The European Journal of Developmental Psychology is an official publication of the European Association of Developmental Psychology. It publishes innovative original theoretical, empirical, methodological and review papers dealing with psychological development and developmental psychopathology during infancy, childhood and adolescence. The journal also publishes papers on social policy based on developmental science and which are relevant to education, health or well-being in infancy, childhood and adolescence. It is keen to receive papers relevant to European developmental psychology in that they take account of topics such as European history, European policy or cultural diversity and their relevance to developmental matters. The journal aims to cover the areas of cognitive and social development and the development of the person (self, identity and personality) and to do so from a disciplinary and/or an interdisciplinary perspective. On occasions, issues are devoted to a special theme, under the editorship of an invited expert.
Special section: Developmetrics reports - Instruments and procedures for developmental research
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Journal metrics
Usage
168K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.9 (2023) Impact Factor
2.1 (2023) 5 year IF
3.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.843 (2023) SNIP
0.722 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
6 days avg. from submission to first
decision
106 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
8 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
28% acceptance rate
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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
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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.
Willem Koops - Utrecht University, Achter de Dom 20, 3512 JP Utrecht, The Netherlands
Associate Editors
Sevgi Bayram-Özdemir - Örebro University, Sweden Marina Camodeca -University of Udine, Italy Kostas A. Fanti -University of Cyprus, Cyprus Olga Kochukhova - Uppsala University, Sweden Takuya Yanagida -University of Vienna, Austria
Editorial Board
Aliriza Arënliu, University of Hasan Prishtina, Kosovo Carmen Bora, University of Oradea, Romania Simona Caravita, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy Bram Orobio de Castro, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Aysun Dogan, Ege University, Turkey Hildegunn Fandrem, University of Stavanger, Norway Petra Gradinger, University of Applied Social Sciences, Austria Paul Harris, Harvard University, USA Philipp Jugert, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Lenka Kollerova, Szech Academy of Sciences, Szech Republic Angela Mazzone, Dublin City University, Ireland Jan Pfetsch, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany Rens van deSchoot, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Olga Solomontos-Kountouri, Theology School of the Church of Cyprus, Cyprus Eva-Maria Schiller, University of Muenster, Germany Elisabeth Stefanek, pro mente Forschung, Austria Yuichi Toda, Osak Kyoiku University, Osaka, Japan Simona Trip, University of Oradea, Romania Camen Viejo, University of Cordoba, Spain Henry Wellman, University of Michigan, USA
Founding Editors
Michel Deleau † Sandy Jackson Willem Koops
Abstracting and indexing
This journal is abstracted and indexed in the following publications and databases:
Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences
European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH)
PsycINFO
PubsHub
Social Sciences Citation Index
Open access
European Journal of Developmental Psychology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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The European Journal of Developmental Psychology is the journal of the European Association of Developmental Psychology (EADP), formerly known as the European Society for Developmental Psychology. The EADP was founded in 1994 after numerous and active debates, especially during the preceding ten years, under the impetus of George Butterworth and Sandy Jackson. It aims to support the interests of developmental psychologists working in Europe.
Print ISSN:
1740-5629
Online ISSN:
1740-5610
6 issues per year
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