Journals

Access to relevant journals is central to effective research. The list below provides basic information about the major children's literature journals known and used by members of the board.

This information now also includes the open access/self-archiving policies for each journal, where known. These policies are based on the colour system defined by Sherpa RoMEO:

RoMEO Colour Archiving policy
Green Can archive pre-print and post-print or publisher's version/PDF
Blue Can archive post-print (i.e., final draft post-refereeing) or publisher's version/PDF
Yellow Can archive pre-print (i.e., pre-refereeing)
White Archiving not formally supported

In addition to the Sherpa RoMEO system, there is a category of gold open access, which means that a publication is immediately provided in open access mode by the publisher. Costs are shifted from readers to the university or research institute to which the researcher is affiliated, or to the funding agency supporting the research. In some cases, article processing charges are implemented.

If you know of other journals that should be included in this section, please send details to Lies Wesseling (lies.wesseling@maastrichtuniversity.nl). A brief summary of its aims and general content, along with open access policy, would be helpful.

Croatian

Libri & Liberi

Danish

Nordic Journal of ChildLit Aesthetics

Dutch

Literatuur zonder leeftijd

English

ALAN Review (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents)

Bookbird

Books for Keeps

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Carousel: The Guide to Children's Books

Children's Literature

Children's Literature Association Quarterly

Children's Literature in Education

Children's Literature in English Language Education

Dziecinstwo: Literatura i Kultura / Childhood: Literature and Culture

Filoteknos. Children’s Literature – Cultural Mediation – Anthropology of Childhood

Horn Book Magazine

Inis: the Children's Books Ireland Magazine

interjuli

International Journal of Young Adult Literature

International Research in Children’s Literature

Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures

Journal of Children's Literature

Kirkus

Libri & Liberi

The Lion and the Unicorn

The Looking-Glass: An Online Children's Literature Journal

Magpies

Marvels and Tales: Journal of Fairy Tale Studies

New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship

Nordic Journal of ChildLit Aesthetics

Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature

Red Feather: An International Journal of Children's Visual Culture

Research on Diversity in Youth Literature

The School Librarian

School Libraries Worldwide: Journal of The International Association of School Librarians

School Library Connection

School Library Journal

SIGNAL Journal

Viewpoint: on books for young adults

VOYA: Voices of Youth Advocates

Write4Children: The International Journal for the Practice and Theories of Writing for Children and Children's Literature