Attachment & Human Development is the leading forum for the presentation of empirical research, reviews and clinical case studies that reflect contemporary advances in attachment theory and research. AHD is the official journal of the Society for Emotion and Attachment Studies (SEAS) and the official journal of the International Attachment Network (IAN).
AHD publishes original research, meta-analytic reviews (and occasionally) narrative reviews based on attachment theory. Submissions that include multi-method approaches (including interviews or observations), and a longitudinal design, are especially welcome. While reliance on widely used and previously validated methods is the norm, AHD also publishes papers that introduce new attachment methods. Intergenerational patterns of attachment, emotion-regulation, children’s social and emotional development, the effects of loss and trauma, are common topics addressed by the journal. Submissions that include physiological or genetic data, together with attachment variables, addressing core questions in developmental science are welcome. Submissions typically include attachment as a predictor or an outcome, or attachment as a moderator or mediator of developmental outcomes.
AHD aims to be the source for reliable and valid research, and reviews, based on the theories advanced by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. The journal is of interest to developmental, social and clinical psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists, and other mental health professionals including social workers, couple and family therapists.
Peer Review Integrity
All research articles in this journal, including those in special issues, special sections or supplements, have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and refereeing by at least two independent referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submissions may be made online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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Journal metrics
Usage
304K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
3.3 (2023) Impact Factor
Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
3.4 (2023) 5 year IF
7.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.481 (2023) SNIP
1.172 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
0 days avg. from submission to first
decision
50 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
9 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
12% acceptance rate
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quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor: Howard Steele , Ph.D. Editor - Attachment and Human Development Psychology Department New School for Social Research 80 Fifth Avenue, Room 611 New York, N.Y., 10011 USA
Co-Editor: Jude Cassidy - University of Maryland, USA
Associate Editors: Pasco Fearon -University of Cambridge, UK Peter Fonagy - University College London, UK Tirril Harris - University of London and International Attachment Network (IAN), UK Jonathan Hill - University of Manchester, UK Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg - Center for Attachment Research, New School for Social Research, USA Anne Rifkin-Graboi - Centre for Research in Child Development, NIE, NTU, Singapore Glenn Roisman - University of Minnesota, USA Carlo Schuengel - VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands Ross Thompson - University of California, Davis, USA
Editorial Board: Gwen Adshead - Broadmoor Hospital, UK Lavinia Barone - University of Pavia, Italy Lisa J. Berlin - School of Social Work, University of Maryland, USA Kathy Carnelley - University of Southampton, UK Or Dagan- Long Island University, NY, USA Tommie Forslund- Stockholm University, Sweden David Oppenheim - University of Haifa, Israel Cecilia Pace- University of Genoa, Italy Lee Raby - University of Utah, USA Iris Reiner - Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany Jessica Stern - University of Virginia, USA Karine Verschueren - Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
International Advisory Board: Massimo Ammaniti - Italy Richard Bowlby - UK Oscar Anthony Barbarin - USA Roseanne Clark - USA Phillip Cowan - USA Mary Dozier - USA Morris Eagle - USA Katherine Ehrlich - USA Ruth Feldman - Israel Tommie Forslund - Sweden R. Chris Fraley - USA Judit Gervai - Hungary J. D. Haltigan- USA Erica Hepper - UK Erik Hesse - USA Jeremy Holmes - UK Juliet Hopkins - UK Margarita Ibáñez - Spain Deborah Jacobvitz - USA Jason Jones - USA Fay Julal - UK Kathy Kerns - USA Roger Kobak - USA Alink Lenneke - The Netherlands Karlen Lyons-Ruth - USA Sheri Madigan -Canada Mario Marrone -UK Judi Mesman - The Netherlands Mario Mikulincer -Israel Roger Mills-Koonce - USA Marlene Moretti - Canada Lynne Murray - UK Mirjam Oosterman -The Netherlands Bert Powell- USA Elia Psouni - Sweden Abraham Sagi-Schwartz - Israel Valerie Sinason - UK Arietta Slade - USA Isabel Soares - Portugal Judith Solomon - USA Gottfried Spangler - Germany Miriam Steele - USA Joan Stevenson-Hinde - UK Gerhard Suess - Germany Marinus H. van IJzendoorn - The Netherlands Brian E Vaughn- USA Amanda Venta -USA Kate White - UK Charles Zeanah - USA Peter Zimmermann - Germany Yair Ziv - Israel Felicity de Zulueta - UK
Abstracting and indexing
Attachment & Human Development is covered by the Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Psychology, Combined Health Information Database (CHID), Community Care, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Family and Society Studies Worldwide, Family Index Database, CareData, MEDLINE/Index Medicus, Pascal, Psychological Abstracts/ PsycINFO, Scopus, Social Sciences Citation Index, Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, ISI Alerting Services, Social Scisearch, Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts.
Open access
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Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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Attachment and Human Development is the official journal of the Society for Emotion and Attachment Studies(SEAS). SEAS is devoted to the dissemination and use of reliable and valid attachment measures for the betterment of research and clinical work aimed at understanding and promoting security in children, families, and society. The prevention of child abuse and respect for diversity in family forms are vital to the SEAS mission.
All members of SEAS receive a free personal subscription to Attachment and Human Development. Join SEAS early in the year to ensure receipt of regular print journals throughout the current year. Personal web access to the year's journal contents is assured whenever you join in the year. Join SEAS now by clickinghere.
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