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Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · United States · Est. 1980

ISSN1536-7312

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.657

H-Indexi

167

SNIPi

0.915

Total Worksi

5,795

Total Citationsi

154,751

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Behavioral Sciences; Pediatrics; Psychology, Development; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

FrequencyNine No. A Year, 2010-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,795

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1536-7312

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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

129

2.5k

2019

133

1.7k

2020

149

1.7k

2021

107

795

2022

549

2023

223

2024

110

141

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 PsychologyQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ2

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Behavioral SciencesPediatricsPsychology, Development

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPsychiatry and Mental HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Infant Development and Preterm CareChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentChild and Adolescent HealthFamily and Disability Support ResearchAutism Spectrum Disorder ResearchChild Nutrition and Feeding IssuesAttention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Is Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics: 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 Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics?

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 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 1.00.

Is Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.