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
Editor: Smiljana Narančić Kovač (librietliberi@gmail.com)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Danish
Nordic Journal of ChildLit Aesthetics
Editor: Tatjana Kielland Samoilow (redaksjonblft@gmail.com)
Open Access Policy: Gold open access without article processing fees
Dutch
Literatuur zonder leeftijd
Editor: Toin Duijx (redaksjonblft@gmail.com)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
English
ALAN Review (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents)
Editor: Wendy Glenn (thealanreview@gmail.com)
Open Access Policy: Blue; author can archive publisher's version/PDF
Bookbird
Editor: Björn Sundmark (bjorn.sundmark@mah.se)
Open Access Policy: Green; archiving status unknown for publisher's version/PDF
Books for Keeps
Editor: Ferelith Hordon (fhordon@btinternet.com)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Editor: Deborah Stevenson (dstevens@illinois.edu)
Open Access Policy: Green; archiving status unknown for publisher's version/PDF
Carousel: The Guide to Children's Books
Editors: David Chant and Elaine Chant (office@carouselguide.co.uk)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Children's Literature Association Quarterly
Editor: Claudia Nelson (claudia_nelson@tamu.edu)
Open Access Policy: Green; archiving status unknown for publisher's version/PDF
Children's Literature in Education
Editors: Victoria de Rijke (V.deRijke@mdx.ac.uk); Catherine Butler (butlerc6@cardiff.ac.uk); Annette Wannamaker (awannamak@emich.edu)
Open Access Policy: Green; author cannot archive publisher's version/PDF
Children's Literature in English Language Education
Editors: Janice Bland (clelejournal@gmail.com); Christiane Lütge; Sandie Mourão
Open Access Policy: Gold open access without article processing fees
Dziecinstwo: Literatura i Kultura / Childhood: Literature and Culture
Editor: Weronika Kostecka (redakcja.dlk@uw.edu.pl)
Open Access Policy: Gold open access without article processing fees
Filoteknos. Children’s Literature – Cultural Mediation – Anthropology of Childhood
Editors: Editors: Dorota Michułka, Mateusz Świetlicki (filoteknos@uwr.edu.pl)
Open Access Policy: Blue; author can archive publisher's version/PDF. Languages: English, Polish
Horn Book Magazine
Editor: Roger Sutton (rsutton@hbook.com)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Inis: the Children's Books Ireland Magazine
Editors: Juliette Saumande (juliette@childrensbooksireland.ie); Siobhán McNamara (siobhan@childrensbooksireland.ie)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
interjuli
Editor: Marion Rana (rana@interjuli.de)
Open Access Policy: Gold open access without article processing fees
Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures
Editor: Heather Snell (jeunesse@uwinnipeg.ca)
Open Access Policy: Green; author can archive publisher's version/PDF
Journal of Children's Literature
Editors: Donna Sayers Adomat (dadomat@indiana.edu); Karla J. Möller (kjmoller@illinois.edu); Angela M. Wiseman (angela_wiseman@ncsu.edu)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Kirkus
Editor: Claiborne Smith (claiborne.smith@kirkusreviews.com)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Libri & Liberi
Editor: Smiljana Narančić Kovač (librietliberi@gmail.com)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
The Lion and the Unicorn
Editors: David L. Russell (russelld@ferris.edu); Karin E. Westman (westmank@ksu.edu); Naomi J. Wood (njwood@ksu.edu)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
The Looking-Glass: An Online Children's Literature Journal
Editor: David Beagley (editor@the-looking-glass.net)
Open Access Policy: Gold open access without article processing fees
Magpies
Editor: Rayma Turton (james@magpies.net.au)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Marvels and Tales: Journal of Fairy Tale Studies
Editors: Cristina Bacchilega (cbacchi@hawaii.edu); Anne E. Duggan (a.duggan@wayne.edu)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship
Editor: Sally Maynard (s.e.maynard@lboro.ac.uk)
Open Access Policy: Yellow; author can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing) after 18-month embargo
Nordic Journal of ChildLit Aesthetics
Editor: Tatjana Kielland Samoilow (redaksjonblft@gmail.com)
Open Access Policy: Gold open access without article processing fees
Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature
Editor: Tony Eaton (Tony.Eaton@canberra.edu.au)
Open Access Policy: Gold open access without article processing fees
Red Feather: An International Journal of Children's Visual Culture
Editor: Debbie Olson (debbieo@okstate.edu)
Open Access Policy: Gold open access without article processing fees
The School Librarian
Editor: Steve Hird (slaeditor@sla.org.uk)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
School Libraries Worldwide: Journal of The International Association of School Librarians
