Developmental Neuropsychology

Aims & Scope

Devoted to exploring relationships between brain and behavior across the life span, Developmental Neuropsychology publishes scholarly papers on the appearance and development of behavioral functions, such as language, perception, and social, motivational and cognitive processes as they relate to brain functions and structures.

Appropriate subjects include studies of changes in cognitive function—brain structure relationships across a time period, early cognitive behaviors in normal and brain-damaged children, plasticity and recovery of function after early brain damage, the development of complex cognitive and motor skills, and specific and nonspecific disturbances, such as learning disabilities, mental retardation, schizophrenia, stuttering, and developmental aphasia.

In the gerontologic areas, relevant subjects include neuropsychological analyses of normal age-related changes in brain and behavioral functions, such as sensory, motor, cognitive, and adaptive abilities; studies of age-related diseases of the nervous system; and recovery of function in later life.

Empirical studies, research reviews, case reports, critical commentaries, and book reviews are featured in each issue.

By publishing both basic and clinical studies of the developing and aging brain, the journal encourages additional scholarly work that advances understanding of the field of lifespan developmental neuropsychology.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	1.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9462

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	219

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.613

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	111

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Psychology, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Developmentally Sensitive Measures of Executive Function in Preschool Children

  Citation: 1164

  Authors: Stephanie M.

• Short-Term Memory, Working Memory, and Executive Functioning in Preschoolers: Longitudinal Predictors of Mathematical Achievement at Age 7 Years

  Citation: 1121

  Authors: Rebecca, Kimberly Andrews, Sandra A.

• Event-Related Potentials, Emotion, and Emotion Regulation: An Integrative Review

  Citation: 1063

  Authors: Greg, Annmarie, Doreen M.

• Executive Functioning as a Predictor of Children's Mathematics Ability: Inhibition, Switching, and Working Memory

  Citation: 997

  Authors: Rebecca, Gaia

• A normative‐developmental study of executive function: A window on prefrontal function in children

  Citation: 853

  Authors: Marilyn C., Bruce F., Dena B.

• Genuine memory deficits in dementia

  Citation: 788

  Authors: Ellen, Herman

• Understanding the Nature of Face Processing Impairment in Autism: Insights From Behavioral and Electrophysiological Studies

  Citation: 769

  Authors: Geraldine, Sara Jane, James

• Age‐associated memory impairment: Proposed diagnostic criteria and measures of clinical change — report of a national institute of mental health work group

  Citation: 677

  Authors: Thomas, Raymond T., Steven H., Peter, Gene D., Samuel

• The mini‐mental state examination: Normative study of an Italian random sample

  Citation: 665

  Authors: Giovanni, Fabiano, Giuseppe, Barry D., Thomas H., Francis J., Luigi A., Danilo, Francesco

• Development of Executive Functions Through Late Childhood and Adolescence in an Australian Sample

  Citation: 567

  Authors: Vicki A., Peter, Elisabeth, Rani, Cathy

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