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Developmental Psychology
Psychology and social sciences
Among the 50 psychology and social sciences journals in this index it has the 15th highest h-index and the 41st highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
Where its authors come from
Share of the 1 278 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| United States | 40% |
| Canada | 8% |
| Germany | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 5% |
| China | 4% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 59% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development | 18% |
| Child and Animal Learning Development | 18% |
| Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills | 5% |
| Language Development and Disorders | 5% |
| Racial and Ethnic Identity Research | 5% |
| Early Childhood Education and Development | 3% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- A unified approach to demographic data collection for research with young children across diverse cultures. (2023, 48 citations)
- A longitudinal study of families formed through third-party assisted reproduction: Mother–child relationships and child adjustment from infancy to adulthood. (2023, 44 citations)
- Relations among family, peer, and academic stress and adjustment in Chinese adolescents: A daily diary analysis. (2023, 41 citations)
- The Global Temperament Project: Parent-reported temperament in infants, toddlers, and children from 59 nations. (2024, 39 citations)
- White parents’ racial socialization during a guided discussion predicts declines in white children’s pro-white biases. (2024, 38 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0012-1649):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
Similar journals
- Child Development
- Psychological Bulletin
- Cognition
- Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Early Childhood Research Quarterly
- Journal of Educational Psychology
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