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Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Wayne State University Press · United States · Est. 1983

ISSN1535-0266

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.215

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.288

Total Worksi

732

Total Citationsi

26,599

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Development; Education; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Developmental and Educational Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1983

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications732

Publisher OrgWayne State University Press

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wayne State University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1535-0266

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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

225

2019

2020

147

2021

2022

2023

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.

EducationQ3

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Development

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentBullying, Victimization, and AggressionEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentParental Involvement in EducationAttachment and Relationship DynamicsChild Development and Digital TechnologyChild and Animal Learning DevelopmentHuman auditory perception and evaluationYouth Development and Social SupportPharmaceutical industry and healthcare

Frequently asked questions about Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Is Merrill-Palmer Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: 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 Merrill-Palmer Quarterly?

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly 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 0.19.

Is Merrill-Palmer Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Merrill-Palmer Quarterly?