： 期刊设立面向青年学者的年度最佳论文奖，由编辑每年评选一名首次或早期发表作者，2022 至 2025 年间的获奖者分别来自英国、荷兰与美国的高校研究团队。*
• Recent figures: The 2025 impact factor is 4.5 and the five-year impact factor is 5.9, the median time from submission to first decision is 2 days, downloads in 2025 reached about 2 million, and the journal now holds more than four hundred open access articles.近年数据： 2025 年影响因子为 4.5，五年期影响因子为 5.9，投稿至首次决定的中位时长为 2 天，当年下载量约 200 万次，开放获取文章累计已超过四百篇。*

Editors

• Editor-in-chief: The current editor-in-chief is Roger J. R. Levesque, who holds both legal and doctoral degrees and is based at Indiana University Bloomington. His combined training in juvenile law and psychology gives the journal a distinctive angle on topics touching the justice system for minors.主编： 现任主编为 Roger J. R. Levesque，拥有法学与哲学双学位，任职于印第安纳大学布卢明顿分校，他兼具青少年法律与心理学的训练背景，这使该刊在涉及未成年人司法的选题上具有独特视角。*
• Founding editor: Daniel Offer MD, of the Northwestern University medical school, was the founding editor, and the post continues on the journal's editorial page under that name.创刊主编： 创刊主编 Daniel Offer 医学博士长期任职于西北大学医学院，该职位在编辑页面上以创刊主编的名义延续至今。*
• Board composition: The board is large, drawing members from the United States, Canada, China, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, South Korea, Australia, Israel and Brazil, and includes experimental developmental psychologists alongside epidemiologists, sociologists and education researchers, with Chinese institutions represented by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and several normal universities.编委构成： 编委规模很大，成员来自美国、加拿大、中国、英国、德国、西班牙、韩国、澳大利亚、以色列与巴西等地，既包括发展心理学的实验研究者，也包括流行病学者、社会学者与教育研究者，其中国内机构包括中国科学院与多所师范大学。*
• Submission system and author service: Submissions run on Springer's article submission platform, and the editorial office keeps in touch with authors through the annual emerging scholar award and its themed collections. The complete list of current editors and board members with their affiliations is given on the journal's editorial board page.投稿系统与作者服务： 投稿在施普林格的文章处理平台上完成，期刊同时通过编辑办公室的年度最佳论文奖与专栏策划与作者保持互动；现任编辑、副编辑与全体编委的完整名单及其所属机构，以期刊官网的编辑页面为准。^[2]