Editors: Nancy Everhart (everhart@fsu.edu); Marcia Mardis (mmardis@fsu.edu)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
School Library Connection
Editor: Leslie Preddy (lpreddy@schoollibraryconnection.com)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
School Library Journal
Editor: Rebecca T. Miller (rmiller@mediasourceinc.com)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
SIGNAL Journal
Editor: Sean Connors (sconnors@uark.edu);
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Viewpoint: on books for young adults
Editor: Pam Macintyre (education-viewpoint@unimelb.edu.au)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
VOYA: Voices of Youth Advocates
Editor: RoseMary Ludt (rmludt@voyamagazine.com)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Write4Children: The International Journal for the Practice and Theories of Writing for Children and Children's Literature
Editors: Andrew Melrose; Vanessa Harbour (write4children@winchester.ac.uk)
Open Access Policy: Gold open access without article processing fees
French
Cahiers Robinson
Editor: Francis Marcoin (francis.marcoin@univ-artois.fr)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures
Editor: Heather Snell (jeunesse@uwinnipeg.ca)
Open Access Policy: Green; author can archive publisher's version/PDF
Parole: La revue de l'institut Suisse jeunesse et médias
Editor: Cécile Desbois-Müller (cecile.desbois-mueller@isjm.ch)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
La revue des livres pour enfants
Editor: Maire Lallouët (marie.lallouet@bnf.fr)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Strenae: Recherches sur les livres et objets culturels de l'enfance
Editors: Cécile Boulaire; Michel Defourny; Matthieu Letourneux; Mathilde Lévêque; Michel Manson
Email: strenae@revues.org
Open Access Policy: Gold open access without article processing fees
German
1000 und 1 Buch Das österreichische Magazin für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
Editor: Franz Lettner (redaktion@1001buch.at)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Buch & Maus
Editor: Elisabeth Eggenberger (elisabeth.eggenberger@sikjm.ch)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
interjuli
Editor: Marion Rana (rana@interjuli.de)
Open Access Policy: Gold open access without article processing fees
Julim-Journal
Editor: Ulrich H. Baselau (ulrich.baselau@ajum.de)
Open Access Policy: Gold open access without article processing fees
JuLit
Editor: Kristina Bernd (bernd@jugendliteratur.org)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
kjl&m
Editor: Christoph Jantzen (Christoph.Jantzen@uni-hamburg.de)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Libri & Liberi
Editor: Smiljana Narančić Kovač (librietliberi@gmail.com)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Greek
Diadromes Sto Choro Tis Logotechnias Gia Pedia ke Neous
Editor: Maria Fakinou (mariaf@kastaniotis.com
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Keimena: Gia ti Theoria, ti Kritiki kai ti Didaktiki tis Pedikis Logotechnias
Editor: Tasoula Tsilimeni (tsilimeni@uth.gr)
Open Access Policy: Gold open access without article processing fees
Italian
Andersen: Il giornale dei libri per ragazzi
Editor: Barbara Schiaffino (redazione@andersen.it)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Il Foletto: la rivista in lingua italiana dell'Istituto svizzero Media e Ragazzi
Editor: Letizia Bolzani (letiziabolzani@tigri.ch)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
LiBeR
Editors: Domenico Bartolini (dbartolini@idest.net); Riccardo Pontegobbi (rpontegobbi@idest.net)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Norwegian
Nordic Journal of ChildLit Aesthetics
Editor: Tatjana Kielland Samoilow (redaksjonblft@gmail.com)
Open Access Policy: Gold open access without article processing fees
Persian/Farsi
Journal of Iranian Children's Literature Studies
Editor: Kavoos Hasanli (clsjournal@shirazu.ac.ir)
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Polish
Dziecinstwo: Literatura i Kultura / Childhood: Literature and Culture
Editor: Weronika Kostecka (redakcja.dlk@uw.edu.pl)
Open Access Policy: Gold open access without article processing fees
Portuguese
Sociedad e Infancias
Contact: sociedadeinfancia@ucm.es
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Spanish
CLIJ: Cuardenos de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil
Contact: revistaclij@gmail.com
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Sociedad e Infancias
Contact: sociedadeinfancia@ucm.es
Open Access Policy: no explicit policy; subscription-based
Swedish
Nordic Journal of ChildLit Aesthetics
Editor: Tatjana Kielland Samoilow (redaksjonblft@gmail.com)
Open Access Policy: Gold open access without article processing fees
Nordic Journal of ChildLit Aesthetics
Editor: Tatjana Kielland Samoilow (blok@via.dk)
Open Access Policy: Gold open access without article processing fees