About this journal

Aims and scope

Educational and Developmental Psychologist is the official journal of the Australian Psychological Society’s College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists. Educational and Developmental Psychologist is a highly respected peer reviewed journal that publishes peer-reviewed research within the field of educational and developmental psychology and its applications to a range of populations, contexts, and settings.

The journal has growing international attention and aims to provide a vehicle for dissemination of research that is of national and international significance to researchers, practitioners and students of educational and developmental psychology.

Methodological rigour is essential for all published papers. Educational and Developmental Psychologist publishes empirical and conceptual work that advances the practice and theoretical base of educational and developmental psychology and reviews (e.g., systematic, scoping, narrative) of areas of relevance to the readership. The journal welcomes papers with either an international focus or Australian focus.

Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal. Educational and Developmental Psychologist operates a double anonymized peer review policy.

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The manuscript and peer-review reports may be transferred to one of the other journals of the Australian Psychological Society ( Australian Journal of Psychology, Australian Psychologist, or Clinical Psychologist) if the scope of the paper is not found suitable for publication in Educational and Developmental Psychologist, but is suitable for these other journals. Authors will receive a notification if their manuscript is being considered for transfer, and at that time can decide if they want to pursue the transfer. If authors do NOT wish to be considered for transfer to an alternative journal after rejection for this journal, this should be noted in the cover letter.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 50K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 2.2 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 2.0 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 3.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.578 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.436 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 78 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 24% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editor-in-Chief
Kelly-Ann Allen, Monash University and University of Melbourne, Australia

Associate Editors
Man Ching Esther Chan, University of Melbourne, Australia
Tasnuva Enam, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), USA
Nerelie Freeman, Monash University, Australia
Ronnel King, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Seungyeon Lee, University of Arkansas at Monticello, USA
Aspasia Stacey Rabba, Monash University, Australia
Jason Skues, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Editorial Board
Franck Amadieu, University of Toulouse, France
Lynley H. Anderman, Professor Emerita, The Ohio State University, USA
Pietro Boscolo, University of Padova, Italy
Christopher Boyle, University of Adelaide, Australia (Editor in Chief 2012-2017)
James Boyle, University of Strathclyde, UK
Ivar Bråten, University of Oslo, Norway
Eric Bredo, University of Toronto, Canada
Jeffrey Buckley, Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, Ireland; KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Yuyang Cai, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, China
Imelda Caleon, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
David Carless, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Juan Cristóbal Castro-Alonso, University of Birmingham, UK
Yujin Chang, Chungbuk National University, South Korea
Jonathan Cohen, Columbia University, USA
Rebecca Collie, University of New South Wales, Australia
Monica Cuskelly, University of Tasmania, Australia
Beth Doll, University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA
Erica Frydenberg, University of Melbourne, Australia
Jeffrey A. Greene, University of North Carolina, USA
Judith Gullifer, Monash University, Australia
Flaviu Adrian Hodis, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Stephen Houghton, University of Western Australia, Australia
Shane Jimerson, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
James C. Kaufman, University of Connecticut, USA
Gregory Arief D. Liem, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Dennis McInerney, Education University of Hong Kong, China (In Memoriam)
Vicki McKenzie, University of Melbourne, Australia
Fred Paas, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands; University of Wollongong, Australia
Phil Parker, Australian Catholic University, Australia
Ronald Rapee, Macquarie University, Australia
Paul W. Richardson, Monash University, Australia
Christopher Slaten, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
George M. Slavich, University of California Los Angeles, USA
Roger Slee, University of Leeds, UK
Monica Thielking, Swinburne University, Australia
Keith Topping, University Miguel Hernandez de Elche, Spain
André Tricot, Université Paul Valéry University, France
Dianne Vella-Brodrick, University of Melbourne, Australia
Lea Waters, University of Melbourne, Australia
Kevin Wheldall, Macquarie University, Australia
Gerald Wurf, Monash University, Australia
Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Griffith University, Australia

Statistical Consultants
Gökmen Arslan, Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey
Tracii Ryan, Monash University and University of Melbourne, Australia

Inclusion Consultant
Lefteris Patlamazoglou, Monash University

Behaviour Consultants
Dr Erin Leif, Monash University
Dr Russel Fox, Monash Unviversity

Autism Consultant
Nerelie Freeman, Monash University

Journal Administration
Duyen Vo, Monash University, Australia

Abstracting and indexing

Educational and Developmental Psychologist is covered by Australian Education Index, Clarivate Analytics Emerging Sources Citation Index, Clarivate Analytics Web of Science, EBSCOhost Education Abstracts, EBSCOhost Education Research Complete, EBSCOhost Education Source, EBSCOhost TOC Premier, EdResearch Online, ERIC, Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI), ProQuest Central, ProQuest Health and Medical Complete, ProQuest Health Research Premium Collection, ProQuest Hospital Collection, ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Premium Collection, ProQuest Psychology Journals, PsycINFO, Scopus, Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts

Open access

Educational and Developmental Psychologist 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.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.

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News, offers and calls for papers

News and offers

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