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Attachment and Human Development

Routledge · United States · Est. 1998

ISSN1461-6734eISSN1469-2988

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.132

H-Indexi

110

SNIPi

1.619

Total Worksi

981

Total Citationsi

52,978

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Attachment and Human Development is a forum for empirical research, reviews, and clinical case studies on attachment theory and research. It aims to bridge the study of developmental psychology and dependency, and disseminates attachment measures for research and clinical work focused on security in children, families, and society.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

FrequencySix No. A Year 2009-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications981

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1461-6734 / 1469-2988

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.6k

2019

2020

1.2k

2021

232

2022

191

2023

254

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Development

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Attachment and Relationship DynamicsChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentFamily Dynamics and RelationshipsMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumChild Abuse and TraumaChild Welfare and AdoptionFamily and Disability Support ResearchFamily Support in IllnessPsychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsEarly Childhood Education and Development

Frequently asked questions about Attachment and Human Development

Is Attachment and Human Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Attachment and Human Development: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Attachment and Human Development?

Attachment and Human Development is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.14.

Is Attachment and Human Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Attachment and Human Development is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.