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Developmental Psychology

American Psychological Association · United States · Est. 1880

ISSN1939-0599

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.567

H-Index

380

CiteScore

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SNIP

1.464

Total Works

12,266

Total Citations

869,215

2yr Mean Citedness

1.37

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on child development, focusing on cognitive skills, socioemotional development, and the influence of family and cultural contexts. Articles examine topics such as numerical ordering, language acquisition, caregiver interventions, parental reactions, health worries within families, processing speed and motor skills, mother-infant synchrony, sleep patterns across cultures, and children's understanding of social relationships and illness.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1880

FrequencyMonthly, 2013-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications12,266

Publisher OrgAmerican Psychological Association

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Psychological Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1939-0599

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

DemographyQ1

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ1

Life-span and Life-course StudiesQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Development

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologyDemographyLife-span and Life-course Studies