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Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Kluwer Academic/Human Sciences Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1970

ISSN1573-3327

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.165

H-Indexi

104

SNIPi

1.354

Total Worksi

2,859

Total Citationsi

71,595

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychiatry; Psychology, Development; Developmental and Educational Psychology; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

FrequencyFour No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,859

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Kluwer Academic/Human Sciences Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1573-3327

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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

2019

149

2020

193

3.5k

2021

194

2.6k

2022

156

1.2k

2023

157

715

2024

150

238

2025

133

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

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PsychiatryPsychology, Development

Scopus Categories

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentChild Abuse and TraumaMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentAttention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderAutism Spectrum Disorder ResearchAttachment and Relationship DynamicsFamily and Disability Support ResearchBullying, Victimization, and Aggression

Frequently asked questions about Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Is Child Psychiatry and Human Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Child Psychiatry 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 Child Psychiatry and Human Development?

Child Psychiatry 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 1.88.

Is Child Psychiatry and Human Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of Child Psychiatry and Human Development?