European Journal of Developmental Psychology

Aims & Scope

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.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.1
2024	1.90

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5218

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	478

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.956

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	50

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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

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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.

• A checklist for testing measurement invariance

  Citation: 1589

  Authors: Rens, Peter, Joop

• Emotion comprehension between 3 and 11 years: Developmental periods and hierarchical organization

  Citation: 579

  Authors: Francisco, Paul L, Marc

• Cyberbullying: An overrated phenomenon?

  Citation: 468

  Authors: Dan

• A longitudinal study of cyberbullying: Examining riskand protective factors

  Citation: 349

  Authors: Kostas A., Andreas G., Veronica V.

• Family resilience: a developmental systems framework

  Citation: 337

  Authors: Froma

• Interpreting effect sizes when controlling for stability effects in longitudinal autoregressive models: Implications for psychological science

  Citation: 331

  Authors: Paul, Teena

• Cyberbullying and traditional bullying in adolescence: Differential roles of moral disengagement, moral emotions, and moral values

  Citation: 230

  Authors: Sonja, Eveline

• Bayesian benefits with JASP

  Citation: 217

  Authors: Maarten, Eric-Jan

• The perception of facial expressions in newborns

  Citation: 217

  Authors: Teresa, Enrica, Silvia, Mark H.

• Effects of profound early institutional deprivation: An overview of findings from a UK longitudinal study of Romanian adoptees

  Citation: 190

  Authors: Michael, Celia, Jenny, Emma, Jana, Mitul, Suzanne, Edmund

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