Infant Behavior and Development

Aims & Scope

Infant Behavior & Development is an international and interdisciplinary journal, publishing high-quality work in the areas of cognitive development, emotional development, perception, perception-action coupling, prenatal development, motor development, and socialization using a variety of methodologies (e.g., behavioral, physiological, computational).

Article formats include empirical reports, theoretical and methodological reports, brief reports, and reviews.

Authors may submit completed manuscripts, Registered Reports, or Results Masked Review articles; please see the Guide for Authors for further details.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5957

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	711

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.874

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	99

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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.

• Cross-language speech perception: Evidence for perceptual reorganization during the first year of life

  Citation: 1593

  Authors: Janet F., Richard C.

• Postpartum depression effects on early interactions, parenting, and safety practices: A review

  Citation: 1041

  Authors: Tiffany

• Studying infant temperament via the Revised Infant Behavior Questionnaire

  Citation: 989

  Authors: Maria A, Mary K

• Prenatal maternal speech influences newborns' perception of speech sounds

  Citation: 678

  Authors: Anthony J., Melanie J.

• Measurement of fine-grained aspects of toddler temperament: The Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire

  Citation: 655

  Authors: Samuel P., Maria A., Mary K.

• Four-month-old infants prefer to listen to motherese

  Citation: 575

  Authors: Anne

• Acoustic determinants of infant preference for motherese speech

  Citation: 539

  Authors: Anne, Patricia

• Fourteen- through 18-month-old infants differentially imitate intentional and accidental actions

  Citation: 479

  Authors: Malinda, Nameera, Michael

• Two-day-olds prefer their native language

  Citation: 433

  Authors: Christine, Robin Panneton, William P.

• Prenatal depression effects on the fetus and newborn: a review

  Citation: 429

  Authors: Tiffany, Miguel, Maria

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