Youth

Youth is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal covering psychological, educational, sociological, economic, cultural, and other social science perspectives on youth and young adulthood, and is published quarterly online by MDPI.

• Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
• High Visibility: indexed within  ESCI (Web of Science), EBSCO, and other databases.
• Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary)
• Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 38.3 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 5.5 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2026).
• Recognition of Reviewers: Reviewers whose reports are timely and of high quality receive an APC discount voucher for a future publication in an MDPI journal. Become a reviewer.
• Journal Cluster of Education and Psychology: Adolescents, AI in Education, Behavioral Sciences, Education Sciences, International Journal of Cognitive Sciences, Journal of Intelligence, Psychology International and Youth.