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Best Developmental and Educational Psychology journals

379 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Developmental and Educational Psychology. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 95 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Educational Psychologist 29.7 99th Q1 SSCI – No
2 Nature Reviews Psychology 29.4 99th Q1 SSCI – No
3 The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health 27.1 99th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Educational Psychology Review 20.1 99th Q1 SSCI – No
5 Adolescent Research Review 15.7 98th Q1 SSCI – No
6 Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 15.3 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
7 Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines 14.8 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
8 Journal of Educational Psychology 13.6 98th Q1 SSCI – No
9 Decision Support Systems 13.5 97th Q1 SCIE A* No
10 European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 12.3 97th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
11 Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review 11.6 97th Q1 SSCI – No
12 Applied Psychology 11.4 96th Q1 SSCI A No
13 Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 11.3 96th Q1 SSCI – No
14 Autism in Adulthood 11.2 96th Q1 SSCI – No
15 Human Development 10.8 96th Q1 SSCI – No
16 School Psychology Review 10.5 95th Q1 SSCI – No
17 Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 10.3 95th Q1 SSCI – No
18 Child Development Perspectives 10.2 95th Q1 SSCI – No
19 Autism 9.7 95th Q1 SSCI – No
20 Behaviour and Information Technology 9.7 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
21 British Journal of Educational Psychology 9.2 94th Q1 SSCI – No
22 Learning and Instruction 9.2 94th Q1 SSCI – No
23 Learning Environments Research 8.7 94th Q1 ESCI – No
24 Behavior Research Methods 8.7 93th Q1 SSCI – No
25 Creativity Research Journal 8.7 93th Q1 SSCI – No
26 Development and Psychopathology 8.7 93th Q1 SSCI – No
27 Developmental Review 8.6 93th Q1 SSCI – No
28 Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 8.3 92th Q1 SSCI – No
29 Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 8.3 92th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
30 Death Studies 8.1 92th Q1 SSCI – No
31 Child Development 8 91th Q1 SSCI – No
32 Human Communication Research 8 91th Q1 SSCI – No
33 Contemporary Educational Psychology 7.9 91th Q1 SSCI – No
34 ELT Journal 7.7 91th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
35 Mathematical Thinking and Learning 7.7 90th Q1 SSCI – No
36 Journal of Adolescent Research 7.6 90th Q1 SSCI – No
37 Journal of Youth and Adolescence 7.6 90th Q1 SSCI – No
38 Revista de Psicodidactica 7.6 90th Q1 SSCI – No
39 Journal of the Learning Sciences 7.5 89th Q1 SSCI – No
40 Child Psychiatry and Human Development 7.4 89th Q1 SSCI – No
41 Public Understanding of Science 7.2 89th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
42 Educational and Psychological Measurement 7.1 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
43 Developmental Science 7 88th Q1 SSCI – No
44 Psychosocial Intervention 6.9 88th Q1 SSCI – Yes
45 International Journal of Behavioral Development 6.8 88th Q1 SSCI – No
46 Journal of Attention Disorders 6.8 88th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
47 Behavior Modification 6.8 87th Q1 SSCI – No
48 Canadian Journal of School Psychology 6.8 87th Q1 SSCI – No
49 Exceptional Children 6.8 87th Q1 SSCI – No
50 Intelligence 6.8 86th Q1 SSCI – No
51 Applied Developmental Science 6.7 86th Q1 SSCI – No
52 Learning and Individual Differences 6.7 86th Q1 SSCI – No
53 Journal of Intelligence 6.6 86th Q1 SSCI – Yes
54 Educational and Developmental Psychologist 6.5 85th Q1 ESCI – No
55 Journal of Experimental Education 6.5 85th Q1 SSCI – No
56 Journal of School Psychology 6.5 85th Q1 SSCI – No
57 Social Indicators Research 6.4 85th Q1 SSCI A No
58 Child Maltreatment 6.4 84th Q1 SSCI – No
59 JCPP Advances 6.3 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
60 Mindfulness 6.3 84th Q1 SSCI – No
61 Reading Research Quarterly 6.3 84th Q1 SSCI – No
62 International Journal of Bullying Prevention 6.3 83th Q1 – – No
63 Clinical Neuropsychologist 6.2 83th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
64 Educational Psychology 6.2 83th Q1 SSCI – No
65 European Journal of Psychology of Education 6.2 83th Q1 SSCI – No
66 Education Sciences 6.2 82th Q1 ESCI – Yes
67 Psychonomic Bulletin and Review 6.2 82th Q1 SSCI – Yes
68 Developmental Psychology 6.1 82th Q1 SSCI – No
69 Attachment and Human Development 6.1 81th Q1 SSCI – No
70 School Mental Health 6.1 81th Q1 SSCI – No
71 Psychology of Women Quarterly 6 81th Q1 SSCI A No
72 Early Childhood Research Quarterly 5.9 81th Q1 SSCI – No
73 European Journal of Special Needs Education 5.9 80th Q1 SSCI – No
74 Gifted Child Quarterly 5.9 80th Q1 SSCI – No
75 Child Abuse and Neglect 5.8 80th Q1 SSCI – No
76 Journal of Early Adolescence 5.8 80th Q1 SSCI – No
77 Cognition 5.8 79th Q1 SSCI – No
78 Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 5.7 79th Q1 SSCI – No
79 Learning and Motivation 5.7 79th Q1 SSCI – No
80 Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 5.7 79th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
81 Journal of Research on Adolescence 5.7 78th Q1 SSCI – No
82 Sex Roles 5.5 78th Q1 SSCI A No
83 International Journal of Developmental Disabilities 5.5 78th Q1 SSCI – No
84 Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development 5.5 78th Q1 SSCI – No
85 Early Education and Development 5.5 77th Q1 SSCI – No
86 Anxiety, Stress and Coping 5.4 77th Q1 SSCI – No
87 Cognitive Psychology 5.4 77th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
88 Early Childhood Education Journal 5.3 76th Q1 SSCI – No
89 Motivation Science 5.3 76th Q1 SSCI – No
90 AERA Open 5.2 76th Q1 SSCI – Yes
91 Coaching 5.1 76th Q1 ESCI – No
92 Aggressive Behavior 5.1 75th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
93 European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 5.1 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
94 Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology 5.1 75th Q1 SSCI – No
95 Social Psychology of Education 5.1 75th Q1 SSCI – No
96 Autism and Developmental Language Impairments 5.1 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
97 New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development 5.1 74th Q2 SSCI – No
98 Journal of Child Language 5 74th Q2 SSCI – No
99 Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 5 74th Q2 SSCI – No
100 Aphasiology 4.9 73th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No

